Pine Tops

Due to the rich content of essential oil, pine tips exert anti-inflammatory, drying bronchial secretions, weak antimicrobial, antiseptic, and anti-putrefactive action. They also have known antispasmodic, choleretic and diuretic effects 

Residence in Bulgaria:

It grows in the mountains from 1000 to 2200 m above sea level, especially on south-facing slopes.

Description:

An evergreen coniferous tree with a straight, up to 40 m high stem and with vertebra-shaped branches. The leaves are needle-like, grey-green, up to 7 cm long, two together. The cones are elongated ovoid, collected in groups, with downwardly curled stalks. The male cones are clustered at the base, and the female cones at the top of the young branches. 

Usable parts:

The young pine tips collected in early spring before flowering are used. They are dried in the shade or in a dryer at 40 °C. When picking the tips, please leave at least 1/3 of the tips on the tree so that it can develop and continue to give us its benefits.

Collection time:

Early spring.

Composition of the herb:

They contain about 0.5% of essential oil, which consists of α-pinene, β-pinene, β-phellandrene, limonene, myrcene, cadinene, sylvestrene, borneal, boronyl acetate, bornyl ester, etc.; resinous substances, vitamin C, tannins, etc 

Therapeutic effect:

При bronchitis, ангина, кашлица, бъбречни камъни, боровите връхчета имат противовъзпалително, антисептично, слабо противомикробно и подпомагащо отхрачването действие. Използват се при възпаления на горните дихателни пътища, хроничен бронхит, бронхиални , астма. Намират приложение още при заболявания на пикочните пътища, възпаление на жлъчката, анемия, подагра.  Външно – при ревматични заболявания, ишиас, лумбаго, хемороиди и кожни обриви. 

Usage:

Ways of use:

Вътрешно – под формата на сироп: 30 г борови връхчета се заливат с 600 мл вода. Вари се докато водата остане до 500 мл. Към прецедената отвара се добавят 150 г honey, 100 г небетшекер и 50 г нишадър (последният само при кашлица). Взема се по 2 супени лъжици 3 пъти на ден. Външно – приготвя се отвара (1:10) за компреси или инхалации. Отварата може да се прибавя към вода за правене на бани във вана. 

Bulgarian traditional usage:

Inhalations with pine tips. 20 g of pine tips are taken and placed in 250 ml. boiling water. The patient leans over the vessel and inhales the vapor. Inhalations last 10-15 minutes. They are used for diseases of the respiratory tract. 

When coughing. 100 g of pine tips are taken and boiled in 2.5 liters of water until 0.5 liters of liquid remain. The cooled and strained decoction is sweetened with honey or Nebetsheker and 1 cup of coffee is drunk from it 3 times a day 

In rheumatism and skin diseases baths are made with a decoction of 500 g of the drug, boiled for 30 minutes with 5 liters of water and added to the bath water. 

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Name in Latin: White pine—Pinus sylvestris L. pine tips – Turiones Pini