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Unusual Scots pine,
About the properties of essential oil, pollen and pine resin
In addition to Scots pine, on the territory of our country there are several other types of pines that can be used similarly to it. All of them are capable of releasing not only resin-sap for economic purposes, but also a large amount of phytoncides into the air. In addition, some have other wonderful properties.
Pine nuts, which are usual for us, are not harvested in Siberia from cedar, it simply does not grow there. The source of this useful delicacy is Siberian pine, which is popularly called Siberian cedar, limb tree, walnut tree. However, this is a pine, a relative of the Scots pine, and the botanical name of this beautiful tree is Siberian pine. (Pinussibirica).
Evergreen coniferous tree up to 37 m high. Needles 5-15 cm long, 5 pieces per bunch, dark green, whitish sides with bluish stripes. Cones are ovoid, 6-13 cm long, 4-6 cm wide. Seeds are wingless, dark brown, 7-14 mm long.
Its range includes the taiga zone of our country. It is found on sandy soils, mountain slopes and peat bogs, in the mountains it rises up to 2000 m. It grows quite successfully in botanical gardens.
Seeds ("pine nuts") are used for medicinal purposes. The seeds contain carbohydrates (starch, pentosans, fiber), fatty oil (60%), proteins (17%), vitamins (E, B., B, D, C, carotene). The fatty oil contains oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids.
However, like other types of pines, it can be used to obtain needles, buds and resin.
Back in 1792, P.S. Pallas noted that pine nuts restore masculine strength and return youth to a person. In folk medicine, milk made from Siberian pine seeds is used for kidney and bladder diseases. Pine nuts are widely used for food by the inhabitants of Siberia, both fresh and processed.
Seed milk. Peel the seeds and grind them, gradually adding water until a white emulsion is formed. Take 1 / 2-1 glass 3 times daily before meals.
With excessive uterine bleeding, women resort to such a remedy: 1 glass of nut shells soar for 2-3 hours in 1 liter of water. Take 100 g 3 times a day half an hour before meals.
In Siberia, decoction and vodka tincture of pine nut shells are highly valued for rheumatism.
For lovers of "strong" and intoxicating, we can recommend the following "recipe". Take 2 cups of pine nuts and 1-1.5 cups of sugar. Pour this mixture with 1 liter of vodka and leave in a dark place for 2 weeks. When the infusion takes on a rich, balsamic color, strain it and add some more sugar if desired. The resulting liqueur can be served to the table, or you can use 1 tablespoon 3 times a day as a fortifying and immunity-raising agent. And the remaining alcoholized nuts can be peeled and eaten - they are very unusual and tasteless.
In addition to Scots pine, on the territory of our country there are several other types of pines that can be used similarly to it. All of them are capable of releasing not only resin-sap for economic purposes, but also a large amount of phytoncides into the air. In addition, some have other wonderful properties.
Pine nuts, which are usual for us, are not harvested in Siberia from cedar, it simply does not grow there. The source of this useful delicacy is Siberian pine, which is popularly called Siberian cedar, limb tree, walnut tree. However, this is a pine, a relative of the Scots pine, and the botanical name of this beautiful tree is Siberian pine. (Pinussibirica).
Evergreen coniferous tree up to 37 m high. Needles 5-15 cm long, 5 pieces per bunch, dark green, whitish sides with bluish stripes. Cones are ovoid, 6-13 cm long, 4-6 cm wide. Seeds are wingless, dark brown, 7-14 mm long.
Its range includes the taiga zone of our country. It is found on sandy soils, mountain slopes and peat bogs, in the mountains it rises up to 2000 m. It grows quite successfully in botanical gardens.
Seeds ("pine nuts") are used for medicinal purposes. The seeds contain carbohydrates (starch, pentosans, fiber), fatty oil (60%), proteins (17%), vitamins (E, B., B, D, C, carotene). The fatty oil contains oleic, linoleic and linolenic acids.
However, like other types of pines, it can be used to obtain needles, buds and resin.
Back in 1792, P.S. Pallas noted that pine nuts restore masculine strength and return youth to a person. In folk medicine, milk made from Siberian pine seeds is used for kidney and bladder diseases. Pine nuts are widely used for food by the inhabitants of Siberia, both fresh and processed.
Seed milk. Peel the seeds and grind them, gradually adding water until a white emulsion is formed. Take 1 / 2-1 glass 3 times daily before meals.
With excessive uterine bleeding, women resort to such a remedy: 1 glass of nut shells soar for 2-3 hours in 1 liter of water. Take 100 g 3 times a day half an hour before meals.
In Siberia, decoction and vodka tincture of pine nut shells are highly valued for rheumatism.
For lovers of "strong" and intoxicating, we can recommend the following "recipe". Take 2 cups of pine nuts and 1-1.5 cups of sugar. Pour this mixture with 1 liter of vodka and leave in a dark place for 2 weeks. When the infusion takes on a rich, balsamic color, strain it and add some more sugar if desired. The resulting liqueur can be served to the table, or you can use 1 tablespoon 3 times a day as a fortifying and immunity-raising agent. And the remaining alcoholized nuts can be peeled and eaten - they are very unusual and tasteless.
Similarly to the seeds of the Siberian cedar, seeds are used korean cedar, more precisely Korean pine(Рinus koraiensis), common in the Primorsky Territory and in the south of the Khabarovsk Territory, and seeds cedar dwarf - dwarf pine (Рinus pumila), growing in the mountains of Eastern Siberia, Khabarovsk Territory, Sakhalin Region and Kamchatka.
Korean pine (Pinuskoraiensis), which is sometimes called the Korean cedar, is found in the Amur region on dry slopes, less often on the manes among the valleys, in mixed forests. The local population has applied and applies it for all occasions. The Nanai used the bark powder as a powder for diaper rash in children. A tincture of bark or bast can be recommended for treating infected wounds, and an infusion for pulmonary tuberculosis. The seeds are used in Chinese medicine as a tonic and tonic. Nuts are recommended for diet food. Oil from them is a valuable food product, and cake is used in confectionery production. In Japan and China, an oil-based drug has been proposed for the treatment of some malignant tumors with an efficiency of about 30%. Natural brown paint and valuable coal are obtained from the shells. And for connoisseurs of beauty, magnificent decorative forms have been created.
Pine low, or dwarf cedar (Pinus pumila) as well as Siberian pine, it gives tasty nuts and is a valuable decorative species. However, for the local population, it is a medicinal plant for all occasions. The paws are used as a wound healing, antiscorbutic, anthelmintic and diuretic agent. Broths are drunk for diseases of the lungs and bronchi, baths are taken for rheumatism and skin diseases.
And in Chinese medicine, the roots of dwarf pine are used for favus, a fungal disease that affects the skin, hair and nails, and in especially severe cases - and internal organs. (Fortunately, this disease is extremely rare in our country. Ed.)
European cedar pine is found in Western Europe and the Carpathians, or European cedar (Pinuscembra). It is sometimes also called the European cedar.In Russia, it can be found mainly in the southern regions and as an invasive plant. The gum from this species is known as "Carpathian balsam".
This species has many garden forms and is loved by landscape designers. However, in the wild, its range is rapidly declining and the European pine needs protection.
Pine black, or black austrian pine (Pinus nigra) - a tree 20-55 m high, with a pyramidal crown in young trees and an umbrella-shaped crown in old trees. Very durable, there are trees for 600-800 years. Numerous decorative cultivars have been bred. Needles 8-14 cm long, 1.6-1.8 mm wide, dark green, slightly shiny or dull, two in a bunch, hard, pointed, straight or slightly bent, often twisted. It comes from the Mediterranean and in our country can only grow in the southern regions. Wind and drought resistant.
Known to many pitsunda pine(Pinus pityusa) occurs singly or in groups on the Black Sea coast of the Caucasus. It emits a large amount of phytoncides and is recommended to be planted around sanatoriums and other health institutions. Wood of this type is resistant to decay. Quite a rare plant listed in the Red Book.
Mountain pine (Pinus mugo) grows in the mountains of Central and Southern Europe in the form of a large, highly branched shrub with numerous ascending or creeping trunks, in the mountains in the alpine and subalpine belts up to an altitude of 2500 m above sea level. This tree is up to 10 m (rarely up to 20 m) tall, but there are bush and even ground cover creeping forms. The needles are dark green on all sides, which is also typical for mountain pine, short (only 2.5 cm long), hard, dull, slightly twisted.
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In the Far East, there is a dense-flowered pine (Pinusdensiflora)... It has a very small area - the south of the Primorsky Territory. This species is listed in the Red Book. Dense-flowered pine is found on rocky slopes and rocks. It is very decorative and maybe it is the green building specialists who will make it a more common plant. Needles and paws in Korean medicine are used for dyspepsia in children. Abundant in wood essential oil, β-myrcene is powerful attractant tree nematode. An aqueous extract of needles has an immobilizing effect on nematodes. (An attractant is a substance that can attract any kind of animals, in this case nematodes. The opposite effect is possessed by repellents that repel insects or nematodes).
Eldar pine (Pinuseldarica) is found in the Caucasus, on the steep mountain slopes of the northern exposure. Valuable soil and slope-strengthening breed.
Another view from the Caucasus - Koch pine (Pinuskochiana) - found in light mountain forests and is also very decorative.
In the Mediterranean, widespread seaside pine (Pinusmaritima). It has longer needles. For the inhabitants of Spain, Italy, the Balkans and North Africa, it has the same phytotherapeutic value as Scots pine for us. It is even mentioned in Dioscorides' fundamental work Materia medica as a remedy for bronchitis.
