Concentrated ginger, rosehip, lemon and mint juice in ice packs

Ingredients

• 1 kg of ginger
• 400 g of rose hips
• 4 lemons
• a few leaves of fresh mint

Materials

• - bags of ice cubes
• - vegetable-fruit juicer with screw shaft with low revolutions (40-60 rpm)

Preparation

• Prepare the ingredients, wash ginger, rose hips and lemons well under running water. Mint leaves, likewise, rinse under a weak stream of water. After washing, let it spin to remove excess water.
  Well-ripened rose hips are preferred, which are fleshier, a little soft, and not dry or very hard.
• Remove the seeds from the rose hips.
  The rose hips are cut in two with a knife, and with the help of a spoon, more precisely using its tail, the seeds are removed.
  The cleaned halves will be placed in a container of water for a few minutes (3-5 minutes), this way we make sure that we got rid of any remaining seeds or those perishables that can be irritating to some people. Then the water is thrown away. This sub-step is not necessarily mandatory.
• Peel the ginger from the peel. If it is ginger from BIO sources, it can be used with the peel, washed well beforehand.
• Peel the lemons and then cut them into 4. They also have the role of decongesting the fruit-vegetable juicer.
• We start squeezing the ingredients with the help of a vegetable-fruit juicer with a screw shaft, preferably with low revolutions (40-60 rpm) in order not to heat the ingredients.
  Ginger being a woody ingredient, quite hard for the vegetable-fruit juicer, it will be cut into slices, to make juicing easier.
  The ginger, rose hips, lemons and mint leaves will be given at the same time, thus we make the squeezing easier and ensure a good homogenization already during the squeezing.
• When we finish squeezing, we vigorously stir the obtained juice with a non-metallic spoon and then we will pour the juice into ice cube bags.
  To make it easier to fill the ice cube bags I used a mini-funnel. I tied the ends of the ice packs to make sure it wouldn't leak.
• In the last step, we will put the bags of ice cubes in the freezer. These will freeze in ~2 hours.
• ⚠ The pulp resulting from squeezing will not be thrown away. It can be dried and used to make delicious teas with an immuno-tonic effect, especially in winter.

Administration

Observations

Effects and benefits

Effects:

• tonic, energizing;
• immuno-stimulator;
• vitaminizing / mineralizing;
• antioxidant;
• anti-inflammatory;
• antibacterial / antiviral;
• anti-anemic;
• natural analgesic;
• diaphoretic (increases sweating);
• carminative (property to expel gases from the intestine);
• spasmolytic;
• antidiabetic;
• astringent;
• antidiarrheal;
• diuretic;
• slightly laxative;

Tonic / immunostimulant:

• increases athletes' endurance (resistance to physical effort);
• strengthens the immune system;
• prevents cold and flu;
• good in states of fatigue;

Prevents cardiovascular diseases:

• regulates blood pressure, good for hypertension;
• reduces bad cholesterol (LDL);
• strengthens the walls of veins and capillaries;
• cleans the blood vessels;
• anti-thrombosis: against the formation of blood clots;
• regulator of blood circulation, vaso-dilators;
• helps to rebalance blood pH;

Supports the digestive system:

• improves/stimulates digestion;
• accelerates metabolism;
• helps burn fat, good for obesity;
• increases appetite;
• detoxifies the body;

Good at fighting inflammation and rheumatic diseases:

• natural anti-inflammatory;
• recommended in joint diseases;
• recommended for muscle pain;

Other:

• blood detoxifier;
• helps regulate blood sugar levels;
• liver drainer and tonic;
• helps the secretion of collagen (rose hips);
• helps the nervous system;
• reduces nausea;
• prevents oral infections;
• decreases the risk of kidney stones;

Side effects

- excessive consumption can lead to stomach cramps, diarrhea.

Contraindications

• pregnant or breastfeeding women must ask for the doctor's consent;
• it is not recommended for people who take medicines for diabetes, hypertension or blood thinners (aspirin, ibuprofen), who suffer from gallstones, heart disease;
• contraindicated for people suffering from irritable bowel syndrome.