What are the benefits of rose hips, contraindications and growing shrubs

Iran and the Himalayas, where it grew millions of years ago, are considered the birthplace of this shrub. In our country, this shrub is known throughout the territory from the Baltic Sea to the Pacific Ocean. In the Middle Ages in Russia, the fruits of the plant were highly valued: they paid for them with sable, velvet and satin. Tsar Ivan the Terrible forbade mere mortals to use it for medicinal purposes, only by order of the autocrat it was possible to collect medicinal berries. All this is about what we know rose hips.

Content:

• Description of rose hips and composition of fruits
• Useful properties of rose hips
• Traditional medicine recipes
• Contraindications
• Growing tips

Description of rose hips and composition of fruits

Among the people, this short bush called the wild rose. There is a lot in common: it is covered with strong thorns, has pink or white-pink flowers up to five centimeters in size, which emit a strong sweetish aroma. Young branches of greenish-red color are covered with small thorns and bristles. The shrub is covered with flowers in May-June, and in the fall - with red-orange berries, which store hairy achenes inside.

Rosehip fruits contain tannins, dyes, malic and citric acids prevail in it, more than 15 percent of sugar and pectin. And there is no need to talk about the richness of salts of various metals.

In terms of iron content, this plant ranks first among other representatives of the flora.

But most of all in the rose hips of vitamins, especially ascorbic acid. Here he overtakes and black currant, and apples, and lemons... In dried fruits, the percentage of vitamin C is doubled in comparison with fresh ones. By the amount of carotene in berries, the plant successfully competes with carrots, apricot, persimmon.

Fruit composition rose hips quite harmonious, each component is perfectly absorbed by the body. The low calorie content of the product allows it to be used with great success in dietary nutrition.

Healing properties of rose hips

Scientific research in the field of medicine confirms that rose hips are indispensable for the prevention and treatment of a large number of diseases:

• Saturating the body with vitamins, the decoction of the fruits of the plant effectively fights such ailments as scurvy, malaria.
• Possessing powerful bactericidal and phytoncidal properties, it relieves inflammation in the gums, helps cleanse the blood, and leads to the destruction of stones in the gallbladder and kidneys.
• If honey is added to rosehip tea, then this drink will help strengthen the walls of blood vessels, improve appetite, and help the production of red blood cells.
• Vitamin C in the composition of berries copes well with colds and viral infections, improves immunity.
• Shrub fruits have a positive effect on the gene that is responsible in our body for the production of collagen and the development of cells in cartilage tissues. Therefore, taking a decoction of berries can prevent joint inflammation.
• The oil, which is made from seeds, must be used to treat various skin diseases: eczema, psoriasis, dermatosis, erysipelas.It also helps with bedsores and burns, because it promotes accelerated tissue regeneration. Cosmetologists advise to lubricate the skin of the face with oil to improve its color.
• Help drink out rose hips patients with atherosclerosis, rheumatism, anemia is invaluable.
• In case of gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, a rosehip drink will help, if the ailment is not caused by increased acidity in these organs.
• And also the berries of the plant are part of many multivitamin preparations. The syrup from its fruits has an excellent choleretic effect, and the medicine from it is sold in pharmacies for the treatment of cholecystitis, hepatitis and other liver diseases.
• You can add pureed to the syrup from the berries viburnum, rowan, cranberries and give this mixture to children and the elderly in order to strengthen immunity, increase the level of efficiency, improve the general condition of the body.
• Cosmetologists recommend using a decoction of the fruits of the plant to reduce brittle nails and strengthen hair.
• Rosehip drink has a positive effect on the function of the gonads.

The widespread use of remedies prepared on the basis of rose hips will help to cope and prevent many diseases.

Traditional medicine recipes

Rosehip berries are used both fresh and dried. Dried fruits are brewed like tea. It is better to pick the fruits before the onset of frost, and then dry either in the oven at a low temperature, or in a ventilated room. Dried berries are stored in linen bags. Rosehip is used for the preparation of teas, broths, infusions.

Quite often, decoctions and infusions from bush fruits are included in the diet for the prevention of diseases.

You can properly prepare the infusion like this:

• Grind 2-3 teaspoons of fruits in a coffee grinder and brew in a thermos with a glass of boiling water. Having strained, after half an hour, you can drink half a glass 3 times a day half an hour before meals. It is good to add a spoonful of honey to such a drink, it will only improve the quality of vitamin tea. It is recommended to drink it through a straw to protect the tooth enamel.
• According to another recipe, the infusion is prepared from a handful of berries, poured in a thermos with a liter of boiling water. It is better to insist during the night. Honey also does not hurt, and then no colds are terrible.

Broths are made in this way: pour a handful of berries with hot water and boil for 10 minutes, and then insist in a thermos. Fresh berries are also insisted, but they are poured with ordinary water at room temperature and kept in a dark place for a day.

Rosehip drinks retain all the medicinal properties. But they must be drunk within two days from the time of preparation, otherwise they will lose the available vitamins and harm the body.

Contraindications

A large amount of ascorbic and other acids contained in berries has an adverse effect on the mucous membrane of the digestive tract, especially if the acidity is already increased. Such people should drink rosehip infusions very carefully and in small quantities.

The same quality of the fruit has a destructive effect on the enamel of the teeth. After each use, rinse the mouth with clean water. People with high blood pressure can only drink infusions of berries in water, and for hypotonic people - in alcohol.

The liver also reacts painfully to frequent consumption of rose hips.

For the treatment of diseases of a dermatological nature, before taking medications containing rose hips, you should consult a specialist. Any drug has side effects and contraindications, so it is imperative to get medical clarifications before starting treatment with this plant.

Growing tips

Rose hip - a wild plant, but you can plant it on your site. In autumn or early spring, you can start planting shrubs that reproduce in two ways: seeds and cuttings.

Reproduction by seeds:

• The seeds are collected from ripe rose hips, dried well, mixed with sand in equal proportions and placed in a cool place for 2 months, while regularly stirring the mixture.
• Sown in the fall in winter to a depth of 2 centimeters, fall asleep sawdust... In April, the sprouts are covered with a film, and when the first leaves appear, they are transplanted and no longer covered.

Most often, rose hips are grown from cuttings, which are harvested in the middle of summer. The cut branches must have at least three knots. Prepared cuttings are planted in open ground, consisting of a mixture of large amounts of sand and peat. With abundant watering after a month, the roots of the plant are formed. For the winter they are covered with fallen leaves, and after snowfalls they are covered with snow.

The shrub is quite unpretentious, it is enough to loosen it in time, weed it and water it moderately.

A place for planting bushes is chosen light with fertile soil. Top dressing shrubs are carried out in the spring after the snow melts and in July, bringing in chicken droppings and diluted cow dung.

It is advisable to cut off diseased and broken branches after wintering, because they will interfere with young growth. By properly caring for the rosehip, you can get a beautifully blooming fragrant hedge, and then a harvest of useful berries.

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