Is it good to put pine cones in the house? What kind of pine cones should be placed? What effect does it have at home?

Pine cones are good to keep at home because they can eliminate phlegm, relieve coughs and relieve asthma. Chronic bronchitis, asthma, and cough with excessive phlegm. The ammonia water method of antitussive mice proved that oral administration of pine cone decoction has a certain antitussive effect, and the antitussive effect is mainly due to the volatile oil limonene. The phenol red method for eliminating phlegm in mice proved that the pine cone method has obvious phlegm effect.

The main active component of pine cone is pinitol, and the volatile oil also has a certain expectorant effect. From the research on pinitol, it is speculated that its expectorant mechanism may be related to promoting the recovery of gland lesions and ciliary damage, and enhancing tracheal mucus ——Related to the speed of ciliary movement.

Extended information:

The in vitro antibacterial activity of pine cone antibacterial and anti-inflammatory pine cone decoction is weak, but the volatile oil has a certain inhibitory effect on pneumococci. The decoction can promote the recovery of chronic trachea and bronchitis diseased tissues, reduce the infiltration of inflammatory cells, and reduce goblet cells and mucus glands.

Some patients have reactions such as dry mouth and dizziness after taking the white bark pine cone decoction. Some patients also have reactions such as mild edema, nausea, vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. These side effects generally do not affect the continued use of the drug. In the short term, It will disappear within a few seconds. The young cones of the same plant species, Yunnan pine and Simao pine, can also be used as medicine to treat bruises and injuries.

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