Taste
Plant Parts Used
Therapeutic Properties
Analgesic, Carminative, Diaphoretic, Digestive & Diuretic
Ayurvedic Character
Heating
Current Uses
Spirits, particularly gin. Well-known piney flavor.
History
Branches were burned in hospitals to fight against pestilence and during the smallpox epidemic of the 19c.
Footnotes
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