Dog Rose (Young Shoot Extract), Rosa canina

In the Restoring Immunity System:

For acute symptoms, Dog Rose in full dose is particularly useful in protocols involving the head, adenoids, and sinuses. It is also a great support to those experiencing fragility from the onset of an acute inflammation, particularly young children or aging adults.

Dog Rose provides its young shoots to elaborate the Gemmotherapy Extract. The rosehip is a bushy and thorny shrub, even climbing, which can reach 9 feet (3 meters) high. It is widespread throughout Europe, North Africa, Asia, was introduced and naturalized in North America, Australia and New Zealand. It lives and grows in all types of soil, preferably humus-rich and not too humid, at the edge of woods and forests. It serves as protection at the entrance of forests. Its fruits, rosehips, are very rich in vitamin C.

Queen of flowers, roses were already important in ancient times where they were used in rituals, in the making of cosmetics, in perfumery and in the medical field. The Assyrians were the first to discover its virtues. Greeks, Romans and Persians used different species for therapeutic purposes. In 77 AD, Plinius cited 32 ailments that could be treated with remedies based on roses. The famous rose water was invented by Avicenne, a famous Persian doctor of the tenth century. Rose hips played an important role in the supply of vitamin C; their fruits were called “the oranges of the North” and were substituted for citrus during World War II.

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