Rosehip is useful food supplement, natural antioxidant and effective medicine... The rosehip contains active substances that help the child's body cope with various infections and boosts immunity. Rosehip fruits contain more ascorbic acid or vitamin C than blackcurrant and lemon. It contains vitamins P, B, K, E, carotene, organic acids, pectin, tannins and trace elements. Rosehip is a real storehouse of nutrients and vitamins.

Is it possible for babies to have a rosehip?

Pediatricians recommend introducing rose hips to infants no earlier than 6 months and if the child is not allergic. How an allergic reaction manifests itself and how to help the baby is described in the article. Therefore, before using these fruits, a doctor's consultation is necessary so that he prescribes a dosage for the age of the baby. Also, rose hips contain a lot of calcium and are especially useful during the period of teething.

Babies can be given rosehips in the form of decoctions, teas, infusions and syrups. These miraculous drinks made from its fruits improve the metabolism in the body of children and have anti-inflammatory, hematopoietic properties.

How to brew rose hips for babies.

The easiest way is to brew the rose hips in a thermos. This kind of preparation is considered very useful. Rinse 4 tablespoons of rose hips, pour one liter of boiling water and leave in a thermos for 2 to 6 hours. Then it must be filtered and given to the baby in a warm form according to the dosage prescribed by the pediatrician.

Rosehip broth for babies.

To fully extract useful material from rose hips, it is best to prepare a decoction or infusion. In children, rosehip decoction strengthens the immune system well. This drink is very useful in winter if the child's body suffers from a lack of vitamins.

A simple recipe for making a rosehip decoction: you need to take a hundred grams of berries and chop, then pour one liter of cold water and bring to a boil over low heat. After it boils, cover and boil for no more than 5 minutes. Remove the boiled broth from heat and leave for 4 hours. Then strain several times through cheesecloth and give to the crumbs.

Rosehip infusion for infants can be prepared as follows: take 2 tablespoons of chopped rosehip berries and put in a jar, pour two glasses of boiling water and put on water bath... Without letting the infusion cool down, strain it through double gauze and add hot boiled water to replenish the volume of the original liquid. Infusion should be given to babies, observing the dose prescribed by the doctor.
You need to store the broth or rosehip infusion in a cool place or refrigerator for no more than two days. Undiluted rosehip infusions and decoctions should not be given to infants.

Allergy to rose hips in babies.

Rosehip is a powerful allergen, because this product contains an abundance of vitamin C. Due to the fact that the gastrointestinal tract of the crumbs has not yet been fully formed, an allergic reaction to this drink may occur. In this case, you must immediately stop giving it to your child.

The acid contained in rose hips, with prolonged use, leads to the destruction of tooth enamel. Doctors advise drinking through a straw. The product is a diuretic, so you do not need to water the baby before bedtime, so that the night's rest of the baby is not disturbed.

Taking into account all the features of this fetus, parents will be able to decide whether to give it to an infant.

Wild rose berries have a rich composition. They are especially rich in ascorbic acid, bioflavonoids, carotene, vitamins of group B, K, E. High content malic and citric acids, mineral salts(potassium, iron, magnesium, phosphorus, calcium), tannins, antioxidants and phytoncides makes the fruits of the plant especially valuable for use in health food and recipes of traditional medicine. Cooking broths is the easiest and efficient way reveal the healing properties of rose hips.

The benefits of rosehip decoction for the human body are directly determined by the characteristics of the composition of plant raw materials:

The drink strengthens the immune system and is effective against not feeling well, asthenia, loss of strength, including those caused by vitamin deficiency.
Rosehip active substances have a pronounced antiviral action help to cope with SARS and influenza.
Taking rosehip medications during pregnancy significantly reduces the risk of complications, vitamin and trace element deficiency, and serves as prevention colds and metabolic disorders, the development of obesity.
Decoctions of wild rose berries are especially beneficial for the health of the circulatory system, as they help to strengthen the walls of capillaries and large vessels, and reduce the likelihood of atherosclerotic plaque formation. They also promote the production of red blood cells, helping to promote blood formation and heal anemia.
The diuretic effect of the drink is useful for those who suffer from high blood pressure, heart failure, edema, pyelonephritis, cystitis, urolithiasis.
Choleretic effect rose hips are used in the treatment of liver and gallbladder pathologies. Its infusions can also significantly help in the work of the pancreas, therefore, are useful for pancreatitis.
For diseases of the oral cavity (periodontal disease, stomatitis, bleeding gums and inflammatory processes) decoctions of wild rose plant materials are used for rinsing.
Decoctions of bush roots are effective as an astringent, anesthetic and disinfectant, which is used to relieve bile flow, relieve spasms, treat bowel disorders and cystitis.

Healing baths with a decoction of rosehip roots are used for edema, convulsions, paralysis, rheumatism and gout.

Cooking rosehip decoction

The rules for preparing a decoction of the fruits of the bush are simple: the berries are poured with boiling water, kept on low heat for a while according to the recipe, and then insisted. It is important to remember that prolonged boiling destroys vitamins, especially ascorbic acid.

Some recipes suggest pouring berries in the evening. cold water and boil in the morning. The use of peel or crushed vegetable raw materials, peeled from villi and seeds, allows you to prepare drinks more saturated with useful substances with minimal heat treatment.

The greatest benefits of rosehip decoctions are brought when infused in a thermos with a glass flask. Metal utensils undergo oxidation, which leads to the entry of substances harmful to health into the liquid. Chopped berries should not be kept for more than 6-9 hours, but decoctions from whole fruits retain their maximum useful properties much longer - more than a day.

Video: A specialist on the rules for preparing rosehip drinks

Rosehip decoction recipe

Compound:
Dried rose hips - 0.5 cups
Water - 5 glasses

Application:
Peel and rinse the fruits under running cold water. For a more efficient extraction of nutrients, they can be dried and crushed. Place the vegetable raw materials in a saucepan with boiling water, hold on a low-power fire for up to 5 minutes under a tightly closed lid. The liquid is left for 8 hours, then it is filtered off and 2 glasses are taken per day.

Rosehip peel decoction recipe for removing stones from the gallbladder and kidneys

Compound:
Dried rose hip peel - 3 tbsp. l.
Water - 200 g

Application:
Pour boiling water over the peel of the fruit, hold it on fire for about a minute, then remove, wrap it up and insist for 6 hours. The drink is taken in a course of 2 weeks, and on the third, the dose is halved and drunk in portions of 4-5 doses per day. Treatment or prevention of the appearance of stones should be carried out 1 time per season.

Rosehip petal decoction recipe for colds and beauty treatments

Compound:
Petals - 100 g
Water - 200 g

Application:
Pour boiling water over the flowers, hold on fire for a few seconds, insist in a thermos for about 12 hours. The liquid can be taken orally 50 ml three times a day or used externally for compresses and washings.

Leaf decoction recipe to relieve pain in the intestines and stomach

Compound:
Rosehip leaves - 2 tbsp. l.
Water - 0.4 l

Application:
Grind plant materials and pour into cold water. Boil the mixture for a quarter of an hour after boiling over low heat, then cool and drain the liquid. Take 50 ml every 2 hours.

Recipe for a decoction of rosehip branches for sciatica and rheumatism

Compound:
Chopped branches and young shoots of rose hips - 3 tbsp. l.
Water - 500 ml

Application:
Pour plant materials with boiling water, cook over very low heat for 10 minutes. Insist the mixture under the lid for 1 hour, drain the liquid and take it 0.5 cups 3-4 times a day before a meal.

Rosehip root decoction recipe

Compound:
Chopped rosehip roots - 2 tbsp. l.
Water - 1 glass

Application:
Vegetable raw materials should be poured with boiling water and kept on low heat for about 60 seconds, then leave for 2 hours. The liquid is drunk at 100 g three times a day, preferably before meals, straining it immediately before use. Externally, the decoction can be used to carry out a warm compress, leaving it overnight.

Recipe for a concentrated decoction of rosehip roots for the preparation of a medicinal bath

Compound:
Chopped rosehip roots - 1 cup
Water - 2 l

Application:
Pour boiling water over the roots of the bush and simmer over a low-power fire for 15 minutes. Leave the mixture to infuse for 2 hours, then strain and add to the bathroom.

Advice: To preserve the health and integrity of the tooth enamel, wild rose drinks are preferably drunk through a straw.

The benefits of rosehip broth for children

Immunomodulators natural origin, which include decoctions of wild rose, are recommended for use in the diet of children of different ages due to their high susceptibility to colds. They also help to adjust the diet of babies and saturate it with the nutrients necessary for the growth and development of the body, strengthening bones and muscle tissue. Only ten berries contain daily dose vitamin C necessary for a preschooler.

Wild rose fruits can be introduced into the children's diet as early as 6 months of age. At first, it is permissible to add no more than 2 mashed berries per day to mashed potatoes. You do not need to constantly use them in food. In the future, it is necessary to prepare decoctions for the child, observing the concentration corresponding to his age:

0.5-1 year - no more than 20 ml (1 tbsp. L.) Per day;
1-2 years - up to 50 ml;
2-7 years - up to 100 ml throughout the day;
school age - 200 ml.

Rosehip decoction recipe for children

Compound:
Rosehip berries - 3-4 tbsp. l.
Water - 1 l

Application:
Place berries in hot water, boil a little and insist.

Advice: It is better for children to take decoctions of rosehip in the morning, since they produce a diuretic effect.

Contraindications to the use of a decoction

Continuous or overuse of wild rose berry beverages can lead to increased load on the kidneys and calcium leaching. Contraindications to their admission are peptic ulcer digestive system, gastritis, increased acidity gastric juice, individual intolerance and the appearance of allergic reactions.

With endocarditis and thrombophlebitis, blood clotting disorders, it is impossible to take rosehip funds, since they contain a large amount of vitamin K. The tannins in the plant can aggravate problems with stools if there is a tendency to constipation.

Excessive amounts of rosehip decoctions, especially when using their pulp, during pregnancy can cause miscarriage. If there are stones in gallbladder capable of blocking the duct, use choleretic agents needs to be avoided.

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In the season of colds, rose hips can help us. Infusions of berries and rosehip seeds treat many diseases. Rosehips are a storehouse of vitamin C. This vitamin is found in rosehips in special condition, the most active in the body, because it favorably coexists with rutin and hesperidin.

Ascorbic acid in rose hips is 10 times more than in black currant, and 100 times more than an orange. In dried berries, vitamin C remains entirely until the next harvest. For example, an infusion of 70 g dry rose hips will fully provide daily requirement child in ascorbic acid.

However, the reserves of ascorbic acid are not so large in all plant species. This is famous only for the cinnamon rosehip and its varieties: Daurian, Spiked, Begger, etc.

Rosehip supplies us not only vitamin C, but also v itamines E, B1, B2, PP, K... In rose hips great amount useful components: phosphorus, iron, magnesium, calcium, copper, zinc... This is far from full list special attention deserve "hematopoietic" elements - iron and copper. Iron helps in the formation of hemoglobin, and copper helps in the maturation of red blood cells.

Astringent rose hips are rich tannins- tannins. They reduce inflammation and fight germs in the gastrointestinal tract. Other components of the rosehip also help the intestines work - alimentary fiber such as pectin. They, like a sponge, absorb and remove toxic metals and dangerous bacteria from the body.

Rosehips are eaten not only fresh and dried, but even pickled! Fresh rosehips can be used to make juice, mashed potatoes, preserves, marmalade, jelly, and dry rosehip is suitable only for drinks - infusion, broth and tea.

In rosehip infusion at correct preparation about 80% of vitamin C is retained.

Future and young mothers need to drink rosehip infusion 1-2 glasses a day, and children from 1 to 4 years old - 1/4 cup 1-2 times a day. Babies can be given it from 4 months to 5-10 ml, and by the year up to 100 ml.

How to properly prepare a rosehip decoction for a child?

1. Sort out 20 g of whole dry rose hips, rinse with cold water and place in an enamel bowl. Pour 200 ml of boiling water over the fruits and boil for 10 minutes. Leave the broth to infuse under the lid for 8-12 hours. Strain the finished infusion through cheesecloth.

2. Infusion in a thermos. Rinse in cold water rose hips, pour them into a thermos and pour boiling water over. Close the thermos and leave for 6-8 hours. Strain the broth before use.

Rosehip compote

What is necessary: 4 glasses of fresh rose hips, 200g apples, 100-150g sugar, 1g citric acid, 1l water.

How to cook: free rose hips from seeds, rinse under a tap on a sieve and cook for 5 minutes. Add prepared fresh apples, sugar, citric acid and cook until tender.

Rosehip Kissel

What you need: 1 glass of dried rose hips, 1 liter of water, 5 tbsp. granulated sugar, 2 tbsp. starch.

How to cook: Rinse the rose hips, pour over hot water, close the lid and cook for 15 minutes. Then remove the berries from heat and let them brew for 6 hours, then add sugar and strain. Pour a glass of cold infusion and dilute the starch in it. Bring the rest of the infusion to a boil, add, stirring, the diluted starch, bring to a boil again and remove from heat.

Rosehip raisin drink

What you need: 3 tablespoons of dried rose hips, 2 tablespoons of raisins, 5 glasses of water.

How to cook: chop the rose hips, add 3 glasses of boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes. Strain the broth through 2 layers of gauze. Pour rose hips again with 2 tbsp of boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes, drain. Combine both broths, add raisins.

Rosehip drink with blueberries

What you need: 3 tablespoons of dried rose hips, 1 tablespoon dried berries blueberries, 3 tablespoons of honey, 5 glasses of water.

How to cook: mix chopped dry rose hips and blueberries, pour boiling water, leave for 15-20 minutes. Strain the broth. Pour the pomace again with boiling water. Combine both broths, add honey.

Rosehip is one of the most effective and popular medicinal plants used, including in medicine for children. At what age can rosehips and rosehip syrup be given to children? How are they useful for newborns and in what cases will they have to be abandoned?

Useful properties of rose hips

The main well-known value of rose hips is great content vitamin C. If you compare it with black currant, then it contains ascorbic acid 10 times more, and compared to lemon - as much as 50 times. This vitamin strengthens the immune system, increases its protective properties, has a beneficial effect on nervous system... It is noteworthy that its valuable vitamin composition rose hips retains throughout the entire shelf life, therefore it is especially useful to give it to children in winter and spring periods... In the 19th and 20th centuries, the fruits of this shrub were used in the treatment of scurvy.

In addition to vitamin C, rose hips are especially rich in iron and copper, which are responsible for the level of hemoglobin in the body and help in the treatment of childhood anemia. It also contains potassium, calcium, phosphorus, vitamins PP, E, K, B.

At what age can you give?

A healthy child is recommended to give a decoction of rose hips to increase immunity from 5-6 - months of age... It is especially necessary to pay attention to this drink during teething (due to the calcium content). For newborns, a decoction from the berries of this plant can be used for physiological jaundice (rosehip helps to reduce the level of bilirubin, which causes discoloration of the skin).

Babies under 6 months of age can be given a rosehip decoction if supplementation is practiced. This is necessary for mixed feeding, constipation, in cases with elevated temperature body and in the summer heat.

Important! Rosehip refers to drugs that can cause allergic reaction... A month-old baby should start giving it with a few drops, monitoring the baby's condition. If you suspect an allergy, you must refuse treatment with rosehip.

Rosehip is capable of having a diuretic effect. For the baby's body, this is fraught with additional stress on the kidneys and leaching useful microelements... To solve this problem, the mother of the newborn can use the rosehip, and the baby will receive a share of the vitamins from the fruit with her milk. During lactation, preference should be given to homemade drinks: the syrup can be made with alcohol or contain unnecessary additives.

Rosehip baths are useful for newborns. After such a procedure, the child decreases muscle pain... It is especially useful to use such baths for children with paralysis, convulsions.

About dosage

Babies up to six months can be given a rosehip in an amount not exceeding 20 ml per day. For older children (1-2 years), the dose can be increased to 50 ml. From the age of 14, a child can be offered an adult dose of rosehip drink (200 ml). The broth should be consumed 2-3 times a day before meals. To make vitamin C better absorbed, honey can be added to the broth (if the baby is not allergic to it).

You can buy ready-made rosehip syrup at the pharmacy. It contains sugar, so for children younger age it is not recommended to abuse them. The syrup is convenient to use as a prophylaxis for colds, it is prescribed for the treatment of pneumonia, fractures, for general strengthening of the body.

Cooking methods

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At home, it is most convenient to prepare a decoction of dried fruits. To do this, you can use one of two methods:

Pour boiling water over the washed berries, let it brew for five hours.
Chop the fruits, add water and steam for 15 minutes. Then strain the broth.

You can store the broth in the refrigerator or a dark, cool place for two days. The berries themselves have a shelf life of two years. It is not recommended to boil the fruits (for maximum preservation of vitamins), if it is necessary by prescription (in multicomponent products), it is worth boiling the broth over low heat under a lid, without releasing steam.

You can prepare the broth yourself in a regular thermos. To do this, the berries are brewed with boiling water and left to infuse for 5-7 hours. Strain before use.

Contraindications and features of use by children

Rosehip broth for babies, like syrup for older children, must be used carefully, strictly observing the dosage for each age. Data abuse drug may lead to: constipation, dermatological diseases, hypervitaminosis, general deterioration well-being. Especially careful in medicinal and preventive purposes it must be used by children suffering from:

stomach ulcer, gastritis
diseases associated with blood circulation
thrombophlebitis
cardiovascular disease
bronchial asthma
seasonal allergies

Rosehip broth and syrup in mandatory must be washed down with water. The acid contained in the fruits of this shrub is capable of destroying tooth enamel, so it's good if the child can rinse out his mouth after taking the medicine. Children in the first year of life after drinking the drink can clean their teeth with a damp sponge or a fingertip toothbrush.

If you use the syrup regularly, it is possible Negative consequences for gastrointestinal tract caused by increased gassing... When long-term treatment, it is worth including more fresh herbs in the diet, which minimizes this effect.

How to store rose hips

For medicinal purposes, you can use dried fruits from a pharmacy or prepare them yourself. Rosehips are harvested in mid-September, the berries at this time have a bright red hue and elastic texture. Dried fruits must be used in the broth. The easiest way to harvest berries is to use an electric dryer, but you can also dry the berries yourself, for example, on the balcony. In this case, avoid exposure to sunlight. You can dry rose hips in the oven at a temperature no higher than 90C.

You can store the fruits of this shrub in glass jars or strong paper bags. Maximum term storage should not exceed two years. Dried rose hips retain their maximum healing properties, frozen berries or jam from these fruits are significantly inferior in this regard to dried raw materials.

Be able to brew rose hips correctly at home to preserve vitamins is a very valuable skill. Rosehip is a unique product, a decoction of which helps to significantly improve health and strengthen immunity. At the same time, it is very important to know how to brew it correctly, so that this broth preserves maximum amount vitamins and other useful components. We will tell you about this in our article, but first, let's find out what benefits a decoction from this aromatic plant brings to our body.

A homemade rosehip decoction has a very beneficial effect on circulatory system ... It helps to improve metabolism, get rid of toxins, and also cleanse blood vessels from cholesterol.
Atherosclerosis not terrible for people who regularly use rosehip decoction.
The effect of a rosehip decoction is also beneficial for kidney.
This broth helps to cope with anemic.

V folk medicine rose hips are highly prized. Even in modern ointments and drops, rosehip juice or oil is sometimes added, which once again confirms the value of this product. That is why it is very important to know how to properly brew a rosehip so that it will bring you maximum benefit. But, despite the fact that the dog rose has a huge amount medicinal properties, he also has contraindications.

It is categorically contraindicated to use rose hips and decoctions from it for those people who are prone to heart disease, as well as thrombophlebitis or thrombosis. Those who suffer from ulcers or gastritis should also use rosehip infusions carefully, as well as those who are susceptible to all kinds of skin diseases.

How to brew correctly for children?

It is especially important to be able to properly brew a rosehip for children. As known, children's organism He suffers most from viruses and colds, which stick to him at every opportunity. That is why it is very important to maintain the immunity of the child so that it is easier for him to fight viruses. Rosehip decoction can help with this, but only if brewed properly. After all, a child's body is significantly different from an adult.

But you should be extremely careful when offering a child to drink a fragrant broth, because it is not suitable for everyone. For example, you can not use rosehip infusion for children who have increased blood clotting, and also have heart or kidney problems.

Most optimal age, from which children can be given decoctions and rosehip infusions - this is three years. At this time, the child's body begins to get stronger and requires a large number vitamins.

The most interesting thing is that even if the child can already use the rosehip infusion, he may simply not want to do this. That is why you need to come up with a way to interest the child so that he himself wants to drink a miraculous drink. And this can be done in several ways, which we will now tell you about.

Rosehip compote

Rosehip compote is the most the best option to get the child to volunteer to drink rosehips. In order to prepare such a compote, you need to take the rose hips and carefully clean them of seeds. Then pour water over them and send them over low heat to bring to a boil. Let the rose hips simmer for about five minutes, then rinse and chop fresh apples, cook sugar and send it all to the rose hips in a saucepan. Stir regularly and taste the compote. Cook until it's done.

Kissel

Making rosehip jelly at home is also a pretty good idea. Peel the fruits thoroughly, and rinse with water, then put them in a saucepan, collect water and put on medium heat. It should be boiled for about 15 minutes, stirring the broth regularly. After the water boils, add five tablespoons of sugar, stir until it dissolves and let the broth brew for a couple of hours at room temperature.

When the broth is infused, put it in a glass so that it is only half full, and add a couple of tablespoons of starch there. Return the remaining broth to the fire and after it boils, pour the starch solution into the total mass, constantly stirring the jelly. When it boils, turn it off and wait until it cools down.

Infusion for children

Finely chop the washed and dried rose hips in a blender, then boil half a liter of water and pour the rose hips with it. Pour all this into a thermos, where the infusion will be infused for about six hours.

Be careful with the dosage: children under 12 years old need to drink one glass of infusion per day, in small portions. Older children can drink two glasses a day.

How to brew properly in a thermos?

Brewing rose hips in a thermos is the most common method, as it is very convenient. In addition, the broth brewed in this way for a long time does not cool down, which allows it to soak better useful properties that the rose hips give off.

To brew rose hips in this way, first rinse the fruits with plenty of water, then pour them into a thermos. The amount of boiling water with which the rosehip is poured is determined by the amount of the rosehip itself: one glass of boiling water is needed for one tablespoon of the fruit, make calculations based on this. It is advisable to at least cut the rose hips in half, so they will quickly give up the vitamins they contain, and make the taste of the broth richer. But if you don’t have time or it’s banal laziness, you don’t need to do this, you will not feel much of a difference anyway.

You can add any additives you like to the thermos: mint, lemon, hawthorn or raisins... The taste will definitely not suffer from this. If you are not very fond of sweets, then you can not add sugar.

There is an opinion that such a rosehip decoction at home should be brewed only in a glass thermos, since the contact of some substances with metal walls causes these useful substances to collapse.

You need to insist such a decoction for several hours, after which it will be completely suitable for use. You can drink it both cold and warm. In more detail and clearly about the methods of brewing rose hips, you will learn from the video, which is presented below.