How to brew rosehip in a thermos correctly: how long to infuse the drink - all the nuances and rules

In the “table of ranks” of medicinal plants, rosehip always takes its rightful place. He owes this primarily to ascorbic acid. There is so much vital vitamin in it that only 15–20 g of fruit covers the daily requirement of the human body. Just eating berries is not tasty, but the tea they make is amazing, you just need to brew it correctly. How - read on.

In the photo - rose hips

What substances are contained in the composition?

There are a huge number of them. For example, 100 grams of leaves meets the daily requirement for vitamins A and C, and in the berries themselves these numbers double. Therefore, excessive consumption can provoke hypervitaminosis. By the way, a person tolerates it much worse than vitamin deficiency.

However, the benefits of the infusion are determined by its rich chemical content:

1. Niacin (B3), or nicotinic acid. Responsible for normalizing redox and metabolic mechanisms.
2. Thiamine (B1). It has a beneficial effect on the central nervous system, saturates cells with carbohydrates, and takes part in metabolic processes.
3. Tocopherol (E). Performs the function of regeneration, regulates blood circulation.
4. Riboflavin (B2). It has a positive effect on the activity of the thyroid gland and also affects the reproductive organs.
5. Retinol (A). Strengthens the immune system, fights free radicals, which are the cause of cancer.
6. Ascorbic acid (C). A powerful antioxidant that enhances immunity and has an anti-inflammatory effect. It also promotes better absorption of iron and strengthens blood vessels.

In addition, the composition includes:

1. Carotene. Improves vision and condition of mucous membranes.
2. Pectins. Allows the removal of toxins and other harmful components, and also stabilizes the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
3. Potassium, sodium, copper, zinc, phosphorus, calcium, molybdenum, magnesium.

To get the maximum benefit from the drink, it is advisable to drink it regularly, a glass a day for 1-2 weeks, then take a break.

Compound

Rose hips are rich in natural and inorganic nutrients that help to establish the proper functioning of almost all organs:

• Vitamins such as: C, B, B1, A, E, K, PP. The amount of “ascorbic acid” is much higher than its content in black currants and lemons.
• Hydroxysuccinic and citric acids.
• Calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), phosphorus (P), potassium salts.
• Phytoncides (killing bacteria and microscopic fungi).
• Tannins that have anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effects.
• Essential oils.
• Fiber and pentozal.
• Iron (there is much more of it than, for example, in strawberries).

How and how long to infuse rose hips in a thermos

You can take fresh or dried berries. But if in the first case the fruits retain their beneficial qualities both whole and ground, then in the second they must be crushed or pre-dried in the oven. You can also purchase a ready-made tea in the Russian Tea Company catalogue.

Take 100 grams of preparations per liter of liquid and follow the instructions:

• wash the berries, lightly knead them, pierce them or grind them in a blender;
• pour into a container;
• in order not to lose the benefits of the drink, pour not boiling water, but slightly cooled boiled water;
• let it steep for about seven hours (it is recommended to prepare it in the evening so that the tea is ready the next morning).

If you used a ground ingredient, then strain it before use to remove the fibers inside.

Preparation and storage

The rose hips ripen and are maximally saturated with vitamins by mid-August; from this time until the first frost you can harvest them. For drying, it is better to take hard, strong fruits. Dried berries can be stored for no more than two years; during this time, beneficial substances are retained in the fruits.

How to prepare a decoction of dried rose hips in a thermos

The drink is useful for colds and inflammatory diseases, hypertension, as well as a lack of vitamins in the body. During the winter season, it improves immunity, and also relieves fatigue and gives energy. There are many ways to prepare it. Let's look at two of them without using additives.

First way

We wash the ingredients and grind them in a blender without removing hairs. Thus, we get a kind of “flour”, which we pour into a container. Proportions: half a teaspoon per half liter of liquid.

Add water heated to a temperature of 60° and leave for approximately 45 minutes. By the way, longer settling is necessary in order for the dry particles of the fruit to soften.

After the set period, filter and put on low heat. Boil for half an hour and then strain again.

Another method

In addition, you can cook whole berries. However, this procedure will be much longer and will take 7-12 hours. For this you will need glass containers, since metal tends to reduce the benefits of the tincture.

So, how to brew rose hips in a thermos overnight. Everything is very simple: put it in a bowl, fill it with water at 60°C and wait for the specified period.

To reuse, add a little more new raw material and perform the same manipulations again. You can make tea from already brewed ingredients up to three times.

The recipes described above are suitable for preventive purposes. Before treating a specific disease, you should consult your doctor. He will determine the optimal ratios and prescribe the necessary dosages for the individual situation.

Rosehip for prostatitis: recipe

Rose hips can have the most effective effect on the treatment of prostatitis:

• To prepare a medicinal infusion, you should first grind three large spoons of fruits
• The most common pliers will help you easily and quickly chop the berries (they must be pre-treated with alcohol)
• After this, the crushed fruits should be poured with two glasses of boiling water, preferably in a glass thermos
• This drink should be infused throughout the night (at least ten hours)
• The resulting drink should be drunk in one day: in about two doses

This procedure should be repeated daily for one to two months. After this, you should take a short break for a couple of weeks and repeat the course again.

Rosehip will help men cure prostatitis

Fresh fruits

Such a plan can be realized only during the maturation period, which lasts only a few weeks. Nevertheless, at this time the berries give up the maximum amount of nutrients contained in their composition.

One of the algorithms looks like this:

1. We wash the ingredients, open them and remove lint. This is an important stage, since hairs getting on the mucous membrane can cause soreness.
2. The peeled ingredients along with the seeds should be mashed. Then we place the workpiece in a glass container and fill it with liquid. For prevention, the following proportion is suitable: one tsp. per glass.
3. Let stand for about forty minutes and filter through gauze cloth or a strainer.
4. Afterwards, put the used mass into a saucepan and keep it on low heat for half an hour.
5. We filter the broth and let it cool.

Note that it is necessary to use a liquid at 60°C, since boiling water will destroy most of the vitamins and also change the structure of calcium and other minerals, which will make them ineffective.

We brew fruits to preserve vitamins

The fruits can be brewed either fresh or dried. When using fresh ones, they must be pre-processed and cleaned. To do this, the fruit is separated from the leaves, freed from villi and cut into two parts.

It is necessary to remove villi, since they can cause irritation of the mucous membrane and pancreas. The berries should be cut in half so that the taste is fully revealed, and the berry fully enriches the drink with useful substances.

There is practically no need to prepare pre-dried rose hips for the brewing procedure, but to complete the taste sensations, you can crush the berries into pieces and rinse lightly under warm water.

Dry or fresh should be brewed with hot water at a temperature of no more than 90 degrees.

Preparing a drink in a saucepan

Dried rose hips, just like fresh ones, can be brewed in a saucepan. Berries should not be in contact with boiling water for a long time, so brewing methods should be as gentle as possible.

It is best to pour cold water over the berries and put them on the fire; when they boil, turn them off after two minutes. A drink prepared in this way is called “uzvar” and is best suited for preserving microelements and vitamins contained in rose hips.

But you should not boil the fruits; after 10-15 minutes in boiling water, they will lose all their beneficial properties.

A few more ways to prepare rosehip infusion in a thermos

To improve the taste and beneficial qualities, additional ingredients can be added to tea. Let's look at popular cooking methods.

With ginger

This drink will help remove excess moisture and also have a mild laxative effect. And the component, in turn, will help warm the body and speed up metabolism.

What you will need:

• seven berries;
• cinnamon stick;
• a quarter of ginger root;
• one apple;
• mint leaves;
• a teaspoon of honey.

Management:

1. Grind the wild rose fruits, cut the apple into thin strips and put everything together in a container.
2. Add the spices, peel the ginger using a vegetable peeler, and chop it.
3. Pour boiling water and leave for several hours. We filter.

With hawthorn

It contains a huge number of organic acids and compounds, tannins, flavonoids and a complex of vitamins. Known to be effective in treating diseases of the central nervous system, heart and blood vessels. Together with rosehip they are used for:

• atrial fibrillation;
• hypertension at an early stage;
• angioneurosis.

They can be brewed separately or in one container. Black currants, raspberries or apples are often added. With strong concentration it can be used as tea leaves.

The process is quite simple. We pour rosehip and hawthorn in a ratio of 1:2 into a thermos and pour in a liter of hot water. It is better to do this before bed so that the drink has time to settle. And in the morning all that remains is to strain it. It is recommended to drink tea after meals.

With chokeberry

Chokeberry is full of a whole range of vitamins: P, C, K, E, group B. It also contains trace elements (copper, boron, fluorine), sugar components (glucose, fructose), tannins and pectin substances.

The tincture is used to get rid of hypertension and atherosclerosis. It removes radioactive particles from the body, stabilizes intestinal function, has a choleretic effect, and reduces cholesterol levels in the blood.

Drinking a drink made from black berries dilates blood vessels, and also gives them firmness and elasticity.

Recipe for rosehip and rowan infusion in a thermos:

1. Take 2 tbsp. ingredients, as well as two liters of boiling water.
2. We rinse the fruits under running liquid, pour them into a plate and lightly crush them, breaking the integrity of the peel.
3. Place the blanks in a container and fill.

The tea must be left to stand for at least 8 hours. After this, it is recommended to crush the berries a little more to give more richness. Strain and take half a glass 3 times a day. A collection with ordinary rowan, presented in the Russian Tea Company catalog, also acts as a multivitamin elixir, which is useful during the off-season and winter.

Healing properties of rose hips

The healing properties of rose hips have been known for at least several centuries. Then, decoctions, steams and infusions of rosehip were used as an antiscorbutic remedy, and were also used for anemia (anemia) and exhaustion of the body, regardless of its nature.

In those days, healers did not yet know about the existence of vitamins, minerals, tricky esters, flavonoids and acids. They saw only the high effectiveness of rose hips for such diseases and disorders as:

• Scarlet fever
• All kinds of inflammation, including kidney inflammation
• Typhoid
• Tuberculosis
• Diarrhea
• Urolithiasis disease
• Digestive tract diseases
• Problems with bile secretion

Modern researchers have discovered huge “deposits” of vitamins C, E, P, as well as microelements such as molybdenum, manganese and copper in rose hips. As for macroelements, they are also present here, albeit in moderate quantities.

At the same time, the presence of large reserves of vitamin C promotes the complete absorption of iron, calcium and copper. Which leads to an increase in hemoglobin and normalization of hematopoietic function.

On top of that, the healing properties of rose hips include its immunomodulatory and antiseptic qualities, as well as the ability to significantly reduce vascular permeability and no less significantly increase the rate of regeneration of any tissue in the human body, including bone tissue.

And, of course, thanks to the high content of antioxidants, rose hips help the body fight cancer cells, preventing the occurrence of malignant tumors.
Contraindications to the use of rosehip
: Gallstone disease, exacerbation of gastrointestinal diseases, allergies and thrombophlebitis.

As a means for losing weight

The peculiarity of wild rose, as a method of losing extra pounds, is that it affects the main causes leading to this problem:

• accumulation of toxins and other harmful components in the gastrointestinal tract;
• failure of metabolism and digestion;
• accumulation of excess moisture in the body.

Traditional medicine is rich in numerous recipes using not only fruits, but also inflorescences, leaves and roots. But girls who are losing weight will need berries for both external and internal use.

Raw materials provide many different and necessary effects in this matter:

• diuretic;
• tonic;
• astringent;
• anti-inflammatory, etc.

However, it is unlikely that you will be able to lose weight thanks to this drink alone. Reception should be combined with diet and exercise.

Brewing rose hips in a thermos for weight loss:

1. Add 4 tbsp. l. preparations and fill a liter of slightly cooled boiling water (about 90°C).
2. Leave for 7 or 8 hours, filter.

You need to use tea very carefully, as it contains a powerful complex of vitamins that can not only help, but also harm:

• the appearance of an allergy to a certain component;
• the excessive presence of ascorbic acid damages tooth enamel, so it is recommended to drink the infusion through a straw;
• abuse can lead to liver dysfunction.

To avoid undesirable consequences, carefully monitor your own condition during the course and stop taking it if discomfort occurs.

Application in medicine

The plant, which has many healing qualities, is often used in medicine:

1. for the prevention and treatment of infections;
2. for diseases of the liver and biliary system;
3. with internal bleeding.

For the treatment of pancreatitis

The decoction is often used for pancreatitis. It is able to relieve spasms, restore the pancreas, and strengthen the body weakened by illness.

Rose hips also help with gastritis. But this disease requires careful use of wild roses. The large amount of acid in the fruit allows the drink to be consumed only in chronic forms of the disease and only when warm.

Recipes for some health problems

Traditional medicine offers the following methods for preparing decoctions that can help with various ailments.

For colds

The drink helps with malaise, cough and runny nose. With periodic use, mucus thins, which helps relieve phlegm and remove it from the respiratory organs.

We will need:

• 2 tbsp. l. berries;
• 0.5 l of liquid;
• half a cinnamon stick;
• 4 star anise;
• lemon and ginger to taste.

Place all ingredients in a thermos and fill with boiling water. After an hour, strain and add lemon slices and grated ginger root.

For the stomach

This is a natural remedy that helps with gastritis and ulcers. It restores the activity of the gastrointestinal tract, eliminates toxins and waste. But allergic reactions or discomfort in the gastrointestinal tract may occur. Then you need to stop taking it.

We will need twenty grams of fruit and a glass of water. Boil for about 10 minutes and then leave to settle overnight. In the morning you should filter the infusion and take half a glass a day before meals.

For heart

Berries are a natural substitute for a statin drug used to lower cholesterol.

For brewing you will need a proportion of raw materials and boiling water of 1:20. In other words, there will be approximately a tablespoon per mug. It is recommended to first grind it and remove the hairs, as they irritate the mucous membrane and cause a sore throat. It is better to consume before meals 3 times a day.

You can also make a decoction. Pour the same amount of the workpiece into 2 cups of liquid. Boil for fifteen minutes and then leave to steep for another 30.

You can also use fresh berries. They are added to water at a temperature of 40° and left for a day.

Note that the recipe is suitable for preventive purposes. If you have specific diseases, consult your doctor about the dosage and method of preparation.

Adviсe

Tip 1

Rosehip tea is a medicinal product, so you should not abuse it. It is not recommended to drink infusion or tea constantly.

Tip 2

Together with rose hips, you can brew leaves and flowers. For 15 fruits you will need 5 flowers and 2-3 leaves. The raw materials need to be rinsed with water, put in a thermos, and filled with hot water (not boiling water). Let it brew for 40-50 minutes. After straining, the drink is ready to drink. You can add honey to it.

How to drink rosehip brewed in a thermos correctly

Experts recommend taking no more than 80 milliliters of tincture three times a day. Due to the abundance of vitamins and microelements, intake should be carried out in programs of two weeks, and then take a break.

However, these numbers may change depending on the tasks. For example, if there is a need to overcome colds or infectious inflammations, then the proportion increases to 120 ml, and the duration, on the contrary, decreases to 7 days.

After drinking the drink, be sure to rinse your mouth. This is due to the presence in the composition of a high concentration of organic compounds that can destroy tooth enamel.

By the way, you can store it either in the same container in which it was brewed or in a glass or porcelain teapot. But despite the fact that the shelf life reaches three days, it is advisable to cook for one.

The benefits of rosehip decoction for children and pregnant women

For children and pregnant women, rosehip decoctions and infusions are useful because they:

• increase hemoglobin, including by activating a mechanism that releases iron reserves stored by the liver
• are a good help in the fight against any infectious diseases, including acute respiratory viral infections, acute respiratory infections and influenza, which can cause serious harm to children in the womb
• protect veins from varicose veins, and also give additional elasticity and mobility to blood vessels

But! It is very important to understand that even preventive use of rosehip decoction is possible only under the supervision of a specialist (we are talking about regular use of the decoction). In addition, you should remember that after each serving of rosehip decoction you need to rinse your mouth so as not to damage tooth enamel, which is especially important in childhood, as well as for pregnant women.

That's all. Now you know how to brew rose hips correctly, as well as what to expect from taking its infusions and decoctions.

Be healthy!

Rosehip during pregnancy

During pregnancy, it is not recommended to use medicinal plants and herbs, but if there are indications and recommendations from your doctor, you can drink the infusion.

Because the components included in this plant help get rid of bleeding, improve digestion, remove waste and toxins, increase immunity and nourish the body with vitamins.

A decoction for pregnant women is prepared only from dry berries collected in environmentally friendly areas. To do this, use one tablespoon of rose hips per liter of water and simmer over low heat until the water boils.

After two minutes of boiling, you need to remove the broth from the stove and pour the finished drink into a glass vessel and leave to cool. Pregnant women are not recommended to consume more than two glasses of decoction per day.

Contraindications for custard rosehip

The fruits are prohibited from brewing and consuming in the following cases:

• allergy to the product and hereditary predisposition to it;
• absence of gallbladder;
• hypervitaminosis of vitamin C;
• severe kidney damage;
• increased blood clotting, tendency to thrombosis;
• decompensated type diabetes;
• myocardial inflammation;
• increased acidity of gastric juice;
• hyperacid gastritis, ulcerative-erosive lesions of the stomach and duodenum;
• frequent heartburn.

to get a medicinal drink you need to know how to brew the berries correctly