Pine cones, due to its composition saturated with nutrients, are a valuable medicinal product. Today in the article - various ways of making syrup from cones and its use in different situations.
Syrup Recipes
As medicinal raw materials, green cones are suitable, which are collected in the first months of summer. For collection, you need to choose territories remote from agricultural land, heavy industry plants and highways. Pine trees have the ability to absorb harmful elements from the atmosphere and soil, so raw materials should grow in ecologically sound regions.
Did you know? In esotericism, pine symbolizes wisdom and spiritual power. This plant gives, but does not take energy, giving the person decisiveness and the desire for self-improvement.
With honey
Syrup is convenient to cook with a margin. Cooked with honey, which is a natural preservative, the product can be stored for a long time.
Step by Step Actions:
- Sort raw materials, rinse, dry from moisture.
- Fill a three-liter capacity with cones for 2/3 of its volume.
- Pour the contents of the jar with honey, 0.9–1 l.
- Shake several times to mix everything evenly.
- Leave in a warm, dark and dry place for 3 months.
- Shake the contents every 2-3 days.
- Filter the finished medicine before use.
With lemon juice
In folk recipes, lemon is one of the common ingredients. The product itself has a lot of useful properties, which in tandem with pine raw materials only increase.
Did you know? According to the ancient Greek myth, a pine is a forest nymph Pitia, who refused reciprocity to the god of the north wind Borea. Embittered, he turned her into an evergreen tree.
For a sweet medicine you will need:
- coniferous component - up to 90 pcs.;
- lemon juice - 1 tbsp. l .;
- water - 1 l;
- sugar - 1 kg.
Rinse cones, clean, place in a saucepan on low heat. Bring to a boil and hold on fire for 20 minutes. Leave the mixture for a day without draining the water. Pour sugar into the resulting infusion and cook for 1.5 hours until the grains dissolve and thicken, then pour the lemon juice. You can cook for future use and roll up with sterile lids for long-term storage.
On sugar and water
This recipe is reminiscent of cooking conventional jam. The resulting product is used as a prophylaxis - along with tea.
Products are taken in proportion:
- cones - 1 kg;
- sugar - 2 kg;
- water - 2 l.
For jam, the raw materials must be washed and left for 10-15 minutes in the water to get wet, to exclude any debris and dust. From syrup and water, boil the syrup, it does not need to be boiled until thick.
Then add the washed cones and, having covered with a lid, cook for 3 hours on low heat. Remove the foam that appears from time to time. The finished elixir is rolled up in sterile containers and cooled, covered with a blanket.
On sugar without water
The simplest and no less healing recipe contains only two ingredients: sugar and cones in a ratio of 1: 2. Young, immature cones are washed and cut into rings. In a deep saucepan, they are covered with a layer of sugar and mixed. The mixture should be left for 2-3 weeks under a tightly closed lid. Ready sweets are stored in a cellar or basement in cool.
Medicinal properties and application
Not only traditional medicine recognizes pine cones, pharmacologists also use medicinal raw materials.
- Drugs have such beneficial effects on the body:
- anti-inflammatory;
- sedative;
- thinning;
- diuretic;
- decongestant;
- antihistamine;
- tonic;
- expectorant;
- astringent;
- cleansing;
- immunostimulating.
Prepared products, among other things, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, which contributes to the health of the cardiovascular system, reduces the risk of thrombosis, stroke and heart attack, as well as atherosclerosis.
Important! For children under 7 years of age, it is not advisable to give medications from pine cones, since the immature enzymatic system is not yet able to absorb a saturated product.
Cold treatment
Coniferous syrup with acute respiratory viral infections and acute respiratory infections, aggravated by cough, take 1 tsp. three times a day after meals. The course of treatment lasts until symptoms disappear.
The presence of ascorbic acid, volatile and essential oils has a complex effect on colds:
- Kills the infection in the lesion.
- It dilutes and removes sputum from the lungs and bronchi.
- Relieves fever.
- Activates the cells of the defense system.
From worms
In the presence of parasites in the body are observed:
- insomnia;
- irritability;
- prostration;
- headaches;
- itching in the anus.
To make jam in order to get rid of parasites, you need to collect the youngest raw materials in late April or early May. At this time, the cones have the highest concentration of resins, volatile and esters, which adversely affect helminths, pinworms, roundworms.
The main ingredient and sugar are taken in equal proportions, but first prepare a decoction of cones for 6 hours. They take enough water to cover the raw material; then sugar is added and boiled for another hour. Drink on an empty stomach for 1 tbsp. l., until you feel better.
Restoring weakened immunity
Such a medicine contains almost the entire periodic table, including vitamins that support the body's defenses:
- AND;
- WITH;
- E;
- TO;
- PP;
- group B.
In the postoperative period or after a long illness, iron deficiency anemia, vitamin deficiency is often observed. The body needs vitamins and minerals to restore the balance of lost elements, increase the level of hemoglobin. The use of the drug is indicated simultaneously with therapy, drink 2 times a day for 1 hour after eating.
Important! The dosage before admission should be clarified by a gastroenterologist, since in the presence of diseases of the digestive tract, the condition may worsen.
Metabolic acceleration
Pine syrup is a great way to speed up metabolism, support the functioning of the excretory system and digestive tract.
The product has the following effects:
- Helps break down fats.
- It is a source of antioxidants and fatty acids.
- Promotes the release of gastric juice, which speeds up the process of digestion of food.
- Helps to produce food enzymes.
- Restores microflora in the digestive tract.
- Cleanses the intestines from toxins and toxins.
Consume 1 hour before each meal in 20 minutes.
Strengthening the musculoskeletal system
The syrup contains healthy carbohydrates and proteins, which are the building material for cells, muscle and bone tissue. In addition, the drug helps to eliminate uric acid, which eliminates painful symptoms in the joints.
Decoctions and tinctures from coniferous raw materials are often used in the treatment of gout, arthritis and arthrosis. Drink sweetness before meals ½ tsp., Three times a day.
Contraindications
Given the rich composition of the main component, before taking a medicinal product, you should make sure that there is no allergy.
- The product also has a number of contraindications for use:
- diabetes;
- kidney and liver disease;
- During pregnancy and breastfeeding;
- acute form of diseases of the digestive tract and urinary system.
So, syrup from pine cones, like other natural remedies, helps the body without harming it, for which it is appreciated by the adherents of traditional medicine. However, do not neglect the pharmacology for serious diseases, so as not to worsen your condition.
