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White Pine | | Name : | White Pine | | Synonyms : | Dealpine
Softpine
| | Parts Used : | Inner bark, young shoots, twigs, pitch, leaves | | Habitat : | Grows from Newfoundland to Georgia mountains and central Iowa, westto northern Illinois. | | Description : | White pine is a large North American evergreen tree; reaches a heightof 150 feet or more, the tree is covered with deeply fissured, gray-brownbark. Its branches are arranged in regular whorls. The soft bluish-green,needle-like, linear leaves grow in clusters of five, the clustersspirally arranged on the branches. The male flowers grow in axillary,catkinlike cones, the female in slightly larger lateral or nearlyterminal cones. The slender, cylindrical seed cones are from 3-8 incheslong and are often curved. The winged seeds are brown, mottled withblack. | | Constituents : | Expectorant, demulcent | | Uses : | The inner bark off white pine is a remedy for coughs and congestiondue to colds and bronchitis,flu, croup,laryngitis, as a tea or as an ingredient in cough syrup. Some NativeAmerican tribes used the inner bark or the sap as a poultice or dressingfor wounds and sores.Pitch poulticed to 'draw out' boils,draw embedded splinters, felons,abscesses, alsoused for rheumatism, brokenbones, cuts, bruises, andinflammation.Twig tea used for kidney and lung ailments. Bark and/or leaf tea usedfor sore throats, poulticedfor headaches. Combined withuva ursi (bearberry), marshmallow, andpoplar bark, it is excellent for diabetes.
A hot resin can be spread on a hot cloth and applied as you woulda mustard plaster for treating pneumonia,sciatic pains, and generalmuscular soreness. | | Dosage : | Infusion: steep 1 tsp. inner bark or young shoots in 1 cupwater. Take a mouthful at a time, as needed. Add a little honey forsweetening if desired.
Tincture: a dose is from 2-10 drops in water.
Mixture: steep 1 tsp. white pine inner bark and 1 tbsp. eachof wild cherry bark, sassafras bark, and American spikenard root in1 pint of boiling water for 30 minutes. Take 1 tsp. every hour. | | Myths : | The Native Americans used white pine for making a bread from theground-up bark.
Long been used for lumber and wood pulp, the timber has been usedfor ship masts, houses, other buildings. | | Sold : | A ready-made combination of pine with other herbs is available atmany herb shops, with the directions for use on the container. |
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