Pine Oil

Family:   Pineceae
Description & Extraction:
This evergreen tree can grow up to 40 meters (130 feet) and has a flat crown and has a reddish-brown, deeply fissured bark, needle-like gray-green leaves that grow in pairs, orange-yellow flowers and pointed brown cones. It is extensively cultivated for its wood, tar, pitch, turpentine and essential oil and was used by the Native Americans to prevent scurvy. Mattresses where stuffed with the needles to repel lice and fleas and the ancient Egyptians used pine kernels in their cooking. Pine oil has a fresh forest smell, is pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity. Pine oil is extracted from Pine (Scotch pine) oil, which is extracted from Pinus sylvestris of the Pinaceae family and is also known as Scots and forest pine. Our product is extracted by steam distillation of the twigs and buds and yields about 0.1 -.05 %, although another type of oil can also be extracted by steam distilling the needles.

Blends well with:
essential oils blend well with one another pine oil blends particularly well with cedarwood, eucalyptus, lavender, niaouli, rosemary and sage.

Chemical Composition:
The main chemical properties of pine oil are borneol, bornyl acetate, a and b-phallandrene, a and b-pinene and 3-carene.

Toxicological Properties:
Pine oil are antimicrobial, antineuralgic, antirheumatic, antiseptic, antiviral, bactericidal, balsamic, cholagogue, deodorant, diuretic, expectorant, hypertensive, insecticidal, restorative, rubefacient, adrenal cortex stimulant as well as stimulant to the circulation and nervous system.

Uses & Precautions:

• Pine oil is most useful to relieve mental, physical and sexual fatigue, while having a cleansing and invigorating effect on an area and is great for vapor therapy in a sick room as it promotes healing.
• It can be used for cuts and sores, scabies and lice and for excessive perspiration, while its warming properties help with rheumatism, arthritis, gout, muscular aches and pains and it can stimulate circulation. Furthermore it can help in cases of bronchitis, asthma, catarrh, coughs, laryngitis, colds and flu. It eases breathlessness and sinusitis.
• Although pine and pine needle oil is considered non-toxic and non-irritant in low dosage 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.
• The oil from the dwarf pine (Pinus mugo. var. pumilio) is a dermal irritant and a sensitizing agent. Should you be prone to allergic skin reactions or are pregnant - rather give this oil a miss.

Summary:
Pine oil can be useful in the treatment of the respiratory tract, for muscular aches and pains, and as a urinary cleanser.
Burners and vaporizers
In vapor therapy it can be used for asthma, colds, coughs, smokers cough, drowsiness, hangover and sinusitis.
Blended oil or in the bath
In a blended massage oil or diluted in the bath, it can be used for asthma, cellulite, colds, coughs, hangover, infections, rheumatism and sinusitis.

Shipping Options:
We have shipping our goods by Air as well as Sea and also shipping i.e. DHL, Fedex, UPS, TNT, & EMS.

Product	Oil of Pine -KC
Lot No.	3007/2010
Manufacturing Date	Nov. 2010
Best Before	Nov. -2011 (Please follow standard storage conditions for better shelf life)
Appearance	Fluid liquid
Colour	Pale Yellow colour
Odour	Pleasant, Piny with Sweet Floral fragrance.

Physico-Chemical Properties: -

Specific Gravity At 30oC	0.877 to 0.883 (0.880)
Refractive Index At 30oC	1.4700 To 1.4730 (1.4718)
Distillation Range	5% = 180oC (Min) 95% = 220oC (Max)
Purity	42% - 43% Alcohol by Dehydration. ( 42.68% Total)