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The healing properties of Rosehip Oil or Rosa Mosqueta or Rosa Affinis
Rubiginosa were mainly studied and first reported by Professor Bertha Pareja and Professor Horst Kehl in Dec. 1988. Since then, various studies on Rosa Mosqueta Oil have been completed at various universities in Chile and in other countries.
- Dr Bertha Pareja,
Principal Professor, Faculty of Pharmacology and Biochemistry, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru, and
Dr Horst Kehl,
School of Pharmacology of the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
in their research paper entitled,
Contributions to Identification and Application of Active Components Contained in Rosa Aff. Rubignosa, explain about their studies on Rosehip Oil.
The following paragraphs are extracts from the paper.
Application to Aged Skin
Exposure to sun causes important morfological changes in skin. Dermatoheliosis appears in different ways and varying intensity ranging from surface wrinkles, active keratosis and variation in the distribution of the melanin granules.
For this test volunteers were selected among people who usually spend the 3 months of summer in resorts by the sea or who go to the beach every day. The tests were carried out on 20 women, aged between 25 and 35, who were controlled and assessed during the summer of 1988. The most frequently noted cutaneous signs were surface wrinkles, brown spots, eyelids and, in some cases, only an intense tan. All applied rosehip oil on the face during four months (May to August, 1988).
Observations were made every 8th days. Significant changes were noted starting on the third week. Firstly, surface wrinkles started to disappear, spots started to fade until, at the end of the fourth month, the disappearance was complete. Skin presented a smooth and fresh aspect and the spots had almost disappeared.
Application to Surgical Scars
For this test they selected 10 women, aged between 45 and 68, who had suffered unilateral or bilateral mastectomy
and scars with equal features.
Applications of rosehip oil were made, starting on the day when the surgical stitches were removed. After washing the area with tepid water and soap and careful drying, the oil was applied by soft massage. After three months of applying twice daily (morning and evening) it was noted that the scars were less apparent, without lumps and that skin elasticity had improved and the colour of the area had improved significantly.
We carried out these observations until four months after the operations and the treating doctors indicated that the skin conditions were improving considerably, allowing implantation of prosthesis or plastic surgery in far better conditions than with patients who had not been treated.
- Dr Harbst
a surgeon and radiotherapist presently practising in Chile
Dr Harbst uses Rosehip Oil for treating skin alterations especially secondary dermatititis which take place as a result of radiotherapy. He explains about the use of products containing Rosehip Oil:
"As a radiotherapist, I work with several patients that have been operated upon and, therefore, have scars. Also, the radiation to which they are exposed may produce secondary effects on the skin such as inflammations, darkening and actinic dermatitis. These effects are, in most cases, unavoidable because in the same way that a surgeon leaves a scar when he or she operates, a radiotherapist leaves a mark on the radiated areas, which are not injuries as such but skin reactions.
"I have applied Rose Hip Oil on all types of skin. Rose Hip Oil acts on scars reducing hyperpigmentation, flattening hypertrophia (bulky scars) and loosening up fibrous chords. All these effects end up in a near complete attenuation of scars.
- Dr Leonardo Rusowsky
surgeon at Enrique Deformes Hospital in Santiago, Chile,and acting president of the Corporation For Aid To Burnt Children.
Dr Rusowsky is currently applying Rosehip Oil to burnt children in the way of compresses and massotherapy (massages carried out by kinesiologists to loosen up scars). Dr Rusowsky says, RoseHip Oil improves the texture and quality of skin by increasing its elasticity. Rose Hip Oil helps people who have suffered burns. Its effect, more than to flatten out hypertrophic and hyperplasic scars (raised and bulky scars), is to improve the colour of the scars and of the skin in the affected area.
- Nancy Evans
nutritionist and aromatherapist
Nancy has been using Rosehip Oil for softening aged skin, balancing skin, soothing and deeply cleansing naturally. Nancy says, "Rrosehip oil is an excellent moisturer, high in Vitamin C and essential fatty acids." She has developed a range of Rosehip products for skincare.
The research studies suggest that Rosehip Oil applied twice a day, every day reduces scar tissue, helps to prevent and fade stretch marks, attenuates wrinkles and age spots, improves burned skin, aids in the treatment of dermatitis that results from radiotherapy, excellent to prevent photoaging and relieves dry skin and eczema.
Research On Maca
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The November, 1998 Townsend Letter for Doctors, summarized comments from
various physicians who have discovered the wonderful therapeutic effects of Maca.
Chicago physician Gary F. Gordon, former President of the American College for Advancement in Medicine, knows first hand the value of Maca. "We all hear rumors about various products like Maca," he says. "But using this Peruvian root myself, I personally experienced a significant improvement in erectile tissue response. I call it nature's answer to Viagra TM.
Dr. Gordon explains that Maca works by normalizing our steroid hormones like testosterone, progesterone, and estrogen. Therefore it has the facility to forestall the hormonal changes of aging. It acts on men to restore them to a healthy functional status in which they experience a more active libido." Lots of men and women who previously believed their sexual problems were psychological are now clearly going to look for something physiological to improve quality of life in the area of sexuality" says Dr. Gordon.
Burton Goldberg, President of Future Medicine Publishing in Tiburon, California, whose latest book is An Alternative Medicine Definitive Guide to Cancer, is another enthusiast of Maca. He says that when he tried Maca he was very pleased with the results and began taking it regularly. "I'm a 72 year old man and this Maca has taken 25 years off my aging sex life," declares Goldberg.
Henry Camponile, M.D., of St. Petersburg, Florida states that his first menopausal patient "started to feel better four days after she began taking Maca." and finds that it promotes energy unlike any other herb he has used.
Hugo Malaspina, M.D., a cardiologist practicing complementary medicine in Lima, Peru, has been using Maca in his practice for ten years. Dr. Malaspina first found out about Maca through a group of sexually active older men who were taking the herb with good results. "One of this group started taking Maca and found he was able to perform satisfactorily in a sexual relationship with a lady friend. Soon everyone in the group began drinking the powdered Maca as a beverage and enjoying the boost that the root was giving their hormonal functions. I have several of these men as patients, and their improvement prompted me to find out more about Maca and begin recommending it to my other patients."
Malaspina frequently prescribes Maca to women experiencing premenstrual discomfort or menopausal symptoms. "With Maca though, we should say that it regulates the ovarian function." Dr. Malaspina further notes that "Maca regulates the organs of internal secretion, such as the pituitary, the adrenal glands, and the pancreas. I have had perhaps two hundred female patients whose perimenopausal and menopausal symptoms are alleviated by taking Maca."
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