The shell of the pinions (mulch) is a valuable raw material, from which medicinal remedies (tinctures, decoctions, infusions) are prepared. In addition, thanks to the content in the shells of useful trace elements, it is used as a vitamin and mineral fertilizer and high quality horticulture.
It is also used as material in construction and landscape. It is also often used as an element for finishing work.
However, this valuable raw material can cause damage to the human organism if used inappropriately. And before using it in Popular Medicine and Cosmetology, it is necessary to read the contraindications list carefully.
Chemical composition
For many people it is more common to use the core of cedar nuts, it is considered the most useful and microelement. However, it is not like that! The shell is a more valuable product, the biochemical composition in many ways exceeds the content of vital substances for human being in the nut grain.
In the following table a detailed description of the composition is offered:
Essential oils
However, it should be noted that the composition lacks elements such as boron, cobalt and iodine (which are only contained in nut grains).
Cáscas Properties
Properly prepared at home, the peanut peel has a huge impact on the body. First, it serves as tonic and tonic means. With the regular use of infusions and decoctions, it improves immunity, cleanses the body of toxins, promotes the excretion of heavy metal salts.
The benefits of
Cedar’s home remedies help deal with many diseases and pathologies.
Hemorrhoids and blood diseases
The homemade medicinal recipes of the shells have a good effect on the composition of the blood, improve their coagulation. Therefore, nut decuctions and infusions are used successfully in the complex treatment of hemorrhoids, anemia, internal hemorrhages.
In addition, the high vitamin C content in the shell strengthens the walls of blood and capillary vessels, and calcium helps significantly reduce blood cholesterol levels.
Of joint pain, with gout
In painful joints they need to drink decoctions and infusions, which can improve water-exit metabolism in the body, saturate calcium bone tissue. Such popular methods are very effective for arthritis, gout, osteoarthritis, osteochondrosis, osteoporosis and joint rheumatism. Alcoholic tinctures on the shells and decoction baths provide excellent pain relief.
For the treatment of female diseases, tumors
It has been scientifically demonstrated that the pinion shell has an antitumoral effect. Tincture can be used as a preventive measure and as a natural remedy for the development of oncological diseases.
Popular cedar recipes are no less effective in female gynecological pathologies. Specialists claim that Cedar extracts can cure the most serious female pathologies, to infertility.
With coughing, injuries to the mucous membranes.
Cedar shells have been used for a long time as a powerful remedy against cough, colds, upper and lower respiratory diseases, inflammatory processes of the oral mucosa. For therapy decoctions and infusions are used. After consulting with your doctor, alcoholic use and tinctures can be allowed.
For skin conditions
Infusions and decoctions are used externally for skin diseases such as eczema, herpes, with pustules, boils, burns, allergic eruptions in the skin. Allowed the use of decoctio n-based baths on the basis of the shell with diaper dermatitis, irritation and diasis in children.
For the treatment of gastrointestinal tract
In gastrointestinal tract disorders the decoctions have the following effects
- ant i-inflammatory;
- astringent;
- analgesic;
- restorative.
Decoctions are especially useful for stomach ulcers, poisoning, dissbacteriosis, gastritis, various inflammatory processes. They have an excellent choretic effect, so they can be used in the treatment of cholelithiasis, cholecystitis, liver disorders and gallbladder.
In liver diseases
Infusions and very effective decoctions in liver diseases, since they contribute to rapid elimination of cholesterol, toxins. However, in liver disorders, the use of alcoholic infusions, since they can negatively affect the state of the affected organ, is negatively advised.
Despite all its positive qualities, Cedro shell can also cause damage. First, it should be noted that it is an allergenic product. Therefore, for people with hypersensitivity and tendency to develop allergic reactions to use this raw material for therapeutic purposes it is extremely dangerous.
Many recipes are prepared in alcohol. Women should not take them during pregnancy and breastfeeding. They can cause serious damage to the baby. It is also forbidden to take alcoholic tinctures if serious liver or heart problems suffer or if there is alcohol intolerance.
How to Peel Piñones
Since the pinions are quite small, many people ask how to peel them quickly and correctly. To obtain healing shells, proceed as follows:
- Rinse the pine nuts under the tap, pour them into a deep bowl, pour warm water and leave them for a few hours.
- Place a towel on the table, put the nuts on top and cover them with another towel.
- Hit the nuts gently but firmly with a roller or a small hammer.
- Pour the nuts into a metallic bowl, cover it with a lid and shake it well.
With this method you can clean the pine nuts quickly and effortlessly.
Basic application characteristics and rules
Do not forget that popular medicine cannot completely replace medicines. The recipes presented below can be used only in a complex treatment and only after consulting with the treating doctor. The replacement of the preparations prescribed by a doctor with decoctions and peanut tinctures can seriously aggravate the disease!
Traditional medicine applications
To obtain all healing properties, it is necessary to prepare the remedy correctly and take it according to the recommended scheme.
Decoction
A tablespoon of nuts stalls pour a glass of boiling water. Insist for 15 minutes, strain. Such a recipe is used as a strong anti-inflammatory and analgesic.
When skin diseases, including burns of a glass of boiling water to pour 3 tablespoons of shells. In infusion for half an hour, then make compresses in the affected skin areas at least 3 times a day.
Another recipe for a decoction pour 3 liters of water into a saucepan and add 500 g of peels. Boil for 5 minutes. Drink under the following scheme:
- 1 week – a couple of tablespoons before a meal, a similar dose – after one meal, three times a day;
- 2 week – drink half a glass after a meal of the day;
- 3 week – drink a glass a day;
- 4 week – Drink 2 infusion glasses throughout the day.
This decoction will help clean blood vessels and liver and is also effective in erectile dysfunction.
Infusion.
A handful of healing raw materials pour a glass of boiling water, stepping hermetically, insist in half an hour. Strain, divide into 3 equal parts and take after each meal. Recommended treatment duration: at least a month.
Cáscaras tincture
Specialists point out that not only can the pine nut can be used, but also the raw raw material. To prepare a healing tincture, pour 100 grams of the peel into a bottle, pour vodka, close tightly and put into a dark and fresh place. Insist for a week, strain.
Tinuras are especially valuable to improve immunity, strengthen bone system, cholelitiasis, sciatic, mouth diseases. Cáscara tincture is a famous popular remedy against impotence.
Take a teaspoon twice a day, after meals.
Cosmetic applications
Piñón shell is also used in cosmetology. At home, using home remedies prepared by oneself can get rid of black points, boils, eczema.
Another effect that can be achieved using cedar peels is the intensive oxygenation of skin cells. The result is a healthier and more fresh face. In addition, regular use slows down the natural aging process, skin aging, there is a visible rejuvenation.
Many girls with cedar wood media get rid of unwanted vegetation (for example, in the face, hands).
Scrub
Cedar shell is an excellent exfoliant, which can easily be done your own home. You have to crush them (for more comfort a kitchen mortar can be used), dilute them with a small amount of boiling water. Remove and pour a flour or oat flakes. Mix until it becomes a thick dough.
Let cool to a pleasant temperature. Apply on the face and clarify for 15 minutes. Massage periodically with the fingertips. This will improve blood circulation and eliminate dead skin particles. At the end of the treatment, remove the mixture with a wet cotton sponge and wash your face.
Decoction for hair removal
The substances of the cedar shell are excellent to combat unwanted body hair. To do this, it is necessary to burn the shells, then dilute them with warm water and boil slightly. The resulting mass cools and applies in the skin area where there is excess hair. After 15 minutes, wash the area treated with running water.
In most cases, 3 to 4 treatments will suffice to eliminate the problem completely.
Use in horticulture and landscaping
Cedar nut shells can be used in gardening as an excellent padded material. It prevents erosion and soil salinization, restores the optimal microclimate, protects against the formation of scabs in the soil.
The mulch also helps maintain optimal levels of moisture even during dry periods, suppresses weed growth and is excellent for stimulating the development of the beneficious microflora of the soil and the reproduction of worms.
In the garden it is recommended to cover the entire ground with cedar nut shells, as well as the area around the bushes (at least 50 cm of radius). During the cold station, the earth treated with mulch is perfectly protected against frost.
The cedar nut shell is also used in gardening. For example, it can serve as soft lining on the garden roads. To do this, the road is excavated to a depth of at least 15 cm, it is shaped to the bottom and compact well. The following layers are 5 cm of gravel and 10 cm of cedar stones.
Another advantage of the mulch is its unique fragrance and that when moistened it acquires an attractive shine, embellishing the plot.
A sack of cedar peels is enough for a square meter of garden.
Contraindications of use
Despite the enormous benefits of decoctions and adjustments of cedar shells, there are a series of contraindications in which the natural healer is strictly prohibited.
Absolute contraindications include
- high viscosity of blood;
- varicose veins;
- thrombosis;
- thrombophlebitis.
Traditional therapies are used with caution in pediatrics. It is necessary to consult a specialist.
The uses of the pinion shell are wide and varied. Unlike most natural healers, pinion shells can be used not only in popular medicine, but also in gardening and landscaping.
