Want to know the pine needle syrup recipe and how to use the pine syrup at home? Continue reading and find out.
Pine needle syrup is one of the most healing natural syrups for a wide array of upper respiratory tract infections, including dry and whooping cough, as well as adrenal problems. The reason is that pine needles have an antiseptic, analgesic, and microcirculation activation action. Pine needle infusion, decoction, syrup, or tincture, help to treat cough, chronic bronchitis, inflammation of the respiratory tract, urinary system problems (cystitis, pyelitis, urethritis), neuralgia, and rheumatic conditions.
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Pine Tree Types for Therapeutic Use
When looking to gather fresh pine needles, know that Pinus is a generic name for over 80 species of pine trees. Here are at least a few pine trees that can are popularly used for therapeutic properties. All pine needles have therapeutic properties, just make sure to identify a pine tree correctly and not confuse it for other trees.
- Eastern White Pine (Pinus strobus)
- Scot pine (Pinus sylvestris)
- Black pine (Pinus nigra)
- Siberian pine (Pinus sibirica)
- Korean pine (Pinus koraiensis)
- Chinese white pine (Pinus armandii)
- Chinese red pine (Pinus massoniana)
- Mexican pine (Pinus cembroides)
- Colorado pine (Pinus ponderosa)
- Himalayan pine (Pinus wallichiana)
- Yellow pine (Pinus jeffreyi)
Pine Needle Syrup Recipe
- Step 1. Separate the pine needles from the freshly picked pine branches (can be done only a few hours after harvesting, so that the essential oils/terpenes from the pine needles do not have time to evaporate). Chop them on a wooden board as finely as possible.
- Step 2. Pour a finger-thick layer of raw honey into a wide-mouth glass jar, then add a thin and uniform layer of chopped pine needles, then another layer of honey, and continue until you almost fill up the entire jar. Finally, pour a 2-3 finger thick layer of raw honey on top. Seal the jar and leave it in the pantry for 2-4 weeks.
- Step 3. Strain the fragrant pine syrup and store it in small amber glass bottles for later use.
Pine syrup can also be made in the spring, from the pine buds, but the one made from pine needles harvested in January has the most amount of powerful essential oils and has the strongest healing properties in respiratory as well hormonal conditions.
4 Pine Needle Syrup Uses
1. Cough and Whooping Cough
Pine needle syrup is a great adjuvant in alleviating cough and whooping cough, wheezing, asthma, and pneumonia. For this, you can take 3-4 tablespoons of pine needle syrup throughout the day. Do not dilute the syrup, but allow it to slowly slide down your throat. Alongside, take pine branch baths in the evening. For this, boil a cup of fresh pine branches with the needles in 5 liters of water for 5 minutes. Steep for a few minutes, then strain through a clean piece of cheesecloth and pour into the warm bathwater. Bathe for 15-20 minutes to allow the active substances to be absorbed through the pores of your skin.
2. Tracheitis, Tracheobronchitis, Dry and Whooping Cough
Add a teaspoon of pine resin tincture in half a cup of water and gargle for 10 minutes a few times a day. After gargling, slowly swallow a teaspoon of pine needle syrup. This helps reduce cough symptoms and upper respiratory tract infections, including tracheitis.
3. Adrenocortical Hypofunction, Impotence, and Sterility
Pine needle syrup is an amazing natural remedy for adrenocortical hypofunction, impotence, and male sterility. For this, you can have 4-8 tablespoons of pine needle syrup a day, on an empty stomach. The effects usually show after a minimum of 2 months of daily use, but they are very stable. This cure can help after diseases that cause secondary sterility because it has very strong effects on the male reproductive organs. Pine needle syrup cure is also recommended for health problems that may arise due to dysfunctions of the adrenal glands: eczema and skin diseases, so-called autoimmune conditions, and mucosa dryness.
4. Low Immunity
For frequent colds, recurring cystitis, and weakened immune system, you can consume 2 teaspoons of pine needle syrup three times a day for a longer period. This simple natural syrup helps boost natural immunity and prevent viral conditions such as cold and flu, and other infectious conditions due to low immunity.
More Natural Remedies with Pine:
Pine Resin Tincture
Pine Needle Tea Recipe
Pine Resin Salve
Pine Pollen
Pine Buds
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May I get pine needle syrup recipe
Hi, Nancy! You can find the exact recipe in this article, above, but I copy-paste it here again for you.
Step 1. Separate the pine needles from the freshly picked pine branches (can be done only a few hours after harvesting, so that the essential oils/terpenes from the pine needles do not have time to evaporate). Chop them on a wooden board as finely as possible.
Step 2. Pour a finger-thick layer of raw honey into a wide-mouth glass jar, then add a thin and uniform layer of chopped pine needles, then another layer of honey, and continue until you almost fill up the entire jar. Finally, pour a 2-3 finger thick layer of raw honey on top. Seal the jar and leave it in the pantry for 2-4 weeks.
Step 3. Strain the fragrant pine syrup and store it in small amber glass bottles for later use.
Much health!
How do you strain it? Just with a mesh strainer? I wondered how that would work with the honey.
Hi, Amy! Yes, you can use a mesh strainer or a cheesecloth (if you want to avoid metal) to squeeze everything out.
Can you use ponderosa pine tree for these recipes
Hello Derald! Yes, you can use ponderosa pine needles, all pine trees have medicinal properties. Much health to you!
Hi
Can you advise the amount of pine needles. A half up or one cup. Would like the approximate amount so I don’t waste any pine needles.
Thank you
Hi, Suzette! We cannot say exactly the quantity of pine needles to use, as it depends on the size of the jar you are using. Use a small handful of chopped pine needles for each layer and alternate with 1/2 finger layer of raw honey, then top with 2-3 finger thick layer of honey. I know that I didn’t give you the exact quantities, but I hope I helped. Much health!
Can I use loblolly pine for this?
All pine trees have medicinal properties and can be used to make the pine needle syrup.
How long of a shelf life does the syrup have?
Honey not only sweetens the syrup and adds micronutrients, but also acts as a natural preservative which makes the pine needle syrup last longer. However, ideally you can use the pine needle syrup over the course of 1-2 years.
Are there any Pine trees you are not supposed to use? Are any pine trees toxic? I live in Northern Canada, and behind my home I have a Shelter Belt of I believe of White Pines, that drop pine cones everywhere. Yet to the right of my property there are a small row of pine trees with smaller more delicate and smaller pine needles.
Hello, Rosy. There are no known toxic pine trees to our knowledge. Just make sure you do not confuse them for other threes. Much health!