Broth of dogrose - a panacea for all ailments

Each of us is familiar with a small thorny shrub, called in the people a wild rose. This miracle plant is a dog rose, and it is famous for its healing properties since ancient times.

In Russia it was used as an excellent tool for recovery from serious epidemics and wounds, and simply as a natural restorative and tonic. In the east, this plant was considered sacred, giving strength and beauty. After all, a dogrose is a pantry necessary for the human body substances. Its fruits contain vitamins C, K, E, A, PP, a number of B vitamins, as well as phosphorus, potassium, iron, manganese, copper, magnesium, antioxidants. And it also contains tannins, pectin, essential oils. Therefore, tincture or broth of dog rose - an indispensable tool for the prevention of spring avitaminosis.

More often for preparation of every possible gathering, mixes, tea, broth, the infusion use fruits. High content of vitamin C (up to 600 mg, which is several times its content in lemons) helps prevent atherosclerosis, improve blood quality, increase the body's resistance to a variety of diseases, infections.

Broth of dogrose as a whole improves the activity of the cardiovascular system, normalizes blood pressure, strengthens blood vessels. Helps in the treatment of diseases and the liver, and the digestive system, and even the gallbladder, due to high cholagogue properties. It is used to treat colds, anemia and many others. It is also believed that the dog rose is able to stimulate and regulate the functions of the sexual glands, being a kind of natural aphrodisiac.

How to make a broth of wild rose, this magical remedy for all ills?

The hips can be bought in the pharmacy, and you can cook yourself. Collect berries preferably in September-October until the first frost. At this time they have a bright red color and are most valuable for their medicinal properties. Soft fruit for drying is unsuitable. Therefore, they can immediately be used for healing nectar. To do this, pour them with water and allow the night to stand, and in the morning bring to a boil - a useful drink is ready. Harder fruits can be dried to make a rose hip in winter and make up for the need of all family members in vitamins. Drying should be carried out at a temperature not exceeding 90 degrees.

Here's how to prepare a broth of dogrose

Dried berries washed, pour into a saucepan with boiling water. Boil for 10 minutes with the lid closed. Then insist for 24 hours in a dark place, so that vitamins do not break down, drain and drink.

A miracle drink can be prepared not only from the hips, but also from its roots, leaves, petals. For example, a decoction of leaves of a wild rose promotes good work of the stomach. To do this, you need 2 handfuls of washed leaves pour a liter of steep boiling water, insist the night, preferably in a thermos. The next day, drink small portions after eating.

Decoction from the roots of dog rose is effective in diseases of the kidneys, intestines, stomach, urolithiasis. And prepare it this way: the crushed dry roots are put in water, brought to a boil and tantalized over a slow fire for half an hour. Insist a couple of hours, strain, dilute with water until 1 liter, take between meals a half cup of 2 to 4 times a day.

Oil from the hips is also widely used. With it, enemas are made for ulcerative colitis, drink on a teaspoon twice a day as an anti-inflammatory, choleretic, diuretic. Petals of flowers of wild roses are useful to impose on the face to improve the condition of the skin, as well as to chew with anemia, bronchitis, beriberi, cardiovascular diseases.

Despite all these miraculous properties of dogrose, one should be aware of the contraindications to its use with a predisposition to thrombophlebitis, thrombosis, with circulatory failure, endocarditis.