Silver Fir - Silver fir essential oil
The silver pine is a magnificent and imposing pine tree belonging to the conifer class and the pine family, which can grow up to 60 meters high. A species of pine native to Eurasia and North America, it is also called white or common fir. Silver pine essential oil, rich in monoterpenes, is obtained from the needles by steam distillation. Its main components are limonene, alpha-pinene, and camphene. Its clean, cool, invigorating, refreshing scent cleans the air and is an excellent choice for respiratory diseases. Silver fir essential oil has a strong anti-inflammatory effect, so it is recommended to relieve all kinds of pain, especially in the case of rheumatic joint and muscle pain. Its essential oil has a regenerating effect, invigorates the spirit, and can also be used against fatigue and burnout. It radiates vitality, its supporting and sustaining scent also applies well in mixtures. It supports the immune system and has a slightly warming effect. Its hardened resin was also called wild incense, and real incense was faked with it. Its cones open in good weather, close in bad, cool weather, and like cedars point towards the sky, so the fir cone was a phallic symbol on pagan holidays and was associated with the Sun God. The ancient Greeks revered it as the sacred tree of Artemis. The Celtic goddess of the fir tree was called Druanita, who was also the goddess of creativity, wisdom and passion, and her name refers to the Druids.