Shooting from the hip: How rosehips can benefit our health

Fiann Ó Nualláin takes a look at how rosehips can benefit our health

ROSES and apples share the same botanical family and both their fruits have been keeping doctors away for as long as idioms existed. We still know about the apple or at least the benefits of five-a-day but in recent times the usage of rosehips and other hedgerow haws have waned across Ireland and Europe. Something we will need to bring back if we are to avoid foil packs and plastic wraps for every sniffle and minor ache.