Supplement fact (per 2ML): Pinus strobus (White pine needle 166 mg dry), Picea glauca (White spruce tips: 166 mg dry),Vitamin C (Ascorbic acid 25 mg)
Directions: Take 4-6 Ml/DAY. Take under the tongue or diluted with water.
NATURE MEDICINE FOR THE WINTER: Indigenous populations have used spruce tips and pine needles during the cold and flu season to support the immune system of the lungs and the upper respiratory tract. Evergreen needles are a natural source of vitamin C, and are loaded with compounds that have been scientifically proven to be anti-viral, immune-enhancing, and supportive of inflammation in the lungs.
Non-medicinal Ingredients:Organic Cane Alcohol (30% ABV), Organic Glycerin, Springwater
Warnings: Do not use it if you are allergic to pine or spruce. Stop use immediately if hypersensitivity/allergy occurs.
One of the most common uses for pine needles and spruce tips throughout history has been to soothe sore throats and coughs while also acting as an expectorant (helping the body to thin and remove mucous). Various clinical studies have supported the use of coniferous products for different immune challenges:
Antibacterial activity of water-soluble extract from pine needles [2012]
Antioxidant, antimutagenic, and antitumor effects of pine needles (Pinus densiflora) [2006]
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Pine and spruce needles offer impressive health benefits for supporting the lungs and the immune system. Thanks to their rich and unique phytonutrient content that includes golden nutrients like:
Terpenes:Including alpha and beta-pinene, said to help with congestion and cough. Read this 2019 study titled Therapeutic Potential of Alpha and Beta Pinene: A Miracle Gift of Nature
Polyphenols: A variety of antioxidentslike Quercetin, Resveratrol, Pinene, Trans-astringin, Naringin Picein, Kaempferol, Orientin, and Pinosylvin.
Shikimic Acid: A natural organic compound, generally utilized as a starting material for industrial synthesis of antivirals used for colds and flue.
Minerals:Magnesium, phosphorus
Read more on health benefits of SPRUCE TIPS + PINE NEEDLES HEALTH BENEFITS
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The Vitamin C content of the spruce tips and pine needles we use to make our Evergreen C Tincture should not be underestimated. You may think that keeping your Vitamin C levels high is as simple as downing a packet of EmergenC - but that is not the case.
Synthetic Vitamin C supplements (as well as the vast majority of ‘immune boosting/cold supplements’ available) utilize ascorbic acid, an inferior form of this nutrient with poor bioavailability and limited effects on health. Ascorbic acid is produced in a lab, mostly from GMO corn sugar glucose. Calling ascorbic acid Vitamin C is like calling the orange peel the whole orange - ascorbic acid is best thought of as the antioxidant skin of the entire Vitamin C complex.
According to the clinical research of Dr. Royal Lee, considered the Father of Holistic Nutrition, isolated ascorbic acid failed to bring complete systemic relief to scurvy as he did when using whole foods.
