Description.
Rosehip is a shrubby perennial plant, a representative of the Rosaceae family. Several varieties of dog rose are known: cinnamon, cinnamon, Mayan, Daurian, wrinkled, needley, dog-rose Fedchenko, dogrose Begger, dog.
For these species, dogrose is divided into a set of characteristic features and by growth zones. In the European part of our country, in the Crimea, in the Caucasus, in Central Asia, the dog rose was widely spread. In the Far East - the Daurian and wrinkled hips, in Central Asia, mostly found dogrose Fedchenko and dog rose Begger. In the forest and forest-steppe zones of Russia, in the Urals, in Western Siberia, the most common dog rose is cinnamon, which grows in ravines, along forest edges.
The bush of the cinnamon can reach a height of two meters, the brown bark covers the branches, there are rigid straight thorns. Each leaf consists of five small bright green leaves with well-defined streaks. Blossoming rose in June and July, flowers are single, large, white and pink, the smell is roses. After flowering, the petals fly around, and gradually, by the end of summer - beginning of autumn, oval fruits ripen, orange-red, sourish to taste.
As a medicinal raw material, therapeutic fruit roses are more often used, but there is a practice of applying roots, flowers and leaves.
Composition.
In a large amount of cinnamon cinnamon contains ascorbic acid. Ascorbic acid helps to increase immunity, takes an active part in metabolic processes in the body, helps to strengthen the walls of blood vessels. 10% acid and more is contained in the dried pulp of ripe fruit. The content of ascorbic acid in the fetuses of canine dog rose more often does not exceed 1%.
In the flesh of any dog rose contains sugars, carotenoids (improve the condition of the skin, hair and nails), vitamins K, B2 and P, pectins (help to cleanse the body of toxins and poisons), organic acids (apple, lemon - increase the separation of bile and gastric juice, improve metabolic processes,).
Seeds contain fatty oil rich in vitamin E and carotenoids (up to 10%). In the roots, bark and leaves of the dogrose there are tannins (they have analgesic, astringent, vasoconstrictive, antimicrobial effect).
In addition, the dogrose contains a number of minerals (potassium, sodium, calcium, magnesium, iron, phosphorus) and trace elements (manganese, copper, chromium, cobalt, molybdenum). All these elements play an important role in the proper metabolism.
Medical properties.
Of the hips, you can make infusions and broths, which have a variety of and numerous therapeutic actions. They are able to provide anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, choleretic, hemostatic, diuretic, activating the appearance of red blood cells (red blood cells), lowering arterial pressure, strengthening the walls of blood vessels, soothing and astringent action.
In folk medicine, there are recommendations for taking infusions and decoctions of rose hips to strengthen immunity, with a shortage of vitamins, bile ducts and liver diseases, edema, atherosclerosis, kidney diseases (pyelonephritis), frequent bleeding, hormonal disorders, scurvy, neuroses, anemias.
External: in the treatment of cracks, trophic ulcers, wounds (even purulent), other disorders of the skin and mucous membranes - apply rosehip oil. With ulcerative colitis (inflammation of the large intestine), oil is taken inwards. As a means of helping the splitting or dissolving of stones, use a decoction made from the roots of the dog rose.
Contraindications.
Despite the numerous healing properties of dog rose, he has contraindications. Because of the high content of ascorbic acid, dogrose is contraindicated in people who are prone to metabolic disorders with the appearance of oxalate stones.
Recipes for preparing medicines from rose hips.
- Decoction of wild rose berries:
one tablespoon of crushed dried fruit per glass of water; Fruits should be filled with cold water and boiled for 15 minutes, then bring the liquid to the initial level, insist for two hours. Drink after meals twice a day for half a cup;
- Infusion of hips:
a tablespoon of fruit (not shredded), pour a glass of hot water, close the lid and heat for 15 minutes in a water bath, then cool for 45 minutes at room temperature, strain, the remaining raw materials squeeze out, pour into infusion and bring to the initial level. Take as a decoction;
- Broth from the roots of dog rose:
pour a glass of cold water two tablespoons of crushed roots and boil for 15 minutes, then insist for two hours. Take for a week three times a day for half a cup.
- Rosehip oil:
is manufactured by an industrial method. They lubricate wounds and ulcers, and also take inside twice a day on a teaspoon with diseases of the intestine.
Rosehip is a very remarkable natural healing plant.