Botanical
Name: Pinus sylvestris
Extraction
Method: Steam Distilled
Description: This
evergreen tree can grow up to 40 meters (130 feet) and has a flat crown. The
bark is a reddish-brown that is deeply fissured with needle-like gray-green
leaves that grow in pairs, orange-yellow flowers, and pointed brown cones. It
is not as readily available as regular pine trees accounting for the price
discrepancy.
Common
Uses: Pine Essential Oil (India) is viewed as an analgesic,
antibacterial, antibiotic, anti fungal, antiseptic, and as an antiviral.
Aromatherapists credit its use for arthritis, asthma, bladder infections,
bronchitis, catarrh, cholagogue, as a circulatory agent, for colds,
convalescence, coughs, cuts, cystitis, as a decongestant and deodorant. It has
also been applied to eczema, those with laryngitis, lice, muscular aches,
neuralgia, psoriasis, rheumatism, ringworm, scrapes, and sinusitis. Its
versatility is well documented.
Aromatic
Scent: Pine Essential Oil (India) has a crisp, fresh, sweet, forest
like aroma.
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