Pine, a tree we have loved since childhood, is associated with the celebration of the New Year, but it also has another purpose - healing. The life of this tree is long, almost 400 years, during this period it grows to 50 meters. Pine likes sandy, podzolic and peat-bog soils. In nature, more than 100 species of this beautiful plant are known, but ordinary pine is the healing one. We owe her many excellent medicines to promote health. Everything in it is useful to humans: both needles and resin, and especially the kidneys.
Pine kidneys (the application is relevant in view of their healing composition) contain mineral salts and vitamins C, B12, K, as well as volatile and carotene. Since ancient times, people knew in what cases a person can be helped using the buds of pine trees, and were able to independently prepare many useful tinctures.
Now, when there is a tendency to treatment with natural remedies, people have again returned to such a useful component as pine buds. The use includes teas, tinctures, decoctions and, of course, inhalations, which are indispensable for colds. In addition to colds, cooked natural medicines help with weakened immunity and chronic bronchitis.
Pine kidneys for coughing have long been used in folk medicine. Here, for example, is a recipe for how to make medicinal tea. Using these recommendations, you can cook it at home.
Here, the main component is pine buds. We take them 10 g, add 200 ml of boiling water and leave overnight. It is advisable to do this in a thermos, then more nutrients will go into the infusion, and its use will be more effective. Drink broth warm, 2 tbsp. tablespoons three times a day without missing tricks.
From the use of this composition, the patient will change thermoregulation, he will sweat well, the cough will decrease, and his health will gradually stabilize. Pine buds are treated reliably! Recovery occurs not only due to effects on the respiratory tract, but also due to an increase in the body's defenses.
Pine kidneys, the use of which is increasingly discussed by phytotherapists, have proven themselves well even in the treatment of such serious diseases as pneumonia, bronchitis, and they are a part of the breast collection . With peptic ulcer disease, high efficiency is also noted. For treatment, it is recommended to pour young pine buds into a jar and pour boiling sugar syrup. The bank should be corked and left for a couple of weeks. Infusion should be consumed in 1 tbsp. spoon 2 times a day. Pain in the stomach will decrease, the activity of the entire digestive system will normalize.
And another nice property is known for pine buds. Application is possible not only inside, but also externally in the form of bathtubs. The aromatic extract will soothe the nervous system and simply deliver aesthetic pleasure.
Have you ever heard or maybe ate pine "green honey"? If not, then carefully read the recipe for its preparation, it is tasty and very useful, and especially useful in winter. Raw materials are harvested in May in young pine plantations.
Pour clean kidneys with water (it should be more than one and a half centimeters) and put on fire, wait for boiling and then cook for an additional 20 minutes. Day defend the infusion that has formed. Please note that it has acquired a rich green color. But that is not all. Now add sugar. The ratio of sugar and infusion is one to one, for example, one kilogram. Now bring the tasty mixture to a boil and cook for one hour.
We close with simple plastic lids, store in sterilized jars, you can not even in the refrigerator. A sweet medicine is provided for you in the winter. Such an unusual delicacy as pine buds will certainly be used in winter. Weakened children are happy to taste a treat during a cold or overwork, not suspecting that this is the real medicine.
But be careful, there are a few caveats when using pine. This is especially true for coniferous baths. They are not suitable for people with heart diseases, as well as circulatory disorders, hypertension and acute infectious skin diseases.
Pine kidneys (their use is quite widespread) are also indicated for such diseases: knee pain, bronchial asthma, tuberculosis, inflammation of the throat and lungs, osteochondrosis, headache and eczema.
Folk recipes do not end there, there are still no less valuable jam from the kidneys and balms. It is not for nothing that our ancestors decorated their estates with pines, the tree created an unusual coniferous aroma and at the same time was an invaluable storehouse of substances useful to the body.