Digestive
Scientific research confirms the high therapeutic efficacy of many vegetable oils. Pine nut oil’s main advantage over other oils is a more enriched composition of medicinal substances.
Composition
Pine nut oil is a traditional remedy in folk medicine since ancient times. It contains a large amount of polyunsaturated fatty acids, including the fat-soluble vitamin E and vitamin F. Levels of these vitamins’ physiological and antioxidant properties are very high.
Besides, oil is a source of beneficial minerals: phosphorus, calcium, magnesium, manganese, copper, cobalt, zinc, iodine.
Pine nut oil contains about 5% nitrogenous substances, of which 90% are amino acids, and 70% of these amino acids are essential for humans.
Read more about pine nut oil’s useful and medicinal properties in the article “Pine nut oil. Useful properties and contraindications“. You will also learn which oil is more useful depending on the production method and determine its quality.
How to use pine nut oil for stomach diseases
Pine nut oil is beneficial for treating stomach ulcers, duodenal ulcers, pancreatitis, gastritis, cholecystitis. Also, it improves the gastrointestinal tract’s functioning and digestion in general.
Pine Nut Oil for Stomach Ulcer
Clinical trials of pine nut oil took place at the Tomsk Research Institute of Balneology and Physiotherapy. The study’s objectives were:
- prove the oil’s therapeutic efficacy
- study its effect on the nutritional, secretory, and excretory functions of stomach and liver
- examine the oil’s antioxidant properties
- develop a method of application to determine its level of tolerance in patients with various prescribed methodologies.
Careful attention has been paid to the use of pine nut oil to treat ulcers.
The patients took one tablespoon of pine nut oil three times a day for two months. At the end of the study, all patients had no abdominal pain. Symptoms such as nausea, heartburn, belching, and vomiting are gone. The work of the intestinal tract and digestion normalized for almost 100% of patients.
Stomach ulcer healed utterly in many patients; for others, it decreased in size. The work of the gallbladder has improved. Thus, studies have confirmed the positive effect of pine nut oil on treating diseases of the stomach and duodenum, including gastritis.
The oil is especially useful in the treatment of erosive stomach and duodenum. During the remission stage in treating stomach ulcers, it is good to use ultrasonic treatment to apply pine nut oil to the stomach area. This way, you can achieve a more persistent and long-lasting effect.
Oil diluted with milk can be taken with cholecystitis and hepatocholecystitis. This remedy has an anti-inflammatory effect on the treatment of gastric stomach ulcers.
Pine Nut Oil against Helicobacter Pylori
Scientists proved H. Pylori is the reason for stomach diseases, including gastritis, in most cases. Pine nut oil can help deal with the problem in this case too. It is the only oil that has proved to be effective in the treatment of Helicobacter pylori.
Indications
Pine nut oil should be taken in liquid form, not in capsules. Liquid oil immediately envelopes the gastric mucosa.
You can use the oil after a long course of antibiotic treatment. It helps to restore the natural intestinal microflora. You need to take oil from one month to two.