Pine Essential Oil - There's More Than Just One To Choose From

BLACK PINE

BOTANICAL NAME: Pinus nigra

SCENT: Black Pine essential oil has fresh highly resinous slightly citrus aroma.

STRENGTH OF AROMA: Strong (stronger than Scotch Pine)

PLANT PART USED: Wood

EXTRACTION METHOD: Steam Distillation.

ORIGIN: Corsica

COLOUR: Black Pine essential oil has a light to medium yellow hue

CONSISTENCY: Thin

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The Corsican Black Pine is taller than its cousin, the Scotch Pine, reaching up to 160 feet or more and is very long lived, perhaps longer than half a millenium. It is a mountainous Pine that grows rapidly across southern Mediterranean Europe from Spain to the eastern Mediterranean; on the Anatolian peninsula of Turkey and on Corsica/Cyprus, including Crimea. It also grows in the high mountains of teh Maghreb.

USES:

Black Pine is analgesic, antibacterial, antifungal, antiseptic, antiviral, and anti-inflammatory. It is primarily used to deodorise, cleanse, disinfect and to freshen. It is used with respiratory and circulatory disorders when vapourised and for muscle and tissue damage when used in massage.

CLUSTER PINE

BOTANICAL NAME: Pinus pinaster

SCENT: Cluster Pine essential oil has a deep resinous aroma with honey and beeswax tones.

STRENGTH OF AROMA: Strong

PLANT PART USED: Wood

EXTRACTION METHOD: Steam Distillation.

ORIGIN: Greece

COLOUR: Cluster Pine essential oil has a light to medium yellow hue

CONSISTENCY: Thin

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The Cluster Pine grows all over the Mediterranean and, for the past 150 years, in South Africa where it was introduced and is now considered an invasive species. Th etree likes hot dry summers and cool wet winters which is why it thrives around the Mediterranean and in the southern most part of the Cape of South Africa. It prefers a slightly acidic soil.

USES

The essential oil is a source of flavonoids, catechins, proanthocyanidins and phenolic acids. The patented extract Pycn0genol is from this tree although frequently using its other seldom used synonym Pinus maritima. The oil contains natural antioxidants and like all the pines, is anti-inflammatory and considered to help boost the body's immune and veinous systems.

MARITIME PINE

BOTANICAL NAME: Pinus maritima

SCENT: Maritime Pine essential oil has a deep resinous aroma with honey and beeswax tones.

STRENGTH OF AROMA: Strong

PLANT PART USED: Wood

EXTRACTION METHOD: Steam Distillation.

ORIGIN: Italy

COLOUR: Maritime Pine essential oil has a light to medium yellow hue

CONSISTENCY: Thin

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The Maritime Pine grows all over the Mediterranean and, for the past 150 years, in South Africa where it was introduced and is now considered an invasive species. The tree likes hot dry summers and cool wet winters which is why it thrives around the Mediterranean and in the southern most part of the Cape of South Africa. It prefers a slightly acidic soil.

USES

The essential oil is a source of flavonoids, catechins, proanthocyanidins and phenolic acids. The patented extract Pycn0genol is from this tree. The oil contains natural antioxidants and like all the pines, is anti-inflammatory and considered to help boost the body's immune and veinous systems.

SCOTCH PINE

BOTANICAL NAME: Pinus sylvestris

SCENT: Scotch Pine essential oil has a crisp, fresh, sweet, forest like aroma. It is more resinous and warm smelling than the regular pine oil, with a lower content of turpentines. The main chemical properties of Pine oil are: Sylvestrene, Pinene, Bornyl acetate, Dipentene, Cardinene and Phellandrene.

STRENGTH OF AROMA: Strong

PLANT PART USED: Needles and Twigs

EXTRACTION METHOD: Steam Distilled

ORIGIN: Hungary

COLOUR: Scotch Pine Essential Oil is colourless to pale yellow in hue

CONSISTENCY: Thin

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The Scotch Pine is an evergreen tree that can grow up to 40 metres (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.

REPORTED ATTRIBUTES:

Pine Scotch essential oil is viewed as an analgesic, antibacterial, antibiotic, antifungal, 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, and for detoxifying, disinfectant, and acting as a diuretic. It has also been applied to eczema, those with laryngitis, lice, muscular aches, neuralgia, psoriasis, rheumatism, ringworm, scrapes, and sinusitis. It's versatility is well documented.

BLENDS WELL WITH

Pine Scotch blends well with Citronella, Clary Sage, Coriander, Cypress, Eucalyptus, Frankincense, Juniper, Lavender, Myrrh, Rosemary, Spikenard, Tea Tree

HISTORY:

It was used by the Native Americans to prevent scurvy and the needles were used to stuff mattresses and to repel lice and fleas. The ancient Egyptians used the pine kernels in their cooking.

CAUTIONS:

Although pine and pine needle oil are considered safe since it is non-toxic and non-irritant it should still be used with care on the skin since it can cause irritation in high dosage and may sensitize the skin as well.

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