Natural Essential Oil - Organic Dwarf Pine

COMMON NAME: Mountain pine
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Pinus mugo Turra, Pinus montana Mill.
FAMILY: Pinaceae
POPULAR NAMES: Mugo, Mountain pine, Dwarf pine
FOREIGN NAMES:
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(Eng) Swiss mountain pine
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(Fra) Pin mugho nain
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(Ger) Latschenkiefer
DESCRIPTION AND HISTORY
BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION
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Growth habit: a shrub that depending on environmental conditions can be creeping, bushy, or more rarely, erect.
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Leaves: needle-shaped, dark green and stiff. They are about 4 cm long.
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Flowers: male reproductive structures are yellow and numerous, female ones are smaller and red-violet in color. Then there are the cones, which are the plant’s fruits, conical in shape and containing numerous seeds.
ETYMOLOGY OF THE NAME/HISTORY AND TRADITIONS: the origin of the genus name Pinus is controversial. The most plausible is that it derives from the Latin "pix", "picis" meaning resin, referring to the exudate the plant produces from its bark. The species name mugo comes from the Old French "musguet", a term used to indicate an animal with glands that emit an aromatic and musky scent, referring to the scent of the plant’s essential oil.
NOTES: it is the only conifer that grows at high altitudes where it plays an important environmental role by helping to stabilize the soil, preventing gravel and snow landslides.
HABITAT: it is a plant that grows in the mountains, at an altitude between 1000 and 2700 meters. In Italy, it is mainly found in the Alps, where it also grows on rocky areas and unstable slopes. It is resistant to cold and sun exposure.
TIME AND METHODS OF HARVESTING OR CULTIVATION: buds, young branches, and needles should preferably be harvested in spring.
MAIN COMPONENTS
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Essential oil
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Esters
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Glucosides
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Resins
MAIN HEALTH BENEFITS
The main beneficial properties of Mountain Pine are:
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Expectorant, thinning, balsamic
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Antitussive
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Purifying for respiratory and urinary tracts
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Anti-inflammatory
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Antirheumatic
FORMS OF USE
Here are some uses, when to take it, and dosage:
Herbal tea (internal use): put 1 tablespoon of dried buds in a cup of boiling water and let infuse for about 10 minutes. Strain and drink 2/3 cups a day.
Essential oil (external use): to be used for steam inhalations (2/3 drops in hot water), diluted at 2/3% in a vegetable oil or cream for local applications or environmental diffusion.
Gemmotherapeutic extract (Hydroglyceroalcoholic solution): 60 drops, twice a day, dissolved in a little water preferably before main meals.