They're high in Vitamin C, bioflavonoids (good for your heart, various minerals, and they also have trace iron and vitamin B.ĭried rosehips make a delicate-scented tea to help combat coughs and colds through our long winter. Rosehips, being the fruit of wild roses, have been found to be chock-full of good vitamins and minerals. And roses and rosehips have also been traditional staples in East-Indian and middle-Eastern dishes, cosmetics and medicine chests as well. (Our Free Resource Library includes a Rosehip Recipe eBook - see the bottom of this post). The indigenous people of this area have used rose petals, fresh and dried rosehips, leaves, and even the stems for hundreds of years as a dietary supplement and food. Benefits of Rosehips in Teas, Syrups, and Infusions And as a family, we're also learning indoor gardening skills, like growing our own black beans to secure our family's food supply. Our homeschooling routine includes traditional academic subjects, as well as wilderness living skills and hands-on subjects like gardening and backyard chicken-keeping. I use foraging to teach our children (two of seven are still at home) a variety of subjects. If you're new to my site, you might not know that we homeschool off the grid. We also forage for medicinal plants and food specific to the north, such as fireweed and Labrador Tea.Īnother reason you'll find me foraging with kids in tow is to pass on self-reliance life skills to our children. Depending on the season, we collect their petals or fruit to use in infusions, our favorite homemade beeswax lip balm recipe, homemade goat milk soaps, and wildcrafting. One reason we forage rosehips for oil and more is for the opportunity to create natural remedies for our family.

Long dark rose hip tea