Can pregnant women eat Rosa roxburghii? What should be noted
Rosa roxburghii is the fruit of the perennial deciduous shrub Rosa roxburghii in the Rosaceae family. It tastes sweet, sour and slightly astringent, and is cool in nature. It has the effects of clearing heat and promoting fluid production, strengthening the stomach and aiding digestion, and relieving summer heat. Its vitamin C content is extremely high, and it is known as the king of vitamin C among fruits. Let us take a look below at whether pregnant women can eat Rosa roxburghii!
Can pregnant women eat Rosa roxburghii?
Pregnant women can eat Rosa roxburghii. Rosa roxburghii is currently the fruit with the highest vitamin C content, 10 times higher than the vitamin C content of the common kiwifruit, and it does not contain harmful ingredients, so pregnant women can eat dried Rosa roxburghii to supplement vitamin C. However, it should be noted that dried Rosa roxburghii is cool in nature, so pregnant women with a cold stomach should eat less of it.
Efficacy and effects of Rosa roxburghii
[Nature and flavor] Sweet, sour in taste, cool in nature.
[Meridian tropism] Spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians.
[Effects] Strengthens the stomach and aids digestion, clears heat and relieves summer heat. Used to treat food accumulation and abdominal distension, dysentery, enteritis, vitamin C deficiency, and other conditions.
1. Antioxidant: Rosa roxburghii has antioxidant and detoxifying effects, helping to reduce damage to the body from smoking, alcohol, medication side effects, and environmental pollution.
2. Lead removal: The lead-removing effect of Rosa roxburghii is very obvious.
3. Enhance immunity: Increases immunity, resists viruses, prevents disease, and keeps influenza at bay.
4. Strengthen the body: Helps consolidate connective tissue and strengthen the skin, bones, teeth, and muscles.
5. Skin care and beauty: Rosa roxburghii helps lighten melanin, promote the excretion of melanin, improve spots and dullness, and provide antioxidant benefits, making the skin fair and delicate. In addition, it can promote collagen production and enhance the elasticity and tension of the skin's dermis.
6. Lower cholesterol: Rosa roxburghii can participate in cholesterol metabolism and help break down fat.
7. Health care: Rosa roxburghii can promote the absorption of iron and calcium, relieve cough, soothe the throat and calm asthma, prevent scurvy, and prevent or relieve constipation.
How to eat Rosa roxburghii
1. Rosa roxburghii iced porridge
[Ingredients] 300 grams of Rosa roxburghii, 100 grams of japonica rice, 30 grams of rock sugar.
[Method] ① Mash the Rosa roxburghii, then remove the residue (or boil the juice and remove the residue) and keep the juice. ② Put the washed rice and rock sugar into the Rosa roxburghii juice and cook together into porridge. ③ Put the porridge in the refrigerator to freeze.
[Effects] Clears heat and detoxifies, aids digestion and harmonizes the stomach.
2. Corn and Rosa roxburghii porridge
[Ingredients] 30 grams of corn (fresh), 60 grams of japonica rice, 15 grams of Rosa roxburghii.
[Method] ① Wash the corn, peel the Rosa roxburghii, wash it, slice it, and wash the japonica rice. ② Put all the ingredients into a pot, add an appropriate amount of clear water, cook over low heat into a thin porridge, season to taste, and eat as desired.
[Effects] Tonifies the middle and strengthens the spleen, stimulates appetite and aids digestion. However, it is not suitable for people with coronary heart disease, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia belonging to spleen deficiency, with symptoms such as poor appetite, reduced food intake, chest tightness and palpitations, limb numbness, difficult urination or lower limb edema, or stomach heat with acid regurgitation.
3. Rosa roxburghii infused in water
[Ingredients] Dried Rosa roxburghii, water.
[Method] ① The most suitable water temperature for soaking dried Rosa roxburghii is 70°C, because dried Rosa roxburghii is rich in vitamin C, and soaking it in boiling water will destroy the vitamin C, thus failing to achieve the health benefits we want. ② Fill the cup with water to 1/3 of its capacity for the first infusion, shake it a few times, and then pour the water away. ③ Then fill it to 80% full with hot water, cover with the cup lid, and steep for 10 minutes. This is because dried Rosa roxburghii fruit is relatively hard and needs to be fully soaked so that the nutrients of Rosa roxburghii can be released. ④ Then open the lid and it is ready to drink. After that, simply add more water, and there is no need to deliberately cover it again, until Rosa roxburghii no longer releases nutrients.