Essential Oil Pine Needle (10ml)
Essential Oil Pine Needle
Essential Oil - Pine Needle (10ml)
Yet another fantastic 100% essential oil.
All our oils are of the highest grade available as we use lots of natural oils in our products. You will always receive fresh stock with a long shelf life.
All of our 10ml essential oils are supplied in a glass amber bottle with tamper evident cap and internal dropper.
Oil Properties
Pine oil has a fresh forest smell, is pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity.
Origin
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.
Extraction
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.
Chemical Composition
The main chemical properties of pine oil are borneol, bornyl acetate, a and b-phallandrene, a and b-pinene and 3-carene.
Precautions
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.
