Organic Pine Essential Oil

The national tree of Scotland, Pinus sylvestris can reach heights of 110 feet and live over 300 years. Its natural population reaches from Scotland (its common name is ‘Scots pine’) to eastern Siberia and up to Scandinavia. Now introduced into North America, it is one of the most widely distributed conifers in the world. It is a hardy tree often planted for erosion control, reforestation after fires, as a windbreak, and for Christmas tree harvesting. Its monitoring can help track the effect of air pollution on plants. Pine varieties worldwide were a popular food source and medicine among many historical peoples. Hippocrates was thought to utilize the needles for respiratory treatments, and Native American tribes applied pine to scurvy, inflammation, sores, infections, and to repel insects. An extensive study of the Sami people, native to northern Sweden, revealed Scots pine as an essential food source when peeled down to the inner bark. This bark was then eaten raw as a delicacy or gro