How to brew a dogrose - 9 right recipes, how to cook a healthy broth

Medicinal plants, used in the form of decoctions, infusions and teas, have long and firmly entered the practice of traditional medicine and herbal medicine. Among the supplies of wild berries in almost every family there are fruits of a bush, which received its Russian name because of the sharp thorns on the branches. How to brew wild rose in different ways, find out in the proposed review of recipes for preparing a vitamin drink.

Useful properties of a rosehip broth

The wild bush dotted with thorns is the ancestor of all types of cultivated roses. However, in scientific and alternative medicine, it is not rosehip flowers that are valued more, but juicy goblet-shaped hypanthium with small nuts inside. Raw materials are collected in the fall before frost. Decoctions and infusions (water extracts from the raw material of a medicinal plant) are prepared from the most vitamin-rich types of dogrose (May, sparkling, Daurian, wrinkled, Bergman).

Fruit composition

Mature hypanthias are dark orange or red in color. This is a real storehouse of substances useful for the human body.Vitamin C (L-ascorbic acid) in rosehip contains from 0.2 to 5%. Sh. Canine contains less than vitamin C. Sh. Berger most of all. It is worth noting that the daily requirement of an adult in this substance is 60 - 200 mg. In inflammatory processes in the body, high doses of ascorbic acid - 400-500 mg, are useful.

Other beneficial compounds in fruits (except vitamin C):

• Vitamins B1 and B2, E, K, PP, flavonoids with P-vitamin activity are substances that are responsible for many body functions.
• Flavonoids - yellow pigments regulate permeability and strengthen capillary walls.
• Catechins are flavonoid substances with strong antioxidant properties.
• Tanning compounds are astringent and anti-inflammatory components useful in gastrointestinal tract disorders.
• Pectins - natural enterosorbents, food for beneficial intestinal microflora.
• Organic acids - stimulants of digestion in the intestines, antiseptics.
• Simple and complex sugars are a source of energy for the body.
• Carotenoids - are provitamin A.
• Potassium, calcium, magnesium, phosphorus, iron, manganese - macro-and micronutrients necessary for the body.

Ascorbic acid easily passes into an aqueous solution. Water-soluble are vitamins B1, B2, PP, R. Carotenoids and vitamin K are better extracted by fats, more resistant to heat.

Biologically active compounds of rose hips have a healing effect. In addition to them, in the fruits there are related components and ballast substances.

Therapeutic action

In folk medicine, not only fruits are used, but also flowers, as well as rose hips. All parts of the prickly plant contain vitamins and flavonoids. Ascorbic acid is most found in fruits.

The healing properties of rose hips:

• anti-inflammatory;
• hemostatic;
• potency enhancement;
• antibacterial;
• restorative;
• multivitamin;
• painkiller;
• soothing;
• choleretic;
• diuretic;
• astringent.

Decoction and other preparations from the fruits enhance the activity of enzymes, stimulate the synthesis of hormones and the renewal of body tissues. Thanks to the combination of vitamins C and P, water extraction from rose hips helps with bleeding and vascular diseases. The tool is used to increase the body's resistance to infections, strengthen the immune system.

The main indications for taking rosehip preparations inside:

• kidney and urinary tract diseases;
• gastritis with low acidity;
• rheumatism, arthritis, gout;
• hormonal imbalance;
• uterine bleeding;
• hypo- and vitamin deficiencies;
• liver disease
• stomach ulcer;
• atherosclerosis;
• hypertension;
• cold;
• neurosis;
• anemia.

Rose hips are the raw material for pharmaceutical production. From the juicy part get syrup, preparations "Holos", "Holosas", extract "Carotolin". Rosehip syrup is added to the finished broth or infusion (instead of honey or sugar).

Daily Drink Rate

• The dose at one time is from 60 to 125 ml. Adults take 1/3 - 1/2 cup rosehip broth 2 - 3 times a day after meals.
• In total, 250 to 400 ml of decoction can be consumed per day. The maximum daily dose is 1 liter of a vitamin drink.
• To find out the norm for a child under 2 years of age, the dosage for an adult should be divided into 8 parts.
• Children from 3 to 4 years old are given ¼, from 4 to 7 years old - 1/3, from 7 to 14 years old - half the daily dose of an adult.

Is it possible to drink a decoction during pregnancy

Rosehip while carrying a child is useful due to the content of macro- and microelements, vitamins, pectin and organic acids. Receiving a decoction of the fetus increases immunity during pregnancy, reduced due to hormonal changes. The tool helps to prevent and treat colds, which affect women in position.

Use of rose hips for pregnant women:

• stimulates the work of the endocrine glands, the synthesis of hormones, enzymes;
• increases the absorption of nutrients and improves metabolism;
• has a diuretic effect, helps eliminate edema;
• helps stop postpartum hemorrhage;
• reduces the harmful effects of allergens, toxins.

Sweet and sour broth and infusion reduce the unpleasant manifestations of toxicosis.

Recipe 1. A healthy drink for pregnant women.

Ingredients:

• rose hips - 8 - 10 tbsp. l .;
• water - 1 l.

Application:

1. Grind the fruits.
2. Pour hot water.
3. Simmer for 10 minutes.
4. Insist 30 minutes, then filter.

Rose hips are used to treat children and pregnant women. You should consult your doctor in cases where ascorbic acid preparations, antibiotics, and multivitamin complexes are additionally prescribed.

How to brew rose hips to preserve vitamins?

The most common, simple and cheap way to use a medicinal plant is to prepare an aqueous infusion or decoction. By the name of the ancient Roman doctor, such drugs are called "galenical". Extracts contain active, concomitant and ballast substances soluble in water.

Recipe 2. Infusion.

Ingredients:

• rosehip - 2 tbsp. l dried fruit;
• water - 220 - 250 ml.

Application:

1. Prepared raw materials are doused with cold water, cover the dishes with a lid.
2. Heat the solution in a water bath for no more than 15 minutes.
3. Remove the pan from the heat and cool the infusion for 45 minutes.
4. The cooled solution is filtered (filtered), the fruits are squeezed.
5. Add boiled water to the original volume.

Recipe 3. Rosehip broth.

Ingredients:

• rosehip - 2 tbsp. l fruits;
• water - 220 - 250 ml.

Application:

1. The broth is heated in a water bath for 30 minutes.
2. Cool for at least 10 minutes and then filter.
3. If you take water 1 liter or more, then boiling in a water bath is carried out for 40 minutes.

The main disadvantage of preparing herbal rosehip preparations according to standard herbal medicine recipes is the destruction of vitamin C.

Vitamins of group B, PP and K are more stable when boiled. Ascorbic acid is destroyed not only during hydrothermal treatment, but also oxidized by atmospheric oxygen. Grinding enhances, and carotenoids and vitamin E prevent this process. During storage of the hot solution, the destruction of ascorbic acid continues.

How to brew rose hips to preserve vitamins as much as possible:

• avoid contact of raw materials and broth with iron, copper, alkaline substances;
• to defend and boil tap water before use;
• choose enameled or glassware;
• take only the recommended amounts of raw materials and water;
• Do not heat longer than indicated in the recipe;
• prepare infusion and broth quickly.

Recipe 4. Cold way to prepare the infusion.

1. Raw materials are poured with boiled water, cooled to room temperature.
2. Insist in a closed container from 4 to 8 hours.

Recipe 5. A combination of ways to prepare an infusion to preserve vitamins and more fully extract nutrients

1. First, the dog rose is insisted in cold water.
2. After 4 to 8 hours, the solution is filtered, the remaining raw materials are poured with boiling water.
3. Infusion put on a hot stove, but do not boil.
4. After cooling, filter, squeeze the fruits, mix both infusions.

Fresh Berry Broth

Infusion is considered a cleaner form of aqueous extract from medicinal raw materials. Such a solution is well absorbed, has a quick and powerful effect. Decoctions contain less vitamins that are unstable to heat, and more related components that weaken the effect of beneficial substances. When boiling, ascorbic acid is destroyed faster.

Recipe 6. Cooking infusion of fresh fruits.

Ingredients:

• juicy walls of rose hips - 1 tsp;
• hot water - 210 - 250 ml.

Application:

1. Carefully remove juicy hypanthium, clean it of nuts and hairs.
2. The walls of the fruits are folded into a suitable container and poured with water heated to 60 ° C.
3. Leave for infusion for 40 minutes, then filtered.
4. The fruits are again placed in a saucepan, 2 times less water is added than the first time, and heated for about 15 minutes in a water bath.
5. The second solution is filtered and mixed with the first.
6. Before use, the drink is sweetened with honey or sugar.
7. During the day, you can drink 2 to 3 cups of infusion.

Mixtures of several types of plant materials (fees) are used as multivitamin and sedatives. Medicinal and prophylactic teas with berries, leaves and flowers are taken for diabetes, obesity, metabolic disorders, inflammatory diseases.

We make dried rose hips

Raw materials can be brewed immediately after collection: remove the nuts, rinse the inner surface of the hypanthium from the hairs. However, most often the fruits are dried whole or frozen. Dried rosehip is used to prepare infusion, decoction, fees. On 1 tbsp. l dried raw materials (10 g) should be taken 110 - 125 ml of water.

In a slow cooker

You can use the program "Steam cooking", the temperature at this operating mode reaches 120 ° C, and heating lasts only 10 minutes. However, a significant portion of vitamin C is destroyed due to high temperature. “Quenching” is a more gentle mode in which ascorbic acid is better preserved (temperature 95 ° C).

Recipe 7.

Ingredients for making a decoction:

• rose hips - 250 g;
• water - 2.5 l;
• sugar - 2 cups.

Prepare a decoction of fruits and cold water. The raw materials are thoroughly rinsed under the tap, put in the bowl of the multicooker, pour water and close the lid. Turn on the Extinguishing program for 40 minutes.

How to brew wild rose in a thermos?

At home, this is a convenient way to make vitamin tea. If you brew a dogrose in a thermos, then the water temperature will be below 100 ° C and there is no air access. As a result, vitamin C is less destroyed than when boiling a decoction.

Recipe 8. Infusion of wild rose in a thermos.

Ingredients:

• rosehip - 1 - 2 tbsp. l dried fruit;
• water - 2 glasses.

Application:

1. Pre-pour boiling water into the container and rinse it.
2. Pure fruits are then placed inside. Top up with 1 tbsp. l sugar (less possible), add the same amount of honey.
3. Rosehip is brewed in a thermos with boiling water.
4. Leave for 5 to 6 hours or all night.
5. Take ½ cup of infusion 2 or 3 times a day after meals.

Ingredients can be taken in other quantities. Placed in a thermos 5 tbsp. l (50 g) of fruit, pour 1 liter of boiling water. Insist 10 to 12 hours. Take a glass 3 times a day for half an hour before meals. You can use the infusion for compresses and baths for rheumatism.

Recipe 9. Vitamin tea.

Ingredients:

• rose hips, mountain ash, berries and leaves of currant, raspberry, lingonberry - 1 part each;
• water - 2 glasses.

Application:

1. In a thermos placed 1 tbsp. l collection.
2. Brew 2 cups boiling water.
3. Close the thermos and insist tea for 4 hours.

Sugar or honey is added to taste. Honey enhances the beneficial effects of the drink. Take ½ cup of vitamin tea 3 times a day.

Contraindications

Rosehip preparations are not taken with thrombophlebitis.

Do not abuse broth and infusion, if available:

• kidney disease
• diabetes;
• cholelithiasis.

Ascorbic acid has a laxative effect, which also must be considered when taking a vitamin product inside.

Rose hips contain a large amount of vitamin C and are ahead of many plants in this indicator. Decoction and infusion increase the body's resistance, have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects. Useful substances are preserved during the proper preparation of fruit drinks without prolonged boiling.