Many, getting into the forest, begin to inhale with pleasure the magical smell of coniferous trees. But not everyone knows that you can collect pine needles yourself and make an amazing drink at home. We will tell you what useful properties pine tea has, and how it can be dangerous for the body.

The drink restores the human body and stops aging. Studies have shown that tea can even fight tumors. Here are some useful elements included in pine needles:

1. Vitamin A. It helps improve eyesight.
2. Vitamin C. Helps increase immunity and fight flu and colds.
3. Vitamins B1, B2 and B3.
4. Calcium.
5. Sodium.
6. Iron.
7. Phosphorus.
8. Potassium.

Many people add the bark of the same tree to pine needle tea. It contains powerful antioxidants. Also, the composition of the bark protects human cells and restores them.

Useful properties of pine tea

• For colds and severe coughs.
• At the time of sclerosis.
• Helps with any visual impairment.
• Treats heart disease.
• Relieves fatigue and stress.
• It is used for diseases in the kidneys and in the bladder.
• Invigorates and tones the body.
• Reduces weight, copes well with obesity.
• Rejuvenates the body.
• It is prescribed for arthrosis and rheumatism.
• Removes allergies.
• Fights headaches.
• Improves the condition of the skin and hair.

How to use pine tea?

The drink can be consumed daily for the prevention of disease and for vigor. It is best to drink tea during the cold season when there is a high chance of catching the flu. Even if you just inhale the smell of fresh pine needle tea, it will increase immunity and will remove mucus from the lungs at the time of coughing. Doctors noted that acid from pine needles is often used in pharmaceutical preparations against influenza. And drinking tea in its pure form, without the addition of chemicals, is the best solution for the disease.

Doctors were able to prove that pine tea in the early stages of cancer would be an effective medicine. The composition of the needles includes antimutagenic and antiproliferative trace elements. They stop the growth of any tumor and eliminate it. Experts are doing a lot of research to introduce the composition of coniferous needles into anti-cancer drugs.

Pine needle tea contraindications

The drink will bring harm only if it is used incorrectly. Doctors categorically forbid pregnant women from drinking coniferous tea. The reaction of the drink can lead to a miscarriage or to health problems for the unborn baby.

Sometimes a person has a banal allergy to pine needles. If you drank tea and felt worse, weakness appeared in the body, then you need to stop drinking the broth and immediately visit the doctor.

How to prepare a drink?

A young pine is suitable for collecting needles. From it, tea will turn out more fragrant and healthy. Rinse the needles thoroughly at home and chop with a knife. Pour the needles with water and boil over medium heat for about twenty minutes. After that, tea should be infused for half an hour. The drink is allowed to infuse for a long time, for example, two days. Lemon or honey can be added to pine tea.

Now you know that pine needle tea has a lot of useful properties. It is suitable for the prevention and treatment of many diseases. It is important to always consult a doctor and take a drink only for its intended purpose.

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Useful properties of needles

The natural benefits of pine needles, fir, spruce and other coniferous trees for health promotion have long been known. It is known that we hardly use this available raw material, although we can pick up needles in the forest, brew them and drink the broth like tea.

We know from school that coniferous trees purify the air from pathogenic bacteria, up to Koch's wand. In addition, the needles contain vitamins C (7 times more than in lemon), K, P, group B, antioxidants, minerals, organic acids and other substances. All this allows us to make our body healthier and fight ailments and diseases.

Today we will talk about the benefits of pine needles, although many parts of pine are used in traditional medicine - needles, cones, pollen and bark.

Needles in folk medicine

Among the people, decoctions of pine needles are used for diseases of the upper and lower respiratory tract, rheumatism, skin diseases, as a vitamin, choleretic agent, immunostimulant and antidepressant. Pine needle tea supports normal metabolism in the body.

Here are a few options for coniferous drink (tea):

Recipe number 1 coniferous tea

Place 1 cup of chopped pine needles in an enamel bowl and pour 0.6 liters. boiling water. Then we cook the needles over low heat for 10-15 minutes, we insist the broth for several hours, filter and drink this tea during the day.

Recipe number 2 coniferous tea

In an enamel bowl we place 5 tbsp. spoons of crushed needles, 2 - 3 tbsp. spoons of crushed rose hips and 2 tbsp. spoons of onion peel. All pour 0.7 liters of water, bring to a boil and cook over low heat for 10 - 15 minutes. We insist the broth for several hours, filter and drink instead of water.

Recipe Notes

In coniferous tea according to these recipes, you can add honey (or sugar) and lemon. Such tea tastes good and gives energy, activates metabolism, is useful for beriberi, colds, coughs and SARS.

Folk healer Valery Tishchenko advises tea from needles as an anticancer agent, since needles prevent intoxication of the body and remove radionuclides.

Contraindications

Recall that coniferous teas should not be consumed in the stage of exacerbation of diseases, with severe diseases of the liver and kidneys, heart, during pregnancy.

Collection and storage of needles

Traditional healers advise collecting needles in autumn, winter or spring, when they have more vitamin C. You should only take a pinch of needles from the very end of the branches. The needles are cut with scissors into pieces of 2 cm and dried on paper. It is better to keep dried needles in paper bags in the refrigerator - then its properties will be preserved for 3 years.

Once in the forest, we inhale the coniferous aroma with pleasure. But since time immemorial, pine needles have been used to treat many diseases. Decoctions and infusions based on it were used in Ancient Greece and Russia. Pine needles are a real natural pharmacy with a high content of nutrients that help fight ailments. The needles of spruce, fir, larch, pine are equally useful.

The beneficial properties of coniferous tea are known firsthand in Siberia. People living in the Far North have been saved by tea from pine needles from scurvy more than once. The decoction is good for other diseases:

• with bronchitis, colds;
• with sclerosis;
• with problems with the kidneys, bladder;
• with varicose veins;
• with heart problems;
• with visual impairment.

Tea made from coniferous needles helps to maintain clarity of mind, slows down the aging process, and has a healing effect on the entire body. In recent years, studies have been conducted on the effect of coniferous tea on reducing the growth of cancerous tumors.

The composition of the needles

• Vitamin A. This vitamin is the main antioxidant, it affects the production of erythrocytes in the blood, it is necessary for good vision, improved hair condition.
• Vitamin C. Pine needles and bark are rich in this vitamin. It is easily removed when brewing.
• B group vitamins.
• Minerals: phosphorus, sodium, calcium.

The bark of coniferous trees contains many complex flavonoids. The proanthocyanidins found in the bark are a powerful class of antioxidants. They strengthen blood vessels and the heart, prevent cell damage.

Coniferous tea for prevention

Tea with needles is used not only for the treatment of diseases, it is effective for preventive purposes. Due to the high content of vitamin C, it is useful for the prevention of scurvy. During the cold season, spruce tea protects against the flu, as the needles contain shikimic acid.

A decoction of coniferous needles prevents the appearance of plaques by cleansing the blood vessels. Improves smooth muscle function. It can be taken to relieve fatigue, headache, get rid of depression, improve health.

How to make pine tea: health recipes

vitamin drink

4 cups pine, spruce or cedar needles
620 ml cold water.
2 teaspoons lemon juice.

Cold way. Before preparing the drink, it is necessary to rinse the needles under running water. Grind the needles with scissors and pour water acidified with lemon juice. Place the container in a dark place for three days, then strain.

Hot way. 200 g of needles, previously washed and chopped, are poured into 620 ml of water, rubbed, lemon juice is added. The broth should be boiled in a water bath under a lid for about half an hour, then infused for at least three hours. The broth is filtered, and the vitamin drink can be drunk.

Taiga tea

Needles of spruce, pine or cedar.
Dried lingonberry, raspberry and fireweed leaves.
Oregano herb.

Place chopped pine needles and herbs in a teapot with boiling water. Leave the infusion for 10 minutes. The broth is drunk hot, adding natural honey to taste.

Classic coniferous tea recipe

You can use the needles of any coniferous tree growing in Russia. These are pine, spruce, fir and cedar. It is better to take fresh needles, it provides a richer taste.

Dirt is removed from the needles, they are washed from dust, cut into small pieces. The prepared raw material is poured with boiled water and boiled over low heat for twenty minutes. Removed from the stove and infused for a while. After straining, coniferous broth can be sweetened with natural honey.

How to harvest needles and store

Collection of pine and spruce needles can be done throughout the year. It is better to use needles of growth of one year. For long-term storage, needles of coniferous trees can be dried or frozen. For freezing, ordinary food containers or bags are used, where chopped needles are placed.

It should be remembered that the needles contain a large amount of carotene, which evaporates at a storage temperature above 8-10°C. There is no loss of carotene if the temperature regime is kept at 5°C.

Needles can be dried in an electric dryer or outdoors. Dried pine needles should be stored in a cool, dry place.

Who is contraindicated coniferous decoction

Coniferous drink should not be taken during pregnancy. In case of chronic diseases of the internal organs, a consultation with the attending physician is necessary.

In other cases, tea with a pleasant coniferous aroma can be drunk in moderation. To raise immunity, a vitamin drink is taken in courses, avoiding long-term use.

After all, it is a natural cure for so many diseases. In the forests, it is one of the most ancient trees. According to scientists, this tree has been growing here since the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era. Spruce needles have truly wonderful healing properties. They have not yet invented such pills that in a short time could produce such a powerful and complex healing effect on the human body that does not have any side effects. It is such a "pill" that spruce needles are.

Spruce and its extraordinary healing properties

It has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, analgesic, choleretic, antiscorbutic and diuretic effects. It is spruce needles that contain most amino acids, including essential ones, minerals, as well as salts of cobalt, manganese, iron, copper, chromium. Carotene in needles 140:320 mg/kg, vitamins E - 350:360 mg/kg, C - 300 mg/kg in winter and 250 mg/kg in summer. If needles are stored at temperatures below +5 °C, then all these substances remain unchanged for the entire storage period.

Needles can be harvested for future use , and it is better to do it in winter (more vitamin C). It is dried and stored in tightly closed jars in a dark, dry place. One kilogram of dry spruce needles contains the following substances (numbers are shown through the dividing line harvesting in summer / harvesting in winter): vitamins P - 900:2300 mg / 2180:3810 mg, K - 12/20 mg, PP - 142/29 mg, H - 0.06/0.15 mg, B1 - 8/19 mg, B2 - 7/5 mg, B3 - 16/28 mg,
B6 - 1, 1/2 mg, as well as minerals and trace elements.

The use of spruce for medicinal purposes

For medicinal purposes, young tops of branches with buds, resin-rosin, immature seed "female" cones, needles and turpentine are used. Collection times vary. Young tops of branches are harvested after wintering in May, and immature cones and resin in June - September.

How to distinguish "male" (with pollen) spruce cones from "female" (seed)? After all, it is precisely immature "female" ones that need to be collected for use for medicinal purposes. In the spring, both "female" and "male" cones appear on the branches of the spruce. Usually this time falls on the period of flowering bird cherry. "Female" cones are extremely beautiful and very noticeable on the tree: they are bright red in color, the size of a thimble. The usual location of these cones is at the ends of the branches in the upper part of the spruce crown. They "look" up. An adult "female" spruce cone is large and brown.

"Male" bumps are even smaller than women's ones. They are red or greenish-yellow. Pollen ripens in them - a fine yellow powder. They are not suitable for medicinal purposes. Pollinated "female" cones ripen in the first year. But the cones open at the end of winter, and therefore they must be collected closer to autumn, unripe and unopened.

Needles are a source of biologically active substances. Coniferous greens contain valuable components: chlorophyll, vitamins, macro- and microelements, phytohormones, phytoncides. You are probably thinking: “Why should collect needles in winter ? But because immediately after the first frosts in green needles, the content of vitamin C rises sharply, and decreases in summer. And one more thing: keep the collected needles in a cool place. Storing spruce needles for a month at temperatures above 10 ° leads to a loss of 35% of nutrients.

Folk methods and recipes for treatment

Coniferous baths . They are used to relieve severe fatigue, nervous excitement, improve blood supply to internal organs, relieve inflammation of a different nature, as well as relieve pain syndromes in menopause, stomach ulcers, and joint pain. To prepare such a bath, two handfuls of pine needles are poured with one liter of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, the broth is filtered and poured into the prepared bath. The bath is taken for 12:15 minutes. The water temperature is 37:38 degrees Celsius. Full course of treatment 15:20 procedures. After the bath, you should take a shower.

Infusion of spruce cones. It is used for diseases of angina, laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, rhinitis and chronic tonsillitis. Unripe "female" spruce cones are crushed, poured with boiling water and boiled for 30 minutes with constant stirring. After removing from heat, the mixture is infused for another 15 minutes, then filtered through a three-layer gauze. The result is a brown liquid with an astringent taste and a pleasant smell of pine needles. It is used for mouthwash and inhalation. When carrying out inhalation procedures, at least 20 milliliters of this mixture is used, preheated to 60 degrees Celsius. Inhalation time 10 minutes.

Pine tea. It is extremely useful for beriberi, frequent colds, lingering coughs and as a natural remedy for maintaining normal metabolism in the human body. It is an excellent expectorant, choleretic, diuretic and diaphoretic. Rinse a tablespoon of needles with boiled water, pour a glass of boiling water and boil for another 20 minutes. Strain the tea through a three-layer gauze, cool and drink throughout the day. You can add sugar, and honey is even better.

A decoction of spruce buds. It is used to improve the processes of hematopoiesis, with joint and muscle pain, with chronic bronchitis, for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is prepared and applied in the same way as coniferous tea.

Infusion of spruce buds on alcohol. It is used for inflammatory diseases of the upper respiratory tract in the form of external rubbing and warming compresses. This infusion in pharmacies is quite rare, as it is in high demand among a certain part of our population. It is easy to prepare at home. To do this, place 250 grams of young spruce buds in a dark glass vessel and pour half a liter of 40:45 degree vodka into them. Close the vessel tightly and place in a dark, dry place. Ten days later, the infusion is ready for use. In a dark place, such an infusion can be stored for up to a year or more without loss of medicinal properties.

To improve eyesight drink a decoction of pine needles: pour 5 tablespoons of crushed needles of pine needles into 500 ml of boiling water, soak in a water bath for 20-30 minutes, leave overnight. In the morning, strain and drink a tablespoon 3-4 times a day after meals.

Stroke - drink pine tea.

On a three-liter kettle, take a liter jar of spruce or pine needles with twigs, pour boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. You can add a few different herbs: knotweed, currant leaf, raspberry leaf. Leave the broth until the morning, so that it is infused. You can drink this tea as much as you like: with jam, sweets, honey, sugar, but always with lemon.
Such tea cleanses the cardiovascular system, removes radionuclides, heals the kidneys, restores the entire body. The full course of treatment is 4-5 months.
Juice from young pine needles
Medicinal juice can be obtained from the needles of cedar, pine, fir, spruce, cedar dwarf. To do this, young shoots that are harvested no later than May 15 should be washed well in cold water and spread out on a towel to dry. Then the needles are placed in a glass jar: a layer of needles, a layer of sugar, and so on, to the very top. The last layer should be sugar. A 5-liter jar consumes 1.5 kg of sugar. Leave the jar overnight, and in the morning mix the pine needles and sugar in the jar with a wooden spoon and, tying the neck of the jar with a clean cloth, put it in the sun. The contents of the banks insist 10 days. In this case, the needles will gradually begin to rise up, and the juice will be at the bottom. On the 11th day, the juice is poured into bottles, tightly closed with stoppers, and stored at room temperature.
In folk medicine, such coniferous juice is used to treat asthma, tuberculosis, inflammation of the lungs, bronchi, trachea, weakened blood vessels and the heart.

Folk recipes describe several ways to prepare healing drinks from pine needles.

Here are just a few of them.
1. Finely chop 40-50 g of needles (spruce, pine, fir, juniper) with a knife, pour 1 liter of boiling water and insist in an enamel bowl for 15-20 minutes. Then add a liter of chilled boiled water, filter and keep for 5-6 hours in the cold. Drain carefully without shaking the sediment. IN
water, you can add citric acid, sugar and drink 0.5 tbsp. 4-5 times a day.
2. Pour 40-50 g of needles into 2 liters of water in an enamel bowl. Add 1 tbsp. chopped onion peel and 1 tsp. chopped licorice root, then boil over low heat for 20 minutes. Add 2 tbsp. mashed rose hips and boil for another half a minute.
The resulting broth insist in a thermos for 10-12 hours. Then strain, bring to a boil again, cool and refrigerate. You can drink up to 1 liter per day. This product will boost your immunity
and make up for the lack of vitamins in the body.

3. Take fresh spruce needles pass through a meat grinder, pack in plastic bags for 1 tbsp. spoon (make sure that the juice does not flow out) and store in freezer.
To prepare a healing potion, take out a briquette with needles, pour a glass of boiled chilled water and leave for 3 hours in a dark place. Then stir, strain, wring out raw materials.
Drink 1/4-1/3 cup infusion 3-4 times a day before or after meals. This coniferous drink is rich in vitamins and microelements, useful for cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infectious and inflammatory diseases, thrombophlebitis, atherosclerosis, prostate adenoma, prostatitis, diseases of the kidneys, liver, urinary and gall bladders, tinnitus, hernia, urolithiasis and cholelithiasis, helps with weakening of vision, mastopathy and uterine fibroids, treats hemorrhoids, perfectly relieves fatigue.

Recipe for external use : 5 bags of needles pour 0.5-0.7 liters of boiled cooled water, let it brew for at least 3 hours in a dark place. Then stir, strain, wring out the raw material.
Use the resulting infusion for compresses, lotions, washes, rinses for diseases of the oral cavity, larynx and nasopharynx, as well as for rubbing, preparing sitz baths for hemorrhoids, irritation, itching, inflammation and other skin problems, including acne, wounds and abrasions.
For the treatment of paralysis apply recumbent coniferous baths and poultices.
15 frozen bags with needles should be insisted in cool water, stir, strain, squeeze the raw material. Pour the infusion into a bath with warm water. The procedure should be carried out once a week for 15-20 minutes.
To make poultices, take half a glass of coniferous mass (defrost it first), heat it to a hot state, attach it to a sore spot, cover it with polyethylene on top and tie it with a warm scarf.
Keep doing this until you get positive results. Poultices do at night, remove the bandage in the morning and wash the problem area of ​​​​the body with warm water.
Poultices with needles are effective for hernia, gout, varicose veins, osteoarticular and inflammatory diseases.
Hot poultices should not be made on the tumor, in which case only room temperature poultices can be used.
With a non-healing trophic ulcer soak a cotton swab with pine needles juice, apply to a sore spot, cover with compress paper on top and bandage.
Also with the help of juice they treat psoriasis, boils.

Remedy for a hundred ailments . As a preventive measure for many diseases, including oncology , wash the needles in warm, and then in cold water. Finely cut the needles with scissors and cover with sugar in a glass jar 4:1. This spruce "jam" can be stored until the summer. From it you can prepare a coniferous drink: 2 tbsp. "Sweet needles" pour 4 tbsp. cold boiled water, insist for three days, strain and drink 0.5 tbsp. twice a day in courses of three to five days.

Vitamin infusion from spruce needles. It is applied as restorative and antiscorbutic. One tenth of a glass of spruce needles, together with a small amount of cold boiled water, grind in a mortar with a pestle. Pour this pounded needles with a glass of boiling water, add lemon juice or citric acid (slightly acidify) and boil for 20:30 minutes. The ratio of needles and water should always be 1:10. After boiling, insist for 3 hours, then strain. Take 1/3 of a glass twice a day after meals.

Spruce decoction with milk . Used to treat scurvy, intermittent body aches, skin rashes and inflammation of the respiratory system. 30 grams of young spruce shoots or immature unopened shoots are taken<женских>fir cones. They are finely crushed and poured with a liter of milk. Milk is brought to a boil and the whole mixture is boiled over low heat for 10 minutes. The broth is filtered, divided into three equal parts and drunk during one day: morning, afternoon and evening.

Spruce ointment. It is applied for rapid healing of ulcers, wounds, pustules. An equal amount of spruce resin, honey, yellow wax and sunflower or hemp oil is taken. All components are thoroughly mixed, heated on fire. In the process of cooling to the temperature of the human body, a viscous mixture is formed. This is spruce ointment. It is applied to the affected areas.

Recipes

Tuberculosis. Porridge from spruce needles (you can take pine and fir) mixed in equal parts with honey (by weight) and leave in a cool dark place for 2 weeks, stirring occasionally. Drain the honey-pine juice, squeeze out the rest, take 2 tablespoons in the morning on an empty stomach. Store juice in the refrigerator.

with prolonged cough make a mixture of spruce resin and yellow wax (one weight part of each component), melt the mixture, cool, put pieces of the mixture on hot coals, inhale the released vapors.

expectorant for children: 1 kg of young spruce cones, 1 liter of water, 1 kg of sugar, simmer for 30-40 minutes. Pour into jars and roll up. Take 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day.

infusion of spruce cones: cones are poured with boiled water (at the rate of 1: 5), boiled for 30 minutes, stirring, infused for 15 minutes, filtered through 3 layers of gauze. A brown liquid is obtained, astringent in taste, with the smell of pine needles. For inhalations, an infusion heated to 60-80 ° C is used: 20-30 ml per procedure for adults.

Pine needles were used by residents of besieged Leningrad. The method of its use as a valuable source of vitamin C was developed by AD Bezzubov, an employee of the Research Institute of the Vitamin Industry and a consultant to the Leningrad Front. The needles were crushed, poured with a solution of citric acid, filtered. On an industrial scale, coniferous tincture was made at the LIVIZ plant (the oldest distillery). This drink saved the city from scurvy. As a source of vitamins in winter, pine was used by the peoples of North America and Siberia.

What is the use, composition

The beneficial properties of pine needles are due not only to the high content of vitamin C (25 times more than in potatoes) and carotene (close to carrots).

Organic acids, in particular benzoic, steroids, flavonoids, lipoids, proteins, glycosides, enzymes, lignins, tannins, terpenes and terpene alcohols, phytosterol, essential oil, other vitamins (a lot of vitamin E, PP, B, K) and minerals make its valuable raw material, actively used in pharmacology (mainly for vitamin preparations), aromatherapy, perfumery.

The combination of substances is quite complex, and despite serious scientific research (for example, N. I. Nikitina, I. M. Orlova), the exact composition is still not known thoroughly. It is possible to single out groups of substances, but it is impossible to indicate fluctuations in their content depending on various factors (soil, place of growth, conditions, tree age). But research has prospects: needles of coniferous plants are a potentially rich source of biologically active substances.

Interesting: the chemical composition of the young needles of pine and spruce is almost identical.

Pine needles use in folk medicine

• The use of pine needles is extensive. This is due to the rich composition and powerful antioxidant properties of raw materials. Below is a short list of indications:
• Avitaminosis. Infusions and decoctions are a valuable source of vitamins.
• Hypoxia. To make up for the lack of oxygen in the tissues, they drink an infusion.
• Diseases of the female and male reproductive organs. Use infusions and decoctions inside.
• Like a diuretic. A decoction is applied inside.
• As an external agent with disinfectant, healing and tonic properties for furunculosis, burns, ulcers, postoperative sutures. Use decoctions, ointments.
• For the treatment of dental diseases: bleeding gums, stomatitis, periodontal disease. As a means for fresher breath.
• As an immune booster for colds, SARS, acute respiratory infections, flu. Apply decoctions, inhalations.
• As an external and internal remedy, especially as part of tea, it is effective for depression, neurosis, and reduced tone.
• Pain in the joints, rheumatism, sciatica - baths, poultices.

A decoction of pine needles

A decoction is a convenient way to extract nutrients from such a tough raw material (due to its high cellulose content) as needles. Contrary to popular belief, boiling water does not destroy vitamin C; its molecules are destroyed at a temperature of 180°C. In all recipes, pre-prepare the needles: rinse with cold water, chop (cut with scissors, crush in a meat grinder).

Decoction recipe number 1

Pour 50 g of properly prepared raw materials with 2 liters of boiling water. Boil, adding 1 tsp. chopped licorice root and 1 tbsp. l. finely chopped onion peel. After 20 minutes, add rose hips in the amount of 2 tbsp. l. Mash the berries first. Wrap tightly and let stand for 12 hours. For the treatment and prevention of radiation sickness, drink the decoction abundantly, in two days you need to drink at least 5 liters.

Decoction recipe number 2

Shredded raw materials - 5 tbsp. l., onion peel - 2 tbsp. l., fresh rose hips (pre-crush them until juice appears) - 3 tbsp. l. Mix everything, pour 1 liter of boiling water, boil for 15 minutes. Strain the finished broth. Take 100 g in one dose before meals once a day. The decoction cleanses the blood vessels, acts as a prevention of atherosclerosis.

Decoction recipe number 3

Pour 400 ml (2 cups) boiled water 5 tbsp. l. crushed needles. Let stand 8-10 hours, you can leave it overnight. Use 1 tbsp. l. strained broth after meals, up to 4 times a day. Improves eyesight.

Decoction recipe number 4

Pour 200 ml. boiling water 1 tbsp. l. raw materials, leave for 30 minutes, take the solution often, 4 times a day, 1 tbsp. l. Good diuretic. The same recipe is suitable for making mouthwash solutions.

Water infusion of needles

Infusion is also water extraction, but it involves a longer effect on raw materials. The needles are crushed, filled with a liter jar, pour 500 ml of cold water, add 2 tsp. lemon juice. The jar is placed in a dark place, kept for 3 days. Strain before use.

Take 1 glass per day daily. After 5 days, take a break of 2-3 days. The infusion is indicated for beriberi, bronchitis, pneumonia, loss of strength, exhaustion, anemia, after increased nervous stress, operations.

Tincture of pine needles

Alcohol extraction allows you to get a more concentrated remedy.

For 250 g of raw materials, 500 ml of high-quality vodka or medical alcohol will be required. Pour pre-shredded needles, put for 2 weeks in a cool, dark place (you can in the refrigerator). Check and shake periodically. Strain after expiration.

General scheme of administration: half an hour before meals, 1 tsp. 3-4 times a day. Course - 3 weeks. Repeat after a week break. The treatment is aimed at strengthening the immune system, preventing colds, increasing the supply of vital energy, increasing overall tone and endurance.

Take orally only after consulting a doctor, use externally as an antiseptic.

Pine needle tea

It is a valuable source of vitamin C. One glass of tea covers 80% of the daily vitamin requirement. There are a lot of recipes for tea with needles, especially in combination with other herbs and plants.

vitamin tea

A source of vitamin C, strengthens the immune system, has an anti-inflammatory and mild diuretic effect. Pour 4 cups of raw materials with half a liter of cold water, to reduce bitterness, add 2 tbsp. l. vinegar. Let stand in a dark cool place for 2-3 days. Drink 1 glass of drink per day.

Tea with lemon

The drink calms, increases vitality. Take 40 g of needles, pour a glass of boiling water, add lemon zest to taste and 1 tsp. Sahara. Put on fire, boil for 30 minutes, then leave to cool. Drink the same as the previous one. Add lemon juice, if necessary.

A quick way to make tea

Half a tablespoon of well-chopped needles, add 0.5 teaspoon of citric acid, pour 1 cup of boiling water. Boil for 20 minutes, cool, strain. Drink with sugar or honey to taste.

The fastest tea

Measure out 4 tbsp. l. finely chopped needles, knead them well with 2 tsp. sugar, pour boiling water, let stand for 5-10 minutes. Strain, the tea drink is ready to drink.

Taiga tea with pine needles

Pine needles, dried raspberry leaves, cranberries, fireweed and oregano. Each ingredient 1 tbsp. l. Mix, pour boiling water, leave for 5-7 minutes. Drink hot, season with honey or sugar to taste.

Pine needles for outdoor use

It is used for skin diseases, overweight, diseases of the joints.

Lotions

Pour boiling water over fresh needles washed with cool water, wrap in 1 layer of gauze, apply to the affected areas. Or chop the needles into gruel, steam, let cool and already in this form, wrapped in 1-2 layers of gauze, apply. Helps against burns, injuries, skin diseases: boils, inflammation, ulcers.

Baths

Rinse 2 kg of needles with cool water, chop, pour 1 liter of boiling water, leave for half an hour, strain. Pour the infusion into the bath. Strictly: take a bath only in a warm form, no more than 20 minutes, make sure that the water does not reach the level of the heart. Best done at night just before bedtime.

The bath relaxes, relieves muscle spasms, treats symptoms of depression and neuroses, tones, drains, is indicated for overweight, joint diseases, skin diseases, skin problems (prone to inflammation, oily, fading).

Bath for hands or feet

Pour 1 cup of needles with warm water (1 liter). Put the same number of needles in another container, but pour cold water in the same amount. The difference in temperature should not be very large - no more than 15 ° C. Do contrast baths, placing the limbs alternately in one or the other container. Hold each for 20 seconds. The bath has a strong warming and tonic effect, relaxes tired hands or feet.

When to collect needles

The best harvest time is autumn, winter, early spring. It is during these seasons that needles have the highest concentration of active substances (the content of vitamin C in winter is 2 times higher than in summer). It is best to collect needles from the top of the crown. It's not always easy. In any case, take the needles after the last whorl, from the very end of the branches.

Raw materials should also be stored in a cool place, preferably in the snow, otherwise the vitamin content in it is sharply reduced.

Contraindications and harm

A doctor's consultation before taking any pine needle-based products is mandatory, especially for diseases of the liver and kidneys. Contraindications:

1. Pregnancy and lactation.
2. Hepatitis, acute liver dysfunction.
3. Acute inflammatory diseases of the kidneys.
4. Heart failure (coniferous baths strongly stimulating cardiac activity are contraindicated).
5. Hypertension. Baths increase the pressure.
6. You can not take baths with skin cancer.
7. With excessive use, irritation of the mucous membranes of the gastrointestinal tract is possible.

As you can see, not only pine resin or cones have a high medicinal value. Properly prepared and prepared needles will be a good alternative to vitamin complexes and will help to cope with a number of diseases.

How to brew needles recipe from Malakhov