When the the twelve rough nights slowly move into the country, must also be thought of smoking. In stores there is a wide selection of very good incense blends, but there is also a cheaper option.
Tree resin, especially conifer pitch, is a real miracle cure. It has great health benefits and increases well-being by stimulating the body and mind. And it brings you the scent of the winter forest into your house!
Collecting tree resin
If you find tree resin on your winter hike 🌲❄️🌲 or while running through the forest, you can carefully remove it with a branch and wrap it in a leaf. The pitch may only be removed superficially, as in principle it closes the bark damage caused by weather or deer like a scab in a skin injury and supports the tree in its healing. Under no circumstances you should drill into the tree wound.
Tree Pitch Salve
Resin not only has a healing effect on the tree itself, but also on us humans. It has anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, antibacterial, wound-healing and circulation-enhancing, expectorant, and pain-relieving effects. In the past, pitch salves were made and used as wound healing ointments or to relieve colds.
Here is a simple recipe for making the ointment: Ingredients for a small jar of pitch ointment: 50 ml olive oil, almond oil or sunflower oil 2 tbsp spruce resin 4 grams of beeswax Mix the resin with some olive oil and heat it until it is liquid. Squeeze it through a sieve or coarse cloth with a spoon to separate the liquid from impurities. Warm up beeswax 🐝 in a water bath and then stir in the resin oil until it is completely dissolved. Then pour into small containers while still liquid and hot (I use small jars with screw caps, e.g. low pesto jars). But you can also apply the pitch to a wound in its original state. In the case of an insect bite, it has an immediate pain-relieving and itching-relieving effect.
Smoking with Tree Resin
During the Christmas season, the dried conifer pitch is ideal for incense, bringing the scent of the forest into your home and cleansing the body and mind. You can make your own mixture by mixing small pieces of the dried resin with dried meadow flowers collected in summer and filling them in small bags. If you like, you can also use dried rose petals, dried herbs such as sage, rosemary or similar, as well as teas from the pharmacy (yarrow, chamomile, etc.). An incense burner with a steel sieve is best suited for smoking, which can be cleaned from time to time with a scourer.
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