What is Docteur Valnet Scots Pine Organic Essential Oil used for?
Scots pine essential oil has antiseptic properties for the respiratory tract in cases of flu and bronchitis, decongestant for the upper respiratory tract (sinusitis) and cortico-stimulant. It is effective in asthenia. It is an antibacterial, antifungal, respiratory antiseptic and terpenoid anti-infectious essential oil. It is also an expectorant, balsamic, oxygenating, rubefacient and percutaneous analgesic. Scots pine essential oil has local healing and anti-inflammatory properties. It is also a lymphatic decongestant and hypertensive.
Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris - family Abietaceae) is a widespread tree in cold regions... and seems to grow there so that its inhabitants can get through the winter without worry! Indeed, it is traditionally recognized for its benefits for the respiratory tract. Scots Pine essential oil, with its wealth of bioactive compounds, has many and varied therapeutic effects.
Mode of action, expectorant and mucolytic
- Alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, limonene: expectorant properties, facilitatingmucus evacuation.
- Bornyl acetate: Central and peripheral analgesic effect.
- Monoterpenes: Suggested cortisone-like effects.
- Promotes liquefaction and expulsion of bronchial secretions.
Antimicrobial effect
- Antibacterial activity: α-pinene is effective against many bacterial strains, including Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae.
- Antifungal activity: Effective against Candida albicans and various dermatophytes.
- Antiviral activity: effective against the herpes virus HSV-1.
- Antibiotic potentiation: Enhances the efficacy of tetracycline against Staphylococcus aureus and modulates antibiotic resistance in Campylobacter jejuni. Reduces the minimum inhibitory concentration of various antibiotics and inhibits microbial efflux pumps.
Other pharmacological effects
- Hormone-like: acts on various endocrine axes:
- Pituitary-cortical-adrenal axis: anti-inflammatory and cortison-like effect.
- Pituitary-pancreatic axis: Potential anti-diabetic properties.
- Pituitary-gonadal axis: sexual stimulant activity.
- General tonic: neurotonic and hypertensive action, considered a major physical tonic.
- Decongestant properties: On lymphatic and utero-ovarian systems.
- Impact on the autonomic nervous system: Overall stimulating effect.
- Antispasmodic: Via β-pinene.
- Stimulation of digestive microcirculation: Improves circulation in the digestive system.
- Local effects: Skin rubefacient and analgesic action, with healing and anti-inflammatory properties.
- Adrenergic and chondroprotective stimulation: stimulates the sympathetic nervous system and has cartilage-protecting properties.
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How to use this essential oil
Antiseptic and soothing action on respiratory infections such as bronchial coughs; dilute 20% Scots pine essential oil in black cumin vegetable oil. Apply to chest and upper back.
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What are the precautions for use?
- Do not use undiluted (dermocaustic), always dilute.
- Not recommended for pregnant or breast-feeding women.
- Not for use by asthmatics without the advice of an allergist.
- Not recommended for people suffering from kidney failure or with a history of kidney disease.
- Beware of the cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of this essential oil. Not for long-term use.
- Not recommended for people suffering from hormone-dependent cancers, mastoses or fibrosis.
- Do not use in combination with cortisone, as there is a risk of drug interaction.
- Do not use for prolonged periods, as this may cause the pituitary-adrenal axis to rest, resulting in acute adrenal insufficiency when the essential oil is discontinued.
- Avoid applying essential oil in the evening (or before any period of rest).
- Not recommended for people suffering fromosteoporosis, due to the inherent risk of decalcification
- Avoid in humid inhalation
- Epileptic in high doses
- Contraindicated in children under 7 years of age
- α-pinene is an enzyme inhibitor; risk of drug interactions. Ask your pharmacist for advice.
What is its composition?
Scots pine essential oil contains monoterpene hydrocarbons, sesquiterpene hydrocarbons, monoterpene alcohols, sesquiterpene alcohols and monoterpene esters.
Distilled part |
needles and twigs |
Chemotype |
α and β-pinenes, limonene |
Distillation |
low-pressure steam distillation |
Origin |
France |
Yield |
150 kg for 1 kg of EO |
Presentation : Docteur Valnet's organic Scots pine essential oil comes in a 10ml bottle.