When combined, rose hips and marshmallow root are a powerful duo that offer benefits for immunity, digestion, breathing, and more!
5 Reasons to Combine Rosehips and Marshmallows
If I woke up tomorrow with green hair and the word “face” tattooed on my face, I wouldn’t be more surprised than if I learned about this combination of forces rose hips and Marshmallow!
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Each of these herbs is a miracle. But put them together and they’re a power multiplier of health and beauty benefits! Let me tell you some good things about this dynamic duo.
#1. “Power Up” Your Immune System
Rose hips are rich in vitamin C, which helps boost the immune system and protect the body from infection and disease. Marshmallow root can add to this with its own immune boosting properties. Through different mechanisms, both also have antimicrobial and anti-inflammatory effects.
#2. Authentic Photoshop for your skin
image from Ekaterina Alexandrovna from Pixar
Rose hips are a great source of antioxidants that help protect the skin from free radical damage and premature aging. They also contain vitamin A and essential fatty acids to help improve skin tone, texture and hydration. Rose hips can help reduce wrinkles and improve skin elasticity, while marshmallow root soothes the skin and helps with various skin concerns.
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#3.Reduce inflammation for a complete overhaul
image from Vincent Lorenz M from Pixar
Both rose hips and marshmallows have anti-inflammatory properties that can help reduce inflammation and pain in the body. Rose hips help reduce joint inflammation and improve mobility in people with osteoarthritis. Marshmallow root also has anti-inflammatory properties that help reduce inflammation in the respiratory and digestive systems.
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#4.Solving Tummy Problems Through Teamwork
Marshmallow root is traditionally used to treat digestive issues such as constipation, indigestion, and acid reflux. It contains mucilage, a gel-like substance that can help soothe and protect the digestive tract. Marshmallows and rosehips work well together to help with ailments like irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Rose hips can also help with a different type of tummy problem – losing unwanted fat.
#5.breathe easy again and again
image from Alfonso Cerezo from Pixar
Rose hips and marshmallow root are a dynamite combo for the respiratory system! While rose hips help prevent common respiratory infections, marshmallows are traditionally used to treat respiratory conditions such as coughs, bronchitis, and asthma. It contains compounds that help soothe and protect the respiratory tract.
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Scott Sexton is a TGN pioneer, an experimental gardener, a relentless weeder, and a largely nonprofit herbalist (which makes him to the chagrin of his wife).When Scott isn’t teaching foraging classes, testing theories in the garden, or grazing cattle in the forest, he can be found in his Facebook page, “A Forager’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse”.
