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| Common Names |
| Pine , Scots Pine |
| Botanical Name |
| Pinus sylvestris |
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| PINACEAE Pine Family |
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The key uses of pine oil are as an anti-infectious, antimicrobial agent in colds, flu, urinary and viral infections and as a pain reliever in arthritis, aches, pains and sore muscles. In Switzerland, mattresses are filled with pine needles for treating rheumatic ailments. |
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Prep Methods :Pine Oil
 Remedies using Pine
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 Pine oil is distilled from the twigs and needles of the Scotch pine that grows throughout much of Europe and Asia. It has a fresh, resinous, camphor-like aroma. The oil is used to scent a number of household and personal care products such as room sprays, detergents, vaporizer liquids, cough and cold preparations and masculine perfumes. Pine blends well with cedarwood, lavandin, rosemary, sage, cananga, labdanum, juniper, and other coniferous oils. |
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Energizing *fatigue *Mental Clarity *Mood Uplfting * |
 To freshen a cut tree, mix 1 cup water and 6 to 10 drops of pine essential oil, or sprinkle a few drops on an absorbent cloth to place at the foot of the tree. | | Place store bought pine cones in a plastic bag with 2 drops of pine essential oil and leave overnight to bring back the natural aroma. |
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| Bladder, Kidney | | A valuable remedy in bladder, kidney, and rheumatic affections and diseases of the mucous membrane and respiratory complaints; externally in the form of liniment plasters and inhalants. 1227
(Grieve, Maude 635) | | Arthritis, rheumatism and gout | | Compounds in pine are similar to cortisone. Therapeutically, pine essential oil is very effective in relieving the pain caused by conditions such as arthritis, rheumatism and gout and promotes circulation. 899
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| Pine oil should always be well diluted as it can be irritating to sensitive skin. Beware of adulterations. |
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Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
 All the Pines yield resin in greater or smaller quantities, which is obtained by tapping the trees. The crude resin is almost entirely used for the distillation of Oil of Turpentine and Rosin, only small quantities being employed medicinally - for ointments, plasters, etc. When the Oil of Turpentine is entirely distilled off, the residuum is Rosin or Colophony, but when only part of the oil is extracted, the viscous mass remaining is known commercially as common Crude Turpentine.
Grive, M.,634
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 Hippocrates used pine to treat pulmonary problems and Pliny recommended it for respiratory conditions. The Romans used pine nuts for food, and the trees were used for sailing masts.
Walji, H.Ph.D.,123 |
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 It is a tree of Mars. From it common turpentine is obtained. Nicholas Culpeper |
