How to brew rosehip correctly?

Rosehip, although it is a wild shrub, many summer residents prefer to plant it on their plots. Firstly, this plant of the Rosaceae family blooms very beautifully (which is not surprising, since it is the progenitor of such a beautiful flower as the rose), and secondly, rose hips are very useful. They are called polynuts and are formed by an overgrown receptacle, which includes small fruits (seeds). These fruits contain a lot of vitamin C, much more than other plants.

In addition, the fruits contain vitamins B and P, vitamin E, carotene, trace elements, essential oils, tannins, organic acids and sugars. Rose hips are mainly used to prepare a vitamin drink in the spring, when the body is weakened by vitamin deficiency. To do this, they are collected in the fall, even before frost (otherwise some of the vitamins will be destroyed) and dried in the open air. How to brew rosehip correctly? Very simple. Place a handful of dried berries in a thermos, brew with boiling water and leave overnight. In the morning you can drink it instead of tea. The more fruits you place in a thermos, the more vitamins the drink will contain.

I also read about another way to brew rose hips correctly. Its fruits are crushed in a mortar or coffee grinder, poured with boiling water, boiled for 15 minutes, then filtered through cheesecloth and drunk. I have nothing against chopping fruits and straining the drink, but I would not recommend boiling it.Doesn't boiling destroy the vitamins that the purpose of preparing the drink is to obtain? In any case, I never boil rose hips, and I don’t recommend it to others.