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
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