Rose Hip Powder Stops Arthritis Pain: Researcher
Friday, 14 Feb 2014 12:44 PM
A top university doctor says that
his research shows that a tasty smoothie made with rose hip powder is
often just as effective as powerful pain-killing drugs.
Dr. Marc Cohen, health sciences
professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia, said that rose hip
powder works without the dangerous side effects of pain medications.
Rose hip also comes in capsule form, which has shown to be just as
effective as powder.
“I use rose hip myself,” he told
Newsmax Health. “I have arthritis, but I’m not bothered by pain because I
make myself a smoothie every morning. I add a tablespoon of rose hip
powder. It has a pleasant but not overpowering taste.”
Denmark is a major producer of rose
hip and it is featured in traditional Scandinavian foods – in soups and
other dishes as well as in drinks.
Rose hip comes from seed pods of
roses, like those found in gardens worldwide. They’re seldom encountered
by gardeners because bushes tend to be pruned as blooms fade,
encouraging more flowers. But, if dying flowers stay on bushes, tiny
berry-like seed balls appear. Reddish colored, these are rose hips.
The average garden doesn’t produce enough for therapeutic value because many are needed to make powders or pills.
Besides, Dr. Cohen added, a specific
type of rose is generally used for anti-inflammatory powders and pills.
This prized variety is the dog rose (Rosa canina), a climbing
type often found growing wild in Scandinavia as well as northern Africa
and western Asia. For many centuries it’s been used as a traditional
therapy for diarrhea, bladder infections, and a variety of other ills.
Dr. Cohen did a detailed meta-analysis of university studies regarding rose hips. His conclusion: “Rose hip works.”
He wrote that volunteers “reported treatment with standardized rose hip powder consistently reduced pain scores.”
This natural remedy is even more
effective than drug-based painkillers, said Dr. Cohen, which can cause
bleeding problems and other side effects.
“In contrast to non-steroidal
anti-inflammatory drugs (aspirin, ibuprofen, naproxen), rose hip has
anti-inflammatory action that doesn’t inhibit platelets, thereby
avoiding potential side-effects for patients at increased risk from the
gastrointestinal or cardiovascular side effects,” the eminent researcher
explained.
Rose hip works in reducing arthritis
inflammation and associated pain because it contains a strong
galactolipid (a plant membrane fat), maximizing retention of
phytochemicals (chemical compounds in plants found to have significant
health benefits).
Besides their value to
osteoarthritis sufferers and those with other forms of arthritis, rose
hip has been found in animal studies to ease the symptoms of
inflammatory bowel disease (IBS).
“Human studies regarding IBS and
rose hip are expected to start soon,” Dr Cohen said. “But it’s
reasonable to assume the same will be true in humans. People with
inflammatory bowel disease should be encouraged to try rosehip.”
He points out, “It’s not at all like
strong synthetic drugs where people are ill-advised to take them if
they’re not needed or to exceed prescribed doses because of
side-effects.
“You buy rose hip over the counter
at supermarkets or in health food stores – and if you take a little more
than recommended doses there’s no adverse consequence.”
Dr. Cohen says rose hip is as
effective in pill form as is the powder added to food. “In either case,
I’d recommend two grams a day for a month, then dropping to one gram a
day permanently.
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