Another grounding force for the liver. The roots of the rose bush can run deep and wide scouring for minerals and other nutrients, which they bring to the rose hips that form when the flowers fall away. The vitamin C in rose hips in another bioavailable source for the liver in fighting disease created by viruses and bacteria. The liver’s personalized immune system uses vitamin C from a rose hip more easily and aggressively than the vitamin C taken in a supplement on its own, so consider sipping rosehip tea on the days when you take vitamin C; the rose hip’s vitamin C will activate the supplement form of it, making it stronger.
Rose hips are naturally very high in vitamin C while also providing many other beneficial active plant compounds like phenols, and lycopene, along with other key nutrients like vitamin E and even fatty acids. A rose hip is the edible fruit of a rose plant and they appear on rose plants after the flowers bloom.
- They are impressively rich in important nutrients like vitamin C, beta carotene, manganese, vitamin K and vitamin E.
- They’re also rich in beneficial phytochemicals like flavonoids and phenols.
- Rose hips are best picked after the first frost of fall and can be used to make tea and other rosehip recipes.