All kinds of diseases and health disorders lie in wait for a person at every step. How to provide first aid to yourself and your loved ones without using expensive drugs? Recipes of traditional medicine tell about this.
What is traditional medicine
A complete definition of the concept was officially approved back in 1977 at a meeting of the World Health Organization (WHO). Briefly, it can be formulated as follows: traditional medicine is an area of alternative medicine.
The methods used in healing are based mainly on practical experience and the results of observations of people involved in healing. Knowledge, methods have social and religious origins and are transmitted from one generation to another in written and oral form.
Today, traditional healers use the latest scientific research data in their practice, which brings this field of medicine to a new, better level.
Diagnosis, prevention and treatment of diseases in traditional medicine is most often carried out using plants, substances of animal origin, minerals.
Medicinal plants and traditional medicine
Preparations made from medicinal herbs not only treat, but also support the body in tone, have a preventive effect, release hidden human resources that can be used to fight the disease.
Medicines made from medicinal herbs almost never give side effects (although exceptions are possible!), Providing a mild therapeutic effect.
The list of medicinal herbs is huge. To navigate it, you need to take time to study the available information, the experience of those people who have successfully used the healing properties of plants to improve their well-being.
The use of rose hips by healers of the past
Treatment with medicinal plants is the oldest way to get rid of ailments. One of these plants is wild rose. And today it takes pride of place in the list of healing herbs. Rose hips increase or decrease pressure? Can I take it for people suffering from heart disease? Are there any contraindications to the use of medicines from rose hips? This is not a complete list of issues that interest people who have decided to use rose hips to improve their well-being.
It got its name in Russian due to the presence of numerous spikes on the stems. And this is not his only name. The people call the plant a wild rose, forage grower, dogrose, etc.
The generic name of the plant came from the Greek language and means “pink” in translation.
The mention of wild rose as a medicinal plant dates back to the 4th century BC. e. The ancient Greeks used it to fight many diseases. They described recipes for the preparation of medicines from rose hips in great detail. These tips, unchanged, have been successfully used by descendants for many centuries.
Rosehip was used as an oral care product. This strengthened the gums and eliminated their bleeding. The broth well healed the wounds received during the battles.
Rosehip was so popular in Russia that special expeditions were even equipped to collect its fruits. Even then, people knew that the therapeutic effect directly depends on the quality of the raw materials.
In military hospitals, rosehip decoction was given to wounded soldiers to restore strength.
What determines the healing properties of rose hips
Traditional healers use whole plant flowers, petals, leaves, roots, seeds for the preparation of therapeutic agents. But the most popular are rose hips, which are similar to berries. To preserve all the healing properties, they are collected before the onset of frost. The collected "berries" are dried in special ovens or outdoors in the shade. Raw materials can be stored and used for the preparation of medicinal decoctions, infusions for two years.
Before preparing the drug, the raw materials must be carefully sorted. All fruits damaged by mold must be removed.
After the discovery of vitamins, the popularity of rose hips increased even more, as it became known that its fruits are very rich in ascorbic acid, provitamin A. It contains vitamins P, B 2 , K, E. in large quantities.
And the content of vitamins C, P and carotene is so great that 4 grams of fresh rose hips give their daily intake for an adult.
Various sugars, citric and malic acids, pectins, mineral and specifically active substances available in rose hips make it a unique medicinal plant.
How does rosehip affect the body?
The richness of rose hips with various substances that can affect the functioning of various body systems also indicates that one must seriously approach the reception of funds from a plant.
For example, vitamin C, which is found in large quantities in rose hips, normalizes redox processes in the human body. At the same time, resistance to the perception of various infectious diseases increases, metabolism is stimulated, and working capacity is increased.
But it is precisely the high content of vitamin C in wild rose that should alert people suffering from high acidity of the stomach, gastritis.
People who have problems with blood pressure, before taking decoctions, infusions should know that rose hips increase or decrease pressure.
It turns out that alcohol tinctures of rose hips are contraindicated in people with high blood pressure. In preparations of this type, rosehip increases pressure. And they are recommended to be taken if the pressure is low.
Rosehip lowers blood pressure if it is contained in an aqueous infusion, therefore hypotensives are not recommended to take it.
The use of rose hips in traditional medicine
In medicine, rose hips are used to treat diseases associated with the digestive tract, with exhaustion, anemia, atherosclerosis. Dog rose preparations are used to treat cholecystitis, hepatitis.
The forms of release of medicines from rose hips can be different: infusions, extracts, syrups, tablets.
"Holosas" is a syrup, which contains condensed water extract of rose hips and sugar. It is prescribed for cholecystitis and hepatitis. One teaspoon 3 times a day is the recommended dose of medication.
The drug "Carotoline" is an oil extract. It is prepared from the pulp of rose hips. The tool is recommended for use in the treatment of skin diseases: dermatitis, trophic ulcers, psoriasis. It is recommended to apply napkins impregnated with the product to the affected area. The procedure must be repeated at least three times a day.
How to use rosehip oil
Oil is obtained from rose hips. It is rich in carotenoids, vitamin E, fatty acids.
For external use, oil is used to lubricate cracks and wounds on the skin. The use of oil in the treatment of trophic ulcers, burns, pressure sores, and radiation damage to the skin gives a good effect.
With dermatitis, oil is taken orally. To do this, it is enough to take one teaspoon of the drug daily. Oil is also used externally to treat the disease.
With ulcerative colitis, enemas are prescribed with rose hip oil. They are recommended for four (maximum) weeks daily or every other day.
Rose Hip Drinks
From whole rose hips you can make tea or prepare infusions. There are many recipes for making drinks. Let us give as an example a description of only some of them.
To brew tea, you need to take 10-15 dry fruits per 200 mg of water. Boil them for 10 minutes, then add 1 or 2 teaspoons of sugar to the drink and let it brew for several hours. Drink a glass a day before meals.
Infusions are prepared in a water bath. A tablespoon of fruit is crushed and placed in an enamel bowl or glass bowl. After pouring the contents of 400 ml of water, put in a boiling water bath. The preparing infusion must be stirred frequently. After 15 minutes, remove from the water bath and let it brew for 24 hours. Ready infusion must be filtered. And they use it in half a glass 2 times a day.
Does rosehip increase pressure? Reviews on taking the drug
Hypertension is one of the most common and insidious diseases of our time. Scientists, traditional healers are trying to find means that can resist it.
The question of how rose hips increase or decrease pressure sounds quite often. The available reviews about taking drugs from rose hips are very controversial. Some people claim that the dog rose reduces pressure. And most of these reviews.
There is a category of patients who say that rosehip and pressure are not connected in any way. Such an opinion could have been formed among people who had consumed infusions, decoctions, tea from rose hips for a long time, but they did not notice the effect of drinks on blood pressure.
Traditional healers have extensive experience in the use of drugs, which include rose hips. How this medicinal plant affects pressure, each of them explains, based on their own observations. I must say that the reviews of healers about the effect of rosehip on pressure are also different.
A large number of sources indicates that the effect of rosehip preparations on the body, blood pressure directly depends on the method of preparation, the concentration of the decoction, the dose taken.
Instead of a conclusion
From the foregoing it follows that the use of plants as therapeutic agents must be approached carefully. A person must have certain knowledge in the field of traditional medicine. If such knowledge is not enough, then a specialist consultation is required to answer a number of questions: "Rosehip increases or decreases pressure? In what form is the plant more effective? How many times should I take it? Do you consider age when taking medications from medicinal plants?"
Today, official and traditional medicine interact with each other, so the opinion of doctors on the use of traditional medicine should also be taken into account.