In the 18th century, traveler P.S. Pallas noticed that pine shoots heal scurvy, which arises due to vitamin C deficiency. One million people died from an illness in the 17th – 18th centuries.

Chemical composition

Pine is known for its phytoncidal action. Air samples showed that the content of pathogenic organisms where coniferous trees grow is 10 times less than in the birch forest. Therefore, people with respiratory diseases have been recommended resort treatment in an area where there is boron. Healing properties  have almost all parts of the tree, due to the chemical composition.

The structure of pine cones include:

• monoterpene hydrocarbons;
• lipids;
• linolenic and oleic acids;
• bioflavonoids and others.

Properties, indications for use

Cones have expectorant, diaphoretic, immunomodulatory, wound-healing, cleansing action, stop the blood and prevent the growth of tumor formation. Broths, tinctures, other forms of drugs help with hypertension. Studies have shown that pressure decreases already 4 days after the start of treatment. Drugs increase the tone and elasticity of blood vessels, including the brain.

Tannins are found in the fruit. These substances stop the death of brain cells during a stroke. Interesting research conducted by American scientists. It turned out that usually in mice, the loss of brain cells in acute cerebral circulation disorders reached 70%. But in rodents that were injected with tannins, this figure was 20%.

Success is achieved in the treatment of such diseases:

• bronchitis;
• airway inflammation;
• gum disease;
• avitaminosis;
• dropsy;
• stroke;
• reduced hemoglobin;
• certain liver diseases;
• thrombophlebitis, varicose veins;
• tuberculosis;
• pain in the joints with polyarthritis;
• reduced immunity.

Collection of raw materials

Pine cones mature two to three years. Young fruits, the first year of life, are harvested in spring, usually at the end of May. But some sources claim that it is better to stock up on raw materials in August, because then most of the useful substances accumulate. Requirements for fruits:

• soft green specimens that can be cut with a knife or pierced with a fingernail;
• size - up to 4 cm;
• scales not disclosed, not damaged by pests;
• collected from healthy trees.

Ripened, lignified fruits of 2-3 years are also used.

Recipes of traditional medicine

AT traditional medicine  apply funds prepared according to different recipes. Here are the most popular and easy to prepare.

Tincture on green buds

Tincture on alcohol retains the main medicinal properties  pines. It is useful in lung diseases - tuberculosis, bronchitis, tracheitis, gastrointestinal ailments, stroke.

For the preparation of funds take 10 pine cones, crushed in a meat grinder, spread in a glass container (preferably dark green or brown). Raw materials are poured with vodka or pure medical, edible alcohol, previously diluted with water in a ratio of 1: 2.

A tightly sealed bottle is left in a warm place out of the reach of children. Periodically shake the dishes, a week later the liquid is filtered.

If you add to the tool alcohol tinctures  clover, the fruit of chestnut, vervain, you get a cure for vascular diseases - thrombophlebitis, varicose veins, to strengthen the immune system.

Take a clean tincture or herbal balm 5 ml (1 tsp.) Immediately after meals three times a day. The course of therapy is 6 months.

Use tincture for compresses with swelling of the joints. To do this, a natural fabric is impregnated with the agent and applied to the inflamed area, on top it is wrapped with cellophane film and wool fabric. Medical lotions do before bedtime, the duration of the course - until full recovery.

Before taking the medicine inside, you should consult with your doctor, especially if children, pregnant women, people with chronic diseases are to be treated, because alcohol has contraindications. So people better cook water infusionsif there is no general ban on the use of plants. The specialist will take into account side effect, compatibility with drugs of the main line of therapy.

Contraindications for tinctures - alcoholism, hepatitis, pregnancy, lactation, headaches, age 12 and over 60 years. Allergies are rare. If there are no contraindications to the use of the plant as a whole, alcohol-free therapeutic agents are prepared and used.

Water infusion

5 young cones wash, cut into small pieces, put in an enamel bowl, pour 600 ml of water. Bring water to a boil, leave to simmer for another 5 minutes. Then strain the infusion, pour into a dark glass bowl and refrigerate. Take:

• for prophylaxis - in the morning after eating, a quarter of a glass;
• for treatment - three times a day after meals at the same dose.

Milk decoction

The decoction has medicinal properties against pulmonary tuberculosis. To prepare take:

• 2 tbsp. l crushed green cones;
• milk - 500 ml.

Raw materials are poured with hot milk, boiled over low heat for 30 minutes, for 2 hours. Milk infusion filter and drink three times during the day.

Jam

Jam has an interesting tarry taste that is enjoyed by both adults and children. For the winter, for a family of 2-3 people, it is enough to prepare 2-3 liters of jam, which strengthens the immune system, helps to treat the flu and the common cold.

Prepare the jam so. Pine cones are cleared of debris and pine needles, thrown out spoiled, the remaining - washed. The raw material folded into the enameled bowl is poured with water in such an amount as to cover them by 1–1.5 cm. The dishes are placed on the fire and brought to a boil, sugar is added (1 kg per 1 liter of liquid). Soak on fire for 1.5 hours, constantly remove the foam. The jam is cooled. Use 1-2 teaspoons three times a day with a warm drink.

Pine Honey

Green cones are washed, cleaned, sorted, separated spoiled from the whole. Pour water above the level of the cones by 1-1.5 cm, boil for 20 minutes in a saucepan with a lid. Insist 24 hours, filter, throw out the hard part.

Sugar is added to the infusion (1 kg / 1 l) and boiled for 1.5 hours in an enamel pot. Immediately pour the finished honey in hot jars. The remedy has contraindications for diabetic patients due to the sugar content.

Syrup

Syrup strengthens the body, treats diseases of the respiratory organs, has other healing properties.

To prepare the syrup take:

• 1 part of green pine cones;
• 1-2 parts of sugar (honey).

After pre-treatment, as described in the previous recipes, pine cones are cut in half, rolled in sugar.

Halves are placed in an enamel or glass dish, each layer, including the top, is poured with sugar. The dishes are covered with gauze and left in a dark warm place, shaking occasionally to dissolve the sugar.

Consume 10 ml (1 dessert spoon) of the syrup, diluted in 100 ml of warm water 2 times a day - in the morning before meals and before bedtime. Store in a cold place.

Medicinal properties are enhanced if honey is used instead of sugar.

Infusion of mature pine cones

Infusion helps with inflammation of the joints. It will take mature last year's bumps. During the course of treatment, collect 120–180 pieces (depending on the size).

2 large or 3 small bumps are washed, put in a thermos, pour boiling water to cover the fruit, insist until the morning. Insist filter, drink warm for 20 minutes before eating. Take two months, if necessary, repeat the treatment after two weeks.

Contraindications, overdose

Despite all beneficial features, pine cones have contraindications - kidney disease, acute or exacerbation of chronic hepatitis. Such drugs are carefully prescribed to pregnant women and children under 12 years of age and adults over 60 years of age.

It is important not to exceed the recommended portions: overdose causes headache, inflammation of the gastric mucosa. Also, before starting to use it, you should make sure that there are no contraindications such as allergies or intolerance to the drug.

Guess - evergreen, coniferous, beautiful, powerful. Of course, this is pine. No wonder they respectfully say: above the pine there is no tree. Another proverb says that it is better to be born and have fun in a pine forest, and to marry in a birch forest.

Where does the power of the mighty pine originate? From a small seed containing in itself the beginning of life and the supply of substances necessary for the development and birth of a sprout that makes its way through the soil to the sun. Traditional medicine, given this irrefutable fact, uses in the treatment of pine cones. The recipes for making homemade affordable medicines for many diseases are provided in this article.

Properties of pine cones

The official pharmacopoeia, having studied the antimicrobial and disinfectant, diuretic, diaphoretic, expectorant, insecticidal properties of Scots pine, has long included the plant in the list of medicinal. Doctors prescribe the treatment of many diseases with preparations made with the use of kidneys, needles, and resin. These parts of the tree contain biologically active substances: essential oils, resin acids, tannins, pinipicrin, vitamin C, flavanoids.

What is the composition of pine seeds and shell cones? It is established that:

• proteins (quantitatively glutamine amino acid prevails; it is needed in the body for metabolic and oxidative processes, participates in the transfer of potassium ions, promotes detoxification of the body from ammonia, increases its resistance to hypoxia);
• polysaccharides (in particular, act as immunomodulators, anticarcinogens);
    phospholipids (one of the properties is to inhibit the development of cancer cells);
• essential oils (pine esters can overcome pessimism);
• lignins (act as enterosorbents, cleansing the body of toxins);
• tannins (mainly tannins predominate in the cones; they exhibit antioxidant and anticarcinogenic activity).

Pine cones in folk medicine have long been adopted by many diseases. They will relieve from commonplace colds, help in the restoration of the body after a serious "stroke", called a medical stroke.

Application of cones

Call them by name. These are beriberi, pulmonary (bronchitis, tracheitis, pneumonia); viral diseases  - acute respiratory infections, tonsillitis in their diversity, flu; diseases musculoskeletal system  - osteochondrosis, polyarthritis, rheumatism; salt metabolism disorders - gout; malaise with nervous exhaustion and chronic fatigue; weakening of the body's defense - immunity and the thyroid gland; effects of stroke (paralysis of organs), diseases of the stomach, liver and intestines. The drug from the cones is used as an antioxidant - an anti-aging agent that removes from the body the free radicals from which they age.

If the onions are from the 7th disease, then homemade medicines from pine cones are suitable for at least two to three dozen diseases.

Immediately call contraindications for those who can not be used for the treatment of pine cones. The “do no harm” postulate is basic, both for healers, healers, and for those who are looking for a cure for the disease on their own. Treatment is contraindicated for pregnant, lactating mothers, allergic-minded people, people with a heart rhythm disorder, with renal failure.

Remember: the advice of the attending physician does not hurt on the road to recovery.

Broths, water infusions and spirit tinctures are prepared from pine cones for the treatment; syrup and jam are made; they are used to make baths. Fully formed green buds are suitable. They are collected at the end of the first year of formation, in the spring - in May, in the beginning of June. Other healers recommend the use of mature, unopened bumps. They grayThey form by the end of the second year 18 months after the flowering of the pine.

We give some recipes.

For arthritis, rheumatism, heart pain, to cleanse the body of toxins and metabolic products, water infusion is recommended for older people.

Grind the green cones, take a tablespoon of them to 0.5 liters of boiled water. Leave to insist overnight. Strain in the morning, drink 3-4 times in the afternoon in equal portions, drink before meals.

Broth: Rinse 5 cones, break with a hammer or cut, put in a pan, where to pour half a liter of water. Bring to a boil, boil for 5 minutes. Insist to cool, drain. Drink a quarter of a glass in the morning after breakfast.

Broth treated by those who are contraindicated alcohol-containing means.

After stroke

Tincture of mature cones: in a glass jar with a volume of 0.5 l place, after washing with water 5-7 pieces, pour vodka (you can 70% alcohol), close the tight lid, put in a dark place (room temperature) for 7-10 days. Strain and pour for canning 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar. Take with a stroke of 1 tbsp. for the night, planting in a glass of weak tea. The course of treatment is six months.

Gastric and pulmonary diseases

Tincture of green cones: 100 g of crushed cones take 0.5 liters of vodka. Insist 2 weeks in a dark and warm place. Take 1 tsp. before meals for 20 minutes 3 times a day.

With goiter

In a green glass bottle pour 100 g of green cones cut into pieces, pour 70% of the solid component with alcohol. Insist on a month in a dark place, not forgetting to shake the bottle 2 times a week. Strain the tincture, put in the fridge. Take drops 3 times a day. The first 3 days - 3 drops at the reception. From 4 to 21 days - 5 drops at a time.

Strengthening immunity, treatment of lung diseases

Prepare the balm, taking 500 ml of the finished tincture of the cones of high-quality honey and 3-year-old aloe juice with 100 ml each. Day insist stored in the dark. Treatment: 1 tsp. 3 times a day before meals for 15 -20 minutes.

We treat tasty colds and viral diseases - jam and syrup.

Pine Jam Recipes

Cones of the first year (green) - 1 kg, rinse, pour into a stainless steel container, fill with water 1, 2 liters. Bring to a boil and simmer for 30 minutes. Remove from heat and let stand for 6 hours. Drain strained decoction into a saucepan, the volume of the resulting decoction about a liter. Pour 1 kg of sugar, cook over low heat, as usual cooking, removing skimmer by skimmer. As a result, a thick amber-colored syrup with a resinous aroma and a pleasant taste will turn out from a turbid liquid broth. Drink with hot herbal tea.

Jam (2nd method)  prepares in several tricks. Take a pound of ripe cones (unopened, gray), rinse, add 0.5 liters of water, pour 1.2 kg of sugar immediately. Put on the fire, bring to a boil. Boil at boiling for 5-10 minutes, removing the foam. Set aside to cool. Then repeat the process of "cooking - cooling" up to 5-6 times. Can be drained into jars with cones.

Young cones syrup for respiratory diseases

In a jar, layers of cones are laid, cut into pieces, sprinkled with sugar. The top layer is sugar. Let it brew in a warm place for a week or two. Syrup is poured, used as jam, without abusing sweetness.

Varicose veins

Need: ready-made tincture of pine cones - 5 pieces. Tinctures of horse chestnut, vervain and clover - each in 1 part. These tinctures are bought in fitoaptek ready or made using traditional medicine recipes. Stir well. Application: 10-20 drops per reception up to 3 times a day before meals.

Osteochondrosis, arthritis, arthrosis

Cooking pine oil, filling cones with any vegetable. Put in the oven and hold until the color of the oil changes to a red hue. Oil is drained - it is ready for the treatment of diseased joints, the spine (massage, rubbing).

Soothing baths

Cones (1-2 kg) boil in water (3-5 l), strain, pour into the prepared bath. The duration of the water treatment is 10-15 minutes.
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Pine cones - what are they for? To spread your seed? It turns out - not only for this. Pine cones can also be used for other purposes. Many people know that breathing in a pine forest is very useful, but few people wondered why?

Useful properties of pine cones

Green pine cones are a source of iron and many other beneficial substances. AT the composition of these cones  There are also substances such as:

• monoterpenic hydrocarbons,
• lipids,
• linolenic and oleic acids,
• tannins
• bioflavonoids,
• and many other useful and nutrients.

The buds and pine needles also contain many useful substances. The pine buds contain a large amount essential oils, tannins and all sorts of vitamins. And in the needles - a lot of tar, carotene, ascorbic acid and vitamin C.

Due to this composition, the bumps are widely used for the treatment of various diseases.

Only for treatment it is necessary to collect special young, still green bumps.

When to collect pine cones?

First of all, you should know that it is necessary to collect unopened pine cones. Depending on the climate conditions, the time of collecting the cones may vary. In our country, they need to be collected in the period from 21 to 25 June. Cones should be about 4 centimeters wide.

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Collecting young cones, pay attention to their "appearance" and the state of the tree on which they grow. It is advisable not to collect cones on insect-affected trees. Cones and a tree should look beautiful, not eaten by insects, without any rotting.

Pine is the personification of slimness and beauty in relation to other trees. The tree has a very smooth trunk and long needles instead of leaves. By itself, a tree can reach more than 30 meters in height. Pine cones, the medicinal properties of which are quite diverse, have a slightly ovate-oblong shape. Pine is the most popular tree for a person. It is worth noting at least the New Year and Christmas holidays, which we all love to meet not only among friends and relatives, but also with this conifer tree. The forests where they grow have phytoncides emitted by the pines in the air, thanks to which there are practically no harmful microbes within a radius of 25 meters from the trees. Due to this property, pine is actively used for medical purposes.

Pine is very common not only in Russia, but throughout the world. A large number of people know the beneficial properties of pine cones and the trees themselves, so they try as often as possible to get out into the forest and rest, breathe this unique, saturated air. Thanks to this rest there is a beneficial effect on the lungs and bronchi.

Healing tree

It should be noted that pine as a tree is very valuable, in it for medical purposes you can use almost everything: sap pine, needles, bark, pollen and buds. But among this particular interest are the bumps (young). Pine buds are harvested mainly in early spring, until such time as they have not yet blossomed, some do it in the winter, but still the best quality is obtained in early spring. After they are collected, drying takes place. Young cones are fundamentally different from pine needles, which is consumed raw, and can be harvested year-round.

The healing properties of pine cones

In fact, no one paid attention to the beneficial properties of the cones, and did not even suspect it until the moment when employees at American zoos noticed that they were very fond of eating different animals. After that, tests were carried out that proved that in the cones for the whole summer a lot of useful medicinal substances accumulate, which are subsequently preserved in them. And all the beneficial substances that remain in the cones, are there in a completely natural form. They retain in themselves not only a lot of vitamins, but also a special kind of tannins and phytoncides.

It turned out that tannins are of great interest to scientists. During experiments on laboratory mice, unexpected results were obtained. It turns out that this type of tannins prevent the death of brain cells. And as you know, at a time when a person is experiencing a stroke, it is the brain cells that die due to impaired blood circulation. But during the resumption of blood flow, they die even more. This is due to the fact that there is some kind of enzymes that play a huge role in the normal functioning of the cells, and if in any way blocking this enzyme, then the cell will remain alive. Thus, scientists have discovered that tannin copes with the blocking of these enzymes. But so far no medicine has been invented on this basis, and the treatment with a pine cone occurs mainly with the help of folk recipes. It is very important to know when and how to collect them.

When to collect pine cones

The first thing you need to know is that you need to collect only those cones that have not yet had time to open, it is in them that all the useful properties of green pine cones are fully manifested. Based on the differences in climatic conditions, they must be collected from May to the end of August. By the way, it is in the last month of summer that they accumulate the maximum amount of useful substances. Thus, the size of the cones should be about 4 cm. While you will be collecting them, you must pay attention to their appearance and the condition of the trees. Pine should not have any damage by insects or rot. From such a tree can not collect cones. As for storage, the period in no case should not exceed more than 18 months, the room should be well ventilated. If the bumps are stored longer, they will begin to lose their unique beneficial properties.

Pine cones in traditional medicine

Pine cones, the healing properties of which are truly unique, have already become firmly established in household use, but some still do not know what exactly they can treat and how it is done. The most common mistake is that people begin their treatment by collecting mature buds or even those that are already two or three years after maturation. Naturally, in such a product there are neither seeds nor useful substances. should be carried out exclusively at the stage of maturation, still green buds, which continue to feed themselves at the expense of pine and its roots. It is for such people who come to the forest who intend to make further jam or healing broth. Honey from the cones is not uncommon, and by its consistency and appearance no one can distinguish it from any other. In addition to its unique taste and aroma, it has bactericidal properties, due to which it is great tool  with problems with the stomach and respiratory organs.

Use of pine cones

The application occurs in different forms, it can be: jam, tincture or honey. In alternative types of medicine, bumps are used for various types of diseases: pneumonia, common cold, low hemoglobin, vitamin deficiency, pulmonary tuberculosis, bronchial diseases and as a cough medicine. The extract, which is made from pine cones, is a very good antioxidant.

Pine cones jam

Everyone should be able to make. The properties of such a therapeutic and tasty product are quite diverse. In the winter period, having such jam constantly at hand, one can not only protect oneself from the negative impact of certain types of viral and infectious diseasesbut also significantly strengthen your immunity. Thus, you can create a unique protective barrier. As an added bonus, it is also worth noting the positive effect of the product on the digestive and cardiovascular systems.

Preparation and use

The recipe for making jam is quite simple and does not require any complicated actions:

1. First, you need to sort out the bumps and remove excess garbage, after which you need to wash them.

2. If you get big bumps, you should cut them in half, while small ones can be left as they are.

3. After all the manipulations, it is necessary to prepare a capacious pan in which to place the cones and pour drinking water in such a way that the liquid covers the main ingredient by about 2 cm.

4. After that, you need to put it all on fire and bring to a boil.

5. After everything has boiled for several minutes, you need to add sugar and wait until the mass boils again and make the fire quieter.

7. After that, you need to put out the fire and remove all cones from the broth.

8. The result will be a jam of a poisonous red color, it must be drained into pre-sterilized jars, and then rolled up with lids.

As a result, you can get a unique delicate taste and smell of jam, which leaves a gentle aftertaste. By the way, it is recommended to use with tea, which will only enhance the therapeutic effect.

Pine tincture

To prepare the tincture taken exclusively green pine cones. The therapeutic properties of such a drink are due to the disinfectant, deodorizing and antimicrobial effect. When using such a tincture, the immunity is noticeably strengthened, along with the removal of toxins and slags from the body and the restoration of microflora. Such drinks are relevant for various diseases that are associated with the respiratory organs of an infectious and catarrhal nature. In tinctures may include needles, buds and pine cones. The healing properties of all products of coniferous wood have a very good expectorant effect, due to which the airways are cleared and sputum is removed. It is worth noting that tinctures are relevant as a healing agent for wounds and ulcers. In the case of asthma, they are used as a remedy for asthma.

In general, such tinctures are multifunctional agents that have a very strong effect to strengthen the immune system, to treat stomach ulcers, gastritis, and oral ulcers.

Recipe tincture

For tincture, you need to have pine needles, pollen and / or pine cones. The medicinal properties of these products are proven, and you can use both all three ingredients at the same time, and any one at will. Although these products are essential, you can also add some healing herbs  at its discretion.

Balsam of cones (young, green) in which chestnut and sweet clover infusions and vervain tincture are added is quite popular, and the ratio should be 5 to 1. Thus, a unique balm is obtained that can treat and prevent thrombophlebitis.

The second most popular is the following recipe, in which the base is tincture of pollen or pine cones, it must be taken in an amount of 0.5 liters, then add honey 0.1 liters. And the same amount of aloe juice. Further, such a mixture must be well shaken, closed and put for 24 hours in a dark place. The resulting balm is indispensable in the treatment of lung diseases and the general maintenance of immunity.

Naturally, such tinctures are made using ethyl alcoholbut they should not be abused. To prevent diseases and strengthen the immune system, it is enough to drink once a day for a teaspoon of tincture. In the case of treatment, it is necessary to increase the dose by 3 times and use 3 times in a spoon within a day 30 minutes before meals. The treatment period is 20 days. For the most effective tincture is recommended to drink it with hot tea.

In a healthy body healthy mind

Thus, it can be said with confidence that, along with the majority of widely used medicinal herbs, the pine cone occupies an honorable place. The properties of this product are proven and widely used. Anyone should have in their home first aid kit remedy  from the cones to keep your health in good shape. Due to the large list of diseases with which medicines made from pine products can be managed, they will remain relevant for a long time.