"Pine needles: from what helps also that treats how to use

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What only plants are not applied in the medical purposes, but if about some herbs and bushes we can even not suspect, then the advantage of pine needles is simply indisputable (today it is used in the purposes even by traditional medicine). This tree really richly huge amount of the most various useful substances therefore it is unsurprising, as traditional medicine did not ignore it. Let's find out what the pine needles are so appreciated and how exactly it is possible to use it in fight against any given illness.

What substances are a part of needles of a pine

The needles of a pine occupy one of places of honor in the list of the herbalist, for many recipes of traditional medicine knew about importance of this component in ancient times. The reason of such popularity of a plant is in its structure, both kidneys, and needles contain a large amount of essential oils, B1, B2, C, K, P and E vitamins in addition to which it is necessary to emit tannins and carotene.

The maximum quantity in needles of such important vitamin C can be observed during the spring and winter periods, especially when the tree is well lit with sunshine. Level of the mentioned carotene in such conditions increases and exceeds the level of its contents in carrots.

Important! The specific structure of needles is defined by several major factors: a species of a tree, the concrete place of its growth, for lives, features of soil, season and usual quantity of characteristic precipitation.

At more attentive studying the chemical composition of pine needles it is simple to notice presence at its cells of cellulose, lignin and pentoses. Besides, speaking about useful substances as a part of pine needles, it is necessary to remember also important acids.

For example, in pitch it is possible to find oxypalmitic, stearin, olein, abiyetinovy and benzoic acids, and presence of the last does all means also great disinfectors. At the same time the starches and mineral salts which are a part of needles do it by an excellent forage for farm animals though that's another story.

Medicinal properties

The rich chemical composition and optimum combination of all above-stated components allow to create the most various medicines on the basis of pine needles. The antibacterial, diuretic, immunostimulating and vitamin structures are famous for the greatest popularity.

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However, also the following medicinal properties of a plant will be not less useful:

ability to bring a phlegm out of an organism, to remove inflammation and to accelerate sweating (appropriate at development of acute respiratory diseases);
to increase quality of digestive processes;
to maintain due operability of a cardiovascular system;
to reduce a stress and to fix problems with a dream;
to normalize exchange processes in an organism;
to improve a condition of an integument and hair (including to increase the speed of regenerative processes and even to rejuvenate skin);
to strengthen a bone tissue and joints that is especially relevant at age changes in the musculoskeletal device and rickets.

There are many options of use of pine needles, but from the most widespread distinguish the infusions and broths which are applied at a hypoxia, adenoma, diseases of an urinogenital system at women and elimination of dental problems.

If treatment of diseases of dermatological character is required, use of spirit infusions from needles is allowed, and you should not be afraid of irritation — it will not be.

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Recipes of traditional medicine

As we already mentioned earlier, there is a lot of recipes of traditional medicine providing use of needles of a pine, and everything them can be divided into several groups, depending on a concrete illness. Let's consider the most widespread options.

For strengthening of immunity

To increase protective functions of an organism, on the basis of pine needles cook special curative drinks.

For example, one glass of the washed-out and crushed needles can be filled in with 600 ml of just begun to boil water and to insist within an hour in densely closed capacity. After this time it is necessary only to merge infusion, to filter and add juice from a half of a lemon. Ready means can be divided into three times and to drink during the day.

For strengthening of immunity use beer yeast, a cornel, ginger, sunflower medical, mumiyo, pineapple, mango, ekhinatseyu, the dogrose, cloudberries, an aroniya, cape gooseberry, apples, tomato juice, a pcheniny perga medical with propolis, goat milk.

Other similar recipe of creation of the strengthening drink provides use of 30 g of fresh needles of a pine and a glass of boiled water which after mixing have to be boiled thoroughly on slow fire within 20 minutes, and then stand two more hours for infusion. It is possible to add a little honey to ready means to improve taste. Such tea is used all at once, and already next day it is necessary to make a new portion.

At cold

Considering contents in needles of a large amount of vitamin C, it is simple to assume its advantage and in respect of treatment or prevention of catarrhal diseases.

For example, the following recipe will help to accelerate recovery process. 100 g of fresh needles need to be filled in with liter of just begun to boil water and to keep a little more on small fire (enough 5-10 minutes). Ready broth is densely closed a cover and insist within 1-2 hours then filter and drunk on a half-glass 3-4 times a day. For increase in flavoring properties of drink it is possible to add 1 tea spoon of honey.

At cold resort to the help of badger fat, a mountain ash, bitter wormwood, thyme, bear fat, a cranberry, tea mushroom, guelder-rose, propolis, sea-buckthorn, fir oil, a train, sabelnik of marsh, white honey, nutmeg, oats, a melissa.

If cold led to complications and doctors diagnosed pneumonia or bronchitis, then as supportive application at treatment it is possible to use the following infusion: the melkonarezanny pine needles mix up with hips (in the ratio 5:3) and after a zavarivaniye in liter of boiled water infuse within 4-5 hours. It is possible to add a lemon or honey to the ready filtered structure and to drink small drafts.

Important! Some medicines can react with needles components therefore before using the described recipes discuss such opportunity with the attending physician.

At diseases of kidneys

To fix serious problems of kidneys some coniferous structures it will hardly turn out, but here to facilitate work to the appointed medicines quite perhaps.

So, for this purpose broth for which preparation 2 tablespoons of an onions peel and 5 same spoons of the crushed needles it is necessary to trouble in liter of boiled water perfectly will approach and after ten-minute cooking on weak fire to leave for the night in a thermos.

The received amount of infusion is calculated for 1 day of treatment, and the course of reception should not exceed one month. Certainly, as well as in the previous cases, it is desirable to get approval of the doctor in advance.

At diseases of kidneys pay attention to cape gooseberry, a barberry, a nettle, cowberry leaves, chestnut honey, a bee subpestilence, a thistle, a melon, garnet juice, cottage cheese, a horsetail field.

At a varicosity

Varicosity — more women's issue though quite often men also suffer from it. To anyway weaken manifestation of an illness and the following "coniferous" recipe will help to improve the health. The half a kilogram of the crushed pine needles needs to be filled in with 300 ml of boiled water and to mix to a condition of uniform gruel.

This gruel then also needs to be applied on affected areas of a body, wrapping up in a gauze. Such compress is left for 15 minutes, and then removed again to impose every other day. The course of treatment makes this way two weeks.

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At joint pains

Useful recipes from pine needles are used and for treatment of rheumatism and severe pains in joints, however, it is necessary to tell that one of the most widespread means will suit not everyone. The fact is that after small cutting of pine needles them fill a mattress for a dream though not everyone manages to get enough sleep on it.

As more pleasant alternative it is possible to prepare the following broth. On 50 g of young pine escapes it is necessary to take one tablespoon of a melkonarezanny peel from onions and a tea spoon of a shabby root of a licorice.

At joint pains can help grapes, devyasit, a peppermint, a mushroom of a chag, cedar oil, lard.

All this should be mixed and filled in carefully with 2 liters of water then to send to small fire for 10 minutes. In two minutes prior to removal from a plate add two tablespoons of the kneaded dogrose and as soon as your broth begins to boil to ready mix, it needs to be removed from a plate, to cool, filter and merge in a thermos, having left in it for the night. The next morning your broth will be completely ready to the use, and it is desirable to drink it in a day.

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At burns and furuncles

Pine needles not bad help to cope also with problems of dermatological character. So, poultices from fresh needles — excellent means from gnoynichok, furuncles, rashes, burns and even small injuries of an integument. In all these cases it is necessary to pour over the collected and well washed out needles (it is obligatory in cold water) boiled water, to put in a gauze, and then to put such compress to affected areas.

If the problem is connected with burns, then small crushed pine needles slightly steam out in water (it is possible to place in boiled water for 5-10 minutes), and after full cooling to room temperature put to the struck place.

Improving bathtubs

Coniferous bathtubs are appointed generally to the people suffering from osteochondroses, neurosises, neuralgic diseases, rheumatism and some dermatological illnesses. In all these cases for a start it is necessary to prepare coniferous extract: on 1.5 kg of fresh pine branches (together with needles and green cones) take 10 l of abrupt boiled water and leave mix for half an hour on fire.

After this time soup acts and infuses within 12 hours in hermetically closed capacity. After filtering, infusion can be poured out to the bathroom in which water temperature should not exceed temperature of a human body (in ideal option +34 … +35 °C).

Important! When bathing in such coniferous bathtub track that water did not reach area of a breast and, respectively, heart.

According to two other approaches to preparation of a curative bathtub, it is possible to boil thoroughly 1 kg of needles in 10 liters of water within half an hour (the infusion period — 90 minutes), or at first to fill in needles with cold water (for 10 hours), and already then to boil. As well as in the first case, after filtering the ready means can be poured to the bathroom. Alternatively you can just place small cut needles of a pine in a fabric sack and throw it into a bathtub with water with the temperature of +38 °C. However it is necessary to consider existence of problems with trouble and heartbeat as in this case they will be complicated. Always try to plunge into water gradually.

Diuretic

At the correct preparation of pine needles she will help to cope also with problems of kidneys and urinary tract, acting as powerful diuretic. And to boil everything that it is necessary — to fill in 1 tablespoon of small cut needles of 250 ml of boiled water on small fire within 20 minutes. Ready broth is cooled, filtered and drunk on a big tablespoon three times a day right after food.

As diuretic can use watermelon, a quince, lyubistka, a bearberry, a meadowsweet, milk oolong tea, solyanka, a St. John's wort, a tansy, corn snouts, dried apricots, radish, Kuril tea, an anisetree, chicory.

How to use for beauty and health of face skin and hair

Practically there is no such plant which curative properties would not be used in the cosmetology purposes. Here and the pine needles did not become an exception to the rules therefore let's consider the most popular recipes of face packs and broths for hair.

Face pack

From pine needles it is possible to prepare a mask for any type of skin, but infusion from 1 tablespoon of needles and a half-glass of hot water forms for all options a basis. Such structure is drawn within half an hour, then filtered and at once start creation of the mask.

If you have oily skin, then it is in addition necessary to take oatmeal, lemon juice and honey and after hashing (in equal proportions) with the specified infusion to put for 10 minutes on a face. Wash away means residues of infusion.

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For dry type of skin other option will be ideal: the prepared infusion is mixed with sour cream and cottage cheese before formation of the liquid test. After drawing wait for 15 minutes and carefully wash a face with warm water.

If desired you can prepare also the rejuvenating mask. For this purpose wash and cut 30 g of pine needles, add to them 3 spoons of honey and a tablespoon of olive oil. Ready means is put on a face for 10 minutes, and then washed away by warm water.

Broth for hair

For strengthening of hair by means of pine needles it is necessary to prepare the following universal broth: 20 g of small cut needles fill in with a glass of water and leave to boil within 15 minutes. Ready lotion needs to be rubbed in head skin right after washing.

Besides broth, if desired it is possible to prepare also not less useful mask for hair. In this case in two glasses of the crushed needles add one egg white and five drops of cognac.

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The needles are filled in at first with a glass of water and about an hour boil on slow fire, then add other components and after hashing applied on hair, having left there for 30-40 minutes under a towel.

After the specified time it is necessary only to wash the head with shampoo. Such coniferous mask will reduce fragility of your hair and will save them from dryness.