Rosehip (Rosa Canina)

Rosehips have shown that the aging processes and degenerative changes of the skin, flabbiness, discolorations and wrinkles are caused by physiological changes in collagen – the intercellular cement substance. This deterioration is primarily affected by Vitamin C deficiency in the tissue. Sufficient Vitamin C in your diet will keep the collagen strong and elastic, thus, resulting in a tight, smooth and lovely complexion. Two German doctors, Prof. Werner Grab and Prof. H Kraut, attribute great curative powers to Vitamin C. Hepatitis, rheumatic disease, influenza, metabolic disease, acute poisoning, polio are aided dramatically with Vitamin C treatment. In Russia where there is more research done on Vitamin C than in other countries (Rosehips is called Vitamin Roses – Vitamin C native to North West – Africa, Europe and Asia, dog roses are now found throughout North America and New Zealand. The name reputedly derives from a Roman tradition that the root was, erroneously a cure for rabies caused by dog bites.