Pine is a coniferous plant with a lot of useful properties, and each part of the tree can benefit our body. Due to its oily structure, pine cones are used to treat cough. What medicines can be prepared based on this ingredient and how to use them, read on.

Healing properties

A cone is the fruit of a conifer, ripening on it for more than one year. During this process, it absorbs a large amount of nutrients.

Did you know? Pine wood is used to make artificial silk and leatherette.

Most of them are concentrated in small seeds - they contain the healing power that comes from such components:

• lipids;
• gland;
• acids;
• mineral salts;
• essential oils;
• resins;
• vitamins of groups B, C, P, K;
• pinicrine.

Due to this unique composition, cones have the following properties:

• antiseptic;
• painkillers;
• expectorant;
• diuretic;

• restorative.

Because of this, the raw material found its application in:

• bronchitis;
• tuberculosis;
• coughing
• pneumonia;
• a cold
• anemia
• severe vitamin deficiency;
• rheumatism and other joint problems;
• kidney and thyroid problems.

Video: the beneficial properties of cones

Cough Bump Recipes

Diseases of the upper respiratory tract can be effectively treated with decoctions, infusions and other products prepared from young pine cones.

Syrup

Syrup is the type of medicine that will appeal to any child due to its sweet taste.

Important! For the preparation of various cough remedies, it is advisable to use green fruits, since they have the highest concentration of nutrients and they are still soft.

With honey

For this medicine, you need 2/3 of a three-liter jar of cones and 900 g of honey.

1. The main component should be sorted out, rinse well and put in a jar.
2. Pour honey on top.
3. The entire contents of the jar must be thoroughly mixed.
4. Cork the bank and put it in a sunny place for 3-4 months.
5. During this time, you need to turn the jar several times and shake its contents daily to mix it.

The finished medicine is taken according to 1 tbsp. l before meals three times a day.

With lemon juice

For the recipe you will need 80–90 pcs. cones, 1000 g of sugar, 1 tsp. of lemon juice and a liter of water.

1. The main ingredient must be thoroughly washed, poured with water, boiled and boiled for 20 minutes over low heat.
2. Set aside for 24 hours.
3. Then add sugar and boil until it thickens (about 90 minutes).
4. Add juice, mix, pour into clean jars and store in the refrigerator.

Such a drug is taken in the morning and evening for 1 tbsp. along with tea.

On sugar and water

Cooking:

1. It is necessary to rinse a kilogram of cones, add water and leave for 10 minutes.
2. Drain the liquid.
3. Combining sugar with water, boil the resulting substance for 10 minutes.
4. Add the coniferous component and boil for 3 hours on low heat under the lid, stirring occasionally and removing the foam.
5. Pour the finished drug into banks, wrap and cool. Send to storage in the refrigerator.

On sugar without water

Recipe:

1. Sort and rinse the main component, cut into thin circles.
2. Pour sugar, mix.
3. Insist 14 days in a tightly closed container in a dark place.

Keep refrigerated. Take after a meal with tea, 1 tbsp. l

Jam

Very tasty and healing jam is obtained. It is best to use small pine cones the size of a hazelnut. For the drug, you need to select the whole product, wash it and pour cold water overnight.

Important! For cooking, it is advisable to collect green cones before the beginning of July.

When making jam, sugar and water are used in a ratio of 1 kg / 1 l:

1. It is necessary to combine all the components, boil and boil for five minutes. Set aside to insist.
2. The next day and every other day, repeat the described manipulations. Be sure to always remove the foam when cooking.
3. Ready healthy treats need to be poured into banks and sent to the refrigerator.

Used by 1 tbsp. per day for preventive purposes. For treatment - 2 tbsp. morning and evening. These are doses for an adult, for children - half as much. In folk medicine, a sweet medicine is used for cough, bronchitis, flu, tonsillitis, as well as gastrointestinal problems.

Decoction

Pine cones are also used to obtain a healthy decoction. It is best to cook it on the basis of milk, as it has a softening effect, which facilitates the condition of the patient with a strong cough.

1. You need 500 ml of milk, preferably homemade, bring to a boil.
2. Pour in her phytocomponent and boil for 20 minutes.
3. Leave for 25 minutes, strain.

Take warm with the addition of a teaspoon of honey. The indicated volume of medication should be divided into seven days. Store it in the refrigerator.

Tincture

For tincture, you need to use raw materials collected away from the roads, from May to June.

1. It is necessary to grind 100 g of cones and pour 0.5 l of 70% alcohol or vodka.
2. Insist for two weeks and strain.

Consume 1 tbsp. three times a day, diluting 50 ml of water. The duration of the course is 30 days.

Contraindications

• At first glance, a safe product has some contraindications:
• pregnancy and breastfeeding;
• acute form of hepatitis;
• kidney disease
• diabetes;
• under 7 years old and over 60 years old.

Be sure to consult a doctor before starting treatment. It should also be borne in mind that the shelf life of elixirs is one year.

Did you know? Tallest pines — Lambert. The oldest representatives of the species reach a height of 70–80 meters.

Evergreen beauty pine - a storehouse of nutrients. Its healing properties have been used since ancient times. Despite the sufficient development of traditional medicine, medicines based on phyto-raw materials are successfully used to treat problems with the respiratory tract.