“Pine jam. Pine branch jam

After all, it is a natural cure for many diseases. In the forests it is one of the most ancient trees. According to scientists, this tree has been growing here since the Cretaceous period of the Mesozoic era. Spruce needles have truly wonderful healing properties. No such tablets have yet been invented that in a short period of time could produce such a powerful and complex healing effect on the human body, which has no side effects. Spruce needles are just such a “pill”.

Spruce and its extraordinary medicinal properties

It has antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, diaphoretic, analgesic, choleretic, antiscorbutic and diuretic effects. It is spruce needles that contain most amino acids, including essential ones, minerals, as well as salts of cobalt, manganese, iron, copper, chromium. Carotene in needles is 140:320 mg/kg, vitamins E - 350:360 mg/kg, C - 300 mg/kg in winter and 250 mg/kg in summer. If you store needles at temperatures below +5 °C, then all these substances remain unchanged for the entire storage period.

Needles can be harvested for future use , and do it better in winter(more vitamin C). It is dried and stored in tightly closed jars in a dark, dry place. One kilogram of dry spruce needles contains the following substances (numbers are shown through the dividing line harvesting in summer/harvesting in winter): vitamins P - 900:2300 mg / 2180:3810 mg, K - 12 / 20 mg, PP - 142 / 29 mg, H - 0.06/0.15 mg, B1 - 8/19 mg, B2 - 7/5 mg, B3 - 16/28 mg,
B6 - 1.1/2 mg, as well as minerals and trace elements.

Use of spruce for medicinal purposes

For medicinal purposes, young tops of branches with buds, resin-rosin, immature seed “female” cones, pine needles and turpentine are used. Collection times vary. Young tops of branches are collected after wintering in May, and immature cones and resin in June - September.

How to distinguish “male” (with pollen) fir cones from “female” (seed)? After all, collect for use in medicinal purposes It is the immature “female” ones that are needed. In the spring, both “female” and “male” cones appear on the spruce branches. Usually this time falls during the flowering period of bird cherry. The “female” cones are extremely beautiful and very noticeable on the tree: they are bright red in color and the size of a thimble. The usual location of these cones is at the ends of branches in the upper part of the spruce crown. They "look" up. An adult “female” spruce cone is large and brown.

"Male" cones are even smaller than female ones. They are colored red or greenish-yellow. Pollen ripens in them - a fine powder yellow. They are not suitable for medicinal purposes. The pollinated “female” cones ripen in the first year. But the cones open at the end of winter, so they should be collected closer to autumn, unripe and unopened.

Needles are a source of biologically active substances. Coniferous greens contain valuable components: chlorophyll, vitamins, macro- and microelements, phytohormones, phytoncides. You probably thought: “Why is it necessary? collect needles in winter ? But because immediately after the first frost, the content of vitamin C in green needles sharply increases, and in the summer it decreases. And one more thing: keep the collected needles in cool place. Storing spruce needles for a month at temperatures above 10° leads to the loss of 35% of nutrients.

Traditional methods and recipes for treatment

Pine baths . They are used to relieve severe fatigue, nervous excitement, and improve blood circulation. internal organs, relieving inflammation of various types, as well as relieving pain syndromes during menopause, peptic ulcer stomach, for joint pain. To prepare such a bath, two handfuls of pine needles are poured into one liter of boiling water and boiled for 10 minutes, the broth is filtered and poured into the prepared bath. The bath is taken for 12:15 minutes. Water temperature 37:38 degrees Celsius. Full course of treatment 15:20 procedures. After the bath you should take a shower.

Infusion fir cones. It is used for diseases such as tonsillitis, laryngitis, pharyngitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, sinusitis, rhinitis and chronic tonsillitis. Immature “female” fir cones are crushed, poured with boiling water and boiled for 30 minutes with constant stirring. After removing from the heat, the mixture is infused for another 15 minutes, then filtered through three-layer gauze. The result is a brown liquid with astringent taste And pleasant smell pine needles It is used for mouth rinsing and inhalation. When carrying out inhalation procedures, use at least 20 milliliters of this mixture, preheated to 60 degrees Celsius. Inhalation time is 10 minutes.

Pine tea. Extremely useful for vitamin deficiency, frequent colds, persistent cough and how natural remedy to maintain normal metabolism in the human body. This is an excellent expectorant, choleretic, diuretic and diaphoretic. Rinse a tablespoon of pine needles with boiled water, pour a glass of boiling water and boil for another 20 minutes. Strain the tea through three-layer gauze, cool and drink throughout the day. You can add sugar, or even better, honey.

Decoction of spruce buds. It is used to improve hematopoietic processes, for joint and muscle pain, for chronic bronchitis, and for the treatment of pulmonary tuberculosis. It is prepared and used in the same way as pine tea.

Infusion of spruce buds in alcohol. Used when inflammatory diseases upper respiratory tract in the form of external rubbing and warm compresses. This infusion is quite rare in pharmacies, as it is in high demand among a certain part of our population. It is easy to prepare at home. To do this, you need to place it in a dark glass vessel 250 grams of young spruce buds and pour half a liter of 40:45 proof vodka over them. Close the container tightly and place in a dark, dry place. After ten days, the infusion is ready for use. In a dark place, such an infusion can be stored for up to a year or more without losing its medicinal properties.

To improve vision - drink a decoction of pine needles: pour 5 tablespoons of crushed pine needles into 500 ml of boiling water, soak in a water bath for 20-30 minutes, leave overnight. In the morning, strain and drink a tablespoon 3-4 times a day after meals.

Stroke - drink pine tea.

Take a three-liter kettle liter jar spruce or pine needles with twigs, pour boiling water and boil for 15 minutes. You can add a little different herbs: knotweed, currant leaf, raspberry leaf. Leave the broth until the morning to let it brew. You can drink this tea as much as you like: with jam, sweets, honey, sugar, but always with lemon.
This tea cleanses cardiovascular system, removes radionuclides, heals the kidneys, restores the entire body. The full course of treatment is 4-5 months.
Juice from young pine needles
Medicinal juice can be obtained from cedar, pine, fir, spruce, and dwarf cedar needles. To do this, young shoots, which are collected no later than May 15, must be washed thoroughly in cold water and place on a towel to dry. Then the pine needles are placed in a glass jar: a layer of pine needles, a layer of sugar, and so on, until the very top. The last layer should be sugar. A 5-liter jar uses 1.5 kg of sugar. Leave the jar overnight, and in the morning mix the pine needles and sugar in the jar with a wooden spoon and, tying the neck of the jar with a clean cloth, place it in the sun. The contents of the jars are infused for 10 days. In this case, the needles will gradually rise upward, and the juice will be at the bottom. On the 11th day, the juice is poured into bottles, tightly capped, and stored at room temperature.
In folk medicine, asthma, tuberculosis, inflammation of the lungs, bronchi, trachea, weakened blood vessels and heart are treated with such pine juice.

Folk recipes describe several cooking methods healing drinks from pine needles.

Here are just a few of them.
1. Finely chop 40-50 g of pine needles (spruce, pine, fir, juniper) with a knife, pour 1 liter of boiling water and leave in an enamel bowl for 15-20 minutes. Then add a liter of chilled boiled water, filter and keep in the cold for 5-6 hours. Carefully drain without stirring the sediment. IN
water, you can add citric acid, sugar and drink 0.5 tbsp. 4-5 times a day.
2. Pour 40-50 g of pine needles into 2 liters of water in an enamel bowl. Add 1 tbsp. crushed onion peel and 1 tsp. crushed licorice root, then boil over low heat for 20 minutes. Add 2 tbsp. mashed rose hips and boil for another half a minute.
Infuse the resulting broth in a thermos for 10-12 hours. Then strain, bring to a boil again, cool and put in the refrigerator. You can drink up to 1 liter per day. This product will boost your immunity
and will compensate for the lack of vitamins in the body.

3. Take ate fresh pine needles pass through a meat grinder, package in plastic bags, 1 tbsp. spoon (make sure that the juice does not leak out) and store in freezer.
To prepare a healing potion, take out a briquette with pine needles, pour a glass of boiled chilled water and leave for 3 hours in a dark place. Then stir, strain, squeeze out the raw materials.
Drink the infusion 1/4-1/3 cup 3-4 times a day before or after meals. This pine drink is rich in vitamins and microelements, useful for cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, infectious and inflammatory diseases, thrombophlebitis, atherosclerosis, prostate adenoma, prostatitis, kidney, liver, urinary and gall bladder diseases, tinnitus, hernia, urolithiasis and gallstone diseases, helps with weakened vision, mastopathy and uterine fibroids, treats hemorrhoids, and perfectly relieves fatigue.

Recipe for external use : Pour 5 bags of pine needles into 0.5-0.7 liters of boiled, cooled water, let it brew for at least 3 hours in a dark place. Then stir, strain, squeeze out the raw materials.
Use the resulting infusion for compresses, lotions, rinsing, rinsing for diseases of the oral cavity, larynx and nasopharynx, as well as for rubbing, preparing sitz baths for hemorrhoids, irritation, itching, inflammatory processes and other skin problems, including acne, wounds and abrasions.
For the treatment of paralysis lying pine baths and poultices are used.
15 frozen bags of pine needles need to be infused in cool water, stirred, strained, and the raw materials squeezed out. Pour the infusion into a bath with warm water. The procedure should be carried out once a week for 15-20 minutes.
To make a poultice, take half a glass of pine pulp (defrost it first), heat it until hot, apply it to the sore spot, cover it with plastic on top and tie it with a warm scarf.
Continue this treatment until positive results appear. Apply the poultice at night, remove the bandage in the morning and wash the problem area of ​​the body with warm water.
Poultices with pine needles are effective for hernia, gout, varicose veins, osteoarticular and inflammatory diseases.
Hot poultices cannot be applied to the tumor; in this case, only room temperature poultices can be used.
For a non-healing trophic ulcer soak a cotton swab with pine needle juice, apply it to the sore spot, cover it with compress paper and bandage it.
Juice is also used to treat psoriasis, boils.

A cure for a hundred ailments . As a preventive measure for many diseases, including oncology , rinse the pine needles in warm and then in cold water. Finely chop the needles with scissors and add sugar to the glass jar 4:1. This spruce “jam” can be stored until summer. You can prepare a pine drink from it: 2 tbsp. “sweet needles” pour 4 tbsp. cold boiled water, leave for three days, strain and drink 0.5 tbsp. twice a day in courses of three to five days.

Vitamin infusion from spruce needles. It is applied as restorative and an antiscorbutic. Grind one tenth of a glass of spruce needles along with a small amount of cold boiled water in a mortar and pestle. Pour a glass of boiling water over this ground pine needle, add lemon juice or citric acid (slightly acidify) and boil for 20:30 minutes. The ratio of pine needles and water should always be 1:10. After boiling, leave for 3 hours, then strain. Take 1/3 of a glass twice a day after meals.

Spruce decoction with milk . Used to treat scurvy intermittent body aches, skin rashes and inflammation of the respiratory system. Take 30 grams of young shoots of spruce or immature unopened<женских>fir cones. They are finely crushed and poured with a liter of milk. Bring the milk to a boil and simmer the entire mixture over low heat for 10 minutes. The decoction is filtered, divided into three equal parts and drunk within one day: morning, afternoon and evening.

Spruce ointment. Applicable for rapid healing of ulcers, wounds, pustules. Take an equal amount of spruce resin, honey, yellow wax and sunflower or hemp oil. All components are thoroughly mixed and heated over fire. During the process of cooling to human body temperature, a viscous mixture is formed. This is spruce ointment. It is applied to the affected areas.

Recipes

Tuberculosis. Mix the pulp from spruce needles (you can take pine and fir) in equal parts with honey (by weight) and leave in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks, stirring occasionally. Drain the honey-pine juice, squeeze out the rest, take 2 tablespoons in the morning on an empty stomach. Store the juice in the refrigerator.

with prolonged cough make a mixture of spruce resin and yellow wax (one part by weight of each component), melt the mixture, cool, place pieces of the mixture on hot coals, inhale the vapors released.

expectorant for children: 1 kg of young fir cones, 1 liter of water, 1 kg of sugar, cook over low heat for 30-40 minutes. Pour into jars and roll up. Take 1-2 teaspoons 3 times a day.

infusion of fir cones: Pour the cones with boiled water (at a ratio of 1:5), boil for 30 minutes, stirring, leave for 15 minutes, filter through 3 layers of gauze. The resulting liquid is brown in color, astringent in taste, with the smell of pine needles. For inhalation, use an infusion heated to 60–80 °C: 20–30 ml per procedure for adults.

What a charming time this is - the end of May and all of June! The long-awaited sun, the long-awaited harvest... Friendly grandmothers come out onto the city streets with glasses of the first strawberries and wild strawberries. And some people have the same cups next to the fragrant berries, but only... with tiny green cones. “What is this?” – I want to ask. For what? And what to do with them? Don't make pine jam! This is exactly what to cook, and exactly coniferous. Meet the jam from pine cones, its benefits and contraindications have been known for several centuries. A real Russian delicacy, a taiga delicacy, a Siberian souvenir and simply a tasty, aromatic medicine.

About pine cones and the symbol of fertility

It seems impossible to find a person in Russia who would not like to leisurely walk through a pine forest... The warm and deep resinous aroma allows you to instantly forget about all your worries and problems, feel like a part of this forest, this nature, and return to a carefree “village” childhood.

Pine needles, resin, shoots and cones have always been known for their miraculous properties - this is due to essential oils, medicinal phytoncides, all kinds of tannins and other mysterious chemical components. Pine was revered not only in Rus' - the Chinese called it a symbol of longevity and courage, the Japanese - immortality. And the ancient Greeks knew for sure - healing power powerful tree hidden in modest cones. They were the personifications of health, rebirth and even... male fertility among ancient heroes.

Let's be honest - although pine cones are a universal remedy for... home medicine cabinet, will not increase male fertility, this is just ancient Greek romance. The power of coniferous fruits lies elsewhere - they strengthen the immune system, help cope with colds, alleviate gastrointestinal ailments, relieve joint pain and even recover from a stroke. The main thing is to choose the right medicine.

Recipes from the pine medicine cabinet

Humanity has been practicing treatment with pine cones for centuries - folk recipes offer many options for preparing coniferous fruits:

• jam and tart resinous “honey”;
• infusion of cones in water and milk;
• foot and regular baths;
• ordinary decoction;
• compresses and rubbing for joints, etc.

Only young, summer pine cones are suitable for treatment. The use of such coniferous gifts in folk medicine is very diverse - from bronchitis and asthma, tuberculosis, heart and vascular diseases, etc. This is what the most proven recipes look like.

Anti-cold foot bath

We take 20-25 green cones, put them in a large saucepan, and add 3 liters of water there. Cook over low heat for 20 minutes, cool (to a stage you can tolerate), and steam the cold legs. For greater effect, it is better to wrap a blanket on top of your legs.

Treat yourself with pine jam

Candied zucchini, pumpkin candies, carrot confiture... No, no, pine cone jam does not fit into this exotic range at all. This is not just a culinary experiment, but a real unusual delicacy and the most natural medicine.

Why do we love so much? fragrant jam made from pine cones? The benefits and harms of this amazing product quite specific:

• The fragrant taiga dessert strengthens the immune system and helps resist germs in the harsh off-season. Including thanks to the powerful concentration of vitamin C ().
• Coniferous fruits, even candied ones, contain essential oils, and with them antimicrobial phytoncides. Therefore, pine cones are actively used for coughs, runny noses, and allow you to quickly cope with colds, flu and sore throat.
• Green cones improve the condition of the stomach and intestines, treat diseased mucous membranes, and save from gastritis and ulcers.
• Jam from young cones is an ancient and proven recipe for anemia. The taiga delicacy increases hemoglobin, improves blood composition, and strengthens the cardiovascular system.
• And pine cones in syrup are an excellent antidepressant! Original dessert with unusual taste will invariably lift your spirits, increase the tone of the body and turn ordinary tea drinking into a fabulous one.

Secrets of collection and use

When to collect pine cones for jam is the first question you need to worry about if you decide to make the dessert yourself. Conifer experts have different opinions on this matter, but the majority are convinced: best time for “bumps” hikes – the second half of June. If you live in a warm region, then you can start from the end of May. But the end of June is the optimal period.

It's important to look at appearance cones - no more than 4 cm, tender, green, very soft. They should be easy to cut with a knife (you can stick a clean nail in for testing if your manicure allows).

There are several ways to make jam and honey from pine cones; recipes exist in varying degrees of complexity, with or without additives. How can you eat this dessert? Yes as usual favorite jam, from , or . You can have a bite with your favorite tea, just wash down a spoonful of pine delicacy with some water, and true gourmets It is recommended to dilute it in a mug.

It is only important to follow the dosage. For children under three years of age and adults over 60 years of age, pine treatment is generally not recommended, as is the case with individual intolerance. For prevention, it is enough for adults to eat a teaspoon a day along with sweet cone. For treatment - up to 3 tablespoons per day. Pine cones for coughs for children (and for other diseases) - no more than 3 times a day, a teaspoon.

How to cook pine delicacy?

Pine cone jam, classic recipe

We sort out the young cones, clean them of dirt and pine needles, and wash them thoroughly. Then pour it into a larger pan and fill it with water so that it covers the coniferous fruits by 2 cm. Bring to a boil, cook for half an hour, then put in a dark cabinet to steep for 12 hours.

Then we remove the cones with a slotted spoon, mix the broth with sugar in equal proportions and again cook our pine dessert over low heat until it thickens. That is, an hour and a half to two hours. Then we put the cones back in (you can do everything, you can have 5-7 pieces for the aroma), boil for another 5 minutes and roll up the jars.

There is also this alternative video recipe:

Sunny pine cone jam (without cooking)

Traditionally, tender green cones are sorted out, washed and cut into small pieces. Roll them in sugar and place them in a spacious jar, sprinkling each pine layer with sugar. The very last sugar layer should be thicker than the rest, with clean gauze on top

We remove the jar away from household members, but in a warm and sunny place. Remove and shake regularly so that the sugar melts evenly. When only syrup and pine cones remain in the jar, the delicacy is ready. You can close the pine jam and hide it in the refrigerator.

Lemon pine cone jam

If your family is capricious and refuses to eat pine delicacy in pure form, you can cheat and make lemon-pine jam.

You will need: a kilogram of young cones, 3 liters of water, 1.5 kg of sugar and juice from one large lemon.

Fill the pine fruits with water and cook for 4 hours (don’t forget to remove the pine foam!). Then we throw away the cones, away from the eyes of your family, cool the broth and filter. Add sugar and cook until the jam begins to thicken. Pour in lemon juice, after a few minutes, remove from the stove - and immediately into the jars.

Pine honey from pine cones and shoots

Pine honey is essentially one of the variations of pine jam. It is prepared like this: take a kilogram of selected young cones, fill them with water (1-1.5 cm above the level of the cones). Then we drain the water back, add sugar in a 1:1 ratio, stir and pour it back into the pan for our pine dish.

Bring our honey to a boil, and then simmer for an hour and a half over low heat. To make the finished pine honey transparent and beautiful, it is important to remove the resinous foam in time. When the buds are soaked sugar syrup and acquire a luxurious reddish tint, you can remove the delicacy from the stove.

This syrup made from pine cones is used for coughs, to treat a runny nose, as a general tonic and a natural winter antidepressant.

Pine cones for stroke

It would seem that pine cones have been known since ancient times, so medicinal properties and their contraindications must be studied up and down. But modern scientists are sure that resinous coniferous fruits still contain many surprises.

A striking example is a 10-year-old study that showed that special pine tannins (tannins) help with stroke. Pine medicine allows you to protect cells from destruction after a stroke, recover faster after an attack, and begin to walk and talk again.

It is important to understand that pine decoctions, rubbing and baths cannot replace full-fledged restorative treatment. But the general strengthening and tonic qualities of pine fruits have been proven for a long time, therefore in the composition complex therapy These gifts from the taiga (and not only taiga) first aid kit are very useful.

Most important question here is the time of coniferous harvest. Pine cones from a stroke should be collected when it is too late for ordinary jam, that’s when their turn comes. The optimal time is from July to September, when the fruits have already thoroughly accumulated medicinal tannins, essential oils, and vitamins, but have not yet had time to harden and open their scales.

Cones can be used to treat stroke in the form of a decoction; there is also alcohol tinctures, but treating yourself with alcohol is stupid. But the decoction recipe will definitely be useful:

Wash and chop 10 cones, add a liter of water, bring to a boil, leave on low heat for 5 minutes. After the decoction has cooled, you can take a quarter of a regular glass in the morning after meals. Some people take it more often - 3 times a day. If there are no side effects, then you need to take this decoction for 6 months.

What do the reviews say?

When to collect pine cones for treatment, how to cook and dose - everything is clear with this. What do they say about this? unusual jam sweet tooth and lovers of traditional medicine?

“I’ve loved this jam since childhood, although I rarely make it - I don’t always manage to seize the moment and get out into the forest in time to collect the coniferous harvest. It cures colds with a bang, and also perfectly heals gums and mouth ulcers. IN winter period– simply an indispensable product in the kitchen!”

“I saw unusual pine jam at the resort and bought it to surprise the guests. But the guests no longer got it - she caught a cold and decided to try it on herself. My cough began to disappear within a couple of days, and my voice returned. And how tasty it is, sweet, smells like forest..."

And miracle jam is not just original dessert, but also a wonderful souvenir. In any self-respecting Siberian city and in many southern resorts there are health shops and souvenir shops with cone jam, candied pine fruits and candied cones. Online stores are not far behind - a 200-gram jar of jam can be purchased from 200 rubles. So if you are still afraid to cook pine dessert in person, go ahead and shop!

It is known that the branches and shoots of spruce contain oils with bactericidal properties, ascorbic acid, carotene, tannins, and trace elements that are directly involved in metabolism. Spruce jam, the recipe for which we will now present, is often prescribed by doctors to patients with colds or weakened immunity. This natural remedy fight against the most various diseases. But even more interesting is the fact that spruce is widely used in cooking. Jam made from pine needles, cones or young shoots of this tree will surpass those made from sea buckthorn and raspberries in taste and medicinal properties. This delicacy can be eaten during colds and stress. It is also very useful for those who have suffered a stroke or heart attack.

The shoots have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, strengthening, diuretic and soothing properties. There are also contraindications - pregnant, lactating women and people with allergies should not use this preservation.

Jam from young shoots of spruce

To prepare, you will need 3 cups of shoots, 500 ml of water and one and a half cups of sugar. Mix all the ingredients and place over very low heat, or better yet, over the coals of the fire. Cook the mixture, stirring continuously, for about twenty minutes. Cooled jam is immediately ready for use.

Jam from pine needles and spruce twigs

Spruce needles have a bile- and diuretic effect, anti-inflammatory and bactericidal properties. Jam is great for colds.

To make spruce jam, take one kilogram of branches, add three liters of water and boil until the volume is reduced by three times. Strain the resulting mass, add a liter of honey and a tablespoon of alcoholic propolis solution to the liquid. Heat the jam and put it in jars, which should be stored in a cool place. You shouldn't eat jam in large quantities- a small portion will be quite enough for the treatment and prevention of various colds.

The jam made according to this recipe, in addition to its healing properties, has a delicious taste and pine aroma. Medicine with pleasure all year round adults and children will eat, receiving a set of vitamins and strengthening the immune system.

Spruce jam with rose hips

It is best to use sugar or natural sugar in jam. bee honey, as well as citric acid. If you follow the cooking technique, the product turns out dark crimson, and its taste is resinous and tart.

Ingredients:

• 1 cup of chopped spruce needles;
• 1/2 cup rose hips;
• 1.5 liters of water;
• 700 grams of sugar or 500 grams of honey.

Step-by-step preparation:

Grind the Christmas tree needles and mix with rose hips, previously crushed in a mortar for jam. Pour boiling water over the resulting mixture and leave for 12 hours. Strain the resulting infusion and add sugar or honey. Place the container with spruce jam on the fire and bring to a boil. When you cook, you can add the juice of two lemons.

Now cook the jam until thickened over low heat, remembering to stir it periodically. The resulting preservation will help you fight colds. It’s enough just to eat 2 spoons of the treat at breakfast, and you will be able to avoid many ailments.

Recipe for jam from fir branches with lemon

Ingredients:

• spruce needles - 2 cups;
• rose hips - 1/2 cup;
• lemon - 1 piece;
• water - 1.5 liters;
• sugar - 300 grams.

Cooking method:

Grind spruce needles in a blender and mix with rose hips. Pour boiling water over the resulting mixture and let it brew for 12 hours. Strain the spruce infusion and add sugar to it.

Bring to a boil over medium heat and simmer the jam over low heat, stirring constantly, for an hour until thickened. 2 minutes before the end of cooking, add lemon juice to the jam. Cool the workpiece and put it in the refrigerator.

Video recipe: Spruce jam

Spruce is a common coniferous tree in Russia. Its cones, needles and resin contain various useful microelements: vitamins, tannins, essential oils, iron, manganese and more.

Needles are widely used in medicine. It has been proven to cure many diseases. For example, it treats atherosclerosis, colds, depression, insomnia, diseases of the respiratory tract, and genitourinary system. Pharmacologists industrially obtain from wood all the necessary substances to create medical supplies. But for the traditional method of treatment, it is easy to make the product at home. Many housewives prepare sweet dishes from pine needles. It turns out tasty and healthy.

Spruce shoot jam

Raw materials should be mined in May. When the shoots grow only 2 cm and are not yet fluffy. Collect them from different trees so as not to pluck them completely. Leave the tops of the spruce, then it will not be crooked. In general, try to take care of the forest and protect nature.

At home, carefully sort and rinse the collected shoots. There should be no insects in them. Place the raw materials in a cooking container and fill with water. Place on the fire for one hour. Then strain and cool. Then add sweetness to the product. Per liter of decoction you will need 800 g granulated sugar. Place back on the stove and wait until the syrup thickens. Pour into jars and close.

Pine cone jam: original taste, forest aroma and healing properties

Take aromatic food for prevention or during illness.

Jam can be prepared a little differently. You will need: 1 kg of young spruce shoots, 3 glasses of water, 4 glasses of granulated sugar. Rinse the main ingredient and pour boiling water. Place on the stove and keep on low heat for 20 minutes. Then cool and leave for a day. Then boil again and add sugar. Finished product distribute into jars and roll up. Store in a cool place.

Spruce shoots have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, strengthening, diuretic and soothing properties. However, pregnant, lactating women and people with allergies should not consume pine needle jam.

Pine branch jam
Everyone knows about the beneficial properties of pine. It is not for nothing that many sanatoriums are located in pine forests.

Pine needle jam

The air, filled with the smell of pine resin and essential oils, is healing for the whole body. Pine imparts its healing properties to jam and honey, which is made from young branches (shoots) and pine cones. I have already written how to make jam from pine cones. You can find recipes for pine cone jam here. Today I will tell you how to make jam and honey from young pine branches (shoots).

Honey and jam from young pine twigs are not only tasty, but also have medicinal properties. Such jam and honey will be useful primarily for people suffering from chronic or frequent respiratory diseases. This honey and jam will help with flu, sore throat and other colds.

How to make jam from young pine shoots

Young pine shoots are shoots that grow in the spring from the central bud of the pine tree, resembling candles. Pine shoots are collected away from roads and industrial areas.

Collect pine shoots. Sort them out and rinse under running water. If the shoots are covered with brown husk, then before adding sugar, they need to be cleared of it. It gives bitterness ready-made jam. But it does no harm.

Young shoots can be boiled whole or cut into several pieces.

Cover with sugar for 8 - 12 hours or overnight in the ratio of 1.5 kg of sugar per 1 kg of pine shoots.

Then add 1 liter of purified water and place on the stove. Heat gradually to a boil, reduce heat and cook at low simmer for 5 minutes. Then remove the bowl of jam. Let it brew for 5-8 hours and cook again for five minutes. After boiling for the third time, add half a teaspoon of citric acid at the end of cooking and pour into clean, sterilized jars.

You can simply store jam in the refrigerator under a plastic lid.

How to make honey from young pine branches (shoots)

pine branch jam

Honey from pine can be boiled either from young shoots that have not yet blossomed - pine buds, or from young, just opened branches.

To make honey from pine shoots, you first need to prepare a pine decoction. Wash the collected shoots and add purified water in a ratio of 1 part shoots to 2 parts water.

Place on the stove and bring to a boil. Cook at low boil for 15-20 minutes.

Leave to infuse for a day.

After a day, strain the broth. Add sugar at the rate of 1 part broth to 2 parts sugar. Place on the stove and simmer over low heat for 10-12 minutes until the sugar has completely dissolved and the syrup begins to thicken. Pour into jars. Can be stored in the refrigerator.

To prevent honey from becoming sugary, you can add citric acid or lemon juice to it.

What are the benefits of pine honey and pine cone jam?

In addition to the treatment and prevention of respiratory diseases, pine honey and jam are useful for diseases gastrointestinal tract. Distinctive feature pine honey and jam from pine shoots is that they can be given to children with such diseases.

Consume pine honey and jam pine branches to lower cholesterol, for rheumatism, arthritis, polyarthritis.

Pine honey and jam from pine shoots have anti-inflammatory, antimicrobial, disinfectant, diuretic, choleretic properties, cleanses the blood and rejuvenates the body.

Norway spruce, pine needles and pine are those trees that are capable of possessing a huge amount vitality. The shoots are used to make medicine, cosmetics and cook delicious jam. Traditional medicine uses young shoots, cones, bark and tree resin. The healing properties of the green tree have saved more than one patient suffering from asthma.

Young spruce shoots - medicinal properties and contraindications

The medicinal properties of spruce are incredibly rich. They include vitamin C, K, D and PP, essential oils and turpentines. The tree also contains useful phytoncides, mineral salts, iron, copper, manganese and cobalt. Spruce medicinal properties have the following effects:

Antiscorbutic
antimicrobial
painkillers
anti-inflammatory
diuretics
choleretic

These escapes have contraindications. These include kidney disease, hepatitis and pregnancy. Use with high acetone for gastritis is prohibited.

Cleansing the bronchi and lungs with spruce shoots

Both folk and traditional medicine recommend frequent walks through the Christmas tree forest. It is no worse than pine, except that it looks gloomy. Volatile substances kill many pathogens of bronchopulmonary diseases. And the medicinal properties purify the air around the plants.

Young Christmas tree shoots will be needed for cleaning. Collect a full large package. Pour a thin layer of sprouts into a quart jar, followed by sugar. Do this procedure all the way to the top of the vessel and compact the greens well. Place the preparation in the refrigerator for 3 weeks. During this period, green syrup will accumulate. Strain it and drink 1 at a time dessert spoon 3 r. per day. The use of this product is allowed for children. Cleaning is carried out only once a year.

How to use spruce young shoots in folk medicine?

Since the benefits of spruce are enormous, it is used in any form. Traditional healers It is recommended to use green paws in their natural form for nervous disorders. At night, place a dozen paws near your head. This will relieve nervous excitement. If you have an aroma lamp, use it for this purpose. essential oil. Even in ancient times, a water tincture was used, but now it is less popular than a vodka tincture. From the young spruce shoots They brew tea, syrup, and decoction, add them to skin and hair care products, and also to baths. Traditional medicine has found use for the plant in jam.

Spruce shoot jam - recipe for spruce shoot jam

The medicinal properties of the tree have proven themselves in cooking. Shoot jam is an excellent treatment for dry and wet coughs. Taking it during bronchitis relieves pain and also removes mucus. For jam will do and spruce bud, only its composition is different.

Recipe for treats on shoots:
- 1 kg of young paws
- 3 stacks. water
- 4 stacks. Sahara

Fill in the main raw materials specified quantity boiling water and put on fire. Cook the jam over low heat for 20 minutes, then cool and let it brew for a day. Then boil again and add sugar. Place in jars and roll up, keep cool. The young ingredient should be collected in May, when the shoots reach only 2 cm. This jam is very similar to fried sugar and thick caramel. At first its taste is bitter, and then it tastes sour. The delicacy is sold in pharmacies and stores, and is not cheap.

Jam from spruce shoots: benefits and harm to the body

The medicinal properties of the plant bring only benefits. Traditional medicine has not recorded any harmful cases after consuming jam. This way it cures colds and strengthens the immune system. Sweet dessert effective for stress and nervous breakdowns. Doctors prescribe it for recovery after heart attack and stroke. In addition, our delicacy is lower in calories than chocolate. Pregnant, breastfeeding and allergy sufferers should avoid jam.

What does spruce tincture from young shoots help with?

Vodka tincture is used for colds, rhinitis, sore throat, asthma and pneumonia. Tincture recipe: 3 tbsp. l. pour 500 ml of vodka over young spruce shoots. Leave for 2 weeks in the cellar, remembering to shake. Take 2 tbsp three times before meals. l. Can be diluted in ½ glass of water. Another tincture of spruce shoots with vodka is used for kidney disorders and rheumatism.

Spruce shoot syrup - recipe for spruce shoot syrup

The medicinal properties of spruce in syrup have found their application in microinfarctions and myocarditis. The syrup recipe consists of honey in addition to the shoots. Rinse 1 kg of young spruce buds and add 3 liters of water. Boil for 15 minutes, strain, leave for 10 minutes. stand and strain again.

Add 1 kg of honey and 10 grams to 1 kg of decoction. propolis extract (in vodka). Everything is mixed and heated to a temperature of 45 degrees. Drink 1 tsp. 3 p.m. before meal per day. Store the product in glass, closed and cool. Traditional medicine allows the use of this decoction for children from 2 years of age, one coffee spoon per day.

Decoction and tea how to prepare - recipe

A decoction of spruce shoots is used for skin rashes. Its recipe is based on kidneys and milk. 30 gr. raw materials, pour 1 liter of milk, boil and cook for another 10 minutes. Then strain the liquid and drink the broth in 3 doses a day.
Tea is being prepared in the usual way. 1 tsp. pour a cup of boiling water over the greens and let it brew for 10 minutes.

Application allowed pure tea, but you can add a few drops of lemon. Add sugar or honey to taste. Based on reviews, we can say that such a drink strengthens the body in general. And those who tested began to suffer less from upper respiratory tract diseases. Traditional medicine recommends giving this tea to children in the spring and autumn.

How to make honey from spruce shoots

Throat treatment can be done using delicious honey. To prepare it you will need the youngest buds, which pink color. Rinse them with cold water, otherwise the medicinal properties will immediately disappear under the influence of boiling water. Place them in an enamel bowl and fill them completely with water. Bring to a boil over low heat and add regular sunflower honey to taste. Bring to a boil again and remove. Let the honey cool and strain through a nylon strainer. Pour into jars and place on the windowsill. The honey should sit in the sun for a week. Then store in the dark and cool.

After a month, our honey may become candied, however, this will not lose its medicinal properties.

Pine and spruce, which no one can do without New Year's holiday, - valuable medicinal plants, from which tea, decoction and even jam are prepared. You can surprise your loved ones with healthy, warming and truly winter drinks from juniper, pine, spruce and delicious jam!

Pine needle tea is called the elixir of longevity. Some peoples knew about it many centuries ago. Reopened and confirmed it beneficial properties modern specialists. The ancient Eastern “Code of Knowledge on Local Medicines” of the 15th century says that pine tea invigorates, eliminates hunger and prolongs youth.

Tea made from pine needles is a light yellow drink with a greenish tint. It is rich in vitamins: C, E, B (B1, B2, B3, B6, B7), K, P, and also contains iron, copper, calcium, essential oil, phytoncides, amino acids and more than 40 microelements. Thanks to such a rich composition, pine tea perfectly tones the body and relieves fatigue, improves immunity and prevents inflammation, normalizes metabolism, improves microcirculation in tissues and promotes their regeneration, increases the elasticity of blood vessels and acts as a mild sedative.

How to make tea from pine needles

The best choice for tea is the needles of the eastern white pine (Pinus strobus). Young needles, which are located at the tips of branches and look greener than the rest of the needles, contain the maximum nutrients. They make tea healthier and more aromatic.

You can also use dry pine needles.

Recipe No. 1

Rinse the pine needles thoroughly, place them in a cup and pour boiling water over them. Leave to steep for 10-15 minutes, stirring occasionally. The needles should turn pale.

Recipe No. 2

Grind ½ cup of pine needles and add them to boiling water. Reduce heat and cook them for 10-15 minutes. It is not recommended to cook longer than this time, since heating will destroy all valuable vitamins (especially vitamin C). Remove from heat, let sit for 15-20 minutes.

Fresh young pine needles themselves taste sweet, but you can sweeten the tea with honey and add a slice of lemon to taste. This tea is most useful in autumn and winter, during periods of exacerbation of respiratory diseases.

Fir needle tea

Take 1 tbsp. needles, rinse cold water and pour 1 cup of boiling water. Boil for 20 minutes, cool and strain. This tea contains many microelements, thanks to which it supports normal metabolism and is an excellent prevention of vitamin deficiency. As a treatment, it is used for frequent colds, coughs (expectorant), as a diuretic, diaphoretic and choleretic agent.

Juniper tea

Juniper has an antiseptic effect, eliminates toxins and is a good prophylactic for inflammation of the urinary tract. All parts of the plant are used to brew a refreshing juniper tea.

Take 1 tbsp. juniper and fill it with 200 ml of water, let it brew for half an hour.

Be careful: Collect pine needles only in ecologically clean areas and rinse thoroughly. Do not take needles from diseased trees and do not drink this tea if you are pregnant or breastfeeding.

Pine cone and bud jam

Pine cone jam is a real holiday delicacy! Unfortunately, you can’t prepare it as quickly as tea. Take note of this recipe, and then by the next New Year this delicious jam will already be on your holiday table.

This jam is made exclusively from young buds or green and soft pine cones, which are collected at the end of May. The cones should be soft, juicy and sticky, with a pine aroma. Do not collect pine cones near roads.

Pine cone jam

Recipe No. 1

For 1 kg of green young cones you will need 1 kg of sugar and 2 liters of water. Prepare a syrup from sugar and water, and then add pine cones to it. Boil for about 4 hours over low heat ( best option- pressure cooker), pour into jars and close.

Recipe No. 2

Sort the cones and rinse with water. Then place in a basin (non-metallic) and fill with cold water. The water should cover the cones by a couple of centimeters. Leave the buds overnight in this water. This infusion will then be used for cooking.

Pour sugar into the infusion (calculation: 1 kg of sugar per 1 liter of infusion) and put on fire. Bring to a boil, leave to simmer for 5 minutes. The foam that forms must be removed. Cool and repeat a couple more times (can be the next day). Will buy jam amber, amazing smell and taste. After cooling, pour into jars and store in the refrigerator.

Pine bud jam

Pour a layer of pine buds into a half-liter or liter jar, then a layer of sugar, etc. until the entire jar is filled. Close the jar with a nylon lid and place it in a dark place. The kidneys will begin to secrete juice, which will turn into syrup.

Syrup and jam from pine cones are an immunostimulant; they are very useful in the treatment of colds, sore throats and flu, and also as a prophylactic against these diseases.

Children love this jam, but consuming it in excess can affect the kidneys. Therefore, for the prevention of diseases, children are recommended to take no more than 1 tbsp. per day, when treating flu and colds - 2 tbsp.

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