The healing effect of pine buds has been established for a long time, this plant material is popular both in folk medicine and is recognized as standard medical practice. Empirically revealed not only the healing qualities of the kidneys, but also the main contraindications to their use. It is best to start therapy with this remedy with the permission of a doctor, especially for young and elderly patients, as well as allergy sufferers.

Pine buds: basic information

No wonder they say that even the air of boron has great healing power. Many health resorts in Russia are located among the pines, especially sanatoriums where the treatment of respiratory organs is practiced. Medicines prepared on a substrate from pine buds (sometimes shoots, bark, needles of these trees can be used) are medicines for colds, cystitis, skin diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis, bile stasis and general weakness of the body.

This medicinal plant is often included in breast preparations and teas.

The chemical composition of pine buds

This raw material is endowed with useful properties due to the concentration of a large number of healing substances in it. Of particular value are:

• resinous substances and resin;
• vitamin C;
• essential oil (turpentine);
• tannins;
• bitterness;
• terpenes;
• vitamins and minerals.

Therapeutic properties

The above complex of components makes plant raw materials a good natural healer. The healing properties of the kidneys can be listed for a long time, the main effects of the use of products created on the basis of this raw material are:

• antispasmodic;
• disinfectant;
• anti-inflammatory;
• stimulating tissue regeneration;
• expectorant;
• antimicrobial;
• diuretic;
• vitaminizing;
• antivirus;
• restoring immunity and general strengthening.

For the use of pine buds as a medicine, you can purchase ready-made dried plant material at the pharmacy

Such an effect of pine buds on a patient is widely used in herbal medicine, medicine and cosmetology.

Video: helping pine buds with various ailments

Pine buds are used as a healing agent among men and women, as well as in pediatrics. There is an opinion that it is advisable to use this raw material for women during menstruation to relieve excessive irascibility and irritation. Traditional medicine advises drinking infusions prepared on the kidneys to the fairer sex who want an early pregnancy.

Reasons for Prescribing Pine Buds as a Remedy

• inflammation of the mucous membrane of the pharynx, larynx and vocal cords;
• cold;
• flu;
• bronchitis in acute and chronic form;
• pneumonia and bronchopneumonia;
• angina;
• cough;
• inflammatory processes on the skin of a non-infectious nature (eczema, psoriasis, dermatitis);
• allergic dermatosis, urticaria;
• gout;
• cystitis and ICD;
• stagnation of bile;
• neuralgia (pain caused by nerve compression);
• rheumatism;
• anemia;
• tuberculosis, etc.

Cough Relief

This is the most prescribed adjuvant in the treatment of pulmonary diseases. Coniferous buds are recommended to be added to ready-made herbal preparations or used in their pure form.

The therapeutic effect is achieved by stimulating the secretory function, irritating the ciliated epithelium and dissolving sputum. In addition, medicines prepared using pine buds stop the progression of the inflammatory process in the lungs. In case of severe illnesses accompanied by cough (tuberculosis, asthma, pneumonia), it is advisable to use pine buds only as an additional remedy for complex therapy.

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Therapeutic effect on joints and tissues

Raw materials are prescribed for several diseases that affect the joints and muscles of a person:

• gout;
• myositis (muscle inflammation);
• neuralgia.

Pine buds cannot completely replace traditional medicine, but they can achieve a strong auxiliary effect.

The effect is not fast, only a long course of using pine buds (from 3 months) gives a positive result. Especially useful is the tincture, which distracts the patient due to the irritating effect and has an anti-inflammatory effect.

Diseases of the digestive tract

A means with a pronounced choleretic effect are decoctions and tinctures of pine buds, which are relevant in the treatment of diseases of the liver, pancreas and gallbladder, progressive ulcerative processes and gastritis. An exception is hepatitis, in which the appointment of this folk remedy is contraindicated.

Diseases of the urinary system

Drugs based on pine buds give a pronounced diuretic effect, in this regard, it is advisable to prescribe them for KSD, dropsy, and edema.

High blood pressure, atherosclerosis

Pine buds and the products containing them are able to bring pressure back to normal, so they are prescribed in low dosages as an adjuvant therapy for hypertension. Also, such herbal medicine prevents the accumulation of cholesterol on the walls of blood vessels and prevents progression. Additional effects when using this folk remedy are blood purification and stimulation of metabolic processes.

Pine buds as a soothing herbal remedy

Pine buds are used as anti-stress baths with the addition of decoctions or infusions, after which kids and adults sleep better. Also, such funds are used for migraines, to relieve irritation and get rid of anxiety. Women at the time of menopause and the premenstrual period can drink herbal preparations to improve well-being, as well as take coniferous baths.

Such baths help with headaches, and also calm the nervous system, have a beneficial effect on the female body.

Application in cosmetology

The use of pine buds as a cosmetic product is due to the high concentration of essential oils. The decoction is useful for rapid hair growth, as a nail strengthener, and as an addition to daily facial lotions to improve skin-cleansing properties. Killing the virus and microbes, the decoction does an excellent job with the problem of skin rashes, acne and comedones.

Broths from the kidneys are useful to add to the cream, lotions for cleansing the skin of the face.

Extracts and tinctures are added to creams or used in pure form to improve the regenerative function of the skin. Due to the high concentration of vitamin C, the kidneys stimulate the acceleration of epidermal cell renewal and are able to reduce wrinkles on the face.

Limitations and Side Effects

Do not forget about the dosage of medicinal raw materials in the preparation of traditional medicine, you must be careful when self-medicating and avoid an overabundance of the finished medicine.

Due to the tonic effect exerted on the body, medicines based on pine buds should not be used by patients with chronically high blood pressure.

Strict contraindications for the use of pine buds are pregnancy and hepatitis, early childhood and old age over 75 years.

If the patient is allergic to pollen and resin of coniferous trees, it is forbidden to use pine buds and preparations prepared with them. Also, a contraindication is intolerance to all ready-made medicines, which include pine.

Means based on this raw material are prohibited for acute and chronic kidney diseases, in particular, glomerulonephritis and nephritis, and hepatitis.

Treatment with folk recipes during pregnancy

The period of breastfeeding and gestation is not the time for the use of folk medicine therapy based on pine buds. Despite the naturalness of the initial components, treatment with this herbal remedy can cause inflammation of the kidney parenchyma in a pregnant woman, since during the period of gestation, the load on these organs is already excessively increased. This raw material easily provokes allergies. Only after the permission of the doctor, a pregnant or nursing mother can start treatment with folk methods.

Treatment of children

In pediatrics, the main purpose of funds based on pine buds is to get rid of coughs and increase the body's resistance before the cold season, as well as during influenza and SARS epidemics. Syrups based on pine buds, infusions with honey and taking a bath are a more frequent appointment of pediatricians for children.

Despite the positive aspects and the effectiveness of the folk method of treatment, it is necessary to remember the allergenicity of this medicinal plant material: pine buds, especially in combination with honey, are contraindicated in children who may be predisposed to developing a reaction to needles and bee products.

When preparing medicinal products on pine buds for a child under 12 years old, the dosage of active substances should be halved. Children under the age of two years are contraindicated in preparations based on pine buds.

It is better to start treatment with a small amount of medicine based on pine buds, if there is an allergic reaction, change tactics

The recipe for the preparation of products based on pine buds, as well as the duration of taking such medicines, must be observed. Pine buds contain turpentine, which has a negative effect on the work of the child's stomach and its mucous membrane. When taken for more than a week, the funds can provoke the onset of gastritis and colitis.

Side effects from using pine buds

Basically, the presence of side effects from the use of products based on pine buds is associated with a high concentration of turpentine in them.

With prolonged and frequent use of folk remedies externally, turpentine provokes reddening of the skin, the appearance of blisters on the skin and areas of necrosis.

Long-term ingestion of teas and decoctions, as well as other means, may increase blood pressure and the appearance of shortness of breath, the development of gastritis. Also, due to the tonic effect, insomnia may develop.

Side effects indicating an overdose of the drug are:

• headache;
• pain in the abdomen, indicating inflammation in the stomach or intestines;
• weakness and malaise;
• pain in the lumbar region.

Collection and storage rules

If it is not possible to buy pine buds in a green pharmacy, or if you want to get high-quality raw materials yourself, it is important to know the rules for harvesting this valuable material.

An important point is the beginning of the collection - it is necessary to choose the moment in early spring when the pine shoots turn brown-orange, and the young buds have a pronounced coniferous smell. The kidneys must be closed, otherwise they are no longer so valuable and have lost a share of important substances. The buds should be cut off with a “crown” of several pieces, together with a part of the stem no more than 3 mm long.

When collecting, it is better to protect your hands with gloves or mittens, since resinous traces are difficult to wash off the skin

The collected material is thoroughly dried in a dry and ventilated place, protected from sunlight, for a period of 14 to 20 days. You can not use ovens or electric dryers for this, in which case the kidneys will lose their healing properties.

You can store finished raw materials for no more than two years, in a place with low humidity, protected from the sun and high temperatures. As a container, you can use cardboard boxes, paper and fabric bags.

Video: harvesting pine buds

Treatment with pine buds: folk recipes

The possibility of using the healing properties of pine for various diseases implies a variety of options for using this raw material, both as an external agent, for example, baths and rubbing, and for internal use in the form of teas, infusions, decoctions and tinctures.

Making a decoction

The main use of the decoction is as an auxiliary remedy for the treatment of all types of coughs, except for allergic ones.

Ingredients:

• pine buds - 2 tbsp. l.;
• water - 0.4 l.

Instruction:

1. Pour raw materials into a saucepan and pour water.
2. Put on fire and slowly boil under a closed lid for 30 minutes.
3. Strain the finished product.

The decoction can be taken orally 1 tablespoon 4 times a day.

Pine bud tincture

In the recipe, diluted alcohol can be replaced with more affordable vodka.

Ingredients:

• pine buds - 350 g;
• alcohol 40% - 500 ml.

Instruction:

1. Prepare a glass jar with a capacity of 1 liter, pour vegetable raw materials there, previously chopped with a knife.
2. Soak pine buds in alcohol.
3. Put the jar in a warm and dark place, after closing the lid. Prepare the tincture for a week, periodically shaking the jar.
4. After 7 days, strain the tincture. The finished product turns brown.

The tincture prepared in this form is prescribed for the treatment of tuberculosis and osteochondrosis, with cystitis and the development of pathogenic bacteria in the urinary tract. Drinking a drink costs 25 ml three times a day, before meals.

There is another option for preparing tincture on pine buds.

This remedy can be used as a natural immunomodulator

Ingredients:

• pine buds - 200 g;
• alcohol 40% - 0.5 l;
• 1 lemon;
• honey - 300 g

1. To 150 grams of pine buds, add 300 grams of honey and one chopped lemon, and then pour the other 150 grams with alcohol.
2. Remove these two remedies for a week in a dark and warm place.
3. After the time has elapsed, take out the containers, strain, mix together and put away for further infusion in the refrigerator for 30 days.

The prepared remedy can be used in the treatment of influenza, tonsillitis, colds, accompanied by inflammatory processes in the larynx. Tincture is taken 1 tablespoon 5 times a day before each meal.

In my experience, a remedy based on pine buds and honey is the most useful for preparing immunity for winter and a series of colds in young children. However, I would not like to give alcohol tincture to children, ethanol is not at all the best choice for treating babies. If your child is not allergic to honey and you want to get a preventive natural remedy during the cold season, then be sure to try pine honey. I learned this recipe from my grandmother, from whom we somehow rented a house on the Black Sea coast - there are a lot of pines there, and such a healing product is in demand.
It is necessary to prepare pine honey yourself, because pine is not a honey plant. Having collected pine buds in March - April, you need to rinse them and pass them through a juicer. In a 1:1 ratio, add acacia honey to the grated buds - it does not crystallize longer than the others and remains liquid. Mix the ingredients until a homogeneous mass is obtained, then transfer to a jar with a lid and put in the refrigerator for 5 days. You need to consume honey 1 teaspoon 2 times a day from October. If the child does not like the product in its pure form, you can dilute it with warm water and give it as a drink. The tool is relevant for children from three years.

Infusion of pine buds

Ingredients:

• pine buds - 1 tbsp. l.;
• water - 300 ml.

Preparation of water infusion:

1. Boil water and pour boiling water over pine buds.
2. Leave the raw materials to infuse under the lid for 2 hours.
3. Strain the cooled infusion.

Infusion of pine buds should be used as a diaphoretic, to reduce fever and get rid of phlegm.

tea preparation

The use of tea from pine buds is especially important during the course of a cold. Such a drink has an antiviral and diaphoretic effect, is used for expectoration of sputum that is difficult to separate and disinfection of the upper respiratory tract. Tea for adults is better to drink hot, when healing steam comes from it.

Tea from pine buds perfectly copes with bronchitis, pneumonia, cholelithiasis and kidney diseases.

Ingredients:

• black tea - 1 tbsp. l.;
• pine buds - 1 tbsp. l.;
• water - 500 ml.

Cooking:

1. Pour the mixture of vegetable raw materials with boiling water.
2. Infuse tea under a closed lid for 15 minutes.
3. If desired, citrus peels, cloves, sugar can be added to tea.

It is necessary to take such tea 150 ml 3 times a day until recovery. The composition of the remedy may vary depending on the disease, supplementing tea from pine buds with medicinal herbs, you can enhance its therapeutic effect: for cough and asthma, add 30 g of plantain, for cystitis and ICD - 20 g of bearberry.

Pine bud extract

The extract is used as a wound healing agent, it is also possible to prepare a coniferous bath from it by diluting the prepared medicine in the required amount of water (up to 200 liters).

Ingredients:

• pine buds - 100 g;
• water - 2 l.

Extract preparation:

1. Pour pre-chopped pine buds into a pan of a suitable volume.
2. Pour the raw material with water and wait for it to boil.
3. Boil the raw materials over low heat, evaporating the water, until about half a liter of liquid remains in the pan.
4. Remove the extract from heat and wait for it to cool.
5. Strain the finished product.

The extract is used in the form of compresses for skin diseases, boils, abscesses, burns and injuries. Apply gauze soaked in medicine twice a day until the symptoms of the disease disappear. Also, the extract can be used for stomatitis and other inflammatory diseases of the oral cavity as a rinse up to five times a day.

Therapeutic baths

The finished extract obtained by the method described above is added to the bath. The only difference is that after removing the fire, it is necessary to infuse the resulting extract for another 3-5 hours. You can take a bath with extensive skin lesions, as well as to improve your own health, well-being, relieve headaches and calm the nervous system. The time spent in the bath is 15 minutes, the water should be at a comfortable temperature.

Steam inhalation

Decoction inhalations are used for tracheitis, bronchitis, as well as other inflammatory diseases of the throat and lungs.

To prepare an inhalation decoction, you need to take 20 g of raw materials per glass of boiling water. Ready-made broth is recommended to be poured into a steam inhaler - this is the safest way to treat children, as opposed to using a hot pot and towel. The temperature of the decoction should be no higher than 40 degrees, the inhalation time is 1-3 minutes.

Important: inhalation is prohibited at body temperature above 37.5 degrees

Video: 50 healing recipes for pine buds

Pine in folk medicine is among the most popular medicinal plants, because it has an incredibly wide range of healing qualities. In addition to needles and bark, the buds of this tree are valued.

Useful features

Analyzing the diverse benefits of pine buds, they pay attention to the composition of this raw material, in which there is a large amount of ascorbic acid. There are other vitamins - A, B, E, K.
Mineral salts, lipids, essential oil, oleic acid, carotene were identified.

There are phytoncides, turpentine, starch, monoterpene carbohydrates.
Medicinal properties:

• anti-inflammatory;
• diuretics;
• expectorants;
• antiseptic;
• hemostatic;
• secretory;
• immunomodulating;
• antimicrobial;
• antiviral;
• sedatives;
• deodorizing;
• choleretic;
• restorative;
• blood-purifying;
• multivitamin.

Means based on this raw material prevent the development of anemia, accelerate the treatment of bronchitis, dysentery, tuberculosis, influenza. They relieve inflammation, heal wounds. Stimulate heart activity, increase immunity.

They are successfully used for laryngitis, tonsillitis, pneumonia.
The use of pine eyes is practiced in the treatment of children from catarrhal pathologies, as well as in the role of preventing rickets.

Beneficial for women, allowing you to normalize the menstrual cycle. Used for dropsy, rheumatism, neuralgia, urolithiasis, gout. Allow to strengthen the nervous system, cheer up, heal skin lesions, regulate blood pressure.

The benefits of fragrant raw materials for the skin are noted, expressed in smoothing wrinkles, increasing elasticity, eliminating puffiness and excessive oiliness, and lightening pigmentation. Helps improve hair condition.

Collection

Gather pine buds before they hatch. Usually it is February-March.
Choose a dry sunny day. Hands are protected from resin with gloves, and a sharp knife is used for cutting, and scissors will also help.

Carry out the procedure carefully, without causing damage to the tree. You need to cut off a kidney with a piece of shoot no longer than 3 cm.

For drying, the raw materials are placed in a well-ventilated dry place on thick paper in a thin layer. It is necessary to stir the material two or three times a day.

Storage

Completely dried pine eyes are poured into paper bags and placed on a shelf in a dry room. Can be put in a closet, providing the necessary ventilation.

cooking recipes

On the basis of pine cuts at home, you can prepare a variety of dosage forms. The selection of prescriptions involves a preliminary consultation with a doctor, which will avoid negative consequences.

On vodka

For this remedy, fresh pine buds are often used, which are laid out in a glass jar, filling it halfway. Then the vessel is filled to the top with vodka.

With systematic shaking under the lid, keep in the dark for 12 days. Ready filtered tincture is poured into a bottle with a tight stopper. For pathologies of the urinary tract, take 20 drops four times a day before meals.

Jam

To get a healing and tasty aromatic jam, you need fresh young pine shoots with buds - 0.5 kg each. They are placed in an enamel pot and boiled at medium temperature in three glasses of water for 20 minutes.

It's time to prepare pine buds + recipes

Pine buds are a refreshing and healing aroma of the pine forest that can cure many diseases. There is, perhaps, no such disease that the magical evergreen pine does not cure. Everything in the pine - needles, buds, bark, cones, and pollen - has amazing healing power, thanks to its unique composition, consisting of resins, essential oils, tannins and bitter substances, phytoncides, mineral salts, acids. This is a wonderful fragrant means - the most valuable gift of Nature to man.

But let's talk about the healing properties of pine buds. Pine buds are extremely popular due to their unique chemical composition, which easily copes with debilitating colds and coughs in children, bronchitis, pneumonia, tonsillitis, urolithiasis and bronchiectasis. Official medicine has adopted the experience of treating pine buds from traditional healers and successfully applies it in the treatment of various diseases.

Especially often pine buds are used in the treatment of coughs in children, the treatment of protracted colds, bronchitis and inflammation of the upper respiratory tract. Below, I will give recipes for several folk remedies using pine buds to treat these diseases.

Medicinal compositions with pine buds are not only an excellent disinfectant, anti-inflammatory, expectorant, but also a choleretic and diuretic. So what is the secret of such a truly magical therapeutic effect of pine preparations on the respiratory organs? Decoctions, infusions and tinctures of pine gifts have an exciting effect on the secretory activity of the epithelium of the respiratory tract, dilute sputum and therefore are one of the most effective means in the treatment of diseases of the lungs and bronchi. The miraculous healing properties of pine buds are also used in the treatment of gum disease, it is enough to chew the inflorescence of pine buds several times a day and the disease recedes.

Pine buds, use in traditional medicine

Spring, now is just the time to collect pine buds, needles and resin. Female inflorescences look like cones that are located at the ends of the shoots. As a rule, pine blossoms in late May or early June, when the air temperature reaches 22-23 degrees. But this year, the pine blossomed in early May, as it is very warm here and the air temperature reaches 25 degrees.

Collection, drying and storage of pine buds.

For medicinal purposes, pine buds should be collected in the spring, when young shoots are orange-brown in color, and at the break the buds are brown or green. The surface of the kidneys is covered with scales, they are glued together with resin. The smell of pine buds is fragrant, resinous, their taste is bitter. In the spring, the pine is gaining strength, the buds swell, but do not yet have time to open, this is the time to harvest the pine buds, at this time they are most fragrant and resinous. If the scales of the kidneys have opened, then it is no longer worth collecting them, the scales of the kidneys should be tightly pressed against each other. Pine buds are best cut with scissors or plucked with your hands, but be sure to wear gloves, as pine buds are covered with resin, which is very difficult to wash off. The kidneys are dried in a well-ventilated room, spreading them thinly on a cloth or on paper 3 cm long. The fact that the kidneys have dried can be determined by a break, at the break the kidneys should be dry. In good weather, the buds can dry out within 10 days. It is not worth drying the buds in dryers or in attics, as the resin melts and evaporates, and the buds will bloom. Store dry pine buds in a dry, well-ventilated and darkened room. You can store ready-made raw materials for 2 years. But still, pine buds are best collected in early spring, as soon as the snow melts. At this time, they are resinous, green, fragrant and contain the maximum amount of active ingredients.

Pine buds contain: phytoncides, carotene, resins, B vitamins, vitamin C, resins, tannins, starch, bitter substance, essential oil, alkaloids. From pine buds, you can prepare a decoction, infusion, inhalation. A decoction of pine buds, as well as inhalations, are very effective in diseases of the upper respiratory tract, as well as in diseases of the oral cavity and nasopharynx. Pine buds are brewed for coughs, colds, bronchitis. Due to its properties, decoctions and inhalations from pine buds soften coughs, help to remove sputum, make breathing easier, thanks to which the bronchi are cleared much faster. Recovery occurs due to the action of pine buds on the respiratory tract and due to the action of the protective systems of our body. Pine buds are part of the diuretic and breast fees.

Pine buds application:

Flu

Cold

Cough

SARS

Bronchitis

Pneumonia

Angina

Tonsillitis

Pharyngitis

Laryngitis

Neuralgia

Rheumatism

Gout

Dermatitis

Eczema

Hives

Psoriasis

How do pine buds affect the body:

Soften cough

Makes breathing easier

Helps to expel mucus

Relieve pain in muscles and joints

Relieves spasms

Beneficial effect on the skin, improving skin condition

Reduce inflammatory processes
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Recognized since ancient times by folk medicine, pine buds, which have a beneficial effect on the entire body, are used in the treatment of various diseases not only in the form of infusions and decoctions, but also in the form of syrups and alcohol tinctures.

Pine bud syrup: treatment of osteochondrosis with pine buds . Pass the pine buds through a meat grinder, fill a three-liter jar with the resulting gruel, add one glass of sugar or one and a half glasses of honey (preferably honey), mix well. Infuse in a cool place until the syrup that comes out becomes brownish. Drain through capron, squeeze out the remaining raw material, strain again. Take with osteochondrosis, to get rid of stiffness and pain, one teaspoon 30 minutes before meals. The course of treatment is at least three weeks, if necessary, the course of treatment with pine bud syrup should be repeated after a week. Pine bud syrup tastes good, can be added to sweet warm tea, then the treatment will be effective. Successfully treats including broncho-pulmonary diseases.

Pine buds in milk, folk remedy :

pine bud treatment for bronchitis and cough . Brew one tablespoon of pine buds with one glass of milk, leave for 20 minutes, take 1-2 tbsp. spoons, as an expectorant in the treatment of bronchitis, colds and coughs, 3-4 times a day 30 minutes before meals. The duration of admission is not limited.

Pine honey on pine buds: a folk remedy in the treatment of coughs, bronchitis, colds, asthma.

Pour freshly picked pine buds with water at room temperature, leave for 4-6 hours, cook on low heat for 20-30 minutes, drain, squeeze, strain through 2 layers of gauze or nylon, add hot water to the original volume, add sugar and boil for another 10 minutes, Remove from heat and pour into jars. For 1 kg of pine buds 1 liter of water, 1.5-2 kg of sugar. To prevent pine honey from the kidneys from being candied before the end of cooking, for 10 minutes, add a quarter of a teaspoon. citric acid, store in the refrigerator.

A decoction of pine buds: a folk remedy for the treatment of diseases of the bronchi and lungs.

Pour one tablespoon of pine buds (10 g) with one mill of water, cover and boil in a water bath for 30 minutes, remove from the bath, leave for 10 minutes, strain through 2 layers of nylon or gauze, squeeze out the remaining raw materials and add boiled water to the original volume (up to 200 ml). Take 1 tbsp. l. after meals 3-4 times a day in the treatment of diseases of the lungs and bronchi.

Tincture of pine buds on vodka: a folk remedy in the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract, for the treatment of tonsillitis, colds, bronchitis .

It will take 150 g of pine buds, a bottle of vodka, one glass of honey and one lemon. Pine buds are divided into two parts. Fill one part with vodka and put in a dark place to infuse for two weeks. Pour the second part of the pine buds with a glass of boiled water, add the juice of one lemon and a glass of bee honey - we also set it to infuse for two weeks, the infusion must be stirred occasionally. After two weeks, strain both components, drain together, close tightly and put in the refrigerator for aging for a month. Use tincture of pine buds for the treatment of diseases of the upper respiratory tract and lungs 3-5 times a day, 1 tablespoon, the duration of treatment is not limited

Pine bud treatment for asthma.

Take one tablespoon of plantain leaves, pine buds and coltsfoot leaves, pour a glass of boiled water, insist at room temperature for 2-3 hours, then put in a water bath and heat for 15 minutes, remove from the bath, insist at room temperature for 10-15 minutes, drain. Consume during the day in small sips in several doses.

For the treatment of catarrh of the upper respiratory tract and angina,

prepare - an infusion of pine buds and use it as a rinse: pour 10 grams (1 tbsp. L) of crushed raw materials with boiling water (200 ml), wrap it warmly and leave for 15-20 minutes, then strain. Gargle by adding two to three teaspoons of kidney extract to a glass of warm water.

Treatment of urolithiasis with pine buds :

Pour 50 g of finely chopped pine buds (about 5 tablespoons) with milk, take 0.5 liters of milk. Put on fire and bring to a boil, simmer on low heat for 20 minutes, leave to infuse until the composition has cooled to room temperature and drink throughout the day in small sips.

Pine bud jam can be prepared like this:

take a handful of pine buds and pour them with one glass of water, cook over low heat. After some of the water boils away, you need to add 1.5 cups of sugar, cook until the sugar dissolves. Strain the jam and pour into jars, put in a dark and cool place. Pine bud jam is useful for colds.

Another recipe - jam from coniferous shoots : Pour 1 kg of washed raw materials with 3 cups of boiling water, keep on low heat for 30 minutes. After a day, we filter the infusion, squeeze it, bring it to a boil again, add 4 cups of sugar and cook for 7-10 minutes until the sugar dissolves. Jam is stored in glass jars in the refrigerator.

Recipe for jam from young pine shoots .
It is necessary to cut young pine shoots (they can be found in the spring in a pine forest). sort them out at home, wash them with water, peel them from the husk (if any).

Shoots can be cut into small pieces, put in a bowl and covered with sugar. per 1 kg. young pine twigs consume 1.5 kg. Sahara. the shoots are sprinkled with sugar and allowed to stand for 8 to 10 hours. (or you can just leave it overnight)
after 8-10 hours, add 1 liter of water to the dishes and put on fire. stir and let the syrup boil, reduce the heat and cook for 5 minutes. and then set aside the dishes with pine shoots for 5-8 hours. then put on fire a second time, the mass boils and boil it for another 5 minutes. set aside for 5-8 hours.
for the third time we repeat the procedure for cooking jam. at the end of cooking, add 1 teaspoon of citric acid to the jam. Pour into sterilized jars and close with lids. such jam can be stored under the layer. lid in the refrigerator. thus, in the spring you can cook pine jam.

To strengthen immunity pine needles are washed, sugar is added in a ratio of 4: 1, 2 table. spoons of the mixture are poured with 4 glasses of cold water, insisted for 3 days, filtered. Take a healing elixir of 0.5 cups 2 times a day.

For skin diseases are treated with a decoction of 150 g of needles and 0.5 liters of milk: boil the decoction for 20 minutes, drink a little during the day.
For chronic hepatitis - insist 1 kg of chopped pine needles in 2 liters of boiled water, add 1 kg of sugar.
Insist in warmth for 10 days, drink a glass 3 times a day before meals.

"Prickly" cosmetics
Pine is a wonderful remedy for self-care. For example, with oily skin, it is useful to wash with decoctions of bark, buds and needles.
For dry skin 1 tsp. pour a spoonful of infusion of needles with 50 ml of vodka and 50 ml of boiled water. Apply this lotion to your face morning and evening.
You can also make a cream for mixed skin: in 3 tables. spoons of almond or olive oil add 3 drops of pine essential oil.
For acne, pour two handfuls of pine needles into 1 liter of boiling water, boil for 10 minutes, wash with hot decoction.

The syrup is an excellent cough remedy.

It is often used in the treatment of bronchitis and catarrhs ​​of the respiratory tract, and is also good for prevention - it strengthens the body, protecting it from infections. Place young pine shoots in a jar, sprinkling each layer with sugar. Put the jar somewhere on the windowsill and wait for the shoots to release juice. Pine syrup is good for everyone, it is recommended even for babies. Adults can try a coniferous-cahors cocktail - a spoonful of Cahors is added to a spoonful of syrup, you can also take it for prevention (one or two spoons two or three times a day).

With rheumatic arthritis

Pour boiling water over freshly cut spruce branches, let it brew for 0.5 hours. In an infusion with a temperature of 37-38 ° C, immerse your arms or legs for half an hour. Then wrap the sore spot warmer and lie in bed for an hour. The course of treatment is 7-10 baths.
A decoction of pine needles helps with intoxication , contributes to the restoration of the vascular system and removes radionuclides. Finely ground, preferably young, needles (5 tablespoons), crushed rose hips (2-3 tablespoons), onion peel (2 tablespoons) pour 0.7 liters of water, bring to a boil and keep on low heat for 10 minutes . Insist all night, wrapping in a cloth. Strain and drink throughout the day.

One of the effective ways to treat angina is to gargle with a decoction of pine needles.
Finely chop 40-50 g of needles (spruce, pine, fir, juniper) with a knife. Pour a liter of boiling water and insist in an enamel bowl for 15-20 minutes. Then add chilled boiled water - 10 liters. Filter and leave for 5-6 hours in the cold. Carefully drain, the sediment should remain at the bottom. Well, add citric acid, sugar to the water and drink 0.5 tbsp. 4-5 times a day.

For the prevention and treatment of various diseases , such an elixir of health is often prepared from pine buds: 100 grams of pine buds are taken, poured with 2.5 liters of water and boiled until the volume of the remaining liquid decreases five times (to 0.5 l), filtered through two layers gauze, allow to cool to room temperature and add one tablespoon of bee honey. Take this composition for a quarter cup half an hour before meals three times a day.

For runny nose and sinusitis good results in treatment are achieved by inhalation with pine buds. For ten parts of water, one part of pine buds, bring to a boil, breathe for 10-15 minutes in pairs covered with a towel over the pan.

If you are experiencing baldness, then, before it's too late, pour 500 grams of pine buds with five liters of water and boil over low heat for 30 minutes, insist until cool, strain. Rinse hair after washing, or rub into scalp.

Tincture of pine buds on vodka is used for liver diseases, pulmonary tuberculosis, gastritis.

Tincture for bradycardia:

Finely chop the candles, fill two-thirds of the jar with them and pour vodka to the top. Putting the jar on the windowsill - the tincture of the sun is not afraid. You can stand for two weeks, then you can filter it. You need to take 20 drops daily 3 times a day half an hour before meals in a tablespoon of water. For a long time, 1-2 months, sometimes longer - until the pulse evens out and becomes stable. Often it is enough to conduct only one such course.

Pine cone honey:

A lot of baby cones are required: 75-80 pieces per liter of water. And for every liter of water, 1 kg of sugar is required. First, count the bumps into an enameled bucket or pan. Let's say 400 pieces per 5 liters of water. Cook them at a gentle boil until they become quite soft. After straining, discard the cones, and pour 5 kg of sugar into the broth and boil again until all the sugar has dissolved. To prevent it from sugaring, add an incomplete teaspoon of citric acid. Pour honey into jars and put in the refrigerator - it does not deteriorate.
With leukemia, cancer of the lungs, stomach and intestines, and almost all malignant tumors

give the patient a mixture of pine honey and tincture of pine flowers, usually a teaspoon 3 times a day, and in some cases a tablespoon 3-4 times a day before meals, always in combination with the necessary herbal infusions.
On Ivanov's day (on the day of Ivan Kupala) cones can be collected for the second time - they are already formed, solid, although they still remain green - they are suitable for alcohol tincture.
HYPERTENSION. 10-12 cones collected on Midsummer Day, pour 1 liter of vodka, insist 7-19 days. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day on water or with water for 1.5-2 months - a stable working pressure will be established for a long time. By the way, the tincture is also useful for gastritis - take it before meals.
STOMACH ULCER . Place the same green cones on a third of the jar, pour vodka to the top and insist in heat for 1 week. Take 1 tablespoon 3 times a day half an hour before meals for 1-2 months.
Another recipe: dissolve a small pea of ​​resin in a glass of hot milk. Take 3 times a day for a glass half an hour before meals.
CHRONIC HEPATITIS. Such a remedy is considered to be an excellent remedy: mix 1 kg of fresh chopped pine needles with 1 kg of sugar, pour 2 liters of cold boiled water, mix well, close tightly, insist in the heat for 3-4 days in summer, in warm winter - 10 days. Take 200 ml 3 times a day half an hour before meals.

Infusion in a thermos: Pour 1 tablespoon of pine buds into a thermos in the evening, pour 0.5 liters of boiling water (daily dose). Insist during the night. Take the infusion in a warm form, 30 minutes before meals, in 3-4 doses, during the day.

Infusion of needles, pine buds : brew 3 liters of boiling water 0.5-1 kg of needles or buds, leave for 4 hours. Apply to baths.
Decoction of pine buds: brew 1 cup boiling water 2 tbsp. l. kidneys, Warm in a water bath for 30 minutes, drink 1/3 cup 3 times a day After meals as an expectorant, disinfectant and diuretic in diseases of the respiratory system, cardiovascular system.
A decoction is also used for inhalation with angina and catarrh of the respiratory tract. To do this, it is made more concentrated 1:10. In folk medicine, a decoction of pine buds is used for dropsy, rheumatism, as a choleretic agent. Pine buds are also used in combination with other medicinal plants, they are part of breast teas.

Infusion of needles is used to treat and prevent scurvy. . Fresh needles are ground in a small amount of water, then water is added up to 5-10 times the amount, sugar, citric acid can be added to improve the taste, boiled for 20-40 minutes, insisted in a sealed container for 2-3 hours. Drink 0.5-1 glass a day.
Pine extract is obtained from pine needles, which is used for baths, necessary in the treatment of nervous and cardiovascular diseases. Brew pollen like tea and drink it for rheumatism, gout . Take pollen with honey after serious illnesses and operations. Fresh pine sawdust, steamed in boiling water, apply to the lower back, sore joints.
Pine resin is wonderful, curing catarrh and stomach ulcers, cracked lips, wounds, furunculosis, weeping eczema. Tea or a decoction of immature cones is drunk for pulmonary tuberculosis, and tincture of water for pain in the heart. There is no need to list all those diseases, up to terrible cancer, when pine comes to the rescue.
In the spring, in the second half of May, guard the beginning of flowering pine. Well, if the weather is cloudy and windless - male flowers, like barrels, are chock-full of golden pollen. And the wind will rise - it will blow out half. And the heat is not needed at this time, the pine tree will bloom longer. Part of the fresh flowers with pollen immediately pour vodka - flowers two-thirds of the jar and pour vodka to the top. Let them insist until autumn. Dry the other part of the flowers, spreading a thin layer under the roof - they are also useful in decoctions and tinctures, and part of the pollen that has spilled out will also find its use.
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, MYOPATHY, OBLITERING ENDARTERITIS, DYSTONIA OF BRAIN VESSELS, CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. Take 5 tablespoons of fresh pine needles, 2 tablespoons of wild rose berries (for thrombophlebitis - hawthorn), add 2 tablespoons of onion peel and pour 0.5-1 liter of water. Bring to a boil and cook for 10 minutes, leave warm overnight. Take instead of water from 0.5 to 1.5 liters per day in a warm form. Prepare daily fresh broth.

PROSTATE ADENOMA, FIBROMIOMA, CYST ON THE UTERUS OR OVARIAN. Velcro is being prepared: 100 g of pine rosin, 20 g of beeswax, 20 g of sunflower oil. Put in a water bath and stir. The composition is applied to a linen flap and is molded to a sore spot for 2-3 days (for women, apply to the lower abdomen, shaving off their hair). This composition is enough for 4 patches.
For BPH you need 200 g of rosin, 40 g of wax and 40 g of sunflower oil. Plaster sculpt in the crotch.
It is considered an effective remedy in general for tumors of any etiology and tissue inflammation.

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Contraindications:
However, you can expect trouble from the pine. Preparations from needles, kidneys, pine cones are contraindicated in glomerulonephritis. It would seem that hepatitis can be treated with needles, but only chronic, and in the acute course of the disease, pine will have to be abandoned. Coniferous preparations taken in excessive doses (what, they say, harm from pine!) Can cause inflammation of the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, kidney parenchyma, as well as headache, general malaise. Preparations, including turpentine, are contraindicated in nephritis and nephrosis. The resin taken inside may not always be harmless. Caution must be taken with certain pine hypotonic medicines. With pollen and cones, one must be careful with thrombosis.
Walks in a pine forest are considered useful, but not for patients with pronounced heart failure: pine phytoncides, especially in spring, exacerbate angina pectoris and, causing severe attacks, can lead to sad consequences.

Well, that seems to be all, If you have your own recipes with pine buds, share them in the comments. Do not get sick, my good ones, and always be healthy.

Pine buds are rudimentary shoots of pine, from which young shoots develop in spring.

To make this happen, the tree concentrates huge reserves of biologically active substances in the kidneys.

Therefore, pine buds are carriers of numerous healing properties of the mighty coniferous giant.

Botanical description

Scotch pine lives for more than four hundred years, reaching a height of 40 meters.

The tree does not have a deciduous crown - instead, the branches are densely planted with needles arranged in pairs.

Every spring there is a period of flowering, when the pine tree is covered with soft green cones.

Later, they acquire a woody density, carefully guarding precious seeds in their sinus scales.

Traditions about the healing properties of pine have reached the present day from the depths of five millennia.

Pine compresses and poultices were used by the ancient Egyptians for their sick, and the resin of the tree was used to embalm the dead nobility.

Ancient Russians chewed pine resin to cure sore gums and teeth by disinfecting the mouth.

Wise ancestors noticed the ability of pine smell to improve mood and restore memory.

Traditional medicine endowed all parts of the beautiful pine with healing characteristics:

• young shoots,
• needles (decoction recipe posted),
• tree bark,
• resin,
• pollen ()
• branches,
• tar,
• and, of course, the buds, with which the pine shared the accumulated energy of nature in full.

These oblong, red-brown bodies are located on the tops of the trunk and branches. The largest of them is the central kidney.

The rest are smaller, ranging in size from 1 to 4 centimeters. The surface of the kidneys is covered with closely adjacent scales glued together with resin.

Harvest season

Harvesting kidneys is a spring concern. At this time, the pine comes to life from winter sleep and is filled with elastic force, giving it to swollen buds.

They are in a hurry to collect them until they open and store the aroma and taste of resin.

By the way, so as not to get her hands dirty You should bring gloves.

Another option is to cut the buds with scissors.

Drying the kidneys is a responsible event that requires a ventilated shady room and thick paper.

Drying time depends on weather conditions, in warm and dry weather, 10 days is enough. A sign of the readiness of raw materials is a dry fracture of the kidneys.

This means that they can be packaged in paper or cotton bags and stored for up to 2 years in dry, secluded places from sunlight.

Stocks for the future

A lot of useful components were found in pine buds:

Chemical composition

The rich composition is fully manifested in the strong healing properties of pine buds:

1.Expectorant, anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial activity.
This is how the ability of the kidneys to stimulate the production of secretions by the bronchi, reduce its viscosity and facilitate separation is manifested.
In addition, they disinfect sputum by killing viruses and microbes in it.

2. Diuretic and choleretic action.
The essential oils contained in the kidneys act on the smooth muscle fibers of the walls of the urinary and biliary tracts.
Relieving spasm and pain symptoms, they force urination and bile secretion, regulate the function of the gastrointestinal tract.

3. Hemostatic action pine buds owe tannins in their composition, which are firmly bound to blood proteins, forming blood clots.

4. Antiseptic action pine buds is associated with the presence of resinous substances and flavonoid compounds.

The antiseptic activity of the kidneys against pathogens of tuberculosis and dysentery, influenza viruses and other diseases has been proven.

They reduce inflammation and speed up wound healing.

5. Restorative action.
Pine buds are filled with biologically active substances, vitamins, microelements and phytoncides.
They stimulate cardiac activity, maintain the stability of the biological environment, and strengthen the immune system.

Medicinal properties

An important area of ​​​​application of pine buds is diseases upper respiratory tract.

It is an excellent expectorant, it helps to loosen phlegm, relieves cough (heart symptoms in adults are described in the article) and makes breathing easier.

Medicinal raw materials are in the lead in the composition of pharmacy breast preparations and syrups. It is successfully used for tonsillitis, laryngitis, bronchitis and pneumonia.

The combination of disinfectant and expectorant action of the kidneys has proven itself in lung diseases, accompanied by viscous, putrid, difficult to discharge sputum.

Pine buds - salvation in bronchiectasis, purulent bronchitis () and lung abscesses.

Especially, pine buds are in demand during the period epidemics of influenza and viral infections. High antiviral and antimicrobial activity is detrimental to microorganisms.

Plant extracts of pine buds are successfully used in pediatric practice.

A natural and safe remedy is included in the composition of antitussive syrups, collections and drops, diluting sputum, helping it to slide when removed from the respiratory tract.

The use of the kidneys in younger children is practiced to improve, strengthen and prevent rickets.

Pine buds - a remedy female diseases.

Taking decoctions of pine buds is able to regulate the menstrual cycle, similarly.

Indications for treatment with pine buds - urolithiasis and dropsy.

Here the diuretic and disinfectant activity of fragrant pine "pills" plays a role.

The only limitation in therapy is inflammatory processes in the kidney parenchyma.

The sedative effect of the kidneys is used in neurology - in the form of decoctions and fragrant baths.

The kidneys calm the nervous system well, relieve headaches (the healing properties of lavender are described), providing a surge of strength and good mood.

It is important to remember that patients with hypertension and heart disease should better refrain from this procedure.

Baths are also contraindicated in patients with skin diseases in the acute stage.

Terpenes contained in essential oils have an irritating effect on local receptors, reflexively acting on internal organs.

The resulting effect of improving blood circulation (application) is used in the treatment rheumatic and neuralgic symptoms.

They relieve pain and inflammation in the joints and muscles, and restore local immunity.

Rubbing based on the kidneys has found itself in the popular today aromatherapy(read about the use of lavender essential oil in the article).

Gout- another reason to turn to a wonderful medicine.

Severe metabolic disease will recede if you regularly do baths and massages based on pine buds.

A pleasant "side" effect will be the overall rejuvenation of the body.

Pine buds are effective natural cosmetics. Essential oils increase the protective properties of the skin of the face and head, improve regeneration, relieve swelling and smooth wrinkles.

Decoctions can improve fat and dull skin, giving it a fresh look and elastic gloss.

By adding it to creams and lotions, they cleanse the pores of the face, eliminate age spots.

In addition, it is an excellent tool for strengthening nails and hair.

In case of baldness, a kidney decoction is rubbed into the scalp, and after washing, the hair is rinsed.

Effective and safe for health, pine buds still have several contraindications, which include:

• pregnancy period,
• glomerulonephritis and hepatitis,
• allergies and individual intolerance.

At home

Inhalations

For inhalation, a decoction of pine buds is needed in a proportion of 50 g of pine buds per liter of water.

Breathe over the decoction for at least 15 minutes - under a towel or blanket.

You can use an inhaler. Inhalations with pine buds are useful for adults and children.

Infusion

Good to cook in a thermos.

One tablespoon of kidneys requires two cups of boiling water.

Infusion time - at least 2 hours.

After obligatory filtering, a pleasantly bitter liquid is drunk in a quarter cup several times a day.

vitamin tea

The recipe for pine bud tea is simple: 10 g of raw materials and a glass of freshly boiled water.

Such tea can be added to the usual, Kuril (), orthosiphon or drink teaspoons 3-4 times daily.

Infusion on vodka

Pour fresh kidneys with vodka into the floor of a liter glass container (the optimal ratio is 50/50).

The infusion process with a tightly closed lid lasts 10 days, and it is better to do this in a warm place.

Strain the resulting alcohol solution and take 15 drops of the medicine diluted in warm water on an empty stomach.

sugar mixture

You can improve the bitter taste of the kidneys by mixing them with sugar or honey.

Adults will love this delicacy. and especially children.

The sweetish mixture crushed into cereals is especially good in winter, for the prevention of beriberi and strengthening the body.

Pine bud elixir

It is not difficult to prepare it: 100 g of kidneys are brewed with boiling water.
Boiling is continued until a fivefold decrease in the initial volume of water.

It is more pleasant to take the elixir with sugar or honey - 50-100 ml before meals.

Coniferous baths

This is one of the most pleasant ways to use pine buds. To enhance the effect, it is customary to add coniferous needles to the composition.

Baths are indispensable for anxiety and depression, they calm the nerves, inspire optimism and a sense of self-confidence.

Jam

This is a real gourmet treat. Healing jam from buds and young shoots is especially useful for pneumonia and colds, and is generally beneficial for the body.

Washed shoots and buds taken in half a kilogram are boiled with three glasses of water for 20 minutes.

Then the resulting mixture is infused for a day, filtered, squeezed and boiled again with four glasses of sugar.

The key to a successful recipe is constant stirring and a slow fire.

When the sugar is completely dissolved, you can pour the pine brew into jars, placing a valuable product on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

We have described the properties of pine buds and some of their medicinal properties. Before using tinctures, decoctions and other folk remedies, consult your doctor.

How and when to collect, and also what recipes based on pine buds help from, see the proposed video.

Pine buds are a medicinal plant material that has been used in folk medicine since ancient times. Today it is recognized as such and standard medical practice. A number of useful properties have been experimentally studied, thanks to which the kidneys help to cope with many ailments and recover from serious illnesses. One of the effective remedies is tincture, and you will learn how to prepare and take it further.

Medicinal properties of tincture on pine buds

Pine buds are very young shoots, from which new branches subsequently develop. In order for this process to take place as intensively as possible, plants first collect in the kidneys a volumetric reserve of active elements that are also useful for the human body.

To appreciate the full potential of this natural medicine, it is worth considering in detail what beneficial substances it contains and how they affect health.

Significant elements of pine buds are:

essential oil	serves as a source for relieving fatigue and exhaustion, tones up, restores emotional strength, helps to restore the immune system after illnesses
resinous substances	contribute to the normalization of the activity of the autonomic and nervous systems, improve the condition of patients with bronchial asthma and tuberculosis
tannins	create a protective shell on the gastrointestinal mucosa, thereby preventing inflammatory processes, cleanse the intestines, are a natural antibiotic
vitamins C, K, B2	stimulants to start immune processes, are important for the normal growth and development of tissue cells, blood vessels, have a general strengthening effect in various diseases
tannin	a substance that slows down the death of nerve cells, and is also capable of restoring brain cells damaged during a stroke
pinipicrin	element that improves digestion and appetite
potassium	an essential element in the functioning of the kidneys, liver, heart, and also its vessels, prevents the accumulation of sodium salts and, as a result, the development of sclerosis, takes part in the saturation of cells with oxygen
calcium	the well-known basic building material of bone tissues, a sufficient level of which in the body ensures the stability of the cardiovascular and nervous systems, muscle contraction, normal production of hormones and enzymes
magnesium	helps protect the body from infections, has an anti-inflammatory effect, controls the normal functioning of the heart and the cardiac cycle in general
iron	takes an active part in hematopoiesis, the work of the respiratory tract, serves to create an oxygen reserve in the body
nickel	improves kidney and pituitary function, increases insulin productivity, promotes hormonal regulation

Such an impressive list of useful elements leaves no doubt that folk remedies made on the basis of rudimentary pine shoots are really capable of healing the human body, strengthening the immune system and thereby protecting against various ailments. Medicines are prepared in various forms - it can be infusions, decoctions, and if there is a lot of material, then you can even prepare a delicious syrup or jam.

Did you know?The properties of pine rudiments were appreciated in antiquity. For example, in Egypt, an extract from them served as an important component in embalming.

Among the people, a tincture of pine buds, which is prepared with alcohol or vodka, has earned considerable popularity. The advantage of this healing agent is that it can be stored for a long period of time, used both for internal use and as a rubbing, compress for bruises, sprains.

And you should also know that alcohol at times enhances the effect of essential oils. The tincture has excellent antimicrobial, antiviral, anti-inflammatory and wound healing properties. It also helps to increase the overall tone of the body, calm the nervous system, get rid of headaches.

Application

With the help of various means made on the basis of pine shoots, which have an expectorant and bactericidal effect, respiratory diseases are treated. Drugs also have diuretic and weak choleretic properties, so they are recommended for use in inflammation of the tissues of the bladder, urolithiasis.

Did you know?Pine buds help reduce appetite for people who are overweight. For this 3–4 pieces should be chewed thoroughly before eating.

With bronchitis and rheumatism, a decoction helps well. To prepare it, you need 2 tbsp. l. pine buds pour 500 ml of water and put the pan in a water bath, where the product should be heated for half an hour. Next, the broth must be removed from the fire, cooled and filtered. Inside, this remedy is taken 3 times a day, 100 ml for each dose.

If the remedy is used to treat angina or ARVI, it is recommended to add honey to taste to the cooled liquid. By the way, water can be replaced with milk. In diseases of the respiratory tract, you can use this decoction to do inhalation.

With various types of skin diseases and, again, with rheumatism, baths with the addition of decoction effectively help. It is necessary to pour 500 g of kidneys into 5 liters of water and heat in a water bath for 30 minutes. Then the liquid should be filtered and added to the bath while bathing.

In the treatment of diseases associated with the urinary system, and with kidney stones, infusions are used. For this, 1 tbsp. l. kidneys fall asleep in a thermos and pour 2 tbsp. boiling water. The remedy needs to be infused for 5-7 hours (it is better if you brew it in the evening and leave it all night). Then it should be filtered and taken 3 times a day for half a cup 30 minutes before meals daily.

If there is no thermos, you can use a jar with a tight lid. Previously, shoots are poured into the pan, poured with water and brought to a boil, and then poured into a jar, corked and insisted for the same period of time.

How to collect pine buds

Pine buds are located at the tops of the main trunk, as well as at the tips of the side branches. It can be one kidney or several, collected in a kind of "crown", covered with scales. In a group, as a rule, one largest and several smaller lateral ones stand out.

The color of the material is brown with a reddish tint, and the average length is 2–4 cm.

Buds on pines begin to swell in late winter or early spring - this is the period that is favorable for collecting material. If you want to harvest in large volumes, give preference to logging sites, where forest material can be collected from cut branches. The work is done with a sharp knife or scissors.

After collection, the material must be dried well. Please note that ovens, ovens and special dryers are not suitable for drying. With high heat treatment, many elements of the shoots are destroyed, lose their properties. It is best to spread the kidneys in a thin layer on paper and leave in a ventilated area, such as an attic or veranda.

The drying period lasts about 2 weeks, after which the material is poured into a jar, the lid is tightly closed so that there is no contact with air and moisture. Store the kidneys in a cool place - so they will be usable for 2 years.

Important!When collecting buds from growing pines, in no case do not touch the tops-cut off only from the side branches. By removing the top from the main shoot, you will cripple the pine and make it impossible for it to grow.

Vodka tincture recipe

Pine shoot tincture can be prepared in many ways. It should be noted that cooking it with alcohol requires a rather long period of time, so it is better to do this in advance, before the onset of cold weather.

Video: medicinal tincture on pine buds

The most popular ways:

1. To make a remedy, you need to prepare: 2 liter jars, 0.5 liters of vodka, 8 tbsp. l. kidneys, 1 lemon, 300 g of honey. Pour 4 tbsp into one jar. l. pine rudiments, pour vodka, close with a nylon lid. Pour the remaining 4 tbsp into another jar. l. kidneys, pour 200 ml of boiled water, add the juice of one lemon, honey, close. Send both jars to a dark place to infuse for 2 weeks. After this time, uncork the jars, strain their contents and mix in one container (preferably glass). Seal the bottle tightly and leave in the refrigerator for another 1 month, after which you can start treatment. This tincture is drunk as an aid in the fight against colds, viral diseases, bronchitis, tonsillitis, taking 5 times a day, 1 tbsp. l. It is also useful to use it to strengthen the immune system - for this, it is enough to drink 1 tbsp 3 times a day before meals. l. funds.
2. Finely chop the pine buds and fill a third of a liter jar with them. Pour the remaining volume with alcohol or vodka, close tightly with a lid and put the jar in a warm place for 7-8 days. The container must be shaken regularly. Tincture is taken in the treatment of diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, tuberculosis. The best results can be achieved if you undergo a course of treatment for 45-60 days, taking 1 tbsp. l. 3 times a day. Do not abuse a longer intake - after 2 months it is recommended to take a break for 3-5 weeks. This version of the tincture is also good for use as compresses, rubbing for joint and muscle pain, severe bruises.

Important!If medical alcohol is used in the preparation process, then it should be diluted to 40% vodka.

When not to use

Before starting treatment with pine buds, you should definitely consult your doctor. Reception is not recommended for diseases such as hepatitis and glomerular nephritis (glomerulonephritis). You can not engage in such self-medication during pregnancy and lactation. Reception of tincture is also contraindicated for children.

Another danger lies in the preparation of medicinal products based on overripe rudiments. This can provoke such unpleasant consequences as allergies in the form of a skin rash, nausea, dizziness. If you are not sure that you can collect the material correctly, it is better to purchase dried kidneys in a pharmacy, which are sold regardless of the season.

Pine buds are a gift of nature, bringing great benefits to man. But, when starting to harvest, you should always remember that the source of this raw material - Scotch pine - must be treated very carefully, not to cut too many buds and tops in order to save this beautiful and useful tree.