Rosehip is known as a very useful shrub ripening in the summer, and having not only beautiful flowers, but also wonderful fruits. The most common use of rose hips is the preparation of decoctions and tinctures. But in order for the vitamins that nature rewarded him to be preserved, you need to know how to brew rose hips correctly.
Dried fruits are crushed and brewed in a thermos. The following proportions are needed to find out how to brew a rosehip properly: two tablespoons of dried rosehips per one and a half liter of water . In this case, all vitamins, trace elements and minerals are preserved.
In general, there is no general opinion on how to brew rose hips correctly: there are so many opinions, so many ways to brew. It’s best to choose the method that suits you the most.
Here are some recipes on how to brew rose hips. Grind the rosehip berries, having previously cleaned them of hairs. Scroll the fruit through a meat grinder to expose the seeds, which contain a lot of vitamins. In this case, it is not recommended to cook the infusion, it is better to boil a handful of the obtained berries with 300 grams of water for twenty minutes, and then strain through cheesecloth. You need to drink this broth three times a day in half a glass.
The following recipe on how to drink rose hip is the same proportions as with infusion, pour boiling water, boil for twenty minutes. Then wrap the vessel with wild rose with a wool blanket for two hours. You need to drink a glass three times a day. The duration of the drink is a month.
Some make tea by adding two teaspoons of chopped rose hips to it. It can be drunk all winter, thereby helping your body, replenishing vitamin C, as well as increasing your immunity. In addition to vitamin C, in wild rose in large quantities contains vitamins A, P, E, K, phosphorus, iron, calcium, mania, chromium.
It is also necessary to take into account the fact that no matter how the rosehip is brewed correctly, dentists say that if you drink it often, tooth enamel can be destroyed. And as a result, caries will begin. Therefore, doctors advise how to drink water from brewed rose hips correctly - it must be drunk through a straw and in the appropriate proportions: ten fruits per glass of water - this is the amount that the human body needs.
Despite the obvious benefits of wild rose, there are people to whom it is completely contraindicated. These are people with thrombophlebitis, as well as prone to blood clots. Do not abuse rosehips and people who suffer from impaired blood circulation, heart disease, high blood pressure. Rosehip is suitable only for hypotensive patients.
If you take a decoction of rose hips for a long time, then liver failure may occur, and in some cases non-infectious jaundice may begin.
Rosehip inhibits bile secretion, adversely affecting the intestines, so you can not drink it with constipation. Caution when using berries should be shown to people who have skin problems.
Rosehip is very useful for pregnant women, for whom a cold is strongly contraindicated. And if she did come, the rose hip, which will protect the pregnant woman from the deterioration of her condition, is more useful than ever. After all, a pregnant woman should not drink any medicine.
It is best to collect rose hips in your own country house or from a nearby forest. At the same time, you will have a firm belief that in the berries you have collected there are no heavy metals that are literally crammed with rose hips growing along the edges of the road. Drying of fruits should be carried out away from sunlight, as ultraviolet rays destroy useful substances. A good result is given by deep freezing of the fruits of this wonderful shrub.