Pine needles are tender leaves of Pinus massoniana, Pinus densiflora, Pinus sylvestris var. mongolica, Pinus armandii, Pinus armandii, etc. Pine needles are fragrant and contain many elements such as volatile oil, sugar, carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and amino acids. Among them, carotene, vitamin C and vitamin E have anti-aging effects. Drinking pine needle water can prevent colds and treat chronic bronchitis and rheumatic joint pain. In ancient China, there was a record of eating pine needles and drinking pine needle tea to enjoy a long life. Pine trees are green and evergreen, and can be fried with tender pine needles at the turn of spring and summer; Tea can be fried with pine needles in autumn; In winter, pine needles can be used as vegetables, or dried and ground into powder and added to food for enjoyment.
Pine needle powder is also known as pine leaf pine hair, that is, the leaves of pine trees. Because its leaves are like needles, it is named "pine needles", which is bitter, non-toxic and warm.
Ingredients: Pine needles are rich in protein, antibiotics, chlorophyll, plant fiber, plant enzymes, 8 kinds of amino acids, various trace mineral elements, vitamins and other active substances.
Efficacy: It can be used to treat cerebral apoplexy and arteriosclerosis, and can adjust blood pressure in two directions. Sexual dysfunction, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, constipation, young people's colds, acne, allergic rhinitis, obesity and so on have different curative effects.
Usage: 1 Adults take 4~5 capsules (about 3g) each time, and children over 5 years old take 2~3 capsules each time, three times a day, with warm water, and the long-term effect is obvious.
2. Mix the powder and cold water evenly and apply it to your face for 2 hours, and the acne on your face will shrink. Stick to it for a week, "acne" disappears without a trace, and it can also repair the black spots left by "acne".
Many experiments by various research institutions around the world have proved that pine needles have no toxic side effects, carcinogenic mutations, teratogenic effects and allergic reactions. Refined pine needles have been used as food additives in European countries.
Precautions: People with pollen allergy should use it with caution in spring and April.
Pine trees are evergreen all the year round and can live for thousands of years. Some studies believe that the role of "proanthocyanidins" is the main reason why pine trees will not die for thousands of years. Pine needles can strengthen the body and prevent diseases. Li Shizhen said in Compendium of Materia Medica: "Pine leaves, named pine hairs, are warm in nature, bitter in taste and non-toxic. They enter the four meridians of liver, kidney, lung and spleen, and treat the swelling and toxicity of various viscera, wind-cold and dampness. It is also said that it can cure swollen blisters, promote hair regeneration, strengthen the liver, kidney, heart, spleen and lungs, and satisfy hunger and prolong life. " Pine needles are the representative medicinal parts of pine trees. The medicinal components of pine needles are higher than those of other parts of pine trees. They not only contain a lot of bioflavonoids and procyanidins, but also contain chlorophyll and vitamins. Pine needle extract can be used to dilate arterial blood vessels, increase the oxygen carrying capacity of red blood cells, promote blood circulation, improve the function of capillaries, enhance immunity, increase hormone secretion, strengthen sperm, and rejuvenate body tissues. Several major symptoms of human heart disease, such as angina pectoris, palpitation, wheezing and dyspnea, will be mysteriously improved after drinking pine needle preparation. Cooking and drinking methods of pine needle tea: picking pine needles (not suitable for underage pine trees under 3 meters and under 6 years old), picking male trees in spring and summer, and picking female trees in autumn and winter. After washing, soak in water for a while. Decocting method: cut the washed and soaked pine needles into three sections, put them in a pot and add water for decocting 10- 15 minutes. Soaking method: cut the washed pine needles into three sections, pour boiling water into a thermos bottle and stew for half an hour. Generally, pine needles can be boiled several times, and the taste and ingredients are different each time. Usually, it can be used on behalf of tea, for the purpose of health care, there is no need to fry it very thick. The dosage is similar to that of tea, so tea is allowed. If the pine needle tea is not astringent, you can cook it for more time, for example, 20 minutes. Or wash pine needles and soak them in clear water for more than several hours (such as overnight) to remove astringency. Preservation of fresh pine needle leaves. Put the picked fresh pine needle leaves into a dark breathable bag, and the mouth of the bag is slightly open without sealing. It can be kept fresh for 3 months in the shade. Folk traditional pine needle therapy;
(1) For hypertension, wash 50 pine needles, put them in a jar and add water to decoct tea, 3-4 times a day. Or use 50 pine needles in a mortar, add two small glasses of water, grind them into juice, divide them into three parts, and drink them on an empty stomach in the morning, noon and evening.
(2) Myocardial infarction: Take 50 tender pine needles, put them into a mortar, add water and grind them into mud, then filter out pine needle juice with gauze and divide it into 3 parts, and drink it on an empty stomach in the morning, afternoon and evening.
(3) For cerebral hemorrhage and stroke, take 20g of pine needles, 20g of palm leaves and 20g of soybeans from female plants and decoct them, preferably sweating on the forehead. If swallowing is not flexible, the leaves of female pine can be finely cut and boiled with wine. It is recommended to use wine above 30 degrees. Right amount at a time. To prevent stroke, you can chew pine needles every day.
(4) Atherosclerosis, take 50 pine needles every day, wash them with clear water, chew them in your mouth or take pine needles to boil thick soup for drinking. Drink 1-4 small cups of pine needle wine before and after each meal.
(5) To prevent cerebral infarction, decoct pine needles, palm leaves and soybeans together, or chew pine needles.
(6) Asthma allergic asthma, take the female pine needles that are dry in the shade and take 20 grams of decoction every day. You can also roast and grind the new buds of pine needles and apply them to the mouth and throat. Bronchial asthma can be boiled with fresh and dry pine needles as tea.
(7) Pathogen (Oblique) in the air outlet: 500g of tender leaves of pine trees are mashed into juice, soaked in 1000 ml of wine for two days, and then heated with fire for 8- 12 hours. Take 5ml for the first time and gradually increase it to 10ml per meal.
(8) Gingival swelling and pain, with 50 grams of pine needles, 5 grams of refined salt, wine 100 ml, 500 ml of water, decocted with gargle. Wind-heat toothache Take a piece of Chinese pine as big as jujube, chop it up, add 7 pieces of Chinese prickly ash, soak it in hot wine, add a little baked alum while it is hot, and rinse your mouth for several times. Also: rinse your mouth with pine knot100g, 50g of white bark of Sophora japonica and 50g of wolfberry bark, rinse your mouth with decoction, rinse your mouth while it is hot, and spit out a chill. Take the same amount of black sesame and black beans, fry them and grind them into powder, then grind the dry pine needles with the amount of 1/2 black beans into powder, and take one tablespoon every day after mixing. For periodontal disease, 30 grams of pine needles are added to 500 ml of water, and the remaining half is decocted. When the temperature is moderate, scrub the affected area with sterilized absorbent cotton.
(9) Bad breath is often caused by chewing a few pine needles in your mouth. When you can't make a sound because of excessive speech, you can chew pine needles in your mouth; Fresh pine needles or dried pine needles can also be used to decoct tea. This method can also treat sore throat. Insomnia, eat more pine nuts or drink pine needle tea every day. Take the same amount of black sesame and black beans, stir-fry them and grind them into powder, then grind the dry pine needles with the amount of 1/2 black beans into powder, and take one tablespoon every day after mixing. Chewing pine needles in your mouth can prevent carsickness when you are on a boat. For chronic alcoholism, make tea with pine needles and drink it several times a day.
(10) for acute gastritis, dry pine needles in the shade 10g, add 300ml of water, and take them on an empty stomach three times. When diabetics are thirsty, put pine needles into a mortar for grinding and drink their juice. Or mix 4 parts of pine needles and 6 parts of tender leaves of pine and cypress, and decoct. Avoid meat when taking clothes.
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Boiling, drying and mashing 250g of female leucorrhea rosin, 50g of pine needles and 0/000 ml of wine/kloc-to make balls the size of buttonwood. 10- 15 capsules each time, three times a day. Pelvic inflammatory disease: the lower abdomen and waist are soaked in pine needle water several times a day. Constipation, 3 old pine needles, chewing, 3 times a day.
(12) Alzheimer's disease, take pine needles and pine bark to decoct tea together.
(13) joint pain, divide tender pine needles and loose joints equally, pound juice, and soak 250g in 500ml wine for 7 days, three times a day, each time 1 cup (about10g); Or take pine needle decoction orally and add pine needle juice to warm the affected area. Tendon twitching, traumatic injury, with pine joint 100g, fine grinding, add frankincense 10g, stir-fry with slow fire, grind into powder, and mix well with hot papaya wine. Three times a day, each time 10g. Gout, after pine needles are fried, take out the leaves and soak the gout affected area with soup of about 40 degrees. Neuralgia, using fresh pine leaves as tea; Or take100-200g of fresh pine needles, add appropriate amount of wormwood and willow leaves, and put them in a cloth bag for bathing.
(14) For allergic rhinitis, 20g pine needles dried in the shade or fresh pine needles were taken and decocted.