Roselle calyx is juicy and edible. It can be used to produce jam, fruit juice, soft candy, candied fruit, wine and so on. And can extract natural edible pigments. The calyx of Roselle can also be used as medicine, which is sour in taste and cold in nature, and has the effects of clearing heat and relieving summer heat, diuresis and lowering blood pressure, beauty and freckle removal, detoxification and hangover relief. Modern research shows that roselle contains flavonoids, protocatechuic acid, anthocyanins, isoflavones and rich chemical components such as amino acids, vitamins, sugars, organic acids and inorganic salts, which can lower cholesterol and triglycerides, inhibit the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein, inhibit platelet aggregation, reduce thrombosis, alleviate atherosclerosis and effectively prevent the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases. In addition, roselle also has the function of protecting liver and resisting cancer. Therefore, roselle is a good natural health care drug.
Roselle leaves, petals and calyx can all be used as medicine, but calyx is the main one, mostly dry. Here are some family health care methods of Roselle for your reference only.
1. Roselle tea: Roselle 3 ~ 5g, brewed with warm water, and added with appropriate amount of rock sugar or honey instead of tea. Long-term drinking is helpful to reduce the total cholesterol and triglyceride in human blood, and achieve the effect of preventing and treating cardiovascular diseases and losing weight.
2, Trollius roselle tea: Roselle, Trollius roselle, butterfly each 1g, brewed with hot water, flavored with rock sugar, no cover, until the Roselle is soaked, instead of tea. This tea can clear the lung and benefit the throat, and has a good curative effect on bronchitis, cough, sore throat and tonsillitis.
3. Rose iced chrysanthemum tea: Roselle 1g, 3 chrysanthemums, 5 medlars, boat-fruited Sterculia 1 flower, brewed in boiling water for 5- 10 minutes, flavored with rock sugar. This kind of tea can clear throat and moisten dryness.
4, hawthorn honey: Roselle, dried hawthorn, a little each, boiled for three minutes, cooled and transferred to honey. Long-term drinking can strengthen the stomach and promote digestion.
5. Roselle jelly: Roselle 40g, pure rubber powder 30g, fine sugar100g, water1000ml. First, boil the water, turn off the fire, put the roselle into the water, cover and stew for 8 minutes, take out the roselle and drain. Boil the filtered water, turn off the fire, add pure Geely powder and fine sugar into the water, and stir quickly 1 min. Put the stirred jelly liquid into a jelly mold, cool it, put it in the refrigerator for cold storage, and eat it after molding.
6. Roselle sparerib soup: Roselle 10g, sparerib 250g, water 800 ml, simmer for 3 hours, and add various seasonings according to your own taste. This soup is delicious and can nourish and beautify.
7. Roselle wine: Take a few kilograms of dried Roselle, add water according to 1: 15, boil for 25-30 minutes, and separate the juice. This method is repeated three times. Mix the three extractive solutions, add 8% sugar, heat to boiling, quickly cool to 10 ~ 12℃ for fermentation, control the room temperature at 10 ~ 12℃, remove the upper foam after 5 ~ 7 days, separate and remove the precipitated yeast, and add appropriate amount of edible alcohol to adjust the alcohol content. In addition, a proper amount of roselle is soaked in hot water at 80℃, usually for 3 ~ 4 times, and the soaked juice is filtered for wine blending and color matching. Roselle fermented juice was used as the base wine, supplemented by appropriate amount of soaking juice, and the required sugar and alcohol content were adjusted, and the rose eggplant wine was obtained by filtration. The wine is ruby red, crystal clear, fragrant, sweet and sour, and can be used as an edible beverage to stimulate appetite and prevent and treat cardiovascular diseases such as arteriosclerosis.