Pine needles: therapeutic properties and contraindications

Healing properties of pine needles were widely used in the ancient states of Babylon and Egypt. Pine is one of the leaders in the number of chemical compounds in its composition. The needles of this tree are used in both traditional and folk medicine. Pine needles also make pillows, are used in gardening and horticulture as a mulching mixtures, an additive to fertilizers, a protective layer to maintain temperature and moisture balance.

Chemical composition

The composition of pine needles includes the following chemical compounds:

1. Tannins (8-15% depending on the time of collection) - binding fluids in the body.
2. Essential oils - bactericidal and antifungal properties.
3. Phytoncides - mucolytic, vasodilator effect.
4. Turpentine (in small amounts) - cleansing the skin.
5. Chlorophyll - stimulation of the hematopoietic function of the bone marrow.

Vitamins:

1. A (not much inferior to carotenoids to carrots) - strengthening capillaries, accelerating the breakdown of fatty acids, providing balance in the interaction of antagonist elements (potassium, calcium, iron zinc, copper aluminum).
2. C (high concentration of ascorbic acid) - strengthens the immune system, increasing the efficiency of iron absorption.
3. Vitamin E - a natural antioxidant, represented by tocopherol.
4. Vitamin PP - increasing capillary tone.
5. B6 - relief of respiratory tract spasms, strengthening the effect of anti-tuberculosis medications.
6. B9 - increasing the likelihood of conception, a slight normalization of bile composition.

Macro- and micronutrients:

1. Iron (presented in an easily digestible form).
2. Manganese - antimicrobial action, purification of the blood from inorganic toxins.
3. Potassium and calcium - normalization of the cardiovascular system.
4. Copper - in combination with esters - elimination of inflammation, a slight analgesic effect.

When and how to collect pine needles

To prepare alcoholic beverages, teas, facial masks, it is better to collect the raw material in June. Such needles have a minimum of bitterness, a light aftertaste, minimal harm to the gastrointestinal tract. For baths, inhalations, treatment of fungal diseases, as an expectorant, antiseptic, for enemas, baths, from comedones recommend collecting in January and February. So in the needles will be the maximum concentration of resins, essential oils, turpentine. It has high efficiency, but more contraindications, frequent side effects, high probability of allergic reactions.

For oral intake, collect the needles by hand. It is not recommended to take branches to settlements with a polluted atmosphere, as the needles quickly absorb harmful chemical compounds, changing the properties. Carry it in tightly closed glass containers. Containers should not be closed with plastic or plastic lids. Raw material should be stored away from roads, settlements, heavy industry and light industry, as the needles have high absorption properties.

How to store

It is desirable to store the needles well dried, without washing beforehand. It can not be dried in the oven because of the sharp temperature drop there is an accelerated decay of phytoncides, essential oils and loss of chlorophyll. The most effective way is on the stove. If you don't have an oven, an electric dryer at a minimum temperature will work, but you must turn it off every 30 minutes. When drying on an oven, you should take parchment or xerox paper. The latter, by the way, can give an unpleasant aftertaste.

If you dry the raw material outdoors, it is important to avoid open sunlight. To avoid this, you can cover it with gauze. Sunlight provokes the decay of vitamin C, chlorophyll, phytoncides, increased potassium, aluminum, thickening the structure of resins. All this reduces the efficiency of assimilation. Possible side effects: impaired digestion, malignant tumors, shortness of breath, Quincke's edema, heart failure, increased internal pressure in the respiratory tract, destruction of mucosa due to heavy resins.

If you plan to store for more than a year, you should take only glass sterilized containers. In linen bags, the raw material can be kept for 6-8 months. You can also store in suspension, but in an odor-free room and at a temperature of no more than +10°C. Resins and essential oils spoil quickly. This may cause unpleasant consequences: diarrhea, belching, flatulence, heartburn, dysbacteriosis. Headaches, as a rule, are caused by disrupted fluid metabolism, blockage of blood vessels by fatty acids. This provokes an increase in intracranial pressure, less often arterial pressure.

The method of storage in alcohol is effective. You need to take 3 parts of fresh washed needles and 1 part of the alcohol. Pour so that the needles were wet. Densely fill a glass container with dry sterilization. In the refrigerator, such preparation is stored for about 3 years, in the basement - 5 years. Under the lid you need to put a layer of gauze and a layer of parchment paper.

For sauces, the needles of spruce needles can be pour salt - 1 part to 3 parts of the needles. Then knead well so that the needles became moist, and store in the same way in the basement - about 3 years, in the refrigerator - about 1.5 years.

Useful properties of pine needles

Pine needles have the following medicinal properties:

1. Immunostrengthening - decoctions, teas, tinctures, infusions.
2. Wound-healing - compresses, ointments, decoctions, teas as tools that accelerate tissue regeneration.
3. Bactericidal - regardless of the form of application, depending on the localization of the infection.
4. Anti-inflammatory - inhalations, decoctions, teas.
5. Antifungal - ointments, infusions, tinctures, baths. With candidiasis - internal application.
6. Antispasmodic - compresses, decoctions, infusions, teas (but in diseases of the gastrointestinal tract should not apply tinctures, as they can lead to ulcers due to increased acidity).
7. Detoxifying - teas.
8. Mucolytic - decoctions, infusions, inhalations (tinctures are not recommended, they can provoke either abundant mucus secretion (asphyxia), or its thickening).
9. Vasoconstrictor - decoctions teas, lotions, compresses.
10. Slowing the rhythm of the heartbeat, normalization of arterial, intracranial pressure - teas (decoctions give instant effect, which is fraught with vascular rupture).

What is useful for jam from pine needles

The main effect is to strengthen the immune system. Others:

1. Preventing the accumulation of mucus, its withdrawal from the respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract.
2. Facilitate the withdrawal of pus in purulent angina, reducing pain.
3. Acceleration of blood circulation.
4. Reducing the duration of colds.
5. Stimulation of digestion.
6. Strengthen the walls of blood vessels.
7. Increase the elasticity of cartilage.
8. Relieve headaches.
9. Antidepressant.
10. Reducing nervous tension.
11. Nausea relief, increase appetite, normalization of gastrointestinal flora.
12. Acceleration of metabolism.
13. Elimination of congestion regardless of etiology, normalization of mucosal consistency.
14. Prevention of formation of purulent and fecal deposits in the large intestine.
15. Increase the enzymatic capacity of gastric juice, bile.

How to cook

1. There is no needle jam, but you can make artificial honey. Jam can be made in combination with other fruits or vegetables. Add 700 grams of pine needles for 3 liters of cold water, bring to a boil, turn off. Strain the cool decoction, add the juice of 3 lemons, 3.5 kg of sugar, bring to a boil, turn off. Pour into half liter jars and sterilize for 15 minutes. Store in the basement for 5-7 years.
2. Cut 3 kg of peeled carrots into small cubes. Pour water to cover 1 cm. If the carrots are wilted, you need to take more water. Boil them until they are soft. Add 3 tablespoons of pine needles to 0.5 liters of water, bring to a boil and let cool, strain. Add the carrots, bring to the boil, add 1.5 kg of sugar and the juice of 5 large oranges. Boil until it starts to thicken, put into half-liter jars and sterilize for 30 minutes. Keep about 3 years.
3. Cut up 1 kg of peeled quinces into small pieces. Boil until tender. Take 1 tbsp. pine needles for 1 cup of cold water, bring to a boil, let cool and strain. Add to the quinces, bring to a boil, add 1 kg of sugar. Bring to the boil and remove from the heat. Pass 1 kg of prunes through a meat grinder, add to the mixture and boil. Pack it into half liter jars and sterilize for 45 minutes. Shelf life - a year.

Pine needles in folk medicine

Inhalation

Pour 1 kg of onion husks overnight in 3 liters of cold water. Add 4 tablespoons of pine needles and bring to a boil. Inhalation should not take more than 2 minutes - it can abundantly mucus. This method should not be used if there is fluid accumulation in the lungs, cardiovascular disease, asthma, intracranial pressure.

In case of kidney diseases

Bring 1 liter of unrefined sunflower oil to a boil. Rinse a cup of young needles, allow to drain, add to the boiling oil. Keep on the fire for 10-20 seconds, allow to cool, strain through gauze. This is an indispensable remedy for kidney disease.

Mouthwash for purulent diseases

Take 1 tbsp. each of plantain, pine needles and ground zest of one lemon for 200 ml of vodka. Ideally, the composition will be ready in a month, but you can use it in 3-5 days, shaking before use. If you add to the composition 0.5 cup black currant, 1 tbsp. crushed raspberry leaf, you get immunostrengthening balm for tea. If you add in 200 ml of vodka 1 tbsp. pine needles and 1 tsp. peppermint, it will be a balm for nausea, which increases the motility of the stomach, removes bad breath.

A lotion to relieve puffiness

1 tbsp. of pine needles pour a glass of boiling water. Stand in a thermos for 12-16 hours. Put soaked gauze on swellings. Hold until the lotion does not begin to stick to the skin, then change. Do not get involved with lotions, because it is possible heterogeneous skin (contrast of rejuvenated treated areas with untreated).

Compress .

Take 2 tbsp. of pine needles and 1 tbsp. of vegetable oil for 0,5 kg of salt. Warm until hot, pour into a cloth bag, wrap in several layers of linen towel. It is good for relieving colds. But it should not be used in case of abscesses.

Throat rinse

1 tbsp. pine needles pour 300 ml of boiling water. Then you need to insist in a thermos for 2 hours. After straining add 1 tsp. soda, 0.5 tsp. salt. Stir well. The rinse aid is enough for 3 times. Rinse after 20-25 minutes. Children should not add salt and baking soda, as it can burn the mucosa.

Wound-healing mixture to lubricate the gums with blood cancer

Bring 200 ml of carrot juice to a boil. Add 1 tsp. pine needles, turn off, let cool without removing from the container. Strain, add 100 ml of milk, 150 g of butter, bring to a boil. Add 12 tablespoons of honey, bring to the boil, remove from heat. Pour into a glass container and store in the refrigerator. If wounds are painful, do not add honey. When taken orally immunity improves for 2-3 days. The composition is strictly prohibited in autoimmune diseases, regardless of the method of application.

Paste for disinfecting and restoring tooth enamel

Wash a glass of pine needles, steep them in boiling water, grind them to a powder. Add 2 tbsp. of tooth powder and 1 tsp. of baking soda and knead well. Use no more than 2 times a week, as oral dysbacteriosis is possible. The paste whitens, reduces inflammation, partially removes the stone. It should not be used by children under 12 years of age, it is possible destruction or improper formation of tooth enamel.

A pus-extracting remedy

Bring 200 g of honey to a boil in a water bath. Add 4 tbsp. young washed needles. Remove from the water bath, allow to cool to lukewarm. Strain through a fine wooden or glass strainer. It is strictly forbidden to strain through the stained bars. Do not apply the product when burned. But it can be added to tea as a sweetener.

Antifungal remedy

1 kg of washed peeled onions through a meat grinder. A glass of young pine needles steamed, grind into a pulp. Bring 1 liter of honey to a boil in a water bath. Add ingredients to the hot honey and allow to harden. Apply to the affected areas for less than 10 minutes. Rinse well with warm water before and after application.

Elimination of burn marks, scars from healed wounds

Crush 1 tbsp of young pine needles into a pulp. Beat 2 yolks to a high foam. Gradually introduce the ground needles, continue beating. There will be an uneven foam. Place a compress for 10-15 minutes. Change the gauze every 3 minutes, rinse with warm water after each application. The procedure should be repeated in two days. Be sure to take a one-week break. Abuse can cause local tears, abnormal thickening between the skin and the soft tissue of the cancer due to accelerated cell division. The compound is strictly prohibited in autoimmune diseases, cancer. It is good for restoring the affected hair follicles.

From coughs

Boil 100 ml of fortified wine with 1 tsp of pine needles. Strain quickly. Add 1 tsp. honey and drink it hot. Remedy helps with any cough.

Types of medicinal compositions

From pine needles can be prepared:

1. Infusion - concentrated decoction or poured needles in a thermos. Optimal effectiveness is achieved after some time.
2. Tincture - infused in alcohol. It can not be used by persons under 18 years of age, patients with significant damage to the mucosa of the gastrointestinal tract, hyperacidity, perforation of the gastrointestinal tract.
3. Decoction - raw material brewed in a container, on a water bath or open fire.
4. Tea - a weak decoction, cooked in a container.
5. Ointment - usually based on animal fats.
6. Gel - the use of vegetable fats, vaseline oil. Dries pustules, cleans the nail plates.
7. Coniferous bath - adding an extract from pine needles in warm water.

Infusion

1. 1 tbsp. pine needles and 1 tsp. lemon balm pour 250 ml of boiling water. Infuse 3-4 hours in a thermos, but do not shake. Strain 150 ml, add 100 ml of warm boiled water. Means excellent for insomnia. When secondary use, take no more than 50 ml of infusion, diluted in 200 ml of boiling water. Do not add honey, as it is possible to reduce blood pressure, lethargic sleep, allergic reactions up to anaphylactic shock. Strain the rest of the decoction and add it to foot baths. It perfectly eliminates sweating of an infectious nature, but increases the sensitivity of the feet.
2. Pour 6 tbsp. each of marigold and pine needles in 0.5 liters of boiling water, insist in a thermos for 12-14 hours. Remedy removes rotting skin in diabetes. In the tea add no more than 20 ml per 200 ml. If you have liver disease, you need to add plus 1 tsp. honey. The infusion is prohibited in the acute form, regardless of the etiology and site of localization of the disease. He perfectly de-greases oily hair, skin. Before use, it should be strained, but not diluted with water.
3. 1 tsp each of pine needles and chamomile, 10-15 raspberry leaves pour 300 ml of boiling water. Leave for an hour, strain, give a child from 7 years to 30-50 ml every 3 hours for the flu. If there is a cloying smell of pine needles, you need to dilute the infusion with water.

Tincture .

1. Take 1 cup each of raspberry, sea buckthorn, pine needles and insist in a glass container for at least 3 months. Tincture loses its healing properties in sunlight. It should be added at a high temperature in teas, to use as a flavoring for alcoholic beverages. If you plan to use it as an essence, the ingredients should be doubled. As an immunomodulator, it is advised to take vodka instead of alcohol, and reduce the number of ingredients by 2 times, adding 0.5 liters of honey.
2. One cup each of pine needles and rose petals put through a meat grinder. Pour 3 cups of sugar separately, infuse for 12 hours, stirring occasionally. Pour 1.5 liters of vodka and insist 3 months. You will get a delicious tincture for the soul.
3. Less sweet variant - pass the needles through a meat grinder with one lemon, add rose petals with a glass of raspberries, sugar. Infuse for 1 month.
4. A glass of dandelions and 1 kg of sweet oranges are passed through a meat grinder. 0.5 liters of pine needles pour 1 liter of liquid honey. Leave for 2 hours, adding oranges and dandelion every 30 minutes. Pour 2 liters of vodka, insist 3-4 months.

Decoction

1. Rinse for bleeding gums. Take 1 tbsp. chamomile, 1 tsp. each of St. John's wort and pine needles, 3-4 bay leaves for 0.5 l of cold or chilled water. Bring to a boil, turn off. Rinse after 30-40 minutes. If the number of ingredients is doubled, you get a bath for purulent discharge from the genitals.
2. Decoction with sea buckthorn. Take a glass of sea buckthorn, 1 tbsp. pine needles for 1 liter of water. Bring to a boil, turn off, strain before use. Ingredients do not discard, squeeze. Such a mass perfectly cleanses the feet, palms, improves the color of the nails.

Tea

Coniferous teas should not be consumed regularly. The plant contains alkaloids, so there may be an addictive effect. Cholesterol plaques can appear because of the high concentration of oils. Such drinks are strictly forbidden during a weight loss diet, because vitamins A, C accelerate the breakdown of fatty fibers, and compensating fats creates an additional load on the liver, pancreas.

1. Take 1 tbsp of pine needles for 1 liter of boiling water. Boil for 1 minute. The tea lowers sugar levels, is a preventive measure against colds. You can add a ring of lemon. For prevention, it is not desirable to combine pine needles with other herbs. Flavonoids and essential oils are in conflict, leading to a malfunction of the endocrine system. This is especially true for peppermint, menthol, and rose leaf. Exceptions are rose hips and dandelion.
2. Take 15-20 berries of rose hips, 1 tsp. pine needles, 30 flowers of dandelion for 1 liter of cold water. Bring to a boil. Turn off. In an hour the tea is ready to drink.
3. Artificial honey. For 1 liter of water take the ingredients of the previous tea, increasing the amount by 4 times. Add 0.5 kg of sugar, a pinch of citric acid. Bring to a boil twice, pour into half-liter jars and sterilize for 25 minutes. For medicinal purposes honey do not strain, for use as an immunomodulator - strain after a second cooling.
4. Tea Treats. Take 1 cup of dried raspberries, 1 tsp. pine needles, the juice of one lemon for 1 liter of water. Bring to a boil, let stand for 15-20 minutes, add sugar, honey to taste. This is a tasty remedy for a high fever.
5. Anthelminthic tea. Take 1 tsp. each of St. John's wort, yarrow, pine needles for 0.5 liters of cold water. Boil for no more than 3 minutes. Use every hour, no more than 50 ml. The duration of the course - no more than a day, as tea is detrimental to the liver. In parallel, you should take a decoction of corn sprouts. It is also necessary to drink not less than 3 liters of boiled water during the day. Do not use dairy products, as possible asphyxia (intensely go helminths).

The ointment

Pine needle ointments are used as a wound healing, antiseptic, for restoration and disinfection of mucous membranes of the throat, nose, mouth, female genitalia. It is necessary to use animal fats, a chemical reaction is possible with vegetable fats. Gels on vegetable fats can only use pharmacy or prepared by an experienced herbalist in strict compliance with storage times.

1. Young needles rinse, boil pig fat. Add pine needles, turn off, strain. Take the ingredients in equal parts. This ointment is bactericidal, effective for chemical burns. It can be used as a wound healer for bruises. It should not be used for children under 10 years of age, pig fat can cause putrefaction. The ointment is also suitable in the form of suppositories for hemorrhoids. The size should not exceed ½ of the pharmacy's. If you add a third of the total amount of honey, it can draw out boils and calluses. Regardless of the method of application, children need to add twice as much butter of the total amount of ingredients.
2. Take everything in equal proportions. Bring mutton fat to a boil in a water bath. Add coriander, mustard, pine needles. Boil for 10 minutes on low heat in a water bath. This is a warming ointment for colds, but it can be used as a remedy for an anti-cellulite massage. It is better to use only experienced masseurs, as it is possible to rupture blood vessels. Hold it for no more than 10 minutes. If you exclude fat from the composition, and add the ingredients to 1.5 liters of boiling water, you get a remedy for inhalation, foot baths. If you add mint to the previous composition, you get a remedy for massaging the joints. Should not be abused in the deposition of salts, as it is possible the destruction of cartilage tissue. In addition to the destruction of the joints, the salts can go to the kidneys.

Coniferous bath

Baths are mainly used after anti-cellulite massage, to rejuvenate the skin, relieve back and limb pains, accelerate blood circulation, stimulate detoxification of the skin and upper layers of soft tissues.

1. Take 3 cups of pine needles for 10 liters of boiling water. Allow to boil for 1-3 minutes, turn off. If you are very tired or the first time you take it at night, do not drink, heart failure is possible.
2. With psoriasis. At 10 liters of boiling water to take 1 cup each of succession and pine needles. Infuse 6-8 hours. With venous diseases must be added plus 3 tablespoons of celandine. Infuse for 2 hours.
3. For silky skin. At 15 liters of steep boiling water a glass of fresh young pine needles. Allow to boil, infuse for an hour, add 15-20 drops of rose oil to the already prepared bath. It is desirable to make a separate decoction of rose petals for cooking. Can be replaced by rosehip petals. Coniferous decoction is the same. Take a glass of petals for 1 liter of boiling water, boil for 2 minutes, let stand for an hour. Before taking a bath decoction to strain, after a shower is desirable.

Attention! All recipes are listed for introductory purposes. Most pine needles are intended for inhalations, rinses, external use. There are often side effects: nausea, dizziness, belching with a pungent pine odor, skin rashes, burns, headache, short-term defocus, a feeling of euphoria.

Cosmetic use

When selecting the auxiliary ingredients, the skin and hair type must be taken into account.

1. Rinse for oily hair. Take 1 tbsp. mint, 2 tbsp. pine for 1 liter of cold water. Bring to a boil, strain warm. When dry brittle hair, take chamomile instead of mint. If there is dandruff, to both add 2 tbsp. calendula. If the hair is falling out, the previous options to add 4 tbsp of burdock leaves and carrot tops each.
2. Comedones. Take 1 tbsp of pine needles, 9 tbsp of plantain, 1.5 tbsp of calendula for 1 liter of boiling water.
3. To get a blush on the cheeks, 200 grams of grated carrots boiled in 400 ml of milk. Bring 100 g of butter to a boil. Let cool until warm, squeeze through gauze. Add oil to the carrot broth. Apply warm compresses on the skin. This mixture can be used as an immunomodulator orally. Do not use before massages, rejuvenation procedures, as stretch marks are guaranteed.
4. If the integrity of the nail plate is compromised by fungus, you need 300 ml of red wine brought to a boil. Add 1 head of grated garlic, 1 tsp of pine needles, turn off. Let cool to a comfortable temperature for the bath, keep for at least 10 minutes. Rinse with warm water. Repeat every other day for 5-7 treatments. The composition can be used as an inhalation, it quickly removes nasal congestion, burning of the throat. As a rinse, it is effective against suppuration in the mouth, herpes, perfectly disinfects and strengthens the gums. If strained, it can be used as a marinade for meat. But you need to add 1 tbsp of salt, 5 peas of allspice or 3 cloves. The variant with cloves is preferable.

Pillow with pine needles

A pillow with pine needles has a soothing effect and is used to normalize sleep. Doctors recommend it in the early stages of epilepsy, but its use in the home is not practical. Needles often pierce the material. One has either to steam it - due to which the effectiveness is lost, or to crush the raw material. The best option, which allows the smell of pine needles to pass freely, allows natural moisture exchange and does not let the needles out, is a duvet cover of parachute fabric. But there is a disadvantage - rustling when exposed to mechanical action.

For long life, it is better to collect the needles in frosty winters. A pillow from pine needles can last up to 5 years, spruce - up to 3, fir - up to 2. Further, the needles turn into dust at low humidity, at high - the loss of odor and useful properties is possible. When stuffing, the size should be 1,5-2 times less than the standard size. This does not apply to fir needles. Use it with caution - children may have delayed development of the central nervous system (reverse effect), curvature of the cervical vertebrae.

With colds, you can use pillow-compresses. 700 grams of flour, preferably rye, warmed to a hot temperature, pour into a linen bag, wrap with a towel. Place the pad under the back of the baby. From 7 years old, add 1-2 tbsp. pine needles, put it on the chest on the right. The same compress can be used for cystitis. Pine needles give a greater effect with flour and potatoes, with salt dries the respiratory tract and skin.

Pine needles for the vegetable garden

You can not fertilize the soil only with pine needles - it increases the acidity, prevents air exchange. Because of this, vegetables do not grow well, they have a tough fiber with flaws, branched root system.

Fertilizer can be prepared only in a pit. It is necessary to dig a hole 1,5 m deep, pour 30 cm of pine needles on the bottom. Dilute a bucket of bird manure (8 litres) in 15 litres of warm water. Add 100 grams of baking yeast, pour the needles. Next add a layer of vegetable waste, preferably potato husks. Next comes soil and vegetable waste, on top a layer of liquid cattle feces. Pour well everything with warm water, cover with soil, cover with oilcloth. The humus is ready in 6-8 months. If the needles are young, a lot of potato husks, the humus is ready in 2-3 months.

If there is no animal waste, you can mix with pine any plants, leaves in equal parts, pour over the soil, and abundantly water each layer. It is desirable that the water should be warm, it accelerates the process of decomposition. To speed up the process, you should regularly pour the food waste, sprinkle a thin layer of soil. Quality humus should give a shrinkage of at least 3 cm per month. If a lot of liquid forms at the top, it is necessary to make holes to allow it to seep into the lower layers.

Plant-based humus only dries out the soil during the heat. It is necessary to regularly loosen and water, otherwise the vegetables become tough by spring. Vegetable humus is recommended for use on level ground. During the rains, it accelerates the washing away of the fertile layer. If there is no other way out, half of the humus should be beet haulm. It can be added only for the winter.

Contraindications to use

Do not use pine needles, regardless of the method of preparation, under the following conditions of the body.

1. Pregnancy and lactation period.
2. Acute cardiac and renal failure.
3. An acute form of liver, kidney and pancreatic diseases.
4. Increased blood acidity - you can only walk in a coniferous forest for no more than 15-20 minutes a day.
5. Hypotension as a chronic form of the disease.
6. Hemophilia and other pathologies associated with an overabundance of iron or its poor absorption.
7. Spastic colitis.
8. Aphthous stomatitis.
9. Malignancies.
10. Dysbacteriosis of degree 1-3.
11. Low level of blood clotting or simultaneous use of anticoagulants.
12. Reactive inflammatory processes.
13. Autoimmune diseases.
14. Acute stage of skin diseases.
15. Generalized form of epilepsy.
16. Severe depressive states.
17. Children: under 18 years - tinctures, under 5 years - only weak teas, under 10 years - decoctions.
18. Stenosis (narrowing of the channels through which fluids travel, including the larynx), regardless of etiology and location.
19. Extraintestinal helminths: toxocarias, dirofilariae, ankylostomas - uncontrolled destructive processes.
20. Asthma, varicose veins, elevated eye pressure, bile duct dyskinesia, surgical intervention on internal organs, brain - only as prescribed by doctor.
21. Obstruction, regardless of where it is localized.

Caution should be used pine needles with rheumatoid manifestations, as a high probability of uncontrolled reactive inflammatory processes. Take necessarily in consultation with your doctor, taking into account the medications included in the complex therapy.

Before the first reception (use) it is desirable to carry out allergoprobe: decoctions, teas - no more than 50 ml, 20-30 minutes. Infusions - 20 ml, 20 minutes. Tinctures - not more than 10 ml, 15 min. Ointments - dotted application, 5 min.

Properties of pine needles are not fully studied. It is desirable to coordinate the first application with the doctor. It is advisable to use pharmacy collections with prescribed dosages according to age and body weight.

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