Rosehip during pregnancy

During pregnancy, many women strive for health - they switch to healthy diet and try to use only natural medicines in case of ailments. Rosehip is one of these natural remedies that can and should be used to improve the health of pregnant women.

The benefits of rose hips for pregnant women

The main benefit of rose hips is that they contain a lot of vitamin C. In these small red berries, the amount of ascorbic acid is several tens of times higher than that in lemons. And if you compare with apples, then this figure increases 100 times. Rosehip berries ripen in mid-autumn, just at this time the risk of catching a cold increases much.

But this does not end with the benefits that rose hips bring. In addition to a wide range of minerals, among which there are magnesium, calcium, zinc, copper and others, other useful substances are also contained in the pulp of rosehip berries. These include vitamins group B, vitamin A, as well as vitamins E, K and P. There are tannins, pectins and organic acids in the rosehip.

Is it possible to have a rosehip during pregnancy

The answer to this question is unequivocal - it is not only possible, but even necessary. This healthy thorny berry decoction is delicious and easy to prepare. In addition, red berries go well with other fruits or leaves of medicinal plants.

For example, a tasty and healthy drink can be made from rose hips and black currant berries. To do this, grind the same amount of rose hips and black currants with a blender or coffee grinder. 100 g of the mixture is then poured into 400 ml of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes. After that, the drink must be left to cool. Then filter the broth and drink 150 ml a day three times.

You can use rosehip broth not only cold, but also hot, instead of tea. Rosehip goes well with rowan berries, raspberries, and sour lingonberries. A delicious drink can be obtained by adding nettle leaves to the rosehip or carrot juice.

Not everyone knows that rose hips are suitable not only for making tea and broth, but also as a raw material for jelly. To begin with, boil a glass of rosehip berries in a liter of water for a quarter of an hour. Then you need to leave the broth to cool for 6 hours. Having sustained the specified time, pour 5 tablespoons of sugar into the broth and stir thoroughly until the sugar dissolves. Strain the sweet broth and pour out 1 cup. This part must be heated and diluted in a warm broth 2 tablespoons of starch. Then both parts must be combined and brought to a boil, then leave the drink to cool completely.

Rosehip contraindications

Despite the tremendous benefits that rose hips bring to pregnant women, in some cases, its uncontrolled use can cause harm to health.

Such cases include:

• Various kinds of kidney disease and impairment of their activity.
• The tendency to form blood clots and thrombophlebitis.
• Violation of blood flow.
• With high or, conversely, low blood pressure.
• With diseases of the heart and skin.
• People with high stomach acidity.

In such cases, be sure to consult your doctor before deciding to start using rosehip broth. Rosehip strengthens the immune defenses of the body of the expectant mother. Therefore, in the first trimester, its use should be limited to avoid miscarriage. But in the following months of pregnancy, the rosehip will only benefit. It must be drunk to strengthen the heart muscle and to saturate the woman's body with useful substances.