Pine needles are the leaves of the pine tree, because of its slender appearance like a needle, so it is known as pine needles; then pine needles can make tea? What are the effects and functions? In this article to briefly share this knowledge:

People in the collection of pine needles after it can be made into pine needle tea to drink, can also be dried into the medicine for the human body to supplement the rich nutrients and health care to prevent disease, but the pine needles can be taken for a long time on the body to produce some harm. Picking pine needles, try to choose more than 3 meters, more than 6 years of pine trees, and pay attention to the spring and summer to pick male trees, fall and winter to pick female trees pine needles. But pine needles on the pine oil, and there is pine oil adhering to a lot of dust, to use water mixed with flour, alkali powder, stir evenly into the pine needles, soak for 2 hours, and then rinse; do not like the pine needle bitter taste of the people, you can then put the pine needles in 5% salt water soak for half a day, and then change the water soak for 2 hours, to remove the bitter taste.

In addition to tea, pine needles also contain volatile oils, flavonoids, resins, cellulose, lignin, chlorophyll, carotene, vitamins, trace elements and other components. Pine needle volatile oils have expectorant, stomachic, wind, antipyretic, diuretic, analgesic, anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiviral, etc., and can cure chronic infections of the upper respiratory tract. Pine leaf flavonoids, can treat brittle blood vessels and vascular osmotic pressure irregularities. Pine needles contain resin, cellulose, etc. have hypolipidemic, hypoglycemic effect.

The medicinal composition of pine needles is higher than other parts of the pine tree, not only contains a large number of bioflavonoids, proanthocyanidins, but also rich in chlorophyll, a variety of 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, improve immunity, increase the secretion of hormones, strong sperm and rejuvenate the body's tissues. There are many ways to eat pine needles, to add pine needles directly into the game, fish, meat, liver, etc., so that it becomes stuffing; also can be mixed with fish, vegetables, made into a variety of gazpacho; and can be made into a sandwich candy, or ham bread, ice cream, as well as mayonnaise, of course, can also be made into sauces and cheeses, and so on. For the refined product of pine needle extract, we can make it into cream.