Updated 29 January 2024
Botanical characteristics
- Règne: Plantae
- Division: Tracheobionta
- Class: Coniferophyta
- Order: Pinales
- Family: Pinaceae
- Genus: Pinus
- Part used: Needles
- Country of origin: Metropolitan France, Bulgaria
Precautions for use
Caution! Only adults and adolescents may use it by all routes of administration.
Pregnant women, children and babies can only enjoy its benefits by air diffusion.
Take care to dilute the essential oil for use on the skin, as it is dermocaustic in its pure state.
Other precautions
Warning:
- Consult a doctor before use in people with asthma and epilepsy (risk of epilepsy at high doses).
Cutaneous application:
- Scots pine essential oil is irritating to the skin and should be diluted at 20% in vegetable oil (20% essential oil in 80% vegetable oil) before application to the skin.
Diffusion:
- Scots pine essential oil can be diffused on its own, but it is better to diffuse it in combination with other essential oils: dilute it between 20% and 60% with citrus essential oils to avoid possible irritation.
- Pregnant women and children over 3 months of age can use it in atmospheric diffusion.
Contraindications:
- Scots pine essential oil is contraindicated in people with impaired renal function or a history of kidney disease.
- Use cautiously, it may be nephrotoxic if taken in high doses and over a long period of time.
Allergenic components:
Scots pine essential oil contains an allergenic biochemical component:
- limonene (2 to 10%)
Note: It is best to test the essential oil before use (two drops on the crease of the elbow for at least 24 hours to check for a reaction).
Authorised users
How to use
Risks of use
Properties
- Respiratory antiseptic, expectorant, balsamic medium antibacterial and antifungal agent
- Percutaneous analgesic, rubefacient
- Lymphatic and ovarian decongestant
- Hormone mimetic and cortisone mimetic
- Tonic, stimulant
- Decreases concentration and memory
- Hypertensive
Indications
- Respiratory allergies
- Low libido, sexual fatigue
- Bronchitis
- Sinusitis
- Coughs
- Laryngitis
- Catarrh
- Rheumatism
- Arthritis
- Spasms
- Sciatica
- Back pain
- Low blood pressure
- Deep asthenia
- Heart attack
- Psoriasis
- Eczema
- Pelvic congestion
- Prostate congestion
- Nervous exhaustion
- Nervous depression
Directions for use/usual dosage
- As a chest and upper back rub, diluted in a vegetable oil, in synergy with other essential oils, for catarrh and other respiratory problems.
- As an inhalation for physical or nervous fatigue.
- In the bath, for asthenia or rheumatism, diluted on a carrier and mixed with other essential oils.
- Massage into the lower back, along the spine and under the feet during periods of intense fatigue or convalescence.
- Orally, in combination with other essential oils, diluted on a carrier, for loss of concentration and/or memory.