Extracted by steam distillation from the needles, from the twigs and talvolta from the buds of Pinus mugo Turra (pine mugo, mugo, dwarf mountain pine, Latschenkiefer), shrub prostrato or small tree of the Pinaceae endemic of the mountains europee — from the Alps to the northern Apennines, to the Carpathians and to the Balcani — where colonizza the slopes roccious ad alta elevation among the 1.500 and the 2.400 m, often as ultima species first of the area nivale. The pine mugo and the plant identitaria of the Dolomiti, of the Alps oriental and of the Carpathians, present in the simboli nazional and in the traditions popolari alpine. The phytochemical profile is dominated by alpha-pinene (30-45%), delta-3-carene (15-30%), beta-pinene (10-20%) and limonene, with bornyl-acetate and myrcene as components minor. L'elevata concentration of pineni provides to the oil of pine mugo eccellent properties espettorant, broncodilatatorie and anti-inflammatory of the airways, with a profile balsamic more 'grezzo' and montano of the fir white. In aromatherapy and used as expectorant and tonic respiratory winter, analgesic muscular, tonic of the nervous system and as purifying environmental with fragrance alpine autentic. Top-to-heart note fresh, resinous and montanara.

Central Europe

Leaves and branches young

Steam distillation

• L'essential oil of pine mugo finds application especially in the patologie legate to the respiratory tract (as bronchitis and sinusitiss) for the its effect balsamic, expectorant and calming.
• Is very effective in the regolare the blood circulation.
• IS useful in the presence of cramps muscular and rheumatic pain.
• Strengthens the defenses immunitarie.

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