What makes pine oil unique - properties and use of a natural antiseptic

Can you learn more about a remedy such as pine oil, the properties and uses of this product for treatment? Personally, I always add a few drops to my aroma lamp during cold season, and especially when I get sick. With my bronchitis, breathing pine air is much easier. I heard that oil is also used for other diseases, not only viral ones. Which ones, and how, do they also breathe or take inside?

Conifers, including pine, have always been famous for their antibacterial and antiviral effects. The maximum concentration of nutrients is precisely pine oil, the properties and application of which have a wide range. Of course, the main purpose of using oil is to treat diseases of the upper respiratory tract. But besides this, a fragrant product is able to prevent and cure many other problems.

Nowadays, you can buy essential oil at almost any pharmacy. It is especially popular with aromatherapy lovers. Inhaling vapors with coniferous components, you can not only strengthen the immune system, but at the same time relax. And that's not counting the fact that the oil acts as a natural antiseptic. It neutralizes inflammation and destroys viruses and bacteria.

Pine oil - properties and uses for treatment

The oil is sold in small bottles, and its color is the same as that of pine resin flowing from the wounds on the branches. Light yellow oil liquid, with a resinous coniferous aroma. It is made from young twigs, buds and needles of a plant.

The healing properties of pine oil

In addition to its antiviral effect, the oil also:

• stops bleeding;
• strengthens the immune system;
• stimulates and facilitates the excretion of phlegm;
• relieves inflammation and pain spasms;
• relaxes;
• normalizes blood pressure;
• removes sand and stones from the kidneys;
• improves the condition of the skin, hair, nail plates;
• has antipyretic, antiseptic and antibacterial effects.

How pine oil is used to treat and prevent disease

Pine essential oil cannot be used in its pure form. Be sure to dilute it in the base fluid. Depending on the way of use, this can be:

1. Water: For inhalation, pour hot liquid and add 4 drops of oil.
2. Oil: olive, sunflower, orange, lavender, cypress. For massage, mix 5 drops of pine oil and any of the indicated oils. For rubbing, add 7 drops of pine oil for every 10 g of base oil.
3. Milk. Dilute 4 drops of oil in a small amount and add to the bath. You can also use this mixture in steam baths and saunas.

Pine oil is taken inside only according to the indications of a phytotherapist. And absolutely not in its pure form. For oral administration, mix one drop of oil with honey.

Contraindications

Pine can be strong allergenso be sure to do a test before using the oil. To do this, put a couple of drops of diluted oil on the crook of your elbow. If there is a local reaction on the skin in the form of irritation, you cannot use the oil.

It is also contraindicated to use oil:

• pregnant women;
• lactating;
• children;
• in the presence of kidney disease, heart attack, ulcers and gastritis.

An uninterrupted course of pine oil treatment should not exceed two weeks.

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