A stroke is a terrible and sudden illness. This is a violation of the blood circulation of the brain, as a result of which a person can die. Every year, 400 thousand strokes are registered in Russia alone. Fatal outcome recorded in one of three cases.
Those patients who managed to get out after this terrible disease undergo a lengthy rehabilitation. In addition to various drugs and injections, they also use traditional medicine recipes, which also help to recover faster. One of them is the treatment with pine cones. Both doctors and stroke survivors talk about the benefits of such therapy.
The benefits of pine cones
They have known about their healing features for a long time. Back in the 18th century, the famous traveler Pallas said that pine cones help treat scurvy. Useful balms can also be made from them.
Treatment with pine cones is effective in many diseases. All because they contain vitamins needed by the body: K, P, B, carotene and ascorbic acid. Various concoctions and tinctures, honey and tea are prepared from cones, which help with bronchitis, flu, stroke, arthritis, indigestion and other diseases. They also perfectly increase the level of hemoglobin in the body.
To get the maximum of useful elements, it is better to collect cones when they are still young. Usually this is the end of June if you live in the middle zone of the Russian Federation. If the climate in the region is warmer, then the collection can begin at the end of May. At the same time, carefully inspect the tree. If it has a painful appearance, eaten by insects, rotten or dry, then it is not worth collecting cones from it.
Pine cones and stroke
Despite the fact that there are many drugs to treat this terrible and insidious disease, people still pay attention to traditional medicine. And this is not surprising. Not everyone can afford expensive drugs, so he uses an alternative - treatment with pine cones after a stroke.
The most important thing in this process is to collect the “right” fruits. They should be young, still completely green. After a stroke, if you take different tinctures and decoctions of them, the body quickly recovers. Namely - pine fruits block the process of dying off brain cells. Cones are so useful in this ailment that scientists even want to make pills out of them, similar in effect to living fruits.
You can actively use cones both for the treatment of the disease and for its prevention. To do this, use decoctions and alcohol tinctures. There are a lot of recipes for their preparation. Everyone chooses the cooking method that is closer and more accessible to him. The main thing is that folk treatment with pine cones really works and brings a good result.
A bit of history
The fact that treatment with pine cones helps with a stroke, we already know. But when did this healing method become popular? It turns out that using these fruits began more than 10 years ago. The first to reveal the secrets of the methodology are American doctors. In the United States in 2001, a note was published that described the new invention of scientists. It turns out they tried using bumps after bouts of cerebrovascular accident in mice. And the result exceeded all their expectations. Scientists introduced tannin to the animals, which was extracted from the cones. The drug was able to slow down the destruction of brain cells from 70 to 20 percent. It was impossible to completely stop the process, since the tannin molecules are large and cannot always penetrate from the vessels to the brain center. Therefore, scientists now have a new task - to create a reduced molecule of matter, so that it freely reaches its goal. Despite the fact that the pine cones did not turn out to be a panacea, the fame for their effectiveness swept the world, overgrown with new details and legends. So, popularity came to this method of traditional medicine - especially to tincture and decoction of pine fruits.
Alcohol tincture of pine cones
She is very helpful in recovering from an attack. After all, cones contain substances such as tannins, which stop the process of dying of brain tissue. Therefore, treatment with pine cones in the form of alcohol tincture is recognized by many people around the world.
To prepare such a tincture is very simple. To begin with, take the fruits and wash them thoroughly. We put it in any convenient container and fill it with high-quality vodka to the very edges of the vessel. We close it tightly with a lid and look for a secluded dark corner in the house. There, our drink will be infused for two weeks. After the end of the term, filter the tincture and pour it into jars or bottles.
You can take a drink both for prevention and for the treatment of stroke. In the first case, it will be enough to drink one teaspoon once a day after meals. In the second case, the same dose should be taken already three times a day. Treatment with pine cones after a stroke can last about six months. All this time you should take alcohol tincture.
Decoction of pine cones in the treatment of stroke
There are situations when vodka or any strong alcoholic drink is contraindicated for a person. In such situations, you can choose an alternative treatment with pine cones. Folk recipes also recommend a decoction, which in its healing effect is in no way inferior to tincture.
We prepare the broth like this: fill young green cones with warm water. In this case, one cone provides one hundred grams of fluid. We put the pot with the future broth on the stove and bring to a boil, after which we cook for 5-10 minutes. When the broth has cooled, it can be taken three times a day after meals - 50 milliliters.
A miracle drink can also be prepared in a water bath. Only in this case should be cooked for about half an hour. This broth helps not only after circulatory disorders of the brain. It is also used for severe coughs and colds. As for the stroke itself, not only pine fruits help in its treatment. Traditional medicine also recommends using Christmas tree cones for these purposes.
Pine cone treatment: contraindications
Even if you use traditional medicine recipes, this does not mean that they are completely safe for your health. In some cases, they cannot be used. The therapy based on pine cones was no exception. It turns out that it is not recommended for people who suffer from kidney diseases. Contraindications are hepatitis, stomach diseases, digestive disorders.
Pregnant women should also not drink decoctions and tinctures from pine cones. Taboo also applies to nursing mothers. If you are allergic to this product, then it is better to abandon it. To test your tolerance to pine cones, you first need to drink one small spoonful of the drink. If for several hours you have unpleasant sensations, then this treatment does not suit you.
In any case, before starting a course of therapy, a doctor's consultation is necessary. Only after passing a full examination and passing all the tests, you can find out whether the treatment is suitable for you with pine cones or is it better to replace it with alternative recipes.
The opinion of doctors and patients
Really popular fame deserved treatment with pine cones. The reviews of ordinary people indicate that after folk therapy they literally got on their feet - their coordination and speech improved markedly, their memory and ability to move returned. Doctors are more skeptical in this regard. They were always wary of folk recipes, promoting only the correct, in their opinion, treatment method - with the help of tablets, droppers and syrups of chemical origin.
Whatever it was, but treatment with pine cones deserves to be used. It has helped a lot of people. Of course, you can’t do without medications, but if there are no contraindications, then decoctions and tinctures from cones as additional therapy will not hurt.
A man is looking for any ways to ensure that his family and friends are healthy, especially after such a serious illness. Therefore, if there is even the slightest chance of improvement, it must be used to the full.