Dogrose — a bush of family Pink, widespread in the temperate climatic zone.
Gardeners appreciate a dogrose beautiful blossoming, official and traditional medicine — medicinal properties.
For women we will also talk about advantage of a plant today.
What dogrose berries are rich with
These small, brightly painted berries conceal in themselves the whole drugstore.
- Vitamins: And, B1, B2, C, E, PP, beta carotene.
- Macrocells: calcium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphorus.
- Minerals: iron, copper, zinc, selenium.
- Sahara: glucose, fructose, xylose, sucrose.
- Organic acids: lemon, apple, arachidonic, olein, linoleic, palmitic.
- Flavonoids: quercetin, routines, giperozid.
- Other substances: carotinoids, tannins, pectins, cellulose, essential oil.
Whether you know? Actually — if to approach a question it is strict from the scientific point of view — the hip is not berry. It is a so-called multinutlet at which under rather soft cover the set of nutlets, seeds with a dense surface is collected. In botany the hip received for an identity the special name — tsinarodiya.
Than the dogrose is useful to women
The dogrose saturated with useful substances can be useful in treatment and prevention of many diseases.
For strengthening of immunity
Flavonoids, tannins, ascorbic acid render anti-inflammatory, antiviral and antibacterial action on an organism. In a complex of substance enhance protective properties of an organism, create the habitat, unacceptable for pathogenic microorganisms, at penetration of viruses or bacteria inside render permanent counteraction, accelerating recovery.
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For heart and vessels
Giperozid improves comprehensibility of potassium, ability of this element to feed heart, to regulate work of a cardiac muscle. Rutin strengthens capillaries and reduces fragility of vessels, quercetin has styptic property. Minerals and vitamins, flavonoids and carotinoids improve synthesis of blood cells, blood circulation, interfere with formation of blood clots and adjournment of cholesterol in blood, reduce risk of an ischemic disease and atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction.
For digestive tract
The tandem of tannins and cellulose improves a metabolism, forms useful microflora in intestines, removes toxins. Flavonoids remove intestines spasms, promote comprehensibility of useful substances, have negative effect on salt deposits. Food fibers softly envelop mucous, leveling inflammatory processes. The knitting effect of tannins positively works at ponosa, suppresses activity of pathogenic microorganisms in digestive organs.
For a liver and kidneys
Active agents in fruits of a plant help to rassasyvat stones in kidneys, show bile-expelling and diuretic effect, the anesthetizing action. Vitamins A, B1, C, E, carotene promote regeneration of cells of a liver, removal of excess fats from body, take part in oxidizing processes. Magnesium, selenium and zinc neutralize an adverse effect of salts of heavy metals, accumulation of products of disintegration of drugs, regulate work of enzymes, show antioxidant properties.
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For health of skin, nails and hair
Thanks to the rich structure which is favorably influencing all organism, in particular a digestive tract and work of a liver, the dogrose is the powerful tool maintaining external beauty. It will help with the following:
- to eliminate skin peeling, inflammatory processes in epithelium layers;
- to reduce production of hypodermic fat;
- to strengthen a hair bag and hair on all length;
- to eliminate fragility of hair and nails;
- to tighten faded skin, to smooth small wrinkles;
- to recover hair after damage by chemical procedures;
- will increase production of collagen;
- will tone up and feed integuments.
For weight loss
Caloric content of fresh fruits — 109 kcal on hundred grams of a product. Juice and dogrose decoctions will help at violation of exchange processes with an organism that often is the prime cause of set of weight. The plant will help to remove toxins, excess cholesterol, to normalize digestion process. Hepatoprotective properties of fruits will protect a liver from fat savings that will also promote normalization of body weight.
Whether you know? The flower of a dogrose was a popular symbol of many countries of the Middle Ages. Now it is an official flower symbol of the Canadian province of Alberta.
Whether flowers, leaves, roots are useful
Not only fruits, but also petals of inflorescences of a dogrose are rich with organic acids, minerals and vitamins. From flowers cook the tea strengthening blood vessels and small capillaries, normalizing a warm rhythm. Drink strengthens the immune system, helps to struggle with cough, cold, oral cavity infections. Flowers are used in grass collecting for prevention of anemia, heart diseases, treatment of dermatological problems. Petals apply in house cosmetology, and in cookery cook from them jam, candy for decoration of desserts.
Leaves are especially rich with organic acids and saponins. The last are actively used at treatment of sexual frustration at men and women, normalize a hormonal background that is especially important in the period of a menopause at women, support work of all endocrine system.
Learn more about recipes and properties and storage of broth of a dogrose.
Broths and infusions from leaves of a plant apply at treatment of diseases of a GIT, they improve motility of a stomach and a vermicular movement of intestines. Medicines on the basis of leaves help to lower a pain syndrome at periods, are applied in gynecology as the anesthetizing and styptic means. Diuretic action of leaves helps to get rid of hypostases at diseases of kidneys, to lower high pressure, to normalize a dream, to calm nervous system, inflammatory processes on skin.
Whether you know? Each flower symbolizes something, the presented bouquet bears some semantic loading. For example, the branch of a dogrose is a question: whether I can trust you?
The root of a dogrose is useful at dysentery, inflammation of an urinogenital system, cholelithiasis, violation of water-salt exchange, liver diseases. The crushed root is used in an official pharmacopeia as a component of drugs of both preventive, and therapeutic action. The root possesses bactericidal, antiseptic, diuretic, diuretic action.
It helps at muscular pains and spasms, facilitates a state at paralysis of extremities. Infusions and broths are drunk for maintenance of protective properties of an organism, used in house cosmetics. The grated or crushed in powder root of a dogrose is applied as a basis or one of components to various masks and other cosmetics.
Whether it is possible a dogrose
Considering saturated structure of a plant, it is possible to assume that some of its components in some cases will do harm. Especially this question concerns future and feeding mothers.
At pregnancy
Pregnancy — that period when it is necessary to protect the health especially carefully as about its states the life of not born kid depends. The female body during this period works for two therefore it is vulnerable for viral and infectious diseases. Intake of aggressive medicines can negatively influence development of a fruit so it is desirable to be treated by natural medicines.
Important! It is necessary to consider that in large numbers the plant can create additional load of kidneys therefore reception should be coordinated with the doctor.
The dogrose is vitamin-rich, minerals and antioxidants — these substances will help to accelerate process of recovery of future mummy at sharp respiratory and viral infections, cold, throat diseases. The dogrose will fill shortage of calcium that will help the woman to avoid problems with teeth, frequent in the period of pregnancy. Still he will strengthen bones and joints, will help to remove hypostases of legs, faces, normalizes a hormonal background.
At a lactation
The use of pharmacological medicines is also contraindicated to the feeding mothers. Moreover — if mummy gets sick, it is impossible to nurse the child during this period. The means prepared on the basis of a dogrose will help to strengthen the immune system of the woman and to prevent cold and other viral diseases. Consumption of drinks from fruits of a plant will help the woman to restore health after the delivery, to normalize a hormonal background, warm activity, to fill a vitamin and mineral stock, to strengthen nervous system and endurance.
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As use in cookery
The dogrose, besides the medical purposes, is very frequent guest in cookery of many countries.
What can be prepared and what it is combined with
From it cook such dishes:
- syrup;
- fruit jelly, fruit candy, jelly;
- tea, coffee (from seeds);
- kvass, compote, kissel;
- jam, jam;
- liqueur, wine, fruit liqueur;
- vitamin puree and even soup.
It can be combined with greens, honey, cream, fruit and vegetables (carrots, apple, a celery), with nuts and vegetable oils.
How to make tea
For preparation of tea of berry crush, fill in with boiled water and insist about ten minutes. Then it is necessary to filter drink from small hairs. To taste add sugar or honey to tea. Drink strengthens immunity, is prevention from dental problems, anemia, pressure jumps.
Tea from flowers will help with prevention of cardiovascular diseases, diseases of kidneys and a liver, will improve complexion and metabolism, will saturate an organism with vitamins. Dried petals and boiled water will be necessary for preparation. You should not boil as the majority of useful elements at the same time will disappear. Petals just fill in with boiled water and insist ten minutes. Drink as usual tea with honey or sugar.
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Similarly tea from leaves is cooked. Drink possesses diuretic, soft laxative and anti-inflammatory actions. It is useful at diseases of a stomach and intestines, anemia, diseases of urinary and bile-expelling bodies. The dogrose is well combined with currant, mint, a melissa, raspberry, a marjoram, a guelder-rose.
Important! It is necessary to use collecting with care; it is desirable to consult with the doctor as each plant has the positive and negative properties for an organism.
As use in house cosmetology
The vitamin structure of a dogrose was estimated long ago by cosmetologists — oil, seeds and fruits are frequent ingredients of cosmetics. As culture grows almost everywhere, it can be prepared for the winter independently and to prepare house cosmetics. Means on the basis of a plant will help to improve a metabolism at the cellular level, to hold the moisture keeping elasticity of covers, to clean them from pollution, to return healthy complexion.
Broth for wiping of the person
Three tablespoons of berries to fill in 400 ml of water, to boil thoroughly on weak fire five-seven minutes. Broth to filter, cool and wipe a face in the morning. It is possible to clean with warm broth in the evening. Regular use will calm irritable skin, will level color and will saturate with moisture. Broth will form a basis for other care products for skin.
The cleaning mask
In small capacity mix a tablespoon of home-made sour cream and broth of a dogrose, add a half of a teaspoon of lemon juice. Mix is put on a face for fifteen minutes, washed away warm water. Except clarification, means has the bleaching effect.
Nutritious mask
The tablespoon of broth is mixed with a spoon of banana pulp, add a teaspoon of rye bran. Put on a face for twenty minutes, wash away warm water, then apply the moisturizing cream on an easy basis.
The toning lotion
It is desirable to prepare the toning lotion from fresh petals of a plant, but it is possible also from dry. Two tablespoons of raw materials fill in with a glass of boiled water, insist about an hour. For improvement of complexion and a raising of a tone of skin wipe it with infusion daily in the morning and in the evening.
From wrinkles
The tablespoon of broth from berries is mixed with a honey spoon. Mix is put on a face for twenty minutes, then washed away warm water.
From pimples and acne rash
Structure: a tablespoon of broth of berries, an aloe juice teaspoon, blue clay (we add so much that the mask was density of sour cream). Mix is put on a face for 15-20 minutes, then washed away easy massage movements. It can be washed away earlier, in case of drying and strong tightening of skin.
Face toner
Tablespoon of dry mix of the crushed berries, flowers of a camomile and a calendula to fill in with a glass of boiled water. Insist under a cover within an hour, then carefully filter. Ingredients of mix supplement action of each other, removing inflammations, deeply cleaning and creating a protective barrier in the top layers of epidermis. It is possible to wipe a face in the morning and in the evening.
Camomile and essential oil of a camomile — some of the most popular and the products loved by girls for preparation of house face make-up and hair.
Tonic is stored in the fridge, it is no more than a week. Then do fresh means.
Srub
Structure: dogrose tablespoon, teaspoon of wheat bran of a rough grinding, teaspoon of a dry dried peel of a lemon. To put on a face, to wait five minutes, then circular motions, by means of a cotton pad, to clean a face and to wash away a mask water.
Strengthening of hair
Dermatologists and trichologists (i.e. specialists in skin and hair) recommend to apply a dogrose in the injured, weakened, badly growing or strongly dropping out hair care. Soft action of a plant will help to get rid of dandruff, an itch, the whipped tips, to restore structure of hair and to strengthen their roots.
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Recipe: to boil thoroughly a glass of the crushed hips about ten minutes on weak fire in 500 ml of vegetable oil. To place mix in a glass container with lid, to allow to infuse seven days. Before the use to filter. Oil can be applied as independent means and as a basis for various masks.
Contraindications and harm
Application of means on the basis of a dogrose at the following states is strictly contraindicated:
- allergy;
- thrombophlebitis;
- blood diseases;
- diabetes.
With care and only from approval of the doctor use at diseases of a gastric path as ascorbic acid increases acidity of gastric juice that provokes inflammation of mucous. Consultation of the doctor is necessary at heart diseases, the increased arterial blood pressure, diseases terms and at chronic diseases of a liver.
Considering existence of a large amount of acids in structure, the settlement