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

In folk medicine, used tools 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 of clover, fruits of chestnut, verbena, 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 the beneficial properties, 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.

Low blood hemoglobin, polyarthritis.

Pine is famous for its phytoncidal actions, which means that it can suppress the growth and development of pathogenic bacteria.

Pine cones: contraindications

Undoubtedly, it is impossible to overestimate the benefits of pine cones-based products for humans. However, treatment with such remedies must be approached with responsibility, since they have some contraindications. With caution should take funds, which include pine cones, people with kidney disease. When hepatitis will have to refuse to take alcohol tinctures. The use of such drugs is not recommended for people over 60 years of age, as well as for those who have individual intolerance. Even if you do not fall into the group of those who should not take products based on pine cones, before taking them, you should consult with your doctor and strictly follow his instructions.

Pine cones in traditional medicine

Many may be surprised, but there are so many traditional medicine based on pine cones that thanks to them you can get rid of almost all ailments. Several ways to prepare these miraculous drugs, we hasten to bring to your attention right now.

Infusion of pine cones with bronchitis, inflammation of the respiratory tract, dropsy

You will need: Pine cones - 1 tablespoon, Water - 2 glasses.

1. Fill the pine cones with hot water. 2. Leave to infuse for 12 hours.

Take an infusion of pine cones with indicated illnesses in the form of heat 3-4 times a day before meals.

The efficacy of the infusion prepared according to this recipe and with pain in the heart, with scurvy. You can use it as a hemostatic, diaphoretic, expectorant and choleretic agent. It will be useful for arthritis and rheumatism.

Decoction of pine cones for liver diseases

You will need:

Pine is an evergreen tall tree. The leaves of which are rigid pointed needles, growing in pairs in bunches. It has long been used in folk medicine to use pine needles, young shoots (buds or young green buds) as a cure for many diseases.

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Useful properties of pine cones

As early as the 18th century, the traveler and naturalist P.S. Pallas wrote that young pine and cedar cones collected at the ends of branches are the best balsamic and anti-scing agents.

Pine cones ripen in the second year. As a rule, they open up under the influence of dry winds that carry the seeds. But in traditional medicine young pine cones are used to prepare various preparations. In addition to healing tinctures and decoctions, they also prepare very useful pine honey, which has bactericidal properties, is useful for various diseases of the respiratory tract and the gastrointestinal tract, and it is also accepted when the body is depleted.

Pine cones contain essential oils, vitamins C, B, K and P, carotene. Syrups, tinctures and decoctions made from young cones are used to treat broncho-pulmonary diseases, flu, colds, arthritis, stroke. They increase hemoglobin well and saturate the body with beneficial substances for vitamin deficiency.

Before preparing medicinal preparations from pine cones, they must be collected. Preparation of raw materials in different climatic zones occurs in different time. In central Russia, usually cones are collected at the end of June, and in warmer regions, at the end of May and early June.

When collecting cones it is necessary to pay attention to the state of the tree on which they grow. If the pine is damaged by insects or is infected with diseases, then it is not worth picking up bumps from it.

Small, about 1-4 centimeters in length, cones are suitable for gathering. They should be easily cut with a knife or punctured with a fingernail.

The use of preparations of pine cones for the treatment of various diseases

Pine cones tinctures are a very effective cough remedy. To make the tincture you will need:

50 grams of green pine cones; - 2 glasses of water.

Pour the young pine cones with 2 cups boiling water and leave for 2 hours in a warm place. Then strain through a gauze filter. To improve the taste, you can add to the cooked infusion a pound of granulated sugar and boil down to obtain a viscous syrup. In the finished filtered syrup, you can also add another 50 grams of honey, mix thoroughly and take 5-6 tablespoons daily.

To prepare a fast-acting cough extract

1 tablespoon of young pine cones; - 1 glass of water.

Fill the pine cones with a glass of boiling water, wrap the dishes well and leave for 40 minutes. Then strain and take 1-2 sips with coughing.

To make a healthy and tasty cough syrup, you will need:

Glasses of young pine cones; - 1 glass of water; - 2 glasses of granulated sugar.

For the preparation of syrup according to this recipe, only freshly picked pine cones are suitable.

Rinse the pine cones with cold water in a colander. Then put them in an enamel pot, fill the bumps with water, also cold, cover with a lid and put on a slow fire. Boil for 15-20 minutes. The resulting broth is brought to its original volume by adding boiling water. After complete cooling, strain the broth in another dish, add granulated sugar, mix thoroughly and bring to a boil. Once the sugar is completely dissolved, remove from heat. Take a tablespoonful of syrup with milk or tea.

In chronic bronchitis as an expectorant and disinfectant, you can prepare a decoction, for which you will need:

1 tablespoon of pine needles and crushed cones; - 1 cup of water.

Pour a tablespoon of crushed pine cones and needles with a glass of boiling water. Cover the dishes with a lid and heat in a boiling water bath for half an hour. Then cool the broth for 10 minutes at room temperature, then strain. Wring out the remaining raw materials properly. Add the resulting volume of broth with boiled water to a glass. Take 1/3 cup 2-3 times a day after meals.

Alcohol tincture of pine cones is an excellent tool for the prevention of stroke, for the preparation of which must be taken:

12 mature pine cones; - 1 liter of 70% alcohol.

Pour the right amount of mature pine cones with alcohol and leave to infuse for 2 weeks. After this time, strain the infusion and take a teaspoon daily after meals. Alcohol tincture   should be consumed 1 time per day.

Also good remedy for the prevention of stroke and eliminate its consequences is the tincture of pine cones with apple cider vinegar. For her, you need to take:

5 mature pine cones; - 250 milliliters of alcohol (70%); - 1 teaspoon of apple cider vinegar.

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Fill mature pine cones with alcohol that can be replaced with good vodka, and leave for 10 days at room temperature. Then strain the infusion, add a teaspoon of apple cider vinegar, homemade. Instead, you can add grape or tea vinegar.

Every day before bedtime, drink a glass of weak warm tea with the addition of a teaspoon of this tincture. Also, it is desirable to sweeten tea with honey. The course of treatment is 6 months.

But treatment with pine cones has contraindications. Pine tinctures and decoctions should be used with caution by people with a predisposition to allergies. In this case, the dosage should be very carefully chosen, it depends on the individual tolerance. You also need to be attentive to people with various diseases   the kidneys. You can not take drugs from pine cones during the acute course of hepatitis. Therefore, be sure to consult with a doctor before starting treatment.

About that, it is possible to eat at observance of a slab-free diet, read in the following article.

Pine is an evergreen conifer that grows in the Northern Hemisphere. In total, about 120 species of this plant are known. In Russia, you can often meet the pine ordinary.

Since ancient times, people have used pine cones to treat various ailments and diseases. The peoples of Siberia especially actively used these gifts of nature. Why are pine cones so useful?

Medical bumps

The most common ailment from which pine cones are able to save is stroke. For a long time, he ranked second among the most common causes   mortality of the population of our country. Also, tincture of pine cones is used for the prevention and treatment of bronchitis, scurvy, tuberculosis and joint diseases. A truly magical remedy!

From these cones, various ointments, balms, tinctures, solutions and honey were prepared.

Americans are also interested in the unique action of pine cones. They conducted a series of studies that confirmed their health effects on the human body. Moreover, for their convenient use, they took care of the release of the drug in the form of tablets.

But the bumps are used not only for treatment. Of these, you can cook delicious and no less useful jam! Which, by the way, can also help in getting rid of some unhealthy conditions.

Useful material

What exactly makes pine cones so useful and miraculous? What are their benefits?

1. Phytoncides Or essential oils. Perhaps this is the main magic component. These are biologically active substances that are able to completely prevent or reduce the growth of bacteria and fungi. And also improve the immune state of the body.
2. Tannins. This is a medicinal substance that helps in the fight against stroke. Tannin has anti-inflammatory effects.
3. Vitamins C, B, K and R. Vitamin C, also known as ascorbic acid, strengthens the immune system, the walls of blood vessels, has a therapeutic effect on the central nervous system. The group of vitamins B has 12 species, and each of them carries great benefits for the body. Benefits for the nervous system, tissue regeneration, protein synthesis, etc. Vitamin Pile in the synthesis bone tissueIt helps with bleeding, because promotes blood clotting. Vitamin P, or rutin, strengthens the walls of capillaries, normalizes heart rhythm with its increase, reduces swelling of tissues. And this is not all the benefits of vitamins contained in pine cones!

What and how to collect

You need to know that it is young cones that are used to make tinctures, decoctions, jams. Pine gives fruit in the second year. Under the influence of winds, cones are dried and opened. But we still need unopened green cones. They should be soft. You can easily pierce them with a sharp object or even a fingernail. In size they should be small, usually about 4 centimeters.. Of course, collecting pine cones is better to carry away from the roadway, roads.

The time of collecting cones in the middle lane falls on the end of June, and in the southern regions earlier - the end of May - the beginning of June.

Jam recipe

Pine cones are used to treat not only serious diseases such as stroke and tuberculosis. If you have caught a cold, caught ARI, then pine cones jam will help you a lot. This jam has a delicate flavor and aroma of resin.

In fact, there is not one recipe for this drug. Take the most common. You have to be patient, because This jam is not prepared as quickly as the usual fruit and berries.

You will need:

Pine: medicinal properties and contraindications.

Pine - almost universal tree species. Her gifts - pine boards, tar, rosin and turpentine. Pine bark is an excellent material for the preparation of inert soil used in the cultivation of orchids. Pine is also a great alternative to the New Year tree: its needles are practically not showered, which cannot be said about spruce. The value of pine is also in its healing properties, which have been noticed in hoary antiquity, which has been confirmed in ancient manuscripts.

Preparation of medical raw materials

For medicinal purposes, traditional medicine uses pine needles, young shoots and pine cones. The use of pine resin also has a place in traditional medicine. There is no reason to consider the use of products obtained at pharmacological enterprises (turpentine, rosin, etc.), therefore it is advisable to focus on those parts of the plant that have practical use at home.

Pine buds are harvested at the very beginning of sap flow (in early spring).

Pine cones are harvested for medicinal needs in May and June, while young shoots are also harvested at the same time. Pine needles can be harvested at any time of the year (even from a tree used as a "New Year tree").

The chemical composition of therapeutic raw materials

In needles and young shoots of pine, as in all parts of the tree, contains resinous substances. In addition, needles are a rich source of ascorbic acid, and it has often been used in the old days to treat scurvy (vitamin deficiency caused by a lack of vitamin C). Pine needles accumulate a large number of chemical compounds, both organic and inorganic in nature, which include macro- and microelements.

Pine needle essential oil contains compounds of the terpene series, borneol, bornyl acetate, aromatic substances, etc.

Pharmacological properties of pine preparations

Water and alcohol extracts   pine buds, cones and needles contribute to the liquefaction of viscous mucus in the bronchi (expectorant effect), increase diuresis (diuretic). Biologically active substances that are part of therapeutic raw materials, have a bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect. All the listed properties of pine preparations determine their use for the treatment of diseases of the bronchopulmonary system (bronchitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, etc.). Pine preparations are often prescribed as additional agents used to treat diseases associated with the formation of kidney stones and bile ducts. Pine preparations are also used in dermatology.

In the old medical publications ("Private Pharmacology", 1847) found information on the use of pine cones. "Pine cones have diuretic and diaphoretic properties; they are used in dropsy and old horny and rheumatic suffering, mucus drainage (for example, from the lungs). Before they were also used against scurvy and venereal diseases." The publication also provides guidance on the preparation technology of complex pine tincture (tinc. Pini composit., Loco tincturae lignorum):

Pine cones - 90 g; - Guaiac shavings - 60 g; - Sassafras and juniper berries - 30 g; - Alcohol - 1074 ml.

After insisting the raw material is pressed out.

The tincture was prescribed in 2 - 4 ml in the treatment of rheumatism, and as adjuvant   from sexually transmitted diseases.

Medicinal properties of pine in traditional medicine (recipes)

In Moldova, a popular recipe for premature aging is pine pollen. To obtain pollen, young cones collected in spring are dried in the sun, so that the scales would open, and the pollen spilled out freely. Take this tool 1 g (about) up to 3 times a day before meals.

- "Pine honey". For the preparation of funds used underdeveloped pine cones (about 4 cm long). Fresh bumps are washed, spread in an enameled bowl, sprinkled with sugar (1 kg of sugar per 1 liter of water) and poured with water so that it covers them completely, and a little higher by 2 - 4 cm. It is necessary to cook the composition for at least one and a half hours, watching the water did not boil over, and constantly removing the formed foam. In the process of cooking the cones become "transparent", and the syrup acquires a ruby ​​color and a viscous consistency.

Thanks to Valery Tishchenko, this recipe has spread: 5 tbsp. pine needles (chopped), 3 tbsp. rosehip berries, 2 tbsp. onion peel   700 ml of water. Boil 10 minutes after boiling, pour into a thermos and insist overnight. The healer believes that such a decoction should be drunk from a liter or more per day (instead of water), thus the full restoration of the vascular system occurs. The course of treatment with a decoction of at least 4 months. With all due respect to the folk healer, but this recipe is not suitable for treatment, and, as practice has shown, the use in such dosages can lead to serious exacerbations of heart disease. The maximum allowable dosage - 50 or 100 ml per reception, with two or three times the use!

Bath decoction. Hot foot baths for colds. 10 liters of water - 1 kg of pine needles (or shoots). After boiling, remove the dish from the heat and leave for 1 hour. Used for foot baths for colds. For baths, broths from cones (crushed) are also used, which take 3 cups per 10 liters. Cooking technology is similar to the previous one.

When iron deficiency anemia helps healing infusion   pine needles On a glass of warm water - 2 tbsp. needles, insist in the continuation of 3 hours. Take often, every 2 to 3 hours, 15 ml.

Extracts prepared from pine needles are used for making baths. 10 liters of water - 1 kg of pine needles, cook for half an hour and a half hours to insist. For every kilogram of extract, 2.5 kg of salt is added. Coniferous salt baths are recommended for patients suffering from diseases of the musculoskeletal system associated with the deposition of salts (osteochondrosis, ankylosing spondylitis, etc.). A good effect of the baths have a different kind of neurosis, joint pain.

Pine cones tincture can be taken to treat gastritis, peptic ulcer, etc.

Contraindications to the treatment of pine drugs

Internal use of pine preparations is not recommended during pregnancy, during exacerbation of kidney disease, acute hepatitis. Individual intolerance also serves as a contraindication when you should not resort to treatment with pine preparations.

Abuse of drugs based on pine can provoke unpleasant symptoms: headache, inflammation of the mucous membranes of the stomach and intestines. Pine pollen can cause allergic rhinitis.

With the external use of infusions, decoctions and extracts, there are no particular contraindications.

Pine cones. Pine cones recipes

One of the most common coniferous trees in our country is pine. You come to the pine forest, listen to the trills of birds, read a women's magazine, inhale the fresh air with a full breast, and feel how you are full of energy and sunshine. Those who live in the city and sometimes go out into the countryside know perfectly well what “sweet pine air” is. It is very useful to everyone, especially those who suffer from respiratory illnesses.

Pine gives us the most valuable thing that can be used to treat a person. This sap, and kidneys, and needles, and pine cones, which are widely used in traditional medicine. In addition, pine needles are widely used in perfumery and the production of healing essential oils.

In our article today we will discuss green pine cones, hard and sticky. They seemed to have gathered inexhaustible solar heat and the power of the earth. Each of us can prepare for ourselves in the cold autumn and long winter the healing “lively” honey from pine cones. However, in order to make jam from green cones turn out to be truly healing and beneficial to the body, the nubs should be properly assembled and cooked.

Pine cones collection

So, when do you need to collect pine cones? Young pine cones in different climatic zones are collected at different times. In Ukraine, this is the middle of May - the beginning of June, in central Russia - June 21-25. Jam can be cooked from those pine cones, which are easily cut with a knife or pierced with a fingernail. For gathering the cones that are 1-4 cm in length are suitable.

Collecting pine cones, pay attention to their appearance. It happens that a pine tree can be struck by insects: it is not worth collecting cones from such a tree.

The use of pine cones. Pine cones medicines

"Honey" of pine cones and jam have preventive and healing properties. In traditional and traditional medicine, bumps are used for the following diseases:

* ORZ and ARVI

* polyarthritis

* low hemoglobin

Pine cones are often used as effective remedy   From cough. In addition, the treatment of medicinal cones is so pleasant for children who will happily drink sweet medicine.

In medicine for medicinal purposes also pine buds and needles (branches and cones) are used. Needles contain essential oil (turpentine), which is used to treat putrefactive bronchitis, rheumatism, gout, and a number of other diseases.

Pine cones, needles and pollen contain a lot of nutrients and vitamins. Thus, the kidneys are rich in essential oils, resin, tannins and panipicrin, pine sap contains resin acids and essential oil, needles - a storehouse of tar, vitamin C, carotene and ascorbic acid.

Pine cones in folk medicine are used as expectorant, diaphoretic, immunomodulating and cleaning agent. From pine cones make various tinctures for both internal and external use.

Pine cones extract is a powerful antioxidant, thanks to which it is able to remove free radicals from the human body. Pine cones are also an effective anticancer and blood-reducing agent.

Pine cones jam. Recipes

There are several recipes for "honey" and pine cones jam. The principle of making this jam is somewhat similar to the "cooking" of dandelion honey. All the following recipes are used with a small amount   water on an empty stomach 3 times a day.

For what?   With the help of medical "honey" from the cones, diseases of the respiratory organs are well treated, in addition, jam is also used as a general tonic that favorably affects the human immune system.

Recipe 1."Honey" from pine cones.   Collected cones to sort, wash, remove spoiled. Cones fall asleep in a saucepan and pour them with cold water. Water should be poured so much that it is a little covered with cones (1-1.5 cm). You should bring the water to a boil and add 1 kg of sugar (at the rate of 1 kg of sugar per 1 liter of water). After the sugar has dissolved, bring the mixture to a boil and simmer for about 1.5 hours over low heat. To make the jam transparent, you need to remove the foam during the cooking process. When the jam is ready, the cones will be saturated with syrup and become translucent, slightly reddish.

Recipe 2."Sunny" jam.   Washed cones cut into pieces, roll in sugar. We put the resulting sweet mixture into jars in the form of layers with a thickness of 1.5-2 cm, each of which is also filled with sugar (the top layer of the cones must be completely covered with it). Banks are covered with a clean napkin or gauze, put in a sunny, warm place and shaken from time to time so that the sugar is completely dissolved and syrup is formed. When sugar dissolves completely, "sunny" jam can be tasted. Close the jam with a tight lid and place in a cool dark place.

Recipe 3. "Corporate".   Collected cones are washed and cut for better impregnation with syrup. Syrup is prepared at the rate of 1 kg of sugar per 1.5 cups of water. Sugar is used in the amount of 1.5 kg per 1 kg of cones.

Cones poured hot syrup and insist 3-4 hours. After that, put the mixture on the fire, gradually bringing to the boiling point - about 80-85 ° C, remove from the heat and stand until completely cooled. Then repeat the heating again.

Important: do not boil at this stage!

Impregnation of the cones with syrup is better when hot. Put the jam on the fire for the third time, bring to a boil, boil for 40 minutes. During boiling, the syrup becomes amber, tart taste, and the bumps - soft. The finished product is removed from heat and closed in cans. Eat ready-made jam better between meals.

For the treatment of gums, you can also chew bumps (do not swallow them!), As they are an excellent bactericidal agent that positively affects the mucous membrane oral cavity   and gums.

Pine cones jam: contraindications

With all the "usefulness" of coniferous products, pine cones jam has contraindications. Traditional medicine warns that, like any therapy, treatment with pine cones has contraindications.

First of all, care should be taken to treat cones of those people who suffer from kidney disease. "Honey" from pine cones is contraindicated in acute hepatitis. It is allowed with great care to use tinctures and jam from the cones to pregnant women and people who are 60 years old or more.

In addition, cone jam can cause allergic reactions   in children (especially in age from 3 to 7 years). Therefore, before “treating” your child with jam or tincture of cones from “whole heart,” give it a try a little. If, after the first intake, the jam does not cause allergies in the child, then you can gradually increase the daily dose to several teaspoons per day.

Remember that pine preparations in large doses can cause headaches and even inflammation of the stomach. The main thing is to stick to the measure.

And be healthy!

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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 of 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.