What Else Can Be Said About Rosa multiflora?

Yumm Yumm in My Tumm! Multiflora rose fruit pie, courtesy of Clipart

--The fruit (rose hips) of the plant can, with the removal of the seed, be eaten raw or be used to make preservatives or pie. (Fruit contains Vitamin C as well.)

--The young leaves and shoots can also be eaten raw or cooked. The youthful leaves are also a great source of Vitamin C.

--The seeds that are found inside of the rose hips serve as a good source of Vitamin E. As a result, many people ground and/or mix the seeds into their food as a supplement.

The Doctor is In

--The leaves of Rosa multiflora can be ground up and applied to heal sores.

--The fruit is an anodyne, diuretic, and laxative. Furthermore, it can by used to heal ulcers, wounds, sprains, and injuries. The most exciting aspect of Rosa multiflora's fruit is the fact that it may have the potential of halting and even reversing the growth of cancer.

--The seed, like the fruit, is a diuretic and laxative.

--Even the roots of the plant can be used! They serve as a successful astringent and carminative.

Wounded face, courtesy of Clipart

Rosa multiflora helps you go from this, to THIS!! Red arrow, courtesy of Clipart

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