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Pinus edulis(Pine Tree)
Native American Use Of Pine Trees
Ezekiel 47:12 "And by the river upon the bank thereof, on this side and on that side, shall grow all trees for meat, whose leaf shall not fade, neither shall the fruit thereof be consumed: it shall bring forth new fruit according to his months, because their waters they issued out of the sanctuary: and the fruit thereof shall be for meat, and the leaf thereof for medicine."
Nicknames: Nut Pine;[1] "Tcha ol" or "Teestshiin" are two nicknames used to refer to the dead tree.[1] The gum of the tree is called "itjeeh".[1] The nut is called "nictc'ii pina'a".[1] The wood is called "tch ol", while the needles are called "pi'iil".[1] As for how to pronounce these, don't ask me.
Ethnobotany: Pine nuts are collected in large quantities by Navajo women.[1] The Natives take the nuts and roast them in pots or skillets, and sometimes mash them into a butter similar to penut butter.[1] This is something that modern Americans can use to their advantage, especially with socialist attempting to deprive the people of any sense of independence. It would be better for you than penut butter because it doesn't have all those wierd additives and preservatives in with it, as well as fake sugars, high fructose and all of that crap. Native Americans would use stones to crush the nuts and remove the shell, and then make them into a paste to spread on hot corn cakes.[1] The dried seeds were used to make necklaces, bracelets and anklets.[1] The gum of Pine is often mixed together with tallow and red clay in order to create a salve, which is used to treat open cuts and sores.[1] Native Americans also believe that Pine is useful for fevers, infections, and chest colds, and that it acts as a detoxifying agent to remove impurities from the body.[1] It's a diuretic and expectorant.[1] Native Americans also considered pine to be both an antibiotic and antiseptic, as well as useful for treating: acne, anemia, boils, burns, chicken pox, colds, for use as a deodorant, for fevers, the flu, gangrene, hives, impetigo, pleurisy, pneumonia, respiratory ailments, ulcers, and vitamin deficiencies.[2]
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Phytochemicals: Balsam scented oils, borneol, cadinen, camphene, and b-pinene, 66% resin acids, 25% turpentine, 7% nonvolatiles, and 2% water, Dipentene and other monocyclic terpenes, Camphene, turpentine, resin, guaiacol, creosol, metylcreosol, phenol, phlorol, toluene, xylene, and rosin.[3]
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Academic citations:
[3] https://hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/duke_energy/Pinus_elliottii.html#Uses
Other related academic resources on Pine trees:
http://www.sfrc.ufl.edu/Extension/ffws/tfpin.htm http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/fr/fr00300.pdf http://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=PIEL [1] Savinelli, Alfred. Plants of power: Native American ceremony and the use of sacred plants. Native Voices, 2002. [2] Earthway: A Native American Visionary's Path To Total Mind, Body, And Spirit Health. Book by Mary Summer Rain ISBN-13: 9780671706678 Encyclopedia Sources: Other resources: M.A.P.S. Ethnobotanical Studies By Scholars PubChem - pubchem.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov