[Magpi 47]

There are lots of dog roses as hedges in the borough......all along Hyndburn Road......and Aldi have them around their boundary.

I understand that you can't really tell how effective they are if you make your own tea....and i suppose those from the hedges would need a thorough wash......another thing that I found out....you have to remove the seeds from the inside......they have got little hairs on them and cause digestive upsets or what the aborigines call 'itchy bottom disease'....well, that made me chuckle a bit.
You really wouldn't want itchy bottom disease....it could be socially embarrassing.
I also found that the hips have to be dried......and that if you collect them after there has been a frost they are sweeter.
Apparently to make the tea you just infuse a tablespoon of the dried rose hips in some boiling water for 2-5 mins......you can add a pinch of cinnamon or ginger if you like and then you strain the hips out and drink the fluid.....oh, and it can be sweetened with a little honey.

So all in all, I have learnt quite a bit about rose hips.

I think the pills might be a lot less trouble.