Pine cones after a stroke are a folk remedy that is used in addition to the main treatment and rehabilitation of a patient after an acute cerebrovascular accident.
Pine cones contain substances that have a beneficial effect on the blood vessels of the brain
Stroke ranks first in the ranking of pathologies that most often lead to death. According to statistics, about 30% of patients die in the first year after a stroke, approximately the same number of patients remain bedridden, and 10% of patients may have a recurrent stroke. After suffering a severe stroke, full working capacity can be maintained in approximately 20% of patients.
For this reason, prevention, as well as high-quality rehabilitation of the patient after a stroke, is of no small importance. Popular traditional medicines used for these purposes include pine cones.
It is worth remembering that after a stroke, all procedures and medications should be used only after consultation with your doctor.
Composition and beneficial properties
Not only with pathology, but also after a stroke, brain cells are destroyed. During rehabilitation, this process cannot be stopped and it can develop even further. Apart from medications, natural remedies are widely used to treat this disease.
Pine is a plant rich in biologically active substances that have pronounced medicinal properties.
The action of phytoncides is aimed at destroying pathogenic bacteria and strengthening the immune system. In addition, this plant has a tonic and antibacterial effect.
In summer, many useful substances accumulate in pine cones. In addition to the fact that they contain phytoncides, they also contain essential oils, vitamins and such a valuable substance as tannin.
Thanks to this unique substance, pine fruits have found wide use in the treatment of stroke.
Based on numerous studies conducted by American scientists, it has been proven that tannins help stop the destruction of brain cells in the event of a stroke.
During the experiments, scientists also discovered that when tannin was introduced into the body, tissue destruction was only 20 percent, while in the absence of therapy this figure was 70 percent.
In addition to tannins, the composition includes:
- essential oils;
- lipids;
- bioflavonoids;
- monoterpene hydrocarbons;
- vitamins A, D and B;
- ascorbic, linoleic and oleic acids.
Thanks to pycnogenols, which are also contained in the fruits of the plant, preparations from the cones have an antioxidant effect, help cleanse the walls of blood vessels and get rid of already formed cholesterol plaques. In addition, these drugs are involved in the process of accelerating capillary regeneration.
For medicinal and preventive purposes, it is recommended to use only young fruits. Green cones are best suited for preparing folk remedies; their effectiveness is superior to many medications.
What are the benefits of pine cones?
Restoration of brain functions when using products made from pine cones occurs thanks to the beneficial substances they contain. Thus, a type of tannin was discovered in pine cones that has a positive effect on brain cells, which can prevent the death of neurons in patients after a stroke. Pine cones contain phytoncides, essential oils, and trace elements. Taking tincture of pine cones after a stroke can prevent the development of paresis, paralysis, strengthen the walls of blood vessels, restore the patient’s memory, coordination of movements and speech. In addition, this remedy has a positive effect on the cardiovascular system.
Among the indications for the use of drugs from pine cones, in addition to stroke, are coronary heart disease, heart attack, arterial hypertension, and some other diseases of the cardiovascular system. This drug is used to prevent the development of cancer processes in the body.
When to collect
To prepare drugs that are used to treat stroke, it is necessary to take only fruits that are not yet fully ripe, when they have not yet had time to open. The raw material should be green in color, have a soft consistency and a strong, pleasant odor.
Most often it is collected at the turn of spring and summer. The cones should be no more than four centimeters in length and no less than three centimeters in diameter.
If the fruits are hard and brown, it is not recommended to use.
Experts do not recommend collecting cones from large trees. Young seedlings are better suited for this purpose.
Also, you should not collect fruits from trees that are located near the road, because the salts contained in the exhaust gases remain on the cones, which not only reduces their medicinal properties, but can also cause serious poisoning.
It should also be remembered that it is not recommended to store raw materials, since when they dry out, most of the beneficial substances lose their potency.
Cone collection time
It is necessary to collect plant materials when the cones are still green. Young cones contain the maximum amount of useful components, especially magnesium.
It is necessary to collect plant materials when the cones are still green.
Therapy with green cones gives good results for arrhythmia and other heart pathologies.
The collection is done before the cones open, after which they lose their healing power.
The time to collect plant materials is May and June.
You cannot store them for a long time; it is better to immediately start preparing medicinal tinctures and decoctions.
To prepare a medicinal composition in water, the cones, after collection, are crushed, dried and stored in a woven bag.
Recipes for decoctions and tinctures
There are many proven ways to prepare a bud-based remedy that will be effective in combating diseases such as stroke.
Alcohol based
There is one recipe that, when prepared correctly, promotes recovery even in the event of a serious stroke. However, in order to avoid the negative consequences of its use, it is necessary to consult a specialist in advance.
So, to prepare an alcohol tincture you will need seven young fruits and half a liter of pure alcohol.
Follow your doctor's instructions carefully to get the most benefit from treatment with this drug.
Every day for a certain period of time, take 1 teaspoon of the composition in the morning, lunch and evening. In this case, it is necessary to rinse off the product with plenty of water.
After taking the drug, you can eat food only 30 minutes later.
In the same way you can prepare an infusion of vodka:
- To prepare it, add 7 cones and close the container.
- Place in a dark place for 10 days. The temperature should be room temperature.
- Take a teaspoon three times a day. Duration of therapy is at least 6 months.
No alcohol
If for some reason alcohol is contraindicated for the patient, you can prepare a decoction with water. To do this you will need to do the following:
- collect young fruits, rinse well and add water (10 cones per liter of liquid);
- Place the container on the fire, bring the liquid to a boil and cook for eight minutes;
- Cool the resulting structure and strain.
This drink can be prepared in a steam bath, in which case it will take at least 30 minutes. Take 50 milliliters in the morning, at lunch and in the evening before meals.
Wine
Ingredients:
- cones in any quantity;
- 300 g sugar;
- distilled water;
- three-liter jar.
Cooking method:
- 1. Clean and rinse the cones.
- 2. Fill the jar halfway with plant materials.
- 3. Pour water up to the neck and add sugar.
- 4. Stir and cover with a lid.
- 5. Store in a warm, dark place for 8-10 days.
- 6. Shake every day.
- 7. At the end of the period, drain the water into a container that closes tightly. Leave the cones in the jar.
- 8. Pour 300 g of sugar into the cones again, add water and remove again.
- 9. After 7-10 days, drain the water and mix with the first portion.
- 10. Leave the infusion for 5-6 days under a water seal for fermentation.
- 11. Drink 20 ml of finished wine 3-4 times a day before meals.
It is recommended to take folk medicines with pine cones for at least 6 months.
Other popular recipes
Also, other proven methods of preparing traditional medicine can be used in the treatment of stroke.
With honey
This drug enhances the immunomodulatory and hypotensive properties of spruce cones.
You will need the following ingredients:
- Pine fruits in the amount of one liter jar;
- 400 milliliters of honey in liquid form.
Mix everything, close the container tightly with a lid and place in a warm place. The infusion will last about four months.
It is important not to forget to shake the jar with the composition every day. After the specified time, the resulting mass is filtered. Take 1 tablespoon three times a day before meals.
With pine needles
This remedy is especially effective if the disease occurs against the background of atherosclerosis or cardiac arrhythmia.
To create a medicinal composition, add half a glass of alcohol solution to needles and cones (10 grams of each product). Infuse for 14 days. Then the mixture must be strained. The recommended dose is 15 drops in the morning, lunch and evening.
Pine cone wine
This product, made from pine, promotes faster recovery by gently lowering blood pressure. To prepare the wine drink, only young fruits of the plant are used, which should be collected from June to July.
Take 3 tablespoons after meals in the morning and evening.
Treatment of illness with folk remedies
If one of your relatives or people close to you has suffered a stroke and is now trying to recover and get out of a serious condition, try the following treatment methods:
- You will need a kilogram of lemons and a kilogram of sugar. First, mince the lemons. Then add sugar to the lemons and place the resulting “potion” in the refrigerator. Every day, in the morning, give the patient one tsp. mixture and a clove of garlic.
- It is recommended to use sage baths every two days. For every 3 cups of sage, take 2 liters of boiling water. Let the solution sit for an hour, then add to a bath of warm water.
- For paralysis, it is recommended to take tincture of “Adam’s root”. To prepare the tincture, start with one tbsp. pour crushed Adam's root with vodka, you will need two glasses and let the mixture and solution brew for seven days. Lastly, when everything is ready, strain the tincture. To use, dilute 25 drops of tincture with water. Take twice a day, morning and evening, after meals.
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Healing ointment
To combat paralysis of the limbs, you can prepare an ointment.
To prepare you will need:
- Bay leaf;
- pine needles;
- butter.
Let's move on to cooking. Grind the bay leaf and pine needles to a powder. Mixing proportions 1:6, where 1 – one tsp. bay powder and 6 pine. After mixing thoroughly, add twelve tsp. butter.
Pine cones are also often used for strokes. More on this later.
What result should I expect?
Treatment with pine cones has increased effectiveness, which has been proven by many studies. Products made from fruits restore the functioning of not only the brain, but also the entire body.
In this case, pay attention to it:
- improvement of the clinical picture of paresis and paralysis;
- quick return to physical activity;
- improvement of speech functions and spatial orientation;
- improving the patient's immune system;
- Reducing the risk of developing concomitant pathological processes;
- cleansing blood vessels;
- restoration of blood circulation;
- Reducing stress and eliminating depression.
Using pine cones in combination with traditional therapy, you can achieve accelerated recovery for the patient, as well as reduce the negative consequences after a stroke.
Stroke
Acute cerebrovascular accident (stroke) is characterized by a sudden onset and course. During a stroke, vascular spasms occur with swelling of the brain tissue. A lesion appears in which the brain vessels die.
If help is not provided in time for a stroke. Then the lesion captures more and more vessels. And, as a result, blood circulation is completely disrupted, which leads to death.
Circulatory disorders during stroke are characterized by:
- numbness, tingling in the face, limbs, skin;
- limited paralysis (paresis) of the hands and fingers occurs;
- paralysis of the legs in the foot area;
- paralysis is noted on the muscles of the tongue, lower part of the face;
- Speech disturbances, visual disturbances, and swallowing develop.
The patient must be provided with physical rest and urgent hospitalization. After a stroke, when doctors “defended” the patient, all these disorders remain. – And here the vodka tincture of pine cones comes to the rescue.
Contraindications
Any remedy prepared according to traditional medicine recipes cannot be safe for every person.
The main contraindications to the use of pine cones are:
- predisposition to allergies;
- individual intolerance;
- period of childbirth and breastfeeding;
- Age under 1 year and over 60 years (applies to alcohol tinctures);
- kidney and liver diseases.
Moreover, this treatment is not recommended for acute hepatitis.
The use of cones in preventive measures
The above recipes can be used to prevent stroke. But before using it, you need to consult with a specialist doctor who will select the dosage and duration of taking the drug.
Due to their medicinal properties, pine cones have a positive effect on brain function after a stroke. Thanks to the restoration of blood circulation, lost functions return to normal in the shortest possible time.
You should not self-medicate with folk remedies. You should also remember that preparations made from pine cones have limitations in use and side effects.
