Wild rose is a beautiful flower with a delicate aroma. But it is better known under the name of wild rose.
The vitamins contained in this glossy burgundy berry make it very healthy.
What vitamins are found in wild rose
Everything is good in moderation. This simple truth must be remembered when it comes to such a popular and many familiar folk recipe as a rosehip broth. And all because in 100 grams of freshly picked berries - ten daily norms of ascorbic acid, and in the same amount of dried raw materials - twice as much. Hypervitaminosis, that is, an excess of vitamins in the body is dangerous to health.
In addition to ascorbic acid, berries have many other useful substances. What vitamins in rose hip are most valuable and why?
• Vitamin A (retinol, beta-carotene) strengthens the immune system, vision, prevents cancer, as it prevents the damaging effects of free radicals. Retinol is one of the vitamins that give women beauty.
• Vitamin B1 (thiamine) is good for the nervous system. It provides normal cell nutrition, gives energy, vitality and strength. Participating in the breakdown of fat and sugar, helps with weight loss.
• Vitamin B2 (riboflavin) regulates metabolic processes, restores the normal functioning of the liver and thyroid gland, helps to lose weight, ensuring stable functioning of the digestive system. In addition, riboflavin is important for the health of the reproductive organs and the visual system.
• Vitamin B3 (niacin, nicotinic acid) is called a vitamin of calm provides the normal course of redox processes, normalizes metabolic processes, prevents cardiovascular diseases, helps the body get rid of toxins.
• Vitamin C (ascorbic acid) is a powerful natural antioxidant that prevents aging and the formation of cancerous tumors. It fights against viral infections, strengthens the walls of capillaries and large blood vessels, helps to remove cholesterol and toxins, is involved in metabolic processes.
• Vitamin E (tocopherol) thins the blood, preventing the formation of blood clots, reduces the risk of developing cardiovascular diseases, helps to conceive and endure a healthy child, lowers blood sugar, and prevents cancer. Tocopherol is one of the "beauty vitamins" that have beneficial effects on the skin, nails and hair.
Rosehips have organic acids, tannins, pectins, and easily digestible sugars. It turns out a wonderful cocktail of biologically active substances and vitamins in rose hips. This explains why the berry enjoys such respect and love among the people. She is considered almost a panacea for many diseases, and that's why.
The benefits of vitamins in rose hips
Berry is used to prepare decoctions, infusions, oils for the treatment of various diseases. Rosehip can simply be added to tea when brewing and drink it to prevent colds. A rosehip broth will help to avoid vitamin deficiency and cure a cold faster.
In addition, vitamins in rose hips will help to quickly cure such ailments:
• diseases of the liver, stomach, intestines;
• inflammatory processes in the urinary system;
• impaired renal function, including urolithiasis;
• cardiovascular diseases;
• tuberculosis;
• bronchopulmonary diseases;
• cramping;
• sciatica.
Rosehip infusion is very effective for removing sand from the kidneys and bladder. It reduces headache, helps with renal colic, is used to increase visual acuity, restore the gastrointestinal tract, quickly relieve the symptoms of vitamin deficiency, strengthen the vascular walls.
Rosehip oil is used to treat seizures, inflammatory diseases of the skin and mucous membranes, including the vagina. Oil is applied to the skin with dermatitis, treats scratches, burns, acne marks. The tool treats the throat and nasal passages with inflammatory diseases of the oropharynx and nasal cavity.
Traditional healers use all parts of the plant. For example, a decoction is prepared not only from fruits, but also from roots, petals. They also have a lot of vitamins.
How to get vitamins from rose hips
To get all the benefits that a wild rose can give a person, you can prepare a decoction, infusion, oil from rose hips.
Rosehip Infusion
The easiest way to consume rose hips is an infusion of dried fruits. Pour a tablespoon of crushed berries with 2 cups of boiling water and let stand for 2–3 hours in a thermos. Another method of cooking is heating over boiling water. Pour the berries with boiling water in the same proportion, simmer them in a water bath for about fifteen minutes, then let stand for half an hour, strain and drink.
The infusion is very concentrated. For therapeutic purposes, he is drunk half a glass a day before meals. If there are problems in the digestive tract, take the infusion after eating. It is advisable not to add sugar to the drink.
You can drink the infusion for preventive purposes. It tones well, improves performance, helps the immune system withstand viral attacks during the flu season and colds. The vitamin composition of the drink accelerates tissue regeneration, bone fusion.
Rosehip oil
To use rosehip vitamins in the form of oil, pour 200 grams of crushed fresh or dried fruit into 700 ml of any vegetable oil. Cook for 15 minutes at a slow boil, then simmer for 5 hours in a water bath. Strain the cooled oil, pour into a glass container. You can take oil inside on a tablespoon on an empty stomach to stimulate the production of bile, treat gastritis, heartburn. For external use, lubricate the affected area with oil several times a day.
Rosehip root broth
In the roots of wild rose, vitamins, minerals and other biologically active substances are contained in large quantities. Medicines prepared on the basis of this raw material have antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. A decoction of the roots is used to restore motor activity in paralysis, to relieve pain in radiculitis.
For 15 grams of dried chopped root, take a glass of boiling water, simmer for fifteen minutes over low heat, insist for half an hour. Then strain and drink or give the patient a little during the day.
Can a wild rose hurt
You can’t constantly twist the rosehip infusion and add it to tea when brewing, since the concentration of vitamins in the drink is very high. Therefore, drink the drink after two days for prevention and not longer than 2 consecutive weeks. With hypervitaminosis, taking drinks with rose hips is not allowed.
There are diseases in which a delicious healing drink will have to be abandoned:
• increased acidity of gastric juice;
• gastritis, an ulcer in the acute stage;
• tooth sensitivity;
• chronic diseases of the heart and blood vessels, including endocarditis;
• increased blood coagulation;
• tendency to increase blood pressure.
Be sure to rinse your mouth after drinking infusion or tea with rose hips. The drink has a lot of acid, which destroys tooth enamel. You can drink it through a straw to protect your teeth.
Rosehip allergies are rare. However, with a tendency to allergic reactions to flowering plants, caution should be exercised when using a decoction for the first time. An atypical reaction can manifest itself in the form of a rash, lacrimation, runny nose.
