Rosehip, as you know, is very useful for the human body with a medicinal plant. After all, it, as you know, contains a large amount of ascorbic acid, vitamins K and P, and other beneficial substances. Due to this, rosehip is used for various diseases – it has an anti -inflammatory effect, normalizes the functioning of the cardiovascular system, strengthens the nervous system, helps to recover after severe and prolonged diseases or complex operations. But how can rosehip be used at home? Let’s find the answer to this question.
How to use rose hips at home
At home, you can prepare a decoction of rosehips, and, for its preparation, there are not one, but even two recipes. The first recipe – take the whole berries of the plant, pour them into a thermos and pour them with boiling water in the following proportion: on two handfuls of berries 0.5 liters of water. Leave the rose hips to infuse for about 7-8 hours. After that, strain the decoction through sterile gauze, add a teaspoon of sugar there and take as prescribed by a doctor.
The second recipe for making a rosehip decoction – chop a handful of rosehip berries, for example, in a meat grinder, pour them 300 milliliters of water, put on fire, bring to a boil and cook over low heat for about 15 minutes. Strain and take the resulting decoction two or three times a day half a glass before meals.
Rosehip decoction, as a rule, is recommended for diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, atherosclerosis, endocrinological diseases, lung diseases, kidneys and liver.
The infusion of rosehips also has a beneficial effect on the human body – it strengthens the vessels, helps to remove bile and improves the composition of the blood. In addition, rosehip infusion is indicated for diseases of the genital area, they can treat various damage to the skin – wounds, burns or frostbite. Folk healers also recommend using rosehip infusion as a slight laxative with constipation.
To prepare a rosehip infusion at home, you need to take one tablespoon of clean berries, place them in a thermos, pour 0.5 liters of hot water and let it brew 10-12 hours. Before taking, a freshly prepared infusion must be filled through gauze. Everyone who uses rosehip infusion for medicinal purposes needs to know that it has its medicinal force only within the first two days after its preparation.
How to use rose hips at home
For cosmetic purposes, it is recommended to use rosehip oil, in which all its beneficial properties are preserved. Due to its composition, rosehip oil comprehensively affects the skin of the body and eliminates excessive pigmentation, normalizes cellular metabolism, improves the protective barrier of the skin, increases its elasticity and has a pronounced anti -aging effect.
It is quite difficult to cook rosehip oil at home, so cosmetologists recommend women to care for the skin and body skin to purchase oil manufactured by industrial.
Rosehip oil perfectly nourishes and moisturizes the skin of the face, and therefore it can be recommended for women with dry skin. It can be used even in its pure form – for example, rosehip oil can be applied to the face along the massage lines as a moisturizer or mixed with your moisturizing cream.
If you like cosmetic massage, then rosehip oil can be used as its basis – in this case you will receive maximum benefits from this procedure.
How to use rose hips at home
Cosmetologists also recommend using rosehip oil for delicate skin care around the eyes. In this case, it can also not be diluted and used in its pure form or add a little rosehip oil to your skin care cream around the eyes. In windy weather, before going out to the street, it is recommended to lubricate the lips with rosehip oil – it will protect the skin of the lips from the weather.
Rosehip oil is also well suited for hair care, especially if they are dry. Oil can be added to shampoo, rinser or your hair masks in the proportion of one part of the oil per ten parts of shampoo or rinses – and soon your hair will become moisturized, obedient and beautiful.
