Decoction of pine cones: medicinal properties and what diseases it helps with

Composition of pine cones

Green spruce cones are coniferous shoots that will become a full-fledged cone within 2 years . The healing properties of green cones are determined by their composition .

The buds are rich in lipids, oleic and linolenic acids, monoterpene hydrocarbons, and mineral salts.

Young cones contain bioflavonoids, tannin and other nutritional components.

It should also be noted that the composition of coniferous shoots contains a significant variety of essential oils , thanks to which the medicinal properties of the cones are so valuable.

For reference! Pine cones are one of the leaders in traditional medicine regarding the restoration of the human body after a stroke, namely its consequences.

List of vitamins and elements in pine cones

Pine cones contain various vitamins that differ in their effects on the body and beneficial properties, namely :

mineral components can be distinguished :

1. Phosphorus. It has a beneficial effect on metabolism in the human body.
2. Magnesium. Affects the activity of the cerebral cortex , participates in the functioning of the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system, protects the body from various infections .
3. Calcium. It has a strengthening effect on the musculoskeletal system , as well as a general strengthening effect on the body. It has a beneficial effect on the functioning of the cardiovascular system .
4. Potassium. It has a strengthening effect on the immune system , participates in respiratory processes, affecting the functioning of the lungs. vascular and heart health .

You can also isolate iodine, zinc, manganese, sodium, iron and many other elements in the composition of pine cones.

Accordingly, when preparing products based on them in compliance with certain rules , a beneficial effect on human health is ensured.

Useful properties of the product

The chemical composition of pine cones is unique; they contain vitamins, micro and macroelements necessary for human health. They are rich in resinous components, aromatic substances, essential oils and other compounds. Bright green buds of medium maturity are considered the most useful, but already ripe ones are used in the preparation of medicinal potions. They are mainly used in folk medicine to make tasty and healthy jam.

Chemical composition:

• Vitamins B, A, C, E, H, U.
• As well as vitamins P and K.
• Phytoncides and bioflavonoids.
• Tannins and lipids.
• Carotene.
• Resins.
• Turpentine.
• Organic acids – oleic and linolenic.
• Fatty oils and terpene compounds.
• Monoterpene hydrocarbons.
• Zinc.
• Sodium.
• Iron.
• Manganese.

When properly prepared and used, pine cone products have a positive effect on the body.

Product benefits:

• Calms the nervous system and helps cope with stress.
• Improves the functioning of the gastrointestinal tract.
• Protects against anemia, scurvy and anemia.
• They have choleretic and diuretic effects.
• Prevention of heart attacks and strokes.
• Good expectorant.
• Increases immunity.

A young medicinal plant helps prevent the development of many diseases, and also improves health in:

• Colds.
• Respiratory tract diseases.
• Prolonged cough.
• Pathologies of the oral cavity.
• Polyarthritis.
• Hypertension, atherosclerosis.
• Stroke prevention.
• Low hemoglobin, vitamin deficiency.

Useful decoctions and infusions can be given to children, and healing baths can be taken. You cannot use only alcohol tinctures; they are certainly harmful to the child’s body.

Medicinal properties of pine cones and indications for use

Medicine has long recognized tinctures, syrups, and extracts from pine cones as effective drugs in the fight against :

• Stroke.
• Gastrointestinal disorders.
• Colds and viral diseases.
• Arthritis.

Indications for the use of pine cones
Pine cones have a positive effect on the human body:

• Antimicrobial effect – buds support the immune system and help destroy harmful bacteria in the human body.
• Calming effect - magnesium and potassium, as well as vitamin B1, strengthen the nervous system , and the esters contained in pine cones give a calming effect .
• Blood cleansing - taking cones helps remove toxins from the body and has a positive effect on the process of hematopoiesis .
• Expectorant effect - the cones help clear the bronchi and capillaries of excess mucus.
• Choleretic effect - the composition of the cones activates the process of bile production, diluting it.

Please note that properly dried young cones have healing properties. They can be used as a basis for infusion, inhalation, and various healing baths.

When to collect pine cones and how to do it correctly?

As mentioned earlier, the ripening period of a pine fruit lasts exactly two years. Cones appear on pine trees in early spring and remain green throughout the summer . However, collection time May , the deadline is June .

When to collect stroke shoots? They are harvested much later, since the tannin ripens in the shoots only by September. In winter, you can use ready-made preparations.

For what signs to choose cones for treatment, see the table below .

Which bumps are suitable for treatment?

Treatment with pine cones is very effective if you know which shoots to collect. There are also general requirements for the fruit itself.

Male and female pine cones

In addition to the above mentioned signs, the escape should:

• Be sticky with resin during growth .
• Have relief - the scales of female pine cones are pressed tightly against each other, creating a relief surface, male cones are smoother .
• To be as useful as possible - for this you go to collect young shoots in May , and if the cones are needed for the prevention of stroke - in September .
• Be non-toxic - for this purpose, it is not recommended to collect near enterprises, highways, and residential buildings. You can collect the most valuable specimens outside the city in forests.

The uses of pine cones are very diverse , we will discuss this later.

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The use of mature pine cones for tinctures and decoctions

What to choose: tincture or decoction of pine cones? It all depends on the characteristics of your body . More often , people who are prohibited from drinking alcohol are treated with a decoction.

To prepare the decoction you will need 5 pine fruits and half a liter of water . Chop the cones, add water and bring to a boil, then cook over low heat for about 5 minutes . You need to drink this decoction one-fourth a glass in the morning after meals . The decoction is effective for maintaining the immune system and cleansing blood vessels.

The tincture takes longer to prepare. You need to cut five cones and pour a glass of medical alcohol. Infuse in a cool, dark place for two weeks . Afterwards take 1 tsp. in the morning after eating.

A tincture of vodka and cones is popular in the treatment of stroke, in more severe stages of the development of this disease. In the initial stages, the tincture is ineffective.

Features of the use of pine cones for hypertension

What do green pine cones do for hypertension? If you take the tincture daily you will have:

• Thin the blood.
• Blood flow will be restored .
• The headaches will go away
• will be restored .

There are several recipes for this miracle tincture. We invite you to consider the most effective folk recipes:

1. You will need medical alcohol or vodka - 1 glass , apple cider vinegar - 1 tsp. , green shoots - about 5 pieces . We chop the shoots, put them in a dark container and fill them with alcohol. We insist away from light in a warm room. After 10 days , strain and add apple cider vinegar. We take the tincture in the morning on an empty stomach, one tsp. within 6 months .
2. You will need medical alcohol or vodka - half a liter , red pine cones - 12 pieces . We cut them into small pieces, fill them with alcohol and move it all to a dark place for 10 days . Then strain and add 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar. You need to take the medicine before going to bed . To improve effectiveness, it is recommended to add a teaspoon of tincture to tea.

Options for tinctures from shoots to improve cerebral circulation

are useful in preventing stroke . With the help of alcohol, the properties of tannin , which is the main trace element in the fight against stroke. There are several recipes for making tinctures.

We have selected the most effective ones for you:

1. Tincture of shoots and apple cider vinegar. five green shoots with 200 ml. vodka - leave for ten days . Then strain and add 1 tsp. apple cider vinegar . Drink 1 tsp. before bedtime , preferably with herbal tea.
2. Tincture of crushed cones. Take 6 shoots and cut them into small pieces, pour a glass of vodka , and leave for 14 days . Afterwards you can strain and drink 1 tsp. once a day immediately after meals.

In addition to tinctures for stroke, you can prepare other remedies from pine cones.

How to take alcohol tincture from pine cones for a cold or cough?

To provide prevention during the season of colds and acute respiratory viral infections, add 1 tsp to tea. tinctures. 1-2 times a day is enough. If this remedy is used for treatment, then the dose is increased to 1-3 tbsp. 3 times a day.

• You can further improve the tincture for colds and coughs. Add 100 g of honey and the same amount of aloe juice to 0.5 liters of tincture (or prepare it again in a ratio of 1:10). Let it brew for 24 hours. You need to take 3 times a day, 1 tbsp.
• If the patient has a severe cough, then this recipe will promote good mucus removal. Ideally, you need to use pork fat, but you can replace it with butter and cocoa butter.

Taking tincture for coughing
: 1 tbsp. you will need 1 tsp. honey Melt this mixture in a water bath, adding 1 tbsp. tinctures at the very end. Warm liquid should be drunk at one time and wrapped up well. The course should not be longer than 5 days.

Healing remedies from pine fruits for stroke

Let's talk about how to prepare a tincture of water, honey and jam from pine fruits, and how to drink these healing potions.

1. Water tincture. Cut 6-8 green pine fruits into small pieces, add a liter of water and set to brew. After the broth boils, cook for another 20 minutes . Cool and drink 100 ml three times a day .
2. Honey from pine fruits. Green shoots – 80 pcs. pour 1 liter. warm water and boil for about 20 minutes. , then let it brew for a day . After a day, add a kilogram of sugar and cook for about an hour until thickened. Then add 7 drops of lemon juice , place in sterile jars and store in a dark, cool place.

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Recipes for making medicinal jam

Jam also effectively helps in the fight against complications after a stroke.

• Recipe 1. For half a liter you will need to wash green pine fruits and boil them in two cups of water for about 30 minutes . After picking up the shoots from the syrup, which is boiling, throw 1 kg into the syrup. sugar and boil for about 25 minutes .
• Recipe 2. In this recipe it is recommended to use brownish cones, but not open ones . Boil syrup from 1 kg. sugar and 2.5 l. water . After the syrup boils, place 2 kg in it. green pine fruits, cook until the shoots open and the jam becomes thicker.

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Is it possible to eat pine shoots? Anyone who eats boiled pine cones can forget about colds. However, it is not recommended to eat more than 5 pine fruits per day.

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How to make honey from pine cones for the winter

Honey from pine cones will relieve colds and increase the body's defenses.

The composition is prepared in the following sequence:

• The buds are washed, crushed, filled into containers and sprinkled with sand in a 1:2 ratio.
• The contents are left for a day to allow the juice to form, after which the container is placed on the fire, after waiting for it to boil, cook for another 5 minutes.
• After a while, the container is removed from the stove, allowed to cool and then boiled for another 5 minutes.
• All manipulations are carried out three times. A small amount of citric acid is added to the mixture.
• The cooled honey is poured into jars and stored in this form.

The healing composition relieves the symptoms of a cold and eliminates cough.

Other traditional medicine recipes

The shoots have a positive effect on the entire human body , therefore they help cope with bronchitis and also have an antimicrobial and antiseptic effect.

For bronchitis

For bronchitis, a decoction of pine fruits and inhalations based on pine fruits will be effective

• Decoction - add 5 pine fruits to a liter of water and boil after boiling for 15 minutes over low heat. Cool, take 2 tbsp. l. children, adults, one third of a glass no more than 4 times a day. Drink no more than eight days.
• Inhalation – take 8 pine fruits, cut and pour 1.5 liters. water . Bring to a boil and cook for 3-4 minutes . Then pour it into the inhaler and breathe at a distance of no more than 30 cm. If you don’t have an inhaler , use a bowl and a towel.

For joint pain

Cooking time - overnight . It is necessary to pour two large old shoots and cover with a lid, wrap the pan well and leave until the morning . In the morning , half an hour before meals, take the decoction. It is recommended to repeat the procedure for no more than two months .

When treating goiter

Grind the required amount of pine fruits and add alcohol. Leave for 3 months , shaking occasionally. Then filter.

Drink 1 drop for the first three days and 5 drops for the next two weeks three times a day after meals.

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For thyroid nodules

It is necessary to infuse 15 small pine fruits in 50 ml. vodka for 10 days . Take 5 drops before meals three times a day.

For gastritis

You will need 100 gr. pour 500 ml of pine fruits. alcohol and leave for 2 weeks . Drink 1 tbsp. l. three times a day.

For frequent headaches

Cut the shoots into pieces, soak them in sugar . Place the slices in 1.5 cm .

Cover the jar with a napkin and place it in the sun twice a day to thoroughly shake the jam.

It will be ready when the sugar has completely dissolved.

Popular recipes

There are many recipes based on young pine cones. Tincture, syrup, jam and honey are usually prepared from fresh raw materials. When dried, decoctions and infusions are made better. Let's give an example of the most popular time-tested recipes. Use for medicinal purposes and for prevention allows both to prevent the development of the disease and to quickly cope with the disease.

Tincture

This recipe is recommended for people who have had a heart attack or stroke. The drug improves blood flow in the area of ​​ischemia (tissue damage) due to blockage or spasm of the supply vessel. The tincture is prepared with vodka. To do this, take 6-7 cones and pour 100 grams of vodka in a glass container. Seal tightly and leave in a dark, dry place for 2 weeks, shaking the contents daily. Take the drug one teaspoon three times a day in courses of 2-3 months.

Syrup

The dosage form is taken for coughs, to strengthen the immune system, for pneumonia, colds, and ARVI. Place a kilogram of chopped young fruits in a glass jar, add 500 grams of granulated sugar, mix thoroughly and seal tightly. Infuse for 10 days in a cool, dark place. Take a teaspoon three times a day until complete recovery. Strengthening the immune system is carried out in courses of 30-40 days.

Jam

Jam made from young cones is a tasty delicacy and has health benefits. It is recommended for the prevention of all diseases that are included in the list of indications. To prepare the jam, pour a kilogram of green cones into a bowl, after rinsing it under running water. This is important for obtaining a rich taste without bitterness.

The raw materials are poured with 2 liters of water overnight. Then pour the water into a saucepan, add a kilogram of granulated sugar into it and bring to a boil over low heat. Pour out the cones and boil for 3-4 hours, periodically skimming off the foam. The prepared jam is poured into jars and covered with plastic (iron) lids.

Honey

Honey is used to prevent colds, diseases of the digestive tract, and metabolic disorders. To prepare the drug, a kilogram of raw material is poured into a saucepan, filled with 2 liters of water, and brought to a boil. Then add 2 kilograms of sugar and simmer over low heat for 1.5-2 hours. The honey is filtered through a sieve, separating the liquid part from the boiled cones.

When are pine shoots contraindicated?

Contraindications to the use of pine cones
Despite all the usefulness of pine fruits, it is not recommended to be treated with them in the following situations:

1. Impaired kidney function.
2. Chronic hepatitis.
3. Stomach problems.
4. Allergy to pine needles.

The possibility of treatment with pine fruits during pregnancy, as well as children under 12 years of age, should be discussed with your doctor.