How do you eat Rosa roxburghii? A guide to common ways to eat it

Is Rosa roxburghii a thorny pear? Many people probably think so when they first hear the name. Rosa roxburghii does indeed have thorns, but it is not a pear at all. It is the fruit of a wild plant that grows in the mountainous areas of southwest China such as Guizhou and Yunnan, and it can be eaten. So how should Rosa roxburghii be eaten? Let's take a look together below!

Rosa roxburghii Iced Porridge

[Ingredients] 300 grams Rosa roxburghii, 100 grams japonica rice, 30 grams rock sugar.

[Method] ① Mash Rosa roxburghii thoroughly, 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 them together into porridge. ③ Put the porridge in the refrigerator to freeze.

[Benefits] Clears heat and detoxifies, promotes digestion and harmonizes the stomach.

Corn and Rosa roxburghii Porridge

[Ingredients] 30 grams corn (fresh), 60 grams japonica rice, 15 grams Rosa roxburghii.

[Method] ① Wash the corn, peel the Rosa roxburghii, wash it, and slice it; wash the japonica rice. ② Put all the ingredients together into a pot, add an appropriate amount of clear water, and cook over low heat into a thin porridge. Season and eat as desired.

[Benefits] Supplements the middle and strengthens the spleen, and stimulates the appetite and promotes digestion. However, it is not suitable for people with coronary heart disease, hypertension, or hyperlipidemia who have 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.

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, so it will not achieve the health benefits we want. ② Fill the cup to 1/3 with water for the first infusion, shake it a few times, and then pour the water out. ③ Then fill it to 80% full with hot water, cover the cup and let it steep for 10 minutes. This is because the dried Rosa roxburghii fruit is rather hard, and the water needs to soak it fully to release the nutrients from the Rosa roxburghii. ④ Then remove 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 the Rosa roxburghii no longer releases nutrients.

Rosa roxburghii Infused in Liquor

[Ingredients] Dried Rosa roxburghii, baijiu.

[Method] ① Prepare 1 jin of Rosa roxburghii and 1 jin of baijiu. ② Put the dried Rosa roxburghii into a sealable glass bottle, pour in the baijiu, and mix the two in a 1:1 ratio. ③ Seal and store for 3 months, then take it out and it is ready to drink. ④ When opening the jar, check whether there are seeds or hairs in the liquor. If there are, they must be filtered with filter paper before drinking.