Turpentine

Stem plants

  • Common pine
  • Swamp pine
  • Maritime pine

Ingredients

  • Essential oil: turpentine oil, separation by steam distillation.
  • Resin: rosin, residue of distillation.

Effects

  • Hyperemicizing
  • Antiseptic
  • Reduces bronchial secretion

Indications

  • Chronic diseases of the bronchi with heavy secretion.
  • Rheumatic and neuralgic complaints

Contraindications

  • Allergy
  • Current inflammation of the respiratory organs

UAW

  • Symptoms of poisoning with external, large-area application: Renal and CNS damage

Dosage

  • In finished medicinal products