| Distilled part |
Needles and twigs
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| Extraction |
Steam distillation |
| Main components |
a-pinene, ß-pinene, myrcene, limonene, terpinolene, camphene, ß-phellandrene, camphre, bornyl acetate. |
| Essential Oil’s Characteristics |
Transparent liquid with a typical coniferous smell, strongly camphoric and slightly sweet.
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| Therapeutic Properties |
White spruce is a very strong antiseptic+++, immuno stimulant, mucolytic++, positivantanticatharral, expectorant+++, antimicrobial, antibacterial+++, antifungal (candida++), antiviral, general stimulant, neurotonic, antalgic, antispasmodic+++, nerve equilibrating, and tonic.
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| Uses among health professionals |
It is particularly indicated in cases of amygdalitis++, rhinopharyngitis+++, laryngitis, flu++, otitis and sinusitis, bronchitis+++, wheezing bronchitis, bronchopneumonia+, and allergy++. White spruce is also used against infectious adenitis+, bacterial++ and candidosic++ dermatitis, sciatica, and muscular spasms (in combination with other oils).
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| Energetic and Emotional Effect |
White spruce oil is purifying and stimulant. It can be applied on the forehead chakra in order to stimulate inspiration, on the base chakra to awaken creativity, and on the solar plexus chakra to influence will.
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| Chromatography typical |
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