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A recipe for Pine needle Tea

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(Images from https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIST )

Pine needle tea holds many health benefits, to name a few; high in vitamin A and C, Rich in antioxidants. The Eastern White Pine was an essential food source in the winter for native American tribes. In 1536 French explorer and his crew Jacques Cartier used pine needle tea cured their extreme case of scurvy after being at sea, being shown this by the native Americans. Skipping a few years ahead the British colonies would use the trunk of trees for British Navy’s ship masses.

Plants to avoid

  • Norfolk Pine
  • Yew Pine
  • English Yew

Pine Tea recipe

  1. Gather pine needles (fresh or dried)

• If fresh rinse pine needles/ chop pine needles in half

2. Bring water to a boil then reduce heat

3. Add 1/2 cup pine needles

• I guesstimate by using a palm size

4. Cover and let steep for 3-4 minutes on low then remove from heat

5. After 8 minutes or until pine needle sink depending on the strength you want

6. Strain out pine needles and enjoy!!

Extra Links for info

https://www.superfoodly.com/how-to-make-pine-needle-tea-recipe-for-benefits-or-dangers/ 

http://www.practicalprimitive.com/skillofthemonth/pineneedletea.html

Pine Needle benefits

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Methuselah

 

Pine Trees have been known for their uses for lumber and their medicinal benefits. With 36 pine species in the United States the oldest being a Bristlecone pine 4,600 years. Not all pine needles are edible ALWAYS CHECK TO SEE IF THE PINE YOU PICK IS SAFE; Time and practice will make identifying easier. I use White Pine (Pinus strobus) as it’s abundant from where I am from.

Pine needles are used after seeping in boiling water to release the benefits in the needles. Sap or pitch which occurs when the tree has a wound and uses the pitch to cover and protect it from outside elements. And the extract from the bark. Usages are diverse from being high in vitamin C to being used as salve pine trees are a year-round doctor (if you are seriously injured or sick please go to your doctor first).

And as always when you go foraging do so consciously, pick from bigger plants first, only take what you need; never take bark from the whole circumference take it in patches in order to allow nutrients to continue to flow, and be nice to the earth.

Pine Needle Health Benefits

  • High in vitamin C/ vitamin A/ Antioxidants
  • reduce fevers/ antiinflammatory
  • relieve aches and pains
  • respiratory health
  • acne/ eczema
  • depression
  •  eye diseases
  • and much more

Pine Sap Health Benefits

  • alleviates pain in joints
  • laxative
  • treatment for burns and sores
  •  salve

Pine Bark Extract Health Benefits

(do not use if you are taking anticoagulant and/or antiplatelet drugs as this can increase the risk of bleeding)

  • chelating agent
  • improve blood flow
  • anti aging
  • help with mental health (ADHD)
  • Antiinflammatory

check in recipes for the ways to create and make the different usages from Doctor Pinus strobus

https://www.almanac.com/news/natural-health-home-tips/pine-needle-tea -Has a list of poisonous trees in the comment section

http://www.oldest.org/nature/trees/ – website of the 10 oldest trees in the world (where i got the bristlepine photo)