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The benefits of spruce shoots are often underestimated, although coniferous trees are a storehouse of vitamins and microelements. They have a healing effect on the body. Therefore, it is important to consider how and with what to cook shoots to improve your well-being.
What are the benefits of young spruce shoots?
Young shoots are of greatest value. The chemical composition includes the following useful elements:
- Vitamins C, PP, K and D. Affect the immune system, accelerate cell growth and metabolic processes.
- Iron, manganese. Normalize blood circulation, improve the condition of blood vessels.
- Essential oils. Improve mental and physical well-being, rejuvenate tissues.
Among other things, spruce shoots are antioxidants, prevent inflammatory processes, and remove harmful substances. With their help, it is possible to prevent the development of colds and a number of ailments.
Contraindications and harm to spruce shoots
Young shoots of spruce are a natural product, the beneficial properties of which were known several centuries ago. The plant is actively used in medicinal practice.However, there is a category of people for whom the use of shoots is contraindicated.
Popular experts advise not to collect samples growing near roads - needles are more useful in the forest than in the city
Spruce shoots bring both benefit and harm. Doctors do not recommend consuming raw materials if you have hypertension, individual intolerance, or kidney disease. Children under 12 years of age and nursing mothers should not use spruce shoots.
The use of spruce shoots in folk medicine
Spruce shoots are used not only by doctors. There are several folk methods for preparing raw materials so that they are as useful as possible in a particular case. Depending on the disease, there are different recipes.
For bronchitis
Siberian varieties are used as spruce shoots. People believe that the plant's frost resistance is somehow transferred to humans. To prepare the tincture, a special recipe is used.
Spruce shoots are prepared and washed in clean water. Place 200 g of product in a 2 liter container and fill with water. The liquid is infused for 20 days. At the same time, shake it every day. A useful remedy is used before meals, 50 ml.
Useful raw materials are added to tea - 1 tsp is enough. substances
To strengthen the immune system
It is advisable to drink decoctions in winter and autumn, when it becomes cold and damp outside. Spruce shoots are washed with tap water, chopped into small pieces and poured with boiling water. Leave the liquid for half an hour, turn off the stove, but do not remove the lid. When the broth becomes warm, it is divided into three doses. Drink in one day.
To improve the effect, it is recommended to add honey to the liquid.
For boils and abscesses
As is clear from the chemical composition, spruce shoots are useful against inflammation. A patch is used to treat ailments. Melt wax and butter in a 1:1 ratio. Allow to cool (no more than four minutes) and apply the mixture to the shoots.
Fix it to the affected area with a cloth or bandage. This “plaster” heals the skin and is useful for small and medium-sized abscesses.
Both young and mature trees are suitable for making homemade plaster
For hemorrhoids
The disease may be accompanied by acute pain. Sea buckthorn oil and spruce shoots are heated, mixed and brought to a single substance. Moisten gauze with the composition and apply to the sore spot for a quarter of an hour. The procedure is repeated twice a day. Thanks to the beneficial properties of the bark, accelerated healing occurs.
Raw materials can be stored in a glass jar or plastic container
For tuberculosis
Spruce shoots improve physical condition, making them useful for tuberculosis. The raw materials are crushed and mixed with honey. Leave for 20 days, stirring every day. The beneficial liquid is passed through cheesecloth and the remains are removed. In the morning, drink 30 ml of the substance on an empty stomach.
It is not necessary to crush the spruce shoots too much, the main thing is that the liquid is convenient to drink
For mastopathy
To treat the disease, melt a small amount of resin and mix it with olive oil in a ratio of 1:5. The liquid is heated until it becomes warm. The compress is applied for half an hour five times a day. The medicine is very useful for women.
Compresses should not be kept for too long
For burns
To speed up the healing of burns, you will need a healing ointment. It is prepared using spruce shoots.They are crushed with a mortar and mixed with butter (1:5). Cover the container with a lid, bring it to a temperature of 70 °C and keep it for eight hours. The useful product is cleaned through gauze and the foam is removed. The ointment is used every day 2-3 times until the burn heals.
If the burn is serious, the beneficial ointment may not have an effect - you should consult a doctor
For pneumonia
Spruce shoots are also useful in cases of pneumonia. A decoction is prepared for therapy. The needles are crushed in a mortar (1 tablespoon is enough), placed in a bowl and a glass of boiling water is added. The container is kept on low heat for 30 minutes, after which it is placed on the table and covered with a warm cloth. The liquid should steep well - on average, 4-5 hours is enough. The resulting composition is filtered and taken half a glass twice a day until complete recovery.
The medicine also restores and calms the nervous system
For rheumatism
To prevent joint pain, baths made from spruce shoots are used. The useful composition is prepared according to the following recipe. The shoots are washed with warm water and crushed to 2 kg of raw materials. The product is poured with water at room temperature and sent to the stove. Keep on low heat for 30 minutes. The liquid is passed through gauze.
The prepared medicine is filled into the bath. It is taken for at least 15 minutes - the more, the better.
The procedure is repeated three times a week until the joints stop hurting
When to collect and how to store
Spruce shoots are collected in May and November, when the needles gain nutrients. The raw materials are cut before the juice begins to flow. If necessary, resin collection is carried out in the summer.The product also contains many useful elements.
The material is dried in a warm room with regular ventilation. This can also be done outdoors if there is a suitable shelter. After losing moisture, the spruce shoots are placed in a paper bag and transferred to a shaded place. As for the resin, it is dried in a similar way and placed in a glass container. Store in a dark place.
Conclusion
The benefits of spruce shoots are one of those things that cannot be overestimated. The product has healing properties and treats many ailments - inflammation, tuberculosis, hemorrhoids. An ointment prepared from the shoots accelerates the healing of burns. Spruce decoctions stimulate the production of leukocytes.
