PINE

N.O.pinaceae: (Listed A to Z)

Name:    Pinus Balsamea

Description:    Balsam Fir

Constituents:   Balm of Gilead

Uses:    turpentine, mucuous discharge



Name:     P. Candensis

Description:     Hemlock Spruce

Constituents:     Oil of Hemlock

Uses:     oil, Canada Pitch, rubefascient, astringent, abortion, veterinary practise.



Name:     P. Cedrus

Description:     Of Mount Lebanon

Constituents:     false manna

Uses:     Used in phthisis in Syria


 

Name:     P. Cubensis

Description:     Cuban Pine

Constituents:

Uses:     turpentine



Name:     P. Damaris

Description:     (hardens into a rosin)

Constituents:

Uses:     damara turpentine



Name:     P. Densiflora

Description:     Japan

Constituents:     AKIMATSU

Uses:    



Name:     P. Echinata, 

Description:    Short Leaved Pine

Constituents:    

Uses:    turpentine



Name:     P. gerardiana

Description:     Neosa Pine of NW India

Constituents:

Uses:     edible Neosa seeds



Name:     P. halapensis

Description:     Mediterranean

Constituents:

Uses:     Spirits of Turpentine



Name:     P.heterophylla

Description:     Eastern America

Constituents:

Uses:     Spirits of Turpentine



Name:     P. khasya

Description:     Burma

Constituents:

Uses:     Turps like French Oil



Name:     P. Larix

Description:     Larix Europea; Larch

Constituents:     larixinnic acid, tannic acid, crystalline principle resembling pyrogallol Briancon Manna

Uses:     Gummi Ornebergense, like Gum Arabic, water soluble Dosage of B.P.Tincture Laricis: 20 to 30 minims,stimulant, diuretic, balsamic, expectorant, externally for chronic excema or psoriasis, stimulant expectorant in chronic bronchitis,hemmhorage, cystitis, suggestive combatant against cyano or opium poisoning, disinfectant in gangrene treatment, Tincture Laricis (Dosage t20 to 30 minims)



Name:  P. maritima

Description:  Cluster Pine, Pinaster

Constituents:

Uses:  Bordeaux Turpentine, pitch, French Oil of Turpentine



Name:  P. merkusii

Description:  Burma

Constituents:

Uses:  Turps like French Oil



Name:  P. microcarpa

Description:     P.pendula;Tamarack

Constituents:

Uses:     bark decoction



Name:     P. mughus

Description:     Hungarian Terebinth

Constituents:

Uses



Name:     P. nigra

Description:     Pieca Mariana;Bog Spruce

Constituents:

Uses:     Spruce beer



Name:     P. palustris

Description:     P. australiana;Long-leaved Pine

Constituents:

Uses:     Spirits of Turpentine



Name:     P.picea

Description:     Norway Spruce

Constituents:

Uses:     Strassbourg Turpentine



Name:     P. pinea

Description:     Mediterranean

Constituents:     Pinocchi seeds

Uses:     edible



Name:     P. ponderosa

Description:     California (Heavy Pine)

Constituents:     heptane

Uses:     Chief constituent of American Petroleum



Name:     P. pumilio

Description:     P. montana

Constituents:     volatile oil

Uses:     Oil of Pine



Name:     P. rigida

Description:     Pitch Pine

Constituents:

Uses:     Tar



Name:     P. roxburghii

Description:     Himalayas

Constituents:

Uses:     Spirits of Turpentine



Name:     P. sabiana

Description:     nut or digger pine

Constituents:     abietine oil

Uses:     edible seed



Name:     P.scropia

Description:     Occasional use

Constituents:     turpentine

Uses:     American rosin



Name:    P. strobus

Description:    White Pine

Constituents:     coniferin from the Cambium bark, starch and resin, 3% ash,(Compound syrup with morphine:dosage 30 minims)

Uses:     compound syrup with morphine, expectorant, demulcent, diuretic, coughs and colds, beneficial for bladder and kidneys



Name:     P.succinifera

Description:     amber, or extict

Constituents:

Uses:     BU ny engineering



Name:     P. sylvestris

Description:     Scotch Pine or Fir

Constituents:     oleoresin, 32% of oil

Uses:     Finnan Turpentine, Russian Turpentine, antiseptic,: respiratory tract, bronchitis, colds and sinusitis, relieves cystitis, arthritis, muscular aches and pains, used in aromatherapy for inhalation, baths and massage, balms, soaps and bath oils, antiseptic shoe deodorizer.



Name:     P.toeda

Description:     US. Loblolly or Old Field Pine

Constituents:

Uses:     occasional for American rosin



Name:     P. teocoty

Description:     Mexican

Constituents:

Uses:     Mexican or Brea Turpentine



Name:     P. thumbergii

Description:     Kuromatsu "Exudation"

Constituents:

Uses:     Kuromatsu



References:

A Modern Herbal    Mrs M. Grieve

Essential Aromatherapy     Carole McGilvery and Jimi Reed


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