WILD ROSE
Rosa canina
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Description of the species:
Shrubbery up to 2,5 m heights with arcuate pendent sticks.
Used part of the plant:
False fruit with or without nutlets, nutlets.
Natural area:
European part of Russia, the Caucasus, West Europe, Turkey, Iran, Central Asia.
Conditions of growth:
Single-growing or tracely in dumetums, on forest edges, along riversides, as well as on barren land and along roads. Low and high-mountain zone occurrence.
Period of collection:
September – November.
Collection method:
They pick completely matured fruits of wild rose. Before drying they cut fruits and extract seeds, if they need them separately or the remedy is required without seeds.
Material processing:
It should be very quick artificial drying at 40°С.
Storage:
Material should keep in well closable container, to preserve reactants.
Components specification:
A lot of vitamin C, other vitamins (A, B, B2, K, P), mineral substances, organic acids, flavonoids, tannin and sugar; vanillin in seeds.
Major components:
Ascorbic acid.
Features of the oil:
Antioxidant, general health-improving, astringent, carminative, diuretic, uric acid excurrent and others.
Indications:
Asthenia, lower immunity, seasonal catarrh and influenza, febrilily, functional dyspepsia, nephrolithiasis, cystitis, gout and others.
Possible usage:
In food industry as vitaminizator; in perfumery and cosmetic industry.
Literature:
I.V. Abramov, I.I. Abramov, N.P. Agafonov and others – “Biologic encyclopaedic dictionary” - Moscow, 1989. p. 864.
