Fir cones: application in folk medicine

What are pine cones for? To spread your seed? It turned out that they can be used for a different purpose. Everyone knows that it is very useful to breathe in a pine forest , only a few people thought about why.

Beneficial features

Green cones are fir and pine - a source of iron and other useful substances, among which:

• lipids;
• Monoterpene hydrocarbons;
• Oleic and linolenic acids;
• Bioflavonoids;
• Tannins;
• And other nutrients and nutrients.

Pine needles and buds also include a huge number of useful components. They contain a lot of tannins, essential oils and a variety of vitamins. In this case, many carotene, resins, vitamin C and ascorbic acid are in the needles.

Because of this composition, spruce cones are widely used to treat a variety of diseases. At the same time for treatment you need to collect more green, young fruits.

Application in folk medicine

Spruce bumps application in non-traditional medicine found several centuries ago. They have the ability to remove negative energy: it is enough to "hold a gift" of the Christmas tree in the palms of your hands, after which it will not force you to wait for a long time. Spruce cones are rich in vitamin C, therefore, preparations from them are very relevant in winter, when the human immunity is weakened, while the activity of microbes and viruses is very high.

Antibacterial properties of spruce give the opportunity to use decoctions and infusions from it for treatment:

• Tuberculosis;
• ENT diseases;
• Skin diseases.

Spruce bumps with rheumatism and bruises treat the joints: it is enough to attach them to the diseased place after the bath.

Picking Time

You should understand that it is necessary to collect only unsolved cones. However, the time of their collection may differ depending on the climate in which the tree grows. In Russia this is June 21-25. By this time, cones reach a width of four centimeters.

Collecting them, it is necessary to take into account that it is better not to tear them from trees that are infected by insects. Fir-trees and cones should be without any rotting, not eaten by insects, to look beautiful.

Application

Spruce bumps are used in various forms - it can be jam, "honey", infusions. In non-traditional medicine they are used for various diseases, among which:

• avitaminosis;
• colds;
• Bronchial diseases;
• Decreased hemoglobin;
• Pulmonary tuberculosis;
• Pneumonia and the like.

Fir cones are used from cough, needles and kidneys - in the treatment of gout, putrefactive bronchitis, rheumatism. An effective antioxidant is an extract of cones.

Drug Recipes

Recipes for preparing all kinds of medicinal infusions, jam and useful "honey" are many. Next, consider the most common of them.

Shishechnoe jam

Jam from spruce cones is a remedy that perfectly helps with catarrhal diseases. It also perfectly supports immunity and relieves fatigue. If you have gastrointestinal diseases, your body is depleted, hemoglobin is lowered, or sensitive gums are troubled, then you simply need this product.

Composition:

• 1 kg of young cones;
• 10 glasses of water;
• 1 kg of sugar.

Preparation

Cones for jam are better to collect in the beginning of July. Rinse them and pour for 24 hours with cold water. Pour sugar into the pan, add water and bring the mixture to a boil. At the same sugar in the water must completely dissolve. In the resulting syrup place the soaked bumps and leave to cook.

During cooking, if desired, you can add a spoonful of lemon juice. Jam pour into cans. The resulting remedy, reminiscent of the consistency and color of honey, clean the refrigerator. It should be taken on a spoonful a day. This jam is best suited to white or green tea.

Honey from cones

"Honey" should be taken on an empty stomach, diluted with water. Cones need to be sorted, washed, then poured into a saucepan and add cold water, which should cover them for two fingers. Water bring to a boil, then add to the contents a kilogram of sugar per liter of water. After he has dissolved, bring everything to a boil, reduce the fire and simmer for about an hour and a half. Do not forget to remove excess foam. Everything, shishny "honey" is completely ready.

Spruce bumps: tincture on vodka

Tincture or wine from spruce cones effectively reduces pressure, while it serves as a prevention of strokes and heart attacks.

Composition:

• 2 liters of vodka;
• Half a three-liter can of young cones;
• 1 cup of sugar.

Preparation

Young fir cones cut finely and fold them into a three-liter jar, while filling it in half. Add a tablespoon of sugar to vodka and pour over the cones to the top. Then cover the jar with gauze and put it in a dark cool place.

After a week, pour the liquid into another container, repeat the process with the remaining cones. After a week, mix the vodka from both cans and leave it for the same period again. All tincture is ready! Take it you need one spoonful three times a day.

Spruce bumps: tincture on alcohol

Composition:

• 1kg of young cones;
• 0.5 kg of sugar;
• 0,5 glasses of alcohol.

Preparation

Wash the cones and cut off their tails. Prepared raw materials put in a container, pouring it with layers of sugar. Cover the jar with gauze and clean for three weeks. Through this time, the juice that will release the cones, it is necessary to merge and mix with alcohol. Mix the prepared mixture into bottles, cover and leave to infuse for two months. In this case, it should be taken into account that the longer the pouring is insisted, the more useful it will be.

If you make a tincture to treat small children, then the amount of alcohol should be reduced. On a glass of juice of cones you need to add one glass. Children with cough should be given tincture of one spoon three times a day.

The above recipes can be used for colds (jam and "honey"), for restoring the body after a stroke, for the prevention of a variety of diseases, as well as in the form of an antioxidant.

Contraindications

1. Acute hepatitis.
2. Kidney disease.
3. Elderly age.
4. The period of breastfeeding and pregnancy.

Take delicious foods from fir cones, and then your health will be stronger every day!