Dog roses having medicinal properties grows in nature.
Hips contain a large quantity of ascorbic acid, sometimes amounting to 18 %.
Content of ascorbic acid in hips is 10 times more, than in black or red
currant, 50 times more, than in lemon. Besides vitamin C it contains B-carotin
(provitamin A), phyllohinol (vitamin K) and bioflavonoids (vitamin P), pectin,
salts of iron, manganese, phosphorus, magnesium, calcium. Oil of seeds contains
tocopherols (vitamin E), carotin and also linoleic, oleic and solid acids.
Hips serve as raw material for production of natural ascorbic acid, and also
it is widely used for preparation of dietetic drinks, tinctures, decoctions,
concentrates.Hips are used as antiscorbutic drug during avitaminosis, atherosclerosis, cholecystitises, hepatitises and gastrointestinal disturbances, especially connected with reduction of cholepoiesis.
Walnut is the fruit of a tree that can reach a height of 25 meters and live up to 400 years. The homeland has not been precisely established, wild plants are found in the Caucasus, Transcaucasia, Central Asia, the Mediterranean, they prefer a warm climate. In Europe, this nut is mentioned in the 5th - 7th centuries BC
