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Elizabeth Anne Knaack
In my introduction, I mentioned the first herbal remedy I had ever made was Pine Shoot Cough syrup.
When my children were young and became ill, they were notorious for coughing until they threw up – it was like we were stuck in a cough loop and could not get out. Their pediatrician offered a pharmaceutical cough syrup, that was effective, except it made them a bit sleepy and it was 30.00 for 8 oz. That was pretty expensive thirty+ years ago.
I was seeing a naturopath for post-partum depression (child #5) when I mentioned the plight of our household. He sold me a bottle of the pine shoot and honey cough syrup – I administered it and it was wonderful. When I returned to him for another bottle, he was out of it and then told me I could make it myself: 2/3 of a pint jar of the tiny green tips of the newly emerging pine needles and then fill the jar with raw honey. Cap it, make sure the pine shoots are covered in the honey, and then set it on a window sill. Pick it up every day and rock the bottle to mix it. Continue doing this daily – leaving it in the sunny window – until all the pine shoots turn brown, then sieve it and put the clean raw honey syrup in a bottle. Give a teaspoon to a coughing child (over 1 yr old) every time they cough – it will soon arrest the coughing and the child will be well within a few days.
It was very effective and the kids, surprisingly, loved the turpentine-ish flavor of the honey.
Elizabeth 🙂
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Michelle Koch
Yes – you can also do the same thing with green pine cones too! Look up mugolio (named for the mugo pine, but you can use cones from any pine). I have personal ambitions to make a batch someday in the not too distant future. Put in a fancy bottle with a cork and a ribbon, it would make fabulous holiday gifts for people who would appreciate that sort of thing. 😉
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Dee.MW
Would this have the same contraindication as pine needles, specifically a risk of miscarriage? Â Not a problem for children, maybe good to know for gifts. Â Dr. Jones discussed this in a different thread in the forum on pine.
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Dr. Patrick Jones
Yes. Same contraindications in pregnancy etc..
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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Anna Fast
When would be the best time of year to pick the pine shoots? ( pine needles?)
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When would be the best time of year to pick the pine shoots?
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Shoots pop out in the spring.
Don't use herbs or combine herbs with medications or use them during lactation or pregnancy without talking with your healthcare provider.
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KATHERINE M. RHODES
As I was driving down my driveway this afternoon, I looked at the pine trees and thought to myself,’Wonder what benefits pine trees hold in the herbal world?’ Then I saw your post. We have Loblolly Pine all over the farm. I will make some this upcoming spring. For readers out there, make sure you do not use Yew. I have read that it is toxic.
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Deborah Shimp
That is a great recipe!
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