Scotch pine

Pine: Description. Conifer with reddish-brown bark, long needles arranged in pairs. The seeds are in the cones. Tree height of 40 m.
Flowering time. June.
Habitat. On sandy and loamy soils
The applied part. Young shoots (buds), pine needles, pollen.
Collection time. Kidney - early spring, the needles, in June.
Scotch pine: chemical composition. Kidneys and pine needles contain essential oil, tar, tannin, mineral salts, starch, alkaloids, cellulose, vitamins C, B2, K, E, P, carotene (provitamin A). The needles contain anthocyanins.
Pine: Effects. Kidneys - an expectorant, diuretic, disinfectant, diaphoretic, anti-scorbutic, "blood-purifying", analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic (antibacterial), a multivitamin, phytoncide. Pine needles seals, vessel walls, disinfects the air, removes from the body of radionuclides.
Pine: Application. The buds of pine are used in bronchitis, tracheitis, cough, pulmonary tuberculosis, pneumonia lung abscess. In rheumatoid arthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, gout, cholecystitis (inflammation of the gallbladder), cholangitis, pyelonephritis, cystitis (inflammation of the bladder, dropsy, kidney stones and gallstones, gastritis, rickets, scurvy. In metabolism, in various skin diseases (scrofula, eczema, psoriasis, scabies) - External. Turpentine is used for grinding with radiculitis, rheumatism, gout, arthritis. Decoction cones improves blood is used for chronic skin diseases, bronchitis, dropsy, rheumatism. In pulmonary tuberculosis, infusion in alcohol.
Method of application.
1. 1 tablespoon pine buds of 0.5 liters of boiling water, brew in a thermos overnight. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
2. 0.5-1 kg of pine buds in 3 liters of water, boil for 10 minutes., Brew for 4 hours. Apply for the bath (34 °), inhalation.
3. 50 g of pine needles, cones in a bucket of water, to insist - the bath.
4. 3 tablespoons pine needles on young 2 cups boiling water, in the warmth. Drink 1 / 2 cup 3 times a day for 30 minutes. before eating.
5. 1 teaspoon of pollen 2-3 times a day.
6. Oleoresin with petroleum jelly (1:2) - ointment radiculitis, neuralgia, pain in the joints.
 Contraindications. The buds of pine are not recommended in glomerulonephritis, hepatitis, pregnancy.