Extracted by steam distillation from the needles fresh, from the twigs young and talvolta from the buds of Picea abies (L.) H.Karst. (fir red, picea, Norway spruce), large conifera of the Pinaceae widespread in the forests boreal and montane of the Central Europe and northern — from the Alps to the Scandinavia, from the Carpathians to the Urali — where forma the iconic forests of conifere nordeuropee. is the peccio classic of the forests alpine italiane, the plant from the which cassa armonic is ricavato the wood of the violino (peccio of risonanza of the Val of Fiemme). The phytochemical profile is dominated by bornyl-acetate (5-20%), α-pinene (15-30%), β-pinene, camfene and δ-3-carene — with limonene and myrcene as components minor. The bornyl-acetate is the responsible main of the note balsamic characteristic in the perfumes nordic of forest. In aromatherapy it is used as expectorant and decongestant of the respiratory tract, tonic of the nervous system simpatic in case of asthenia and affaticamento, analgesic muscular and purifying environmental with fragrance boscous alpine. Top-to-heart note resinous, fresh and balsamic.

Northern Europe and central (Scandinavia, Alps, Russia); not present in America

Needles and young tops fresh

Steam distillation

• L'fir red is useful in case of conditions to the respiratory tract as asthma, bronchitis, cough and insufficienza respiratory.
• Is particularly effective in the risolvere situations of stress, anxiety and affaticamento.
• Si uses in case of algie, muscle pain and rheumatism.
• Si impiega for the treatment of the cold, of the flu and of the infections in genus.

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