PDR for Herbal Medicines

HERBAL MONOGRAPHS DOG ROSE 255

Leaves, Stem and Root: The plant is an approximately 1 to 3
m high shrub with hanging branches and erect root shoots
that are covered in tough, sickle-shaped prickles that are
appressed below. The leaves are pinnatifid with 5 to 7
ft, leaflets. They are markedly petiolate, obovate, smooth-mar-
gined, glabrous, glossy and dark green above, lighter and
simple-serrate beneath.

Characteristics: The sepals revolute at the end of the
flowering period and drop when the fruit ripens.
Habitat: Rosa canina grows in Europe and North Africa and
is extensively cultivated.
Production: Dog Rose fruit consist of the ripe, dried fruit
(nutlet) of various species of the genus Rosa particularly
Rosa moschata. The fruits are secondary products of Dog
Rose shells. Dog Rose shells consist of the ripe, fresh or
dried, opened seed receptacle, whole or cut and freed from
hairs, of Rosa canina, Rosa pendulina, Rosa rugosa, Rosa
moschata and other Rosa species. The ripe receptacles are
harvested by hand and dried in the air, sun or in drying plants
at a maximum temperature of 80° C. The dry Dog Roses are
broken up and the fruit and skins are separated by sieving.
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Other Names: Brier Hip, Hip, Rose Hip, Sweet Briar, Brier
Rose, Eglantine Gall, Hogseed, Dog-Berry, Sweet Brier,
Wild Brier, Witches' Brier
ACTIONS AND PHARMACOLOGY
COMPOUNDS: DOG ROSE FRUITS
Fatty oil (8 to 10%)
Tocopherol (vitamin E)
Volatile oil (0.3%)

Proteic substances

EFFECTS: DOG ROSE FRUITS

The pectin and fruit acid content are responsible for the

diuretic and laxative effect.

COMPOUNDS: DOG ROSE SHELLS

Carotinoids

Flavonoids

Fruit acids: malic acid, citric acid

Monosaccharides/oligosaccharides (12 to 15%): invert sug-

ar, saccharose

Pectins

Tannins

Vitamins: ascorbic acid (vitamin C, 0.2 to 2.4%)

EFFECTS: DOG ROSE SHELLS

The drug is a vitamin C supplement

INDICATIONS AND USAGE

DOG ROSE FRUITS

Unproven Uses: Dog Rose fruits are used in folk medicine

for disorders of the efferent urinary tract and the kidneys.

kidney stones, rheumatic conditions such as rheumatism, and

gout, colds, scurvy and febrile conditions.

DOG ROSE SHELLS

Unproven Uses: Dog Rose shells are used in folk medicine

for colds and 'flu,^1 intestinal conditions, digestive com-

plaints, vitamin C deficiency, gallstones, subacidic-stomach.

infectious diseases, conditions of the efferent urinary tract.

edema, rheumatism and gout, bleeding and leucorrhea.

PRECAUTIONS AND ADVERSE REACTIONS

DOG ROSE FRUITS AND SHELLS

No health hazards or side effects are known in conjunction

with the proper administration of designated therapeutic

dosages.

DOSAGE

DOG ROSE FRUITS

Mode of Administration: Dog Rose fruits are available as

whole and powdered drug.

Daily Dosage: The single dose is 2 gm drug.

Storage: Dog Rose should be stored in a dry and dark place.

DOG ROSE SHELLS

Mode of Administration: Dog Rose shells are available as

whole, crude and powdered drug.

Daily Dosage: Tea: 2 to 5 gm drug added to 1 cup and

steeped for 10 to 15 minutes

Storage: Should be stored in dark place.

LITERATURE

DOG ROSE SHELLS

Czygan FC, Rosa canina L. - Die Hunds- oder Heckenrose. In:

ZPT 10(5): 162. 1989.

Jaretzky R, Pharm Zentralh 82:229. 1941.

Kurucu S, Coskun M, Kartal M, High pressure liquid

chromatographic determination of ascorbic acid in the fruits of

some Rosa species growing in Turkey. In: PM 58(7)75. 1992.

Luckner M, BepMer O, PA 21:197. 1966.

Further information in:

Kern W, List PH, Horhammer L (Hrsg.), Hagers Handbuch der

Pharmazeutischen Praxis, 4. Aufl., Bde. 1-8: Springer Verlag

Berlin, Heidelberg, New York, 1969.

Leung AY, Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients U«d

in Food, Drugs, Cosmetics, John Wiley & Sons Inc., New York

1980.

Madaus G, Lehrbuch der Biologischen Arzneimittel, Bde 1-3.

Nachdruck, Georg Olms Verlag Hildesheim 1979.