The most common drink today is tea. It is made from herbs, berries, drink with the addition of lemon, hot or chilled. It can be just delicious or very healthy. Each country has its own special tea, which you can taste only there. There are recipes for broths that we used to call tea, although they are prepared exclusively from herbs or dried berries.
Taste and useful properties are different broths of wild rose. Its recipe has been known since ancient times, it was actively used by our grandparents. Now he is undeservedly forgotten by the new generation. It is necessary to correct this, because the dogrose in a thermos is like an attribute of our childhood, which at the same time has a lot of useful properties. Rosehip broth, the recipe of which we will now tell you, has a tonic, anti-inflammatory, choleretic, regenerating effect. It can normalize not only the metabolism in the body, but also can improve internal organs, strengthen immunity. Rosehip in a thermos will especially appeal to children, because it has a mild flavor. If you want to use rose hips for medicinal purposes - the dose of the decoction should be set by the doctor.
You can cook a rosehip decoction yourself at home . The recipe is simple. To prepare it, you will need only boiling water and dry chopped fruits or rose hips. Leaves can also be used. Rosehip flowers and fruits are poured with boiling water and infused in a thermos for at least two hours. The calculation is this - for 1 cup of boiling water you need 1 teaspoon of wild rose. If you decide to use fresh fruits, first fill them with cold water in the evening, and bring to a boil in the morning. You need to take such a decoction half a glass before meals about 2-3 times a day.
Many herbal teas are contraindicated during pregnancy, but not the broth of wild rose, the recipe of which is given above. Its properties are very beneficial for pregnant women. Rosehip contains a huge amount of vitamins. It noted the highest concentration of vitamin C, B vitamins, carotene, iron, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium. Regularly using a decoction of wild rose, you help the body increase its resistance to bacteria. Due to the fact that the broth contains incredibly high amounts of vitamin C, it is able to stabilize the level of adrenaline in the blood. Vitamin C in rose hips is several times more than in ordinary lemon.
Rosehip broth is actively used in the treatment of:
- Various colds
- Bronchial asthma
- Atherosclerosis
- Stomach ulcers
- Hepatitis and cholecystitis
- Increased bleeding
- Various liver diseases (chronic and acute).
It is important to remember that dried rosehips are healthier than fresh. The most delicious and healthy berries are the berries of brown hips. They have a bright orange-red color, have a round or slightly elongated shape. They taste sweet and sour and juicy. From fresh rose hips you can cook not only a decoction, but also juice, jam, jelly. But dried rose hips are suitable only for preparing a decoction. Dogrose must be able to dry properly in order to preserve all its useful properties. It is necessary to dry it in the oven for 2-3 hours, always with the door ajar. The temperature is 80-90 degrees.
Children will like jelly from rose hips. Required: 1 liter of water, 1 cup dried rosehip, 5 tablespoons of sugar and 2 tablespoons of starch. The rosehip should be washed well, then pour warm or hot water and cook for 15 minutes under a closed lid. After this, the infusion should stand for 6 hours, until fully insisted and cooled. Then sugar is added to it and filtered. It is necessary to pour 1 cup of the resulting drink and dilute 2 tablespoons of starch in it. The whole infusion is gradually brought to a boil, after which, while continuing to stir, starch is added, previously diluted with part of the broth. After the jelly boils, it must be removed from the heat and cool. Children will definitely like such a drink, and if you recall its beneficial properties, it will also heal and strengthen the growing body.