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Topic: The healing power of pine |
The healing power of pine
Fox News, by Sara Altshul
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Posted By:JoniTx, 12/4/2012 9:23:25 AM
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| I love walking into people´s homes in December, when the smell of freshly cut Christmas trees hangs in the air and fills me with seasonal joy. When it comes time to buy my favorite Scotch pine, Douglas fir, or Norway spruce, I use my nose to guide me. I want the freshest, most fragrant tree I can get my hands on: I need that aroma to jump-start my holiday spirit. If my apartment were big enough, I might even consider getting two trees this year! Only recently did I discover that it´s not just sentiment
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
mickturn, 12/4/2012 10:01:17 AM (No. 9047721)
Sara, your point is well taken...Obie and Moochie had to have 54 trees to get them well!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Calvinesq, 12/4/2012 10:04:21 AM (No. 9047731)
If I can avoid the muscle strain, high blood pressure and, yes, the occasional losing-my-religion utterances, while putting the tree into the stand so that it is straight and stable, I enjoy the smell of a Christmas tree in my house.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
pomom, 12/4/2012 11:09:37 AM (No. 9047865)
I love the fragrance too, but I´m allergic to fresh pine. My eyes get all red-rimmed and swollen. I invested in two high-quality, prelit trees for my home.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
WIBadger, 12/4/2012 11:24:32 AM (No. 9047889)
What #2 said.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Babsathome, 12/4/2012 12:02:35 PM (No. 9048006)
For so many years the trees were thrown out the door on the day after because they made the kids sick. I never understood it because we never had a problem on the East Coast with the Charlie Brown balsams. Turn out no matter what kind of tree we got out West the kids got sick- Douglas, Grand, Spruce even Noble. Now we know it was Alder pollen on the trees branches. Oh well, Yankee Candle Mack´s Balsam&Cedar scents and when out West our tree is fake. The scent is important so thanks for the pinesol tip ;) . Merry Christmas.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
enuf8, 12/4/2012 2:24:38 PM (No. 9048274)
The Essential oils of Pine, etc. will not create an allergic reaction. Has to be other pollens on the trees.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bob913, 12/4/2012 6:05:31 PM (No. 9048651)
Dogs love pine trees at Christmas....
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
JoElla Bee, 12/4/2012 6:38:48 PM (No. 9048694)
We always went out into the woods and chose a cedar tree for Christmas when I was a girl. It had to be tall enough to touch the ceiling, but leave enough room for the Christmas star on top. Cedar smells like Christmas to me, along with oranges, apples, peppermint sticks, and mixed nuts. Daddy would bore a hole in a coconut. We all would sample the coconut "milk", and then he would crack it open and cut out yummy pieces of coconut for everyone. Mother would make a bowl full of pomanders from oranges and cloves.
The house smelled wonderful - just like Christmas.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
JoniTx, 12/4/2012 7:10:39 PM (No. 9048725)
Pomander balls, #9! Brings back wonderful memories. Made a few of them a few years ago (used oranges & cloves); think I´ll make some again this year. Here´s a link, for those who might want to try:
http://www.organic.org/articles/showarticle/article-161
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