Fir cones are often used in needlework, making various decor items from them. But the fruits also have a medicinal effect, recipes for medicinal dishes are described in detail below.

When is it better to collect cones

As a medicinal raw material, only young, still green cones are collected. The fruits are so until the second decade of July. During harvesting, it is advisable to pay attention to single spruces, since in a dense planting it is inconvenient to look for fruits in prickly needles.

Collect only from trees, not from the ground. Raw materials at home should be inspected, discarded specimens with defects. For a family of 3-5 people, 500-700 grams of product is enough.

Important! You should take a pair of gloves with you to the forest, since sticky resin is difficult to wash off from the skin.

What can I cook

Cones are not a culinary product; various medicinal dishes are prepared from them: jam and drinks, honey and tinctures. Sweet medicinal preparations in large quantities do not. The product is used as a prophylactic or therapeutic agent in small portions. To store, for example, jam can be rolled up in a jar, like a similar delicacy of berries or fruits.

Jam

Spruce jam has a tart and tarry taste. Usually a couple of spoons are put in tea, this is especially true during the period of seasonal diseases. The drink will be full of pleasant coniferous aroma and aftertaste. For a family in winter, about 2 liters of sweet billet is enough.

One teaspoon per day saturates the body with the necessary vitamins and minerals, organic acids. Jam will prevent vitamin deficiency and anemia, which is important in the cold season, will support the immune system in resistance against seasonal viruses and infections.

Of cones

Green cones need to be sorted out, remove the sticking needles.

Prepare jam by technology:

1. The washed and peeled fruits are poured into a pan, poured with water.
2. The liquid should cover the raw material by 1.5 cm.
3. The mixture is brought to a boil and sugar is placed in a container in a ratio of 1: 1 to water.
4. Bring to a boil again, reduce heat and cook for 1.5 hours.
5. Appearing foam needs to be removed. The readiness indicator for a sweet medicine is a reddish tinge of cones, which means they are saturated with syrup.

From branches with needles

A delicacy of shoots with needles is useful in the postoperative period to restore strength, after suffering a stroke or heart attack. Needles have an antibacterial, antiseptic property, helps the work of choleretic organs.

Cooking Instructions:

1. The branches are poured with water and boiled over low heat until the volume is reduced three times. The ratio of ingredients is 1 kg / 3 l.
2. The boiled mixture is filtered, removing wood parts.
3. Add a liter of honey and 1 tbsp. l alcohol propolis.
4. The product is laid out in cans and rolled up.

Of young shoots

Green branches have anti-inflammatory, diuretic and sedative effects. Dessert from raw materials helps fight stress, chronic fatigue, infections, including the genitourinary system. Mix a mixture of chopped branches of 1 kg, 0.5 l of water and 300 g of sugar over low heat after boiling for 20 minutes stirring. Drain the finished jam from the shoots, pour into containers.

Did you know? According to historical data, to fight scurvy, James Cook took wine from spruce needles.

Tincture

An alcoholic medicine cleanses blood vessels, preventing thrombosis, stroke, and heart attack. The tool helps with diseases of the gallbladder and liver, diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. With rheumatism, arthritis or arthrosis, it can be used internally and externally (rubbing and compresses).

Cones of spruce or pine are cut in half, placed in a glass container (3 l) on the shoulders. Pour vodka and liquid honey, taken in 200 ml of each ingredient. You need to insist 3 weeks, shaking once every 4-5 days. Strain before use.

Tea

The aromatic drink tones and invigorates, relieves physical fatigue. Tea is an aid in the treatment of colds, metabolic disorders. Make a drink in the brewing kettle. Fruits 4-5 pcs. pour boiling water, wrap with a towel and insist 30 minutes. Before use, spices (cinnamon, cardamom), lemon and honey can be added to taste.

Syrup

The tool is endowed with the same properties as the previous ones, but in addition it positively affects the function of hematopoiesis and the brain.

Recipe:

1. Sort raw materials, rinse.
2. A capacity of 3 liters is filled with cones for 2/3 of the volume.
3. Pour a liter of natural honey.
4. The jar is placed on the windowsill from the sunny side, left for 3-4 months.
5. Every 3-4 days, the container is shaken.
6. The finished syrup is filtered, stored in the refrigerator.

Honey

Coniferous honey draws a maximum of useful substances from the fruit. The resulting product is used inside and out (applications, compresses).

Important! It is not recommended to use a treat as a regular dessert, since its composition is very concentrated. This is a medicine, and it is used for therapeutic purposes in small doses.

Cooking Technology:

1. The washed raw materials are placed in an enameled pan and poured with water, covering 1.5 cm.
2. Bring to a boil and cook for 20 minutes. After being removed for a day, insist.
3. The mixture is filtered, the fruits are discarded.
4. Sugar is added to the liquid 1: 1, boiled for 1.5 hours.
5. Ready honey is poured hot into cans and rolled up.

Useful properties of cones

Spruce Fruit Saturated With Vitamin C, which the body needs for the growth and regeneration of tissue cells, the strength of the gums and teeth, the elasticity of blood vessels. Ascorbic acid promotes the production of antibodies by the immune system to fight infections and viruses.

Vitamin D in the cones it maintains normal blood pressure, reduces the risk of heart attacks. The lack of an element negatively affects the skin, the work of internal organs. Mineral salts and fiber improve metabolism, the digestive tract, normalize the water-salt balance.

Did you know? Blue spruces growing under the walls of the Kremlin in Moscow were once imported from North America.

• Cones perfectly cope with colds, diseases of the throat and respiratory tract:
• angina;
• pharyngitis;
• tracheitis;
• bronchitis;
• pneumonia.

Terpenes and ethers bind and excrete sputum, relieving pain and a sore throat. Fruit-based medications help normalize hemoglobin levels and red blood cell counts. With their help strengthen the heart and blood vessels, small capillaries.

Favorably affects the drug on the nervous system, both central and peripheral. Regular use will improve memory, concentration, transmission of nerve impulses. Coniferous medicine will contribute to the vitality and overall tone of the body, will help fight insomnia.

External use will improve the condition of the skin with psoriasis, eczema and seborrhea. It will relieve swelling and pain with arthritis and rheumatism, other diseases of the joints and musculoskeletal system. The raw material exhibits an antiseptic property, accelerating the healing of skin and muscle tissue in wounds and burns.

Contraindications

Overuse of medicinal products can cause stomach problems, headache, and nausea.

• It is not recommended to take drugs in the following conditions:
• age up to 6 years;
• period of pregnancy and lactation;
• coniferous allergy;
• hepatitis;
• kidney disease
• diabetes mellitus (honey, syrup, jam).

Spruce raw materials will help treat many diseases and serve as their prevention. Before taking, it is advisable to consult with your doctor.

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