HERE’S SOME INFO FOUND ON THE WEB ABOUT THE INGREDIENTS WE USE FORMULATING PINE PLASTER SALVE.

PINE SAP: 

Here is what we found on pine sap, which is our main ingredient for our Pine Plaster Salve. It mentions safe for Human Consumption. However our formula is only for topical use only as it has other minor amounts of oils that have healing benefits but not safe to consume; however, in larger amounts than we use. Pine sap is a drawing tacky sap that helps protect and heal from the inside out. This is how a wound can repair itself letting hair grow over what would have been a scare on animals, and help reduce scaring in humans. Again, our salve is doing the protection and drawing, while letting your body heal itself quicker and better than other methods. Your body is your best healer. Give it the right foods, minerals and salves like ours, thereby, helping the healing process. Our salve isn’t doing the healing, your body is. Our salve simply helps the healing process to a quicker cleaner result.

BEES WAX:

Beeswax can create a protective layer on the skin. It’s also a humectant, which means that it attracts water. Both of these qualities can help the skin stay hydrated. Beeswax is also a natural exfoliator, ideal for sloughing away dead skin cells.

MUTTON TALLOW:

Mutton tallow is a natural product with a relatively long shelf life. As a skin care product, it penetrates the skin, providing more softening power than petroleum-based products, which sit on top of the skin.

BALSAM FIR:

The essential oil from balsam fir needles is used as an anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, expectant, and to reduce anxiety and promote sleep.

TURPENTINE: 

Turpentine oil comes from the resin of certain pine trees. Ours is from Georgia pine trees. Most people know turpentine oil as an ingredient in paint thinner. Very small amounts are used as a fragrance in over the counter chest rub products like Vicks VapoRub. There aren’t any major safety concerns when it’s applied to the skin in these SMALL amounts. But taking it by mouth is another story.

Taking turpentine oil by mouth can be very dangerous. As little as 15 mL (about 1 tablespoon) can be lethal in children, and taking 120-180 mL (about a half cup) can be lethal in adults. Despite this, some people take turpentine oil mixed with honey or sugar cubes for stomach and intestinal infections. There is also a particularly alarming protocol that promotes turpentine oil for children with autism. The proponents of this protocol claim that autism is caused by parasites and that turpentine oil can cure these children. There is no evidence that turpentine oil is beneficial for treating infection. Furthermore, autism is a neurological disorder that is present at birth. It is not caused by parasitic infection. Where this idea ever got started is simply astounding. If you want to kill parasites, read my ingredients I found that cured me from two different Spirochete Worms caused by Lyme Disease and Q-fever. Doing so with natural foods, not poisons. https://thelymelight.info 

Make sure your patients know that, regardless of what they may read in blogs or hear on podcasts, turpentine oil is NOT safe to ingest. In addition to the severe safety issues, there isn’t any evidence that it actually works.

PINE NEEDLE OIL:

Pine essential oil is also touted as having anti-inflammatory effects. In theory, such effects could do two things: Ease symptoms of inflammatory skin conditions, such as acne, eczema, and rosacea. Alleviate pain from related health conditions, such as arthritis and muscle pain.

OIL OF HEMLOCK: 

Some people may be allergic to even the smallest amounts of hemlock and should simply STOP USING THIS SALVE  if you see a rash occurring during use. Again, this salve is for topical use only. DO NOT INJEST OR GET IN EYES. KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN.  Here’s what I found on Webmd.com:
Hemlock spruce is a plant. People use the needles and the oil distilled from the needles, branch tips, or branches of fresh fir shoots for medicine.

Hemlock spruce is used for coughs, the common cold, bronchitis, tuberculosis, fever, pain and swelling (inflammation) of the mouth and throat, muscle and nerve pain, and arthritis. It is also used to fight bacterial infections. According to my ancestors, it’s a key additive to our salve that helps protect and assist in healing. 

Some people apply hemlock spruce directly to the affected area for inflammation of the respiratory tract, arthritis pain, nerve pain, and for feelings of tension. It is also used topically to improve circulation and as a bath additive for people who are mentally ill. Not sure how that works, but it was mentioned in WebMD.com

Hemlock spruce is very similar sounding to water hemlock and European water hemlock, which are entirely different plants. Be careful not to confuse hemlock spruce with either form of water hemlock, because the water hemlocks are very toxic. Ours is not water hemlock and is made from hemlock sourced nettles. 

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