The use of pine buds, pollen, and essential oils is very useful for healing the body. The remaining parts of the tree also find their application in cooking and recipes of traditional medicine. In more detail about how to cook jam from pine cones and its beneficial properties, read further in the material.

The chemical composition of cones

When seeds are extracted from ripe fruits, they can be used to make decorative and applied crafts or use them as fuel. But the collected nuts are eaten. Their usefulness lies in the fact that they are tasty, nutritious and healing.

Did you know? If you use pine honey in the morning on an empty stomach with a glass of warm water, you can get rid of excess weight.

The composition includes:

• polysaccharides;
• phenolic compounds;
• lignin;
• alpha cellulose.

Nuts are a good source of thiamine (B1), vitamin K, magnesium, and nutritious vegetable protein. Their use is an opportunity to replenish the diet with an excellent natural source of manganese, phosphorus and zinc. Nuts can also be taken as a medicine due to the fact that they contain a lot of biologically active substances. But green cones are prepared for jam. They have not yet formed seeds. Therefore, the composition will be slightly different. The calorie content of the collected green raw materials will be 100 g: 10 kcal. The main thing that young cones are rich in is resinous components. They include borneol, terpenes, bioflavonoids, lipids, oleic and linoleic acid. The percentage of each component depends on what soil and under what conditions the tree grows.

The composition also contains vitamins:

1. IN 1 - participates in the normalization of the nervous system of children and adults, blood formation organs and the improvement of the body's immune defense.
2. AND - The benefit is a simple antioxidant effect. It improves the health of the eyes, prevents the development of cataracts, increases visual acuity and slows down the oxidative processes in the cells, and also helps to keep the skin young, fresh and free of wrinkles, eliminating free radicals.
3. E - affects the functioning of the genitourinary system and metabolic processes in the body.
4. N - especially important for intestinal health. Together with vitamin E, it makes hair, nails and skin healthy.
5. WITH - participates in the production of collagen necessary for the creation of new cells, muscles, tissues and blood vessels, and also accelerates the healing process, prevents hair loss.

They also have calcium, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium. Each of these elements plays an important role in maintaining the health and performance of various systems and organs. A medicinal dessert made of pine cones that resembles honey is brewed in Russia, Georgia and some other CIS countries.

Important! Patients who are diagnosed with diabetes mellitus, as well as elderly people after 60 years of age, are not recommended to use jam, as it contains a large amount of fructose.

For its preparation, green young fruits are taken. The resulting product is used as a simple drug for a weakened immune system. Jam has been used for centuries to treat bronchitis, cough, asthma, respiratory diseases, tuberculosis, arthritis and cancer.

Beneficial features

From the point of view of medicinal properties, the most useful in the product is essential oil. It enhances immunity and stimulates the proper functioning of the circulatory system and the production of white blood cells. Cones have antioxidant properties that prevent chronic ailments.

• Among the useful properties it should also be noted:
• antibacterial;
• antifungal;
• blood purifying;
• soothing;
• choleretic;
• diuretics;
• antivirus;
• anti-inflammatory;
• expectorant.

Contraindications

The combination of the active ingredients of the harvested green raw materials with the drugs that are prescribed to a pregnant woman can be dangerous. Therefore, before you eat jam and just taste it, get a consultation with a doctor.

In addition, some varieties of cones can be toxic. And this is another reason for a pregnant or lactating mother to abandon exotic foods. Especially if this jam was not included in the diet before pregnancy. Also, do not give the product to a child under 3-5 years old.

• Pine jam can be harmful in the following situations:
• in people with circulatory disorders, bleeding may open;
• hepatitis patients;
• jam from cones is not used if you have a band operation in the next 2 weeks so as not to increase the likelihood of bleeding.

Contraindications also apply to those who have an individual intolerance to this dessert, despite its taste and the fact that children usually like it. Persons with kidney disease also need to consult a doctor.

What diseases does it help

Cones provide benefits for the body if you intend to eat right. They contain polyunsaturated fats that help maintain a healthy weight.

• They are also capable of:
• strengthen the immune system;
• improve eyesight;
• stimulate the circulatory system;
• protect the body from pathogenic microorganisms;
• improve airway health;
• to strengthen the heart;
• lower cholesterol;
• improve energy balance.

Tea, jam, decoction or picking cones are natural antiseptics. They eliminate pathogens and strengthen the immune system, preventing the development of diseases. Organic elements in their composition make it possible to improve blood circulation, normalize the work of all body systems. They increase red blood cell production, increase energy levels and prevent anemia. Also able to relieve muscle fatigue and cognitive impairment.

Did you know? Pine trees live a very long time. The oldest known specimen stood 4800 years.

One of the most common reasons for consuming cone preserves is to prevent respiratory infections. Tea is prepared and drunk with it to alleviate airway inflammation, relieve cough, and sore throat. Such a drink is an excellent expectorant, which will help eliminate excess mucus and sputum in the bronchi, and also neutralizes any pathogens or bacteria found in the maxillary sinuses.

Rules for collecting cones

Viscous and tarry, incredibly aromatic and tasty jam is a means of preventing disease. Many treat him as a treat. But we must remember that products with medicinal properties can not be consumed uncontrollably.

Cooking cone dessert at home is very simple. Plan a trip to the forest for the last decade of May. At this time, the young shoots reach a length of about 3 cm, which is enough to collect. Cones should be easily separated from the branches and cut with a knife if necessary.

Important! Prepare a stainless steel pan for cooking. Cones in the process of boiling will emit tar and it will be quite difficult to clear the enameled pan from it.

To make jam, collect raw materials from female trees. Their cones are distinguished by a resinous film, a greater density of scales and a more pronounced ribbing. The suitability for cooking the collected raw materials is determined very simply: the cones must be cut without effort. All specimens are suitable for use, the size of which will be from 1 to 5 cm.

Video: picking pine cones

How to make jam

To make jam, you need to take one kilogram / liter:

• young green cones;
• water;
• Sahara.

Cooking instruction step by step:

1. The collected raw materials must be sorted out, washed off with needles and garbage.
2. Pour water in a large container so that the liquid rises above the workpiece by 2-3 cm.
3. Leave to soak overnight.
4. In the morning, drain the water.
5. In a saucepan, put the brewed syrup from sugar and water.
6. Once it boils, add bumps.
7. Wait until it starts to boil. When the workpiece begins to change color, you need to reduce the flame to a minimum and simmer for about 1.5 hours.
8. The foam that forms during the cooking process must be removed.
9. Take one bump. If it is soft and easy to chew, then cooking is over. At this point, the product should acquire a beautiful reddish-brown hue.
10. Pour jam into sterile jars. Roll up the lids.
11. Store in a dark and cool place.

You can make changes to the recipe. You can add lemon, vanilla, cinnamon and other spices, as well as black currants and cranberries. When adding berries, observe the main proportion: for 1 kg of sugar, the same amount of plant material and 1 liter of water.

Video: pine cone jam

Is it possible to eat cones

Of course, in the raw form of the cone is not worth it. If only because it is not tasty.

Important! Jam is useful to eat in the morning on an empty stomach, drinking 2 tbsp. l product with a glass of warm water. This will be useful to those who want to bring their weight back to normal.

But you can prepare from them a lot of useful remedies:

• decoctions, infusions and teas;
• alcohol tinctures;
• honey or jam.

All of them have a beneficial effect on the body, toning it in the morning, and in the evening helping to relieve stress after a hard day. These cooking recipes are simple. They will not take you much time. Therefore, you can eat healthy cones, but only in a cooked form. The dessert has an intense coniferous aroma. It is easy to chew, and it is very useful.If you eat jam daily, you can forever forget about vitamin deficiency, flu, colds, tonsillitis. In those situations where it is urgently necessary to increase immunity, improve the effectiveness of the treatment of various pathologies of the body: nasopharynx, lungs, stomach, such a treat will come to the rescue. Given that this is a seasonal product, do not forget to collect the cones at the end of May and make tasty and healthy jam for yourself and your loved ones.