Green shoots, needles and fir cones are a source of rich composition volatile liquid. Knowing the medicinal properties and contraindications of fir oil, you can correctly use this therapeutic and cosmetic product. Aromatic liquid has many valuable qualities, as well as anesthetic and invigorating effect.
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Fir oil: healing and beneficial properties
Conifers - forest "doctors of the green kingdom." Young shoots, green needles and cones secrete volatile, which are the first line of defense of the plant from pathogens. The same tasks are performed by essential oils found in all parts of conifers. The resin in the trunk, branches and bark keeps the wood from pathogens and pests.
Fir essential oil is a yellowish or colorless volatile liquid with a rich balsamic aroma of pine needles. The high physiological activity of the drug is due to terpenes and terpenoids.
Basic connections:
- myrcene;
- limonene;
- pinen;
- camphene;
- bornyl acetate;
- cineol.
Sometimes in the description of the composition mentioned carotene, vitamin C and tannins. They are really present, but only in needles.
Volatile substances, and this has been proven by many researchers, penetrate the skin and mucous membrane of the respiratory system into the human body. Phytochemical compounds mercilessly destroy pathogenic bacteria and fungi.
The healing properties of fir oil:
- anti-inflammatory;
- local irritant;
- antiseptic;
- painkiller;
- expectorant;
- bactericidal;
- antifungal;
- cardiotonic;
- tonic.
The correct and regular use of aroma oil allows you to protect your body from many pathogens. The components are included in the metabolism, normalize heart rate and blood pressure, and astringent aroma favorably affects neuropsychic processes.
The benefits of fir oil are not limited to medical use. The aromatic liquid obtained from the shoots of Siberian fir is half composed of bornyl acetate and camphene. From them produce "fir" camphor - a medicine and an integral part of perfumery. The tool is part of the medication for injection and external use.
"Fir" camphor is used to treat heart failure and rheumatism. In severe infectious diseases of the respiratory system, it is used to stimulate breathing and blood circulation.
Indications for use
Fir oil can be used by people with infectious and inflammatory diseases of the skin, respiratory and digestive systems. The antiseptic effect and the anti-inflammatory effect of pinenes, cineole and borneol are successfully combined.
Some indications for the use of fir oil:
- colds, SARS, flu;
- pharyngitis, tonsillitis, tracheitis;
- acute and chronic bronchitis, pneumonia;
- prostatitis and other diseases of the genitourinary tract;
- irritable bowel syndrome;
- stomatitis, periodontitis, gingivitis;
- insomnia;
- dermatitis;
- radiculitis;
- arthritis.
The analgesic effect allows you to successfully use the tool to get rid of pain with bruises, neuralgia and osteochondrosis.
The tool improves peripheral blood circulation, blood and lymph flow in the tissues providing the musculoskeletal system. Aroma oil helps cleanse the kidneys and joints of excess salts, remove unnecessary metabolites from the body. As a result of its use, blood pressure normalizes (high decreases and low rises), immunity strengthens and stress resistance increases.
Is it possible during pregnancy?
Doctors do not recommend taking aromatic oils inside during the period of bearing a child. Phytochemicals can adversely affect the fetus in early pregnancy. External use of fir oil is permissible in small doses in the second and third trimesters.
- During pregnancy, many drugs are prohibited, including vasoconstrictor drops for the treatment of the common cold. But in the cold season, respiratory infections can cause serious complications: sinusitis, otitis media, bronchitis, pneumonia. Therefore, in the "pea" of the face cream add a few drops of fir oil and lubricate the skin around the nasal passages. This simple manipulation, together with other available preventive measures, will help stop the development of a catarrhal disease.
- Women in position often complain of loss of strength, toxicosis. In this case, vapors of aromatic oil of fir are inhaled for 1-2 minutes. The tool has an exciting effect, increases vitality, improves mood. Putting a few drops on whiskey helps with headaches.
- Back pain is another problem for pregnant women. You can add a little fir oil to the body cream and do a light massage of the lumbar region. In the same way enrich the cream from stretch marks on the body. Caution must be exercised, since the body of a pregnant woman is working in a stressful mode and may be overly responsive even to usual means.
Before using the oil, an allergy test is carried out: a drop is applied to the inside of the wrist or elbow and the skin reaction is monitored for 15 minutes. The absence of redness, itching, blisters is a sign that the product does not cause allergies.
Useful properties for the children's body
Fir oil is used to treat colds, SARS, and sore throats in children. The natural preparation smells good and acts quickly. Aromatic oil is used only if the child is older than 3 years.The proposed tools and procedures are of secondary importance and do not replace drug treatment.
- Apply fir oil externally with a baby cream and for skin diseases.
- If the child has a cold, then it is mixed with detergent and shampoo during bathing.
- From a cold and cough inhalation with various medicinal solutions helps. A few drops of fir aroma oil can be added to these fluids.
- In the same way increase the antiseptic properties of gargles for the throat.
How to apply fir oil?
Essential oils in their pure form are rarely applied to the skin, avoid contact with the mucous membranes. It is recommended to mix them with base vegetable oil, face or body cream, add to ointments.
Traditional medicine recipes
If signs of a cold have just appeared, then take a bath with 6-10 drops of fir essential oil mixed with salt. The same procedures help reduce joint pain, treat kidney and urinary tract diseases. They make 15-minute baths with the addition of aromatic oil for hands and feet for joint diseases, pain after bruises and fractures.
Recipes for colds:
- Mix 1-2 drops of fir oil with a small amount of face cream. Apply to the wings of the nose, nose bridge.
- Angina is treated with a rinse, which is prepared from 1 tsp. honey and 1 tsp. salt. First, add 2 drops of fir essential oil to the salt, then all the ingredients are dissolved in a glass of warm water.
- In more severe cases, a 5-minute inhalation with fir oil in combination with rubbing the back and chest helps.
- With a strong cough, 1-2 drops of fir oil are added to sunflower oil, applied with a spoon to the root of the tongue. The tool helps for several days.
- The same mixture is used to treat tonsillitis. Daily palatine tonsils are lubricated with a gauze swab soaked in an oil solution. The procedures have a combined effect: they dilute sputum, facilitate its excretion, and disinfect the respiratory tract.
Application in cosmetology
Natural components of the essential oil soothe irritated epidermis, smooth the skin, make it more elastic and velvety. Fir oil is used in cosmetology as an antiseptic and bactericidal agent. In addition, it stimulates the renewal of dermal tissues.
The tool is especially useful for owners of oily, acne prone skin. Fir oil is added to cosmetic creams to get rid of acne, blackheads and redness. Also, the drug is used to treat herpetic eruptions on the face.
How to apply fir oil for a cosmetic mask for wrinkles:
- Mix 2 drops of fir essential oil with avocado and olive oil (1 tsp each).
- The product is applied to the "crow's feet" in the corners of the eyes, purse-string wrinkles at the mouth.
- Leave the mixture overnight, wash with water in the morning.
Fir oil is added to shampoo and conditioner - it helps get rid of dandruff and heal minor damage to the dermis. The oil normalizes exfoliation and reduces the sebum of the scalp. Hair becomes more healthy, silky.
Contraindications
Patients should not use essential oil of fir for oral administration:
- with allergic diseases;
- renal failure;
- with acute jade;
- gastritis and ulcer.
In other cases, the use of the product is safe for health, if you follow the recommendations. The main thing to remember is that in its pure form it is not applied to the skin, with the exception of small inflamed areas (acne, herpetic vesicles).
The most effective mixture of essential oils with basic vegetable fats, salt, hygienic cosmetics. These are solvents and carriers that facilitate the penetration of active substances into the skin. Ingredients of fir oil enter the body in various ways. The most popular and safe are aromatic baths, compresses, mouth rinses, inhalations, rubbing and massage.
