What are the benefits and effects of Roselle (Hibiscus sabdariffa)? Can it be steeped in water or infused in liquor?

I wonder how many people know about roselle, also known as Hibiscus sabdariffa. It is a plant that can be used both as food and medicine, with a purplish-red or purplish-black color, and it is usually harvested starting in November. Below, let me explain what the benefits and effects of roselle are. Can it be steeped in water or infused in liquor?

1. What are the benefits and effects of roselle?

1. Roselle can relieve summer heat and dryness: according to our traditional Chinese medicine, roselle is cool in nature and sour in taste, so choosing to consume roselle in the hot summer days is helpful for dispelling summer heat.

2. Roselle helps promote digestion and quench thirst: the vitamin C, fruit acids and amino acids contained in roselle can stimulate the secretion of our gastric acid and have a good effect on promoting gastrointestinal digestion. Moreover, when you have no appetite, eating roselle also has a certain appetite-stimulating effect.

3. Roselle has a diuretic effect: drinking more roselle-infused water has a certain auxiliary effect on urine formation by the kidneys and on increasing urine output.

4. Roselle helps invigorate the blood and resolve stasis and promote blood circulation: the iron in roselle can promote the synthesis of hemoglobin to a certain extent, can promote blood circulation in the human body and accelerate metabolism, and is also helpful for alleviating blood stasis.

5. Roselle helps beautify the skin and remove spots: the protein, vitamins and fruit acids contained in roselle are effective antioxidant components, and they can also eliminate the oxidation of subcutaneous pigments, so they also have a certain effect on spot removal.

6. Roselle helps lower blood pressure and strengthen blood vessel elasticity: roselle-infused water has a certain auxiliary effect on lowering blood pressure, and it can also strengthen blood vessel elasticity and prevent blood vessel rupture.

7. Roselle helps nourish and protect the liver: the anthocyanins and other substances contained in roselle are effective components for protecting the liver and enhancing the detoxification function of liver cells.

8. Roselle also has health-care and anti-cancer effects: the nutrients in roselle have a clear effect on inhibiting the appearance and growth of cancer cells, and steeping it in water to drink for health maintenance is also quite good.

2. Can roselle be steeped in water or infused in liquor?

1. Roselle can be steeped in water and drunk. When steeping roselle in water, never use boiling water to brew it; you can use cooled warm boiled water, and after soaking for about three to five minutes each time, it is ready to drink. When buying roselle, pay attention to this: the fresher the roselle you buy, the better, and the closer the production date, the better. In addition, when storing it after buying it, pay attention to the following points:

(1) Seal the roselle well to prevent moisture and gnawing by insects.

(2) It is best to place it in a dry and cool place to prevent the roselle from spoiling due to high temperature and humidity.

(3) If you buy a relatively large amount of roselle at one time, you can put it in the refrigerator to extend its shelf life.

2. Roselle can also be infused in liquor and drunk. The roselle infusion makes a very good health-care liquor, has a certain effect on treating uterine cold in women, and drinking roselle liquor regularly has a beautifying effect. Friends who want to make roselle liquor themselves can refer to the following method:

(1) After washing the fresh roselle that has been picked or bought, remove the seeds from the calyx part.

(2) Dry the moisture from the prepared roselle calyx parts, but be careful not to dry them in direct sunlight.

(3) Prepare a clean glass container, rock sugar and baijiu, put the dried roselle into the glass container, add rock sugar and baijiu, seal it well, and after about two months it can be drunk.

3. What are the contraindications of roselle?

1. Pregnant women cannot consume roselle, including its related products, because roselle has the effect of invigorating the blood and resolving stasis, so as to avoid causing miscarriage.

2. People with low blood pressure and women during menstruation should not consume roselle, because roselle itself has a blood pressure-lowering effect, and drinking it may affect the health of people with low blood pressure. For women during menstruation, drinking it can cause irregular menstruation or even amenorrhea.