Fir Needle Silver Essential Oil
Silver Fir is highly esteemed in Europe for its medicinal virtues and its fragrant scent, the silver fir tree is a relatively small coniferous tree, with a regular pyramidal shape and a silvery white bark. The essential oil is obtained by steam distillation from the needles and young twigs, fir cones, and broken up pieces. It is native to North European mountainous regions and cultivated mainly in Switzerland, Poland, Germany, France, Austria and especially Yugoslavia for timber, wood pulp and christmas trees. A number of oils are produced from the twigs and needles of various members of the coniferous families Abies, Larix, Picea, Pinus and Tsuga. All are called fir needle oil; therefore it is important to know the specific botanical name. An essential oil is produced from the needles alone or the needles and twigs, as well as from the cones, the later is usually referred to as 'templin oil', experiments have shown there is virtually no difference between the former two of these oils. Fir is a very pleasant smelling essential oil and is becoming quite popular.
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Respiratory Infections: Put 1 or 2 drops of fir needle oil into a bowl of hot tap water, and inhale the vapours, covering your head with a towel to keep the vapours contained. (25)
Muscular Aches and Pains: Add 5 drops of Silver Fir Needle oil to 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, and massage into the affected area as required.(25)
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| Toxicity: | LD50 - (oral) rat >g/kg; (dermal) rabbit >g/kg.
Irritation/Sensitisation - not known
Phototoxicity - Nil reported |
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