The pine forest, which attracts people with the invigorating aroma of pine needles, has tremendous healing power. A walk here is very good for health, especially for those who suffer from respiratory diseases. Many people are puzzled by the concept of "honey from pine buds." Where does this miraculous product come from?
Of course, not everyone knows how to make honey from pine buds. This delicious product is made from buds that are just starting to bloom in spring. It is made by people, not bees. In other words, it is a decoction with a certain amount of sugar added.
Chemical composition
The therapeutic effect of this product lies in its rich chemical composition. In addition to flavonoids, vitamins, micro and macro elements, complex organic compounds are found in the kidneys, as well as biological substances necessary for their development and reliable protection of the fetus.
Drying and storage
We will talk about how to cook honey from pine buds below. First you need to collect them. This must be done in the spring, when the shoots of the pine are orange-brown in color, and the buds at the break are green or brown. Their surface is covered with small flakes glued together with resin. The aroma of pine buds is resinous, saturated, the taste is bitter. A pine tree is gaining strength in the spring. Kidneys swell, but still do not have time to open. This is the ideal time to harvest them, now they are the most resinous and fragrant. If their scales have opened, the kidneys are not worth collecting already.
It is best to tear them off with your hands or cut them off with scissors, but be sure to put on gloves beforehand, as they are coated with resin, which is then washed very poorly. The kidneys are dried in a ventilated room by placing them on a thin layer of paper or tissue. The fact that they have dried can be determined by kink.
In good weather, the buds can dry quite quickly. Usually 10 days is enough for this. Drying them in attics or in dryers is not worth it, because the resin melts, then evaporates, and the kidneys bloom. They are stored in a dry, darkened and well-ventilated area for no more than two years.
Therapeutic action
An excellent tool for the treatment and rehabilitation of pathologies of the digestive tract, cardiovascular and oncological diseases is honey from pine kidneys. Its benefit also lies in increasing efficiency and immunity.
It has an expectorant, antimicrobial and analgesic effect. Due to this, honey from pine buds has an excellent therapeutic effect in coughing and starting colds, bronchial asthma, bronchitis, tuberculosis and other respiratory diseases.
If you have increased appetite, then you should eat a few pine kidneys ten minutes before eating.
Indications for use
The product contains various important substances, including amino acids, vitamins, minerals, essential oils. Therefore, honey from pine buds is used:
- with diseases of the respiratory tract (bronchitis, asthma, emphysema, etc.);
- to normalize metabolism;
- with diseases of the digestive tract;
- for cancer prevention;
- to cleanse the liver, kidneys and blood;
- with viral and colds ailments;
- as a painkiller, antimicrobial and diuretic;
- with dropsy and pulmonary tuberculosis;
- with mental and physical exhaustion;
- to strengthen the immune system.
Pine is one of the oldest healing plants. Its pollen can cure the most severe form of tuberculosis, while the resin has long been used to strengthen gums, teeth and against various inflammations of the oral cavity. In addition, in folk medicine, the leaves of the plant are widely used, namely needles, from which they make a medicinal decoction, which has a huge number of useful properties.
Not everyone knows how to make honey from pine buds. At the same time, it contains the healing qualities of the constituent parts of this miraculous tree. It is useful equally for adults and children.
So, let's find out how to make honey from pine buds. This healing jam is made from young green cones and pine buds. Both recipes have a healing effect.
Pine kidneys: making honey from the kidneys
Kidneys are harvested from pines in early spring, as mentioned above. They are thoroughly washed before preparation, laid out in an enameled container, and then poured with water (in equal proportions). After that, put the container on moderate heat, boil, stirring occasionally, and turn it off after 20 minutes.
Since part of the water evaporates during cooking, you need to add boiling water to the broth, thereby replenishing the original volume of liquid. Cool the resulting broth, gently strain through a sieve or gauze and add a little sugar (2 parts sugar per part jam) to honey from pine buds.
The recipe suggests that the broth will be brought to a boil again. Sugar will melt, after which you will get a thick, viscous syrup - honey from pine buds. It should be stored in the refrigerator, in glass jars. To use a tablespoon three times a day half an hour before meals, while dissolving in water or drinking tea.
Of cones
Small green bumps are an excellent remedy for diseases of the respiratory system and colds. To make such honey you will need:
- kilogram of sugar;
- 80 cones;
- litere of water.
Rinse the pine cones thoroughly, dry them, then fill them with cool water. Put the container on the stove, boil and hold for 20 minutes over low heat. After this, let the broth infuse for a day. After this time, mix the future honey with sugar and cook until the syrup thickens over moderate heat. The process will take about an hour and a half. After completing the procedure, add citric acid or juice to the syrup to taste, pour into jars hot and put in the refrigerator.
The tool should be taken correctly: a tablespoon three times a day for adults, a teaspoon three times a day for children. Be sure to eat honey from pine buds half an hour before meals.
This recipe is not suitable for young children, pregnant women, the elderly, people suffering from kidney diseases, allergies, cirrhosis and hepatitis. These pathologies are contraindications to the use of this drug.
Pine buds with honey
Pine kidneys with honey have been used in the treatment of tuberculosis. They can be taken in conjunction with various pharmaceuticals, thereby increasing their effectiveness. Pine pollen is used for this recipe.
In order for it to work, it is necessary to collect it on time, during the flowering of the pine. In early May, it is covered with greenish inflorescences, ready for pollination. In appearance, they resemble small corn cobs. Inflorescences, ripening, acquire a pale yellow hue. During this period, pollen is collected. The collected inflorescences must be laid out on paper with a thin layer, then dried. Gently sift the crumbled pollen and use it to prepare various medicinal mixtures.
The most popular pine pollen recipe for treating tuberculosis is as follows: mix 150 g of honey and a tablespoon of pollen until smooth. It should be taken three times a day in a tablespoon an hour before the meal. The treatment period is two months with a break of 2 weeks.
How to take such honey?
Adults with treatment need to take such honey 1 tablespoon three times a day before meals. Children should use it the same way, except for the amount of funds. They need to take a dessert spoon. Adults need to use pine honey in the same volumes as for treatment as an effective prophylactic, while children should be reduced to 1 teaspoon.
We want to offer you another recipe that uses pine buds.
Tincture of honey and vodka
You will need:
- 5 tablespoons of pine buds;
- a glass of bee honey;
- 0.5 liters of vodka.
Cooking method
Pine kidneys are filled with vodka. Leave for two weeks. Add bee honey. Take this tincture with tuberculosis and urinary tract infections, fifteen drops, diluted in a glass of cool water. The tool should be consumed three times a day 30 minutes before meals.
Means of pine buds and honey in milk
You will need:
- 2 cups of milk;
- 1 spoon of pine buds;
- 1 spoon of bee honey;
- 2 eggs;
- 2 tablespoons of butter.
Cooking method
Pour crushed pine buds with hot milk, insist 20 minutes. Add raw eggs, butter and bee honey to the mixture. Mix everything thoroughly. We divide the mass into 3 equal parts and use it throughout the day.
Expectorant tea
You will need:
- glass of water;
- 10 grams of pine buds.
Cooking method
Pine buds pour boiling water. Infusion should be taken during the day in a warm form.
Female Infertility Treatment
You will need:
- 2 glasses of water;
- 50 grams of pine buds;
- 500 grams of sugar (50 grams of honey).
Cooking method
Pine buds pour boiling water. We insist at least two hours. Carefully filter. Add honey / sugar to the mixture and boil until syrup is obtained. It should be taken for a month at five tablespoons per day.
For skin problems
Tinctures and ointments based on pine kidneys can rid the skin of irritations and redness. You will need:
- 12 drops of alcohol pine tincture, created according to the recipe proposed above;
- 1 egg (protein).
Cooking method
Beat egg whites with tincture of pine buds. Such a mask should be applied three times a week to cleansed skin. Keep it at least 2 hours. Rinse off with warm water.
Honey from stones in the bladder
Pour a handful of rose hips and thighs with a liter of water and boil for 15 minutes. Next, add 300 g of pine honey, and then take a warm drink 1 cup per day.
Honey for asthma
Take 500 g of raw grated pumpkin, 100 g of rose petals, 5 sheets of plantain, chopped finely, 2 tablespoons of pine honey and a liter of dry red wine. Bring the mixture to a boil. Insist 1 day, then strain. Use 5 times a day for a tablespoon.
Use with whooping cough
Mix bee honey with warm olive oil. Add pine honey. Give your child one spoonful three times a day.
Honey for bronchitis
Take 100 grams of pine honey, 50 grams of May bee honey, 100 grams of goose fat and fresh butter, 100 grams of cocoa and 15 grams of aloe juice. Mix it all up, warm it up. Drink one spoonful per cup of warm tea twice a day.
Contraindications
As we already mentioned, this tool is not suitable for everyone. Although pine honey is a product that does not cause side effects when using it for the first time, do not overdo it: nevertheless, individual intolerance sometimes occurs.
Cooked jam from pine cones should not be consumed with the following diseases:
- lactation and pregnancy;
- severe kidney and liver diseases;
- alcoholism.
Pine honey should be used with caution for people over 60 years old, in addition, patients with diabetes mellitus, since it is prepared with sugar.
Finally
Scientists have been able to prove how useful it is to walk through a pine forest. As it turned out, there are about three hundred bacteria in the meter of local air, while in rooms with a huge number of people, among which are public places - shops, cinemas, clinics, schools, bacterial contamination of the same amount of air varies between 5000-300 000.
It turns out that, while walking through a pine forest, a person breathes sterile air. This is explained by the fact that conifers emit volatile, destructively acting on all kinds of viruses and microbes. Taking a deep breath of this air, we cleanse our lungs of the microorganisms that inhabit them.