The rosehip (HibiseussabdariffaL.) is the root and seed of the rosehip in the mallow family.
Rosehip is an annual herb or perennial shrub of the genus Hibiscus in the mallow family, growing in tropical and subtropical regions. Native to West Africa, India and Malaya, abound in the tropical areas of southern Mexico, the local people often pick its stamens, dried and brewed tea to drink. In China, Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Fujian, Taiwan, Yunnan are distributed, southern Yunnan is cultivated.
Shaped like grass-cotton, erect, up to more than 1 meter, the main trunk is more branched, the flowers are open in summer and autumn, the flowering period is long, the corolla is yellow, the sepals and epicalyx is rose-red, the stem and petiole are also often light rose color, every time the flowering season, red, green and yellow, very beautiful and lovely. It is an economic plant widely planted by the African people, especially the Arab peoples of Africa and West Africa. The plant's calyx seeds, stems and leaves can be utilized. The calyx (fresh or dried) has hypotensive, anti-scorbutic, and diuretic properties, and has a soothing effect on bronchitis and coughs. In the African folk commonly used as a drink, the Arabs with calyx tea called "Sudan Tea", some also used as a natural coloring and flavoring of food. Europeans have long imported dried calyx from Africa, used as jelly, flavored cool drinks. Leaves in addition to the calyx-like efficacy, in medical surgery used as a wash for abscesses, its leaf juice can also cure cracks on the feet, the epidermis of the stem is one of the main raw materials of the African system rope. In recent years our country in fujian province large area planting success, each mu can harvest dry calyx more than two hundred pounds. In addition to for export, also sold in the domestic market. Rose eggplant candy, cool soda, juice and other products are quite popular.
Effects: Diuretic.
Treatment: folk use this medicine to diuretic.
Organic flavor: Pungent, flat. It enters the kidney meridian.
Use and dosage: Internal use: 6-12 grams, decocted with water.
Examination: The flowers of rosehips are rich in vitamin C. They have the effect of cooling fire and quenching thirst, and can be used to brew tea and make beverages, which have a sour flavor. Rosehips can also be extracted for rosehip coloring and used as a food additive in the food industry.
Medicinal use: Calyx and seed oil, cardiovascular, arteriosclerosis, hypertension, bone fracture, children's dyspepsia, indigestion in the elderly, gastric acid deficiency and other conditions are effective.
Eating: rosehips are emerging food and food industry raw materials, its calyx can be made of preserves, jams, advanced beverages, cold drinks, soft drinks, iced tea, hot tea, iced press, sorbet, canned food, fruit wine, sparkling wine, champagne wine and pastry filling, rosehips tofu and other foods. It is rich in vitamin C, and is also a nutrient for the elderly and children. The rose-colored pigment of the calyx is a coloring agent in food. It is a good drink to cool down the heat in summer. At present, it is mainly used in cold drinks, soft drinks, sparkling wine, original leaves, canned color enhancers, eggplant crystals, sugar tea, and is available in Beijing, Tianjin, Nanjing, Qingdao, Shanghai, Shijiazhuang, Kunming and Guangzhou.
Science and technology reports: researchers have recently found that regular consumption of rosehip tea helps to reduce the value of total cholesterol and triglyceride value in human blood, to achieve the efficacy of the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease. According to Mexico's "Local Newspaper" reported that the Mexican Social Security Institute affiliated hospitals on 40 40 to 62 years old cardiovascular disease patients conducted a test, these patients are older, less exercise, smoking addiction or a genetic history of hypertension, therefore, the total cholesterol value or triglyceride values are much more than the normal standard. Under the guidance of the researchers, the above patients insisted on drinking rosehip tea every day. 3 months later, it was found that the patient's total cholesterol value was reduced by an average of 35.4%, the triglyceride value was reduced by 18.9%, while there is a "scavenger" known as high-density lipoprotein has increased by 10%, which enhances the ability to remove cholesterol. Researchers also found that drinking rosehip tea can also play a role in weight loss, 95% of the patient weight loss of 1 to 3 kilograms. Drinking some rosehips in the summer also has the function of clearing heat.