Pine buds - useful properties and contraindications for use

In what cases are pine buds used to treat, useful properties and contraindications of this raw material? We came to visit my grandmother, so upon departure she gave a whole large packet of kidneys to my wife. Her bronchitis just worsened after being exposed to the rain. Grandma says that pine will ease coughing and generally speed up recovery. I wonder what else does she help from?

Pine owes its stunning aroma to a large amount of essential oils. They are rich not only in long needles, needles and old cones, but also in young buds. In folk medicine, pine buds are used in many places, the beneficial properties and contraindications of which have long been studied in practice. Their coniferous smell alone is capable of destroying viral bacteria in the air, because phytoncide laborers "work" together with oils. Thanks to the latter and other equally useful components, pine raw materials are successfully used to treat colds and other diseases.

Pine buds - useful properties and contraindications

At the very tip of the pine branches, like a crown surrounded by needles, young buds grow. These are young shoots. They are covered with pinkish scales, dried on top and glued together with resin. If you pluck and break a kidney, you can see its brownish-green inner part. The characteristic resinous smell strikes the nose, and after tasting it, a bitter aftertaste remains in the mouth.

Pine buds contain a real treasure of vitamins and minerals:

• vitamins C, K, B12;
• resin;
• essential oil;
• phytoncides;
• tannins;
• lipids;
• turpentine;
• alkaloids and many other substances.

Only those buds that are collected in the forest, away from areas with unfavorable ecology, will be useful. If you prepare a medicine from raw materials obtained from factories or along roads, you can greatly harm the body.

The healing properties of pine buds

Water and alcoholic decoctions or tinctures are prepared from the kidneys, which have a beneficial effect on the human body, namely:

• calm the nervous system;
• relieve pain symptoms;
• promote the excretion of phlegm;
• normalize blood pressure;
• lower cholesterol levels
• serve as the prevention of atherosclerosis;
• improve metabolism;
• destroy microbes;
• relieve swelling;
• stop bleeding.

Who is not recommended for kidney treatment

First of all, pine can cause a strong allergic reaction. Therefore, in the presence of allergies or individual intolerance to any components, the kidneys cannot be used. Also, do not take tinctures and other products for small children, pregnant and lactating.

In addition, due to the characteristics of the strong effect on the body, the kidneys are not recommended for the treatment of people over 60 years old. They have a weakened immune system, plus in most cases there is a whole bunch of diseases. For example, with kidney disease, diabetes or kidney hepatitis are contraindicated for use in any form.

Medicinal properties and use of pine buds