Rosehip or wild rose is a beautiful, very useful plant. The composition of ripe berries is similar to a small chemical laboratory in which vitamin C is stored (it is more in rose hips than in lemon), vitamin E, many useful trace elements.
Rose hips ripen in late autumn, and you need to collect them before the onset of the first frost: when freezing, most of the beneficial elements die. From these wonderful fruits you can make an infusion. Rosehip always retains its beneficial properties, even if it is prepared from dried berries. The fruits are dried in air or in an oven, but make sure that they do not burn.
How is rosehip useful? Can only its berries be used for treatment? For medical purposes, almost all parts of the plant are suitable. Astringents recommended for digging in the fall are astringent preparations that help with diarrhea. Essential oil is extracted from the seeds, which has no equal for healing wounds and relieving inflammation. Napar made from leaves improves digestion. Petals help rejuvenate and refresh fading skin.
Why use berry decoction? Rosehip, the useful properties of which are very difficult to list, because their range is very wide, helps in the following cases:
- anemia, exhaustion, vitamin deficiency;
- hemorrhagic diathesis;
- hepatitis;
- stomach diseases;
- tuberculosis;
- diseases caused by bacteria and viruses;
- atherosclerosis;
- strengthening immunity;
- cholelithiasis;
- uterine bleeding;
- worms.
How is rose hip useful for these diseases? Infusions or decoctions retain all the beneficial substances. They fill the body with the necessary trace elements, vitamins, enhance the body's resistance, participate in oxidative processes, normalizing them. Natural decoctions based on wild roses can replace many synthesized vitamins and minerals.
Here is a very simple recipe, designed to strengthen the general condition. 5 tablespoons of crushed berries are poured with boiling water, after 7 minutes they are poured into a two-liter thermos, insist until it cools down. Such a homemade drug is an excellent vitamin charge for children and adults. Decoctions, infusions are prepared similarly for different diseases, only their concentration varies. However, you should not use a dog rose without consulting a doctor: it has contraindications.
Gallstones or chronic pancreatitis can be treated using rosehip roots. Shredded roots (about 2 large spoons per glass) boil for a quarter of an hour. The cooled broth is drunk several times a day.
About what is useful rose hips, we mentioned. It remains to say a few words about its use in cooking. Everyone knows about the great taste of tea or compote from these berries. But the recipe for coffee from rose hips is not so popular. For its preparation, the berries are fried until brown, allowed to cool. Porcelain or glassware is scalded with boiling water, ground fried berries are poured. When they are infused, you get a great vanilla-flavored drink. You can drink it instead of coffee - it also tones, but contains significantly more vitamins.
From berries it turns out wonderful jam. The most difficult thing in its preparation is to boil the berries well and remove the hairs from them. For this, puree is made from cooked berries, which is filtered several times through cheesecloth. However, you can grind fresh berries and wash the hairs with running water.
Boiled mashed potatoes are seasoned with sugar, lemon juice, boiled over very high heat, not forgetting to stir, to prevent burning. When the volume decreases by a third, the mashed potatoes are rolled into hot sterilized jars.
Loved by a wild rose and beauticians. How is rosehip useful in this area? Oil extracted from berries removes any inflammation on the skin. If you use it regularly, then you will not be afraid of allergies, or teenage acne, or other unpleasant formations. In addition, the oil added to creams nourishes the skin with vitamins, smooths wrinkles.