All Natural Pine Sap

Macro mondays 28/05/18 theme All Natural.

Whilst out walking the dog I notice a broken branch on a pine tree with sap oozing out.Pine trees secrete resin as a defense to close wounds from insects but what else can it be used for except making your hand very sticky when you inadvertently put your hand on it when taking a photo : )

 

10 Uses for pine sap:

1.Native Americans have used pine resin to treat rheumatism because of its anti-inflammatory properties.

 

2.A traditional use for pine resin has been as an external treatment for burns and sores.

 

3.During the Civil War, the Confederate surgeon Francis Porter used pine resin as a stimulant, diuretic, and laxative.

 

4.In China the resin from a particular pine tree is used to treat abscesses.

 

5.Turn pine resin into pitch sticks.

 

6.Waterproof boot seams, canoes, and containers.

 

7.Patch holes in tents and tarps.

 

8.Start and keep a fire going in wet conditions

 

9.Melt sap and soak a cotton bandana or rag wrapped around a stick for a torch

 

10.Make your own incense.

Done