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Herbal Medicine 101, Lesson 8: Pine

 
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Lesson 8: Pine
Pine needles, pitch and pollen cones all have different herbal uses that can save your life.
 
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I knew how to make tea from the needles, but I didn't know the four ways that pine could save my life. He says three, but he explains four: the tea as an expectorant to calm down a strep throat, the pitch as an anticoagulant to stop bleeding, the small male cones as a survival food, and using the cone by removing the woody outer layer, then breathing around it, which lowers heart rate and respiration, and dilates the lungs, and is an excellent way to stop smoking. Thanks very much for posting this.
 
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I make a pine oil for sore muscles and as a respiratory rub. Dissolve the resin in a carrier oil over low heat. Filter then add some beeswax if you want a salve.

I've used the oil on my feet and notice that the stubborn spot of what I think is athletes foot it gone. Nice bonus.
 
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Joe Banks wrote:I knew how to make tea from the needles, but I didn't know the four ways that pine could save my life. He says three, but he explains four: the tea as an expectorant to calm down a strep throat, the pitch as an anticoagulant to stop bleeding, the small male cones as a survival food, and using the cone by removing the woody outer layer, then breathing around it, which lowers heart rate and respiration, and dilates the lungs, and is an excellent way to stop smoking. Thanks very much for posting this.



Thanks for watching it so closely; I hadn't thought of it that way!
 
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Robin Katz wrote:I make a pine oil for sore muscles and as a respiratory rub. Dissolve the resin in a carrier oil over low heat. Filter then add some beeswax if you want a salve.

I've used the oil on my feet and notice that the stubborn spot of what I think is athletes foot it gone. Nice bonus.



Great tip - thanks!
 
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