Rose hips cinnamon (may) - rosa cinnamomea

Other names: Rosehip mai (Rosa majalis).

Family Rosaceae.

Botanical characteristics. A low shrub in height 60 - 200 cm with ascending branches, somewhat saggy, brownish-red, usually covered with pairs of crescent-shaped elongated spines, less often - straight thorns with an admixture of bristly spinules. Flower-bearing branches almost do not have thorns. Leaves spiral, odd-pinnate, with stipules, leaflets elongate-ovoid or oval, basely wedge-shaped, apically spiky, toply bluish-green, mostly glabrous, covered with hairs from below, just jagged without glands. The flowers are large, pink, regular. Bisexual, single. Fruits are berry-shaped, containing nut-like fruit-bearing seeds. Blooms in May - June. There are more than 60 species of dogrose.

Spread. Rosehip grows throughout Russia. It grows in forests, among bushes, along thickets near lakes, rivers, on meadows.

Chemical composition. Fruits contain a very high concentration of ascorbic acid, vitamins B, PP, K, panthenolic acid, flavonoids (quercitrin, kaempferol, hyperoside, astralgin, etc.), phenolic acids, pectic substances, organic acids, salts of iron, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium , Calcium.

Used parts of the plant. For medical purposes harvested hips are harvested in a period of full maturity. They are dried in a dryer or oven at a temperature of 80 - 100 ° C. Shelf life of dry fruits is 2 years. Rosehips are released pharmacies.

Application in medicine

In folk medicine, not only rose hips, but also flower petals, plant roots were widely used. The fruits were treated with scurvy, anemia, diseases of the eyes and liver, stomach, kidneys. Decoction of fruits was used to improve immunity for severe and long treatment of patients with fractures, wounds, with infectious diseases. Decoction of the roots is useful for patients with paralysis, with weakness in the muscles of the legs, with rheumatism and gout.

Hips are effective in the treatment of avitaminosis, liver disease, gall bladder, gastritis, especially with reduced acidity of gastric juice, gastric ulcer and duodenal ulcer, kidney and urinary tract diseases, colds, and leaves and juice of them - with periodontal disease, roots - With gastrointestinal diseases as an astringent.

The hips are used for the prevention and treatment of hypo-and avitaminosis C and P, for acute and chronic infectious diseases, atherosclerosis, nephritis, acute and chronic hepatitis, blood and vascular diseases, with thyrotoxicosis and radiation injuries, traumatic shock.

Fruits are traditionally included in the composition of various vitamin teas.

Syrup from a water condensed fruit extract is known as "Holosas", it is taken with diseases of the liver, gallbladder and kidneys.

Preparation

• Infusion of hips cinnamon: 1 tbsp. L. Crushed fruits pour 1 cup of water at a boil and insist in a thermos for 3-4 hours. Take 1 glass 3 times a day after meals, it is better with honey for liver diseases, diabetes, kidney disease, hypovitaminosis.
• Broth of cinnamon rosea: 1 tbsp. L. Crushed fruits pour 1 cup boiling water, insist 8 - 10 hours, and then boil for 10 minutes, filter. Take 0.5 cup 2 times a day before meals with the same indications.
• Decoction of seeds of cinnamon rosea: 1 tbsp. L. Seeds of fruits are poured with 1 glass of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, insist 2 hours, and then filter. Take a quarter cup 3 times a day after meals with liver, gall bladder, colic.
• Decoction of cinnamon roots: 1.5 tbsp. L. Dry crushed in a fine powder of roots pour 300 ml of water and boil for 10 minutes. Insist 2 hours, filter. Take 0.5 cup 3 times a day after meals with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Broth leaves cinnamon cinnamon: 1.5 tbsp. L. Leaves pour 300 ml of water and boil 1 min. Insist 1 hour, filter. Take 0.5 cup 3 times a day after meals as a vitamin remedy.
• Oil from the hips: Dry fruits are ground into powder and poured with hot olive oil in a ratio of 1: 4. Insist in a dark place for 2 weeks. Filter, squeeze. Oil is used externally or internally with peptic ulcer.
• Ointment from the petals of dog rose and honey: Fresh petals are ground in a mortar into a gruel and mixed with the same amount of honey, ground. Used as an ointment with erysipelas, eczema.
• Resin from burnt branches of dog rose cinnamon: On a metal baking sheet, moist branches of dogrose are burned and the resulting resin is used as an ointment for allergic dermatoses, psoriasis, diabetic dystrophies of the skin.