Fir oil helps in the fight against many diseases, it is used in cosmetology, in the treatment of various respiratory diseases and is simply added to the water that is sprayed on the stones in the bath. This useful substance is extracted from branches, cones and fir needles, a small coniferous tree with a silver crown, which is distributed throughout Russia.

Useful and healing properties

Fir product contains a large number of volatile. Therefore, it is used in the fight against viral diseases, fumigating the room in which the patients are. Its enzymes, sprayed in the air, have a tonic, and at the same time soothing effect on the nervous system. If used orally, the oil supports the immune system, fights inflammation and acts as an anesthetic. Also, this substance is used in cosmetology, they treat frostbite and hypothermia.

• In addition, fir liquid as an additive is used in medicines for:
• respiratory diseases;
• neuralgia;
• arthrosis;
• osteochondrosis;
• neuritis
• rheumatism;
• gout
• problems with pressure and cardiology.

Collection and harvesting of raw materials

For making butter at home, green cones, branches up to 10 mm in diameter, young needles and bark are suitable. The plant should be up to 2 m high, be in the sun and have a healthy appearance. This implies a dense crown, the absence of moss on the trunk, pests and rot.

Did you know? Already in Ancient Russia, fir oil was produced by local healers. They used it to treat colds and as an antiseptic.

You should not collect blanks from trees that are located next to highways and hazardous industries. Harvest time is from late spring to early autumn. The shoots of plants, buds and cones are cut in May, and the needles are best removed in August-September. After collecting the raw materials can lie for 1-2 months, while maintaining their valuable properties.

Ways to cook at home

There are several ways to make homemade homemade fir oil. All of them are lightweight, do not take much time and physical resources.

Recipe number 1

Ingredients:

• young branches up to 5 cm or buds;
• 300-400 ml of vegetable oil (corn, sunflower or olive).

Cooking:

1. Sort branches and buds, remove damaged ones, wash well.
2. Cut the fir material into pieces of 5–10 cm and press firmly into a glass jar with a capacity of 1 liter until it is 70% full.
3. Pour the remaining volume with vegetable oil, close tightly with a lid.
4. Week 3 insist in a cool place out of the reach of sunlight (but not in the refrigerator). Shake the jar 2 times a week, if the raw materials absorb oil - add more.
5. Squeeze the resulting mass through cheesecloth into a darkened bottle and store the resulting oil in the refrigerator.

Recipe number 2

Ingredients:

• fir needles;
• 300-400 ml of vegetable oil.

How to cook:

1. Rinse the needles and cut into pieces 1-2 cm.
2. The raw material is poured into a glass container with a volume of 1 liter by about 80%.
3. Fill the rest of the container with oil and close the lid.
4. Boil for 5 hours in a water bath (put the container in a pan on a wire rack and pour water slightly without bringing it to the lid, boil it by adding water when it starts to evaporate).
5. Cool the resulting mass and squeeze, then again pour the fir material with oil and repeat boil for 5 hours.
6. Mix the liquids, pour into a darkened jar, keep in the refrigerator.

Important! During the processes of preparation, infusion and further storage, it is worth abandoning iron and plastic containers.

Recipe number 3

Ingredients:

• needles, buds, young branches up to 5 cm;
• 100 ml of vegetable refined oil.

Cooking:

1. It is necessary to rinse and grind the raw materials. The branches should be cut into 3 parts, the kidneys in half, it is not worth chopping needles.
2. Pour fir mass into a 0.5-liter jar, 80% percent and pour the rest of the jar with oil.
3. Wrap the container with foil and make several holes in it.
4. Put the jar on the wire rack in the oven, heated to + 150 ° C.
5. Wait 2 hours, then heat + 60 ° C and simmer another 10 hours.
6. Cool and strain the contents of the can, add new needles to the filtered liquid until the container is completely filled and repeat the entire cooking process 2 more times.
7. Pour the resulting oil into a darkened jar and hide in the refrigerator.

How to use

Fir oil is mainly used:

• as one of the elements of preparations for colds and skin diseases;
• for cosmetic purposes;
• as a flavoring agent for a bathtub, bathhouse or room;
• for warming up muscle tissue and joints.

This substance is often used to treat pulmonary diseases and a runny nose. Fir oil-based inhalations help better expectorate sputum and fight inflammation. They soothe irritations with sore throats, and constricts blood vessels, helping with excess fluid in the nose. From a cold, it is used in the form of inhalation and by rubbing it into the wings of the nose. Also fir substance helps a lot from acne. Inflamed wounds are cauterized, disinfecting and drying them.

Did you know? In aromatherapy, fir oil has been used since its inception. Camphor was extracted from it, which is still widely used in medicine.

Ethnoscience

In folk medicine, fir is used for problems with the prostate and gynecological diseases.

This substance, thanks to its calming effect, helps in solving such women's problems as:

• psychosomatic etiology;
• menstrual irregularities;
• frigidity;
• sexual disorders;
• the inability to conceive a child.

In prostate diseases, this substance is used not only by traditional medicine, but also used in traditional medicine. Since it helps with recovery processes and has a disinfecting effect. Oil from fir deeply enters the affected matter and fights against pathogens that cause infection.

Cosmetology

In cosmetology, this product is used to solve common skin problems.

Important! Do not immediately use this product widely when applying it to the body. It can cause allergies, so it’s worth a test by dropping a small amount of the substance onto a small area of ​​the skin.

He is struggling with:

• furunculosis;
• pustular rash;
• edema.

It is also used in express lifting for skin that has aged and with dermatosis on the legs. Another oil should be applied to the skin after bathing in water with an unknown degree of contamination.

Aromatherapy

Fir substance is very widely used in aromatherapy, as it has great fungicidal, antiviral and bactericidal activity. In addition to treating respiratory diseases and nerve disorders, this substance is also used to boost immunity.

A room smoked with smoke on the basis of this oil becomes free from dust, mold and pathogenic bacteria. Also, smoke based on a fir product improves performance and removes fatigue.

Limitations and contraindications

• First of all, this product cannot be used:
• pregnant
• people who have kidney problems;
• patients with gastritis and ulcers.

The substance should not be taken on an empty stomach. Oil from some types of fir can cause bronchial spasm, so it can be used only after checking for allergies. In its pure form, the product can not be applied to the skin, it can cause severe irritation, it should be used only with soothing fluids.

When taken orally, the liquid causes nausea, so doctors advise it to drink black tea or sour-milk products. Fir oil is a versatile product that is easy to make at home. The main thing is to check the body for the absence of allergies and find a suitable young plant for the preparation of this healthy fluid.