Cautions
Essential oil may cause skin irritation; limited safety data for internal use; avoid during pregnancy and breastfeeding.
Indications
What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Scots Pine for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.
Inflammation Syndrome
TCM actions
What the catalogue says Scots Pine does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.
Benefit AntBenefit AntimicrobialBenefit RespiratoryBenefit Skin
In the literature
PubMed records whose title or abstract names Pinus sylvestris and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.
- Benefit Ant2 records
- Benefit Antimicrobial56 records, 6 in people
- Benefit Respiratory25 records, 2 in people
- Benefit Skin18 records, 6 in people
- Inflammation Syndrome11 records, 2 in people
