Rosehip or wild rose is not only a beautiful variety of roses, but also a plant whose fruits are rich in many useful substances.
The content of vitamin C in rose hips is 50 times higher than its content in lemon.
In Russia, the healing properties of rose hips have been known since the 17th century. In those days, its fruits were valued as one of the most effective medicinal plants, so their price was quite high.
In medicine, almost all parts of this unique plant are used, but the most common is rosehip oil, which is called the “king of natural oils”.
Rosehip oil has such a wide range of medicinal properties that it can be used in almost any ailment.
It is used to eliminate irritations, increase the elasticity of the skin, normalize the functions of sweat and sebaceous glands, regenerate and rejuvenate the skin. Outwardly, it is used to treat trophic ulcers, diseases of the mucous membrane, to mitigate cracks and abrasions on the nipples of a nursing mother, with dermatosis, pressure sores, ulcerative colitis.
Rosehip oil in capsules is prescribed for the treatment of scurvy, anemia, with a general decline in vitality, stomach and intestinal ulcers, diseases of the liver, kidneys, stomach, urinary and gall bladders.
Tibetan healers use rosehip oil in the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis, atherosclerosis, neurasthenia, etc.
Rosehip oil , the use of which is simply indispensable in cosmetology, helps to restore the skin, being a powerful regenerator for it. Its long-term use leads to the elimination of various skin defects, reducing the scars remaining after burns, cuts and operations.
It contributes to the quickest healing of wounds, improves skin color, helps to combat the appearance of age-related wrinkles, with crow's feet, eliminates age spots, reduces stretch marks.
No less unique are the properties that rosehip oil possesses, such as normalization of metabolic processes, including mineral and carbohydrate, restoration of the natural shine and softness of hair, and strengthening of nails.
For external use with oil, you need to moisten a napkin or bandage and apply to the affected areas of the body, to treat a runny nose, you need to drip the rosehip oil in your nose, with ulcers and colitis it is used as an enema.
Inside, this miraculous oil must be taken in a teaspoon or dessert spoon in two divided doses.
However, like any other medicinal product, rosehip oil also has contraindications: it is contraindicated in gastritis, which has a high percentage of acidity, in heart failure of the third degree and thrombophlebitis.
This medicine is sold in all pharmacies, it is inexpensive, so it should always be present in every home medicine cabinet.
In the rosehip oil, in addition to a huge amount of vitamin C, the whole complex of vitamin B, K, P, as well as carotene is also contained. However, the rose hips themselves do not contain oil, how many do not squeeze them.
Nevertheless, it is not only possible to cook it at home, but also quite easily. To do this, in a clay pot, pour one part of fresh fruits with three parts of pure olive oil, although if it is not at hand, you can replace it with sunflower oil, however, the oil will have a slight smell of seeds.
Then the pottery should be covered tightly with a lid and left for ten days, then put it on the fire and simmer the mixture for about 15 minutes, then cool the resulting mass, strain and pour into bottles.
Rosehip oil is a dark brown oily liquid. It has no toxic properties, and if you add vitamin E, then the oil can be stored for up to two years.