Siberian cedar is a symbol of power, health and longevity. It is the main asset of the taiga. The most valuable thing that cedar gives people is nuts and the oil squeezed out of them. By the amount of vitamin A, it exceeds fish oil by 3 times, and by vitamin E, olive oil by almost 5 times. The nuts themselves are obviously familiar to everyone. But not everyone knows that they, in fact, are a real storehouse of useful substances. They contain vitamins, carbohydrates, micro and macro elements, and 19 essential amino acids are part of the protein of pine nuts. For the good of the cause, they can, of course, be chewed, but this is a difficult undertaking - their shells are quite strong. Purchased at the store, refined, they may not always be edible, since the cedar oil contained in them quickly rancid. The simplest and most acceptable remedy for a wide range of people who can be used for health reasons is tincture on pine nuts. The recipe for such a tincture is quite simple, and everyone can make it. At home, tincture can be prepared on alcohol or on good vodka. And nuts are best used fresh.
Tincture on pine nuts. The recipe (basic) reads as follows.
Before starting tincture, pine nuts should be poured with water. Float empty and inferior to merge with the litter. Separate the good stuff into another bowl. Pour boiling water over nuts for at least 5 minutes. Repeat this procedure twice so that the resin present on the shell is dissolved and removed along with hot water. This will avoid the negative effect of cedar resin on the digestive organs and eliminate the bitter taste of tincture.
For cooking, take 1 glass of pine nuts, washed and sorted, and fill them with a liter of good vodka or 70 degree alcohol. Additionally, you can add 0.5-1 tbsp. sugar is better than honey. Insist in a warm place in the dark for at least 3 weeks, periodically shaking.
This tincture recipe, as a basic one, can be easily modified. If desired, you can adjust the amount of nuts or honey.
In the literature there is tincture on pine nuts, the recipe of which prescribes the use of peeled nuts. The technology of its manufacture is as follows: 30 grams of peeled nuts are poured into 500 ml of alcohol or vodka and infused for 40 days. They drink it according to the scheme: starting with 5 drops, increasing by 5 each time. Then, reaching 25 drops, they drink from 5 g to 25 g, every day increasing by 5 g. The course of treatment with tincture in this case is 1 month.
Alcohol tincture on pine nuts is an effective tool in the treatment of organs of the gastrointestinal tract, low immunity, salt deposits, hearing and vision problems. Being a real pantry of all known micro and macro elements, a huge amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, protein, sugar and vitamins, pine nut tincture, the recipe of which is given above, is a universal remedy. It can be used, except for the cases already listed above, with vitamin deficiency, anemia, muscle cramps, various respiratory diseases, problems with potency. Tincture on pine nuts, if not abused, is useful for restoring and maintaining the body's healthy powers for everyone. It can be contraindicated only for children and pregnant women, as well as for persons prone to alcoholism.
A good cedar tincture may well be a worthy “culinary” masterpiece on the table during the festival and compete with the most sophisticated brands of cognac or brandy. The longer the pine nut infusion is aged, the more noble it becomes, acquiring both color and smell. Well, "noble" drinks are not subject to abuse.