Thanks to the beneficial substances that are released in the pine forest, you can significantly help the body recover. Healing substances are especially actively released in the spring, but not everyone is able to visit the forest at this time. But today there is an opportunity to get the maximum amount of benefit even at home, simply using honey from pine cones or pine shoots, which is saturated with a huge amount of different useful substances.
What is it?
Everyone knows that honey is obtained from flowering plants or trees. However, how does this product of pine, because it does not apply to such representatives of the flora? 
Honey is prepared from young cones, which are harvested in the spring, because it is at this time that they contain more beneficial properties that will help restore the body. The composition contains iron, potassium, selenium, magnesium, vitamins, flavonoids, organic compounds and essential oils, antioxidants and other trace elements.
Did you know? Pine honey is used even in prisons. is he so effectively strengthens the immune system, that after use, prisoners not only do not get sick with a cold, but also become less susceptible to tuberculosis, which is quite common in these places.
Useful properties of pine honey
Pine honey is a real sweet medicine that is used not only in traditional medicine, but also in official medicine. 
Due to the presence in the composition of a large number of useful substances, it has the following qualities:
- due to its antimicrobial property, it suppresses pathogenic flora, relieves pain, reduces coughing, and accelerates sputum production from the lungs
- normalizes the amount of lipids, lowers the amount of "bad" cholesterol in the blood;
- urinary and choleretic qualities make it useful for problems with the urogenital system;
- honey from pine shoots thanks to gland and selenium helps to cure anemia and other blood diseases, and also strengthens the immune system;
- increases the body's resistance during the epidemic of influenza and other colds;
- helps to prolong youth and slow the aging process due to antioxidants and selenium.
Important! Having decided to use pine honey, you need to consider the following contraindications: idiosyncrasy, pregnancy, lactation time, hepatitis, kidney and liver disease, digestive disorders and headaches, as well as age up to 7 years and after 60.
Correct application
Everyone knows that any problems are better prevented than later treated. In this case, pine honey is the perfect fit, because it can be taken not only for treatment, but also for prevention. However, in each case, the correct dosage and the number of doses are important - only in this case you can get the maximum amount of benefits.
To date, there are many different types of honey: acacia, buckwheat, phacelia, rapeseed, dandelion, linden, pumpkin, watermelon.
For prophylaxis
When using honey as a prophylactic agent, the dosage is the same as in the case of treatment, only the number of doses changes. For this purpose, it is enough to take 1 dose per day or even with an interval of two days.
For treatment
For treatment, it is recommended for adults to take the drug in the amount of 20 ml three times a day 30 minutes before meals. Children up to 18 years old reduce the dosage by half.
Did you know? The most expensive honey in the world is from Israel. The beekeeper feeds his wards with Siberian Ginseng extract. As a result, 1 kg of this product costs 12.5 thousand rubles.
Step-by-step recipe
Pine honey from the cones and shoots can be prepared independently, which will preserve all the useful qualities of pine. Raw materials are collected in the first months of spring. Honey can be prepared using several recipes:
From pine buds. The ingredients are washed in cold water, crushed, filled with water and put on a small fire. Bring to a boil and leave on fire for another 20 minutes. After the time, add sugar and boil until there remains a volume of up to 2/3 of the original.
Most conifers have medicinal properties; therefore, juniper, spruce, fir, cedar, larch, and cryptometry can be grown not only as a decorative element of the dacha, but also for the preparation of medicines.
From young green shoots. The shoots are cleaned of needles and carefully washed. Placed in a deep pan and pour water so that the shoots are immersed in the liquid for 1 cm. Put the container on low heat and cook for 20 minutes. Then removed from the heat and insist throughout the day. After the time, filter and pour into another dish, add sugar in a ratio of 1: 1. Then again they put on the fire and boil for several hours, stirring and removing the foam.
From green cones. For the preparation you will need 1 kilogram of sugar and the main ingredient, 1 liter of water. Cones are cleaned, sorted and washed. Then placed in a saucepan and poured water, put on the fire and boil. Cook for 1 hour, then remove and insist 8 hours. Then everything is repeated a few more times until the bumps are softer. Then filter the composition, add sugar and boil for another 30 minutes.
Important! To increase the shelf life of pine honey, it is important to add lemon juice or citric acid when rolling into jars. On the liter jar is enough 2 g.
Knowing how to make pine cones honey, and getting acquainted with the recipes, you can make it without any problems. The main thing is to follow all the rules of procurement, and then you will always have a natural remedy for many diseases.
