Pine cones are habitual and unremarkable, at first glance, shoots of an evergreen tree. But they can give people healing and create a comfortable atmosphere in the house. Or they can bring trouble to someone who inadvertently decides to use the powerful natural power of ordinary pine cones.
Pine cones - useful properties: general information
Cones are shoots that need two years to fully mature. Biologists claim that pine cones are used to collect substances that are useful for protection with antibacterial properties. A turpentine resin passes through the cones, which saturates the cones with antiseptic and other medicinal substances. Due to the saturation of young cones with these natural substances, the tree protects itself from parasites and microbes, significantly increasing its life span. The same properties of pine can be used for humans in the fight against disease. Pine cones can also benefit a person for rejuvenating the skin, solving various cosmetic problems.
Pine cones contain mainly such active substances:
• pine essential oil;
• astringent anti-inflammatory substances;
• pinicrin with a characteristic bitter taste;
• mineral salts;
• anti-inflammatory vitamin C.
A whole range of medications is prepared from pine cones, among which the most common are young cones dried using special technology. These cones in the descriptions of traditional healers and classical clinical practice are called pine buds.
Cones are useful as medicine
• with an expectorant effect;
• a remedy with diuretic manifestations;
• killing infection;
• used for inhalation;
• for therapeutic baths;
• painkiller.
Pine cones: useful properties for various diseases
Young dried pine cones are included in the official composition of the breast collection, that is, they are able to combat severe respiratory diseases. The recipes of traditional medicine are ascribed to pine cones due to their beneficial properties, even the ability to defeat tuberculosis.
The most common method of treatment with pine cones is their use in the form of a decoction. The list of diseases in the treatment of decoctions:
• colds;
• inflammatory processes of the respiratory tract, bronchitis;
• rheumatism;
• skin diseases.
Traditional medicine claims that inhalation of a bath from pine cones can positively affect the functioning of the nervous system and act as mild sedatives.
Young pine cones are included in the composition of vitamin infusions in order to replenish the missing useful vitamins and prevent colds, since they contain a large amount of vitamin C, which is valuable for its properties. The same infusions are used as preventive and therapeutic agents against scurvy.
For oral administration, a decoction of young cones is prescribed for such diseases:
• inflammation of the airways;
• rheumatism;
• gout;
• kidney and urinary tract disease;
• gallbladder inflammation.
In folk medicine, healing decoctions of cones are used as a means to improve the condition of the blood and its purification.
Traditional medicine speaks of the usefulness of cone jam. It is used to weaken the body, periodic diseases of the respiratory system, to strengthen the gums, to treat chronic diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. Such a culinary masterpiece is very common among the peoples living in the Caucasus, and is a traditional folk medicine for many diseases.
The infusion of pine cones is also used to improve motor functions, in particular, the treatment of joints. Also, in folk medicine, a prescription for treating pulmonary tuberculosis with an alcohol tincture is common. Useful properties that pine cones demonstrate can help the human body cope with many diseases with the help of centuries-old recipes.
Pine cones - useful properties: recipes
The recipes for preparing medicines from pine cones are simple and unassuming, and among them there are both ordinary decoctions and cone jam with very useful properties. Here are ten of the most interesting and proven recipes from the records of traditional healers and classical medicine. There is also a cosmetic recipe.
1. A decoction of young cones (kidneys)
10 grams of kidneys are scalded with 200 grams of boiling water. The mixture is immersed in a water bath, which boils for half an hour. After only 10-15 minutes, cool, pass through cheesecloth or sieve. Take a third of a glass from two to three times in one day, after eating.
2. Inhalation from a decoction of the kidneys
If it is necessary to carry out inhalation, first prepare a decoction according to prescription No. 1, and then put it on a slow fire. Hot inhalation is inhaled through the spout of the kettle. The procedure is carried out no more than five times a day.
3. Bathroom of cones
50 grams of kidneys per bucket of boiled water. This proportion should be observed when filling the bath, which usually holds 150-200 liters.
4. Cones jam
Young pine shoots, that is, cones that have not blossomed and have not hardened, are sorted from the parts of the trunk, conifers. Then they are washed in clean warm (not hot) water, and thrown into dishes that should not be oxidized, preferably enameled. Top up with cool water. The water layer should not exceed a few centimeters, that is, no higher than a finger.
The workpiece is brought to a boil and boiled further, but already adding sugar at 1 kilogram per liter. Jam is cooked for at least 90 minutes. Foam can be removed. After cooking, jam is poured into a glass dish.
5. Anti-rheumatic tincture of pine cones
Freshly picked cones are divided into several parts. They fall asleep in a three-liter jar. Then pour half a kilogram of sugar. The mass is filled with cooled boiled water and clogged. The mixture is agitated periodically until the sugar is absorbed and the resulting mixture fermented. Eat one tablespoon half an hour before breakfast and dinner.
6. Anti-inflammatory infusion (inflammation of the bladder)
One tablespoon of pine buds, filled with 200 grams of boiled hot water. Cones are infused from night to morning and are taken three times a day. You can take the tincture after a meal, with an interval of 1 to 1.5 hours. The amount of medication taken is the third part of a glass.
7. Alcohol anti-tuberculosis tincture
This tincture is collected from cones, which are cut into several parts and stacked in a jar. Fill the dishes with alcohol, which has a degree of at least 40% in a proportion of 1:10. Insist for 2-3 weeks at room temperature and squeeze, filtering the mixture. Take tincture from 1 teaspoon to 1 tablespoon three times a day, after breakfast, lunch and dinner.
8. A decoction of cones in milk.
A teaspoon of young cones should be poured with 1 cup of milk and boil the contents for no more than five minutes. Boil over low heat, stirring preferably with a wooden appliance. Strain the cooked broth. To use inside heated for 1-2 tablespoons, after breakfast, lunch and dinner.
9. Tincture of pine cones without alcohol
Five young cones must be thoroughly rinsed and divided into parts. Prepared cones are placed in an enameled dish. The workpiece is filled with water at the rate of 3 cups of water per serving. Everything is brought to a boil, and then the tincture is boiled over low heat for five minutes. Can be put in a water bath. After filtering, the prepared tincture is poured into a dark glass dish. Take no more than 50 grams every morning for preventive purposes and not continuously. In the treatment of diseases - no more than three times a day after breakfast, lunch and dinner.
10. A decoction to strengthen hair from baldness
With hair loss, baldness, boil 500 grams of young cones should be boiled for half an hour in five liters of water. The broth is insisted for 10 minutes and filtered. The resulting preparation is rubbed into the scalp or rinsed after washing.
Pine cones: contraindications
Despite the most useful properties of pine cones, they still can not always be used as medicines or cosmetics. The whole trouble is that some people have hypersensitivity to various drugs, including pine cones. There is also a manifestation of allergic reactions. The percentage of such people is small, but if you have itching, redness, other disorders that immediately disappear after stopping the use of drugs from pine cones, then you need to consult a doctor. Hypersensitivity and allergies are a formidable reaction of the body with the help of the immune system and it is better to immediately identify it than then to extinguish its effects.
It is not recommended to use medications from pine for pregnant women with jade and hepatitis. It is noted that problems may occur in those who suffer from acute angina pectoris who have had a stroke.
Medicine does not know other serious contraindications in order to get better with the help of the natural forces of pine. Be healthy!
