Turpentine Essential Oil

Q: After reading your page I still wonder what is Turpentine Oil’s best health benefit?
A: Turpentine has been reported to be most useful for its anti-parasitic effects. It has been used in the treatment of myiasis (infection of a fly larva in human tissue). Specifically, it is useful in helping to remove the larvae in cases of myiasis. Obviously, depending on their own experiences with the oil, people will mention different ‘best health benefits’. 

Q: Are there benefits from Turpentine Oil for feet?
A: Yes one of its uses is as a Cold Foot Soak. Walking or standing for long periods of time might make you feel exhausted and experience aches on your feet. When you feel tired and have pain on your feet and legs due to walking and standing for hours all day long, you should add 2 teaspoons of Turpentine Oil to COLD water and next soak your feet in it. Cold water can reduce the inflammatory chemical mediators and aids constrict your blood vessels so that the inflammation and swelling in the muscles are reduced. It might also reduce the inconvenience of fungal skin infections (Athlete’s Foot).

Q: Can I use Turpentine Oil for Chest Congestion?
A: Yes, bring a bowl of clean water to a quick boil and remove from heat. You should add in about 4 to 5 drops of Turpentine Oil and use a towel to cover your head. Lean around 6 inches above the bowl and breathe deeply and as gently as you can for about 5 minutes as the fragrance helps open your airways. However, although safe for most, people with lung issues should talk to their healthcare practitioner first.

The appropriate dose of essential turpentine oil depends on several factors such as the user's age, health, and several other conditions. At this time there is not enough scientific information to determine an appropriate range of doses for turpentine oil. Keep in mind that natural products are not always necessarily safe and dosages can be important. Be sure to follow relevant directions on product labels and consult your pharmacist or physician or other healthcare professional before using.

Dosages of Turpentine range from a drop to a teaspoon depending upon what you are trying to do. Always start with less, increase slowly, and monitor your own personal response to it.

If you want to take consecutive Turpentine doses for a particular problem then you could take Turpentine for 5 days and then have 2 days off and do it like this for about 6 weeks only. This protocol will help to get rid of most unwanted things from your body.

It is best to start with drop dosages of your choice or start with 1/4 teaspoon and slowly work up to the full 1 teaspoon dose. Take just before meals. Start taking it just twice a week then work towards taking it on a one day on, one day off protocol.

Take plenty of breaks from this protocol because this regimen kills a large range of pathogens including parasites, candida, bacteria, viruses, mycoplasma etc...Adjust the dosage accordingly to reduce the stress."

Many recommend taking it with some sugar...

• On one level teaspoon of white sugar
• Put the required amount of Turpentine on the sugar.
• Consume, chew a little if needed and swallow.
• For Diffusers:  add 5 - 10 drops.…Produce your homemade Pine Oil cleaner with just a few other ingredients. Combine 20 drops each of lemon, tea tree, and Essential Pine Oil in a big spray bottle. Fill the bottle with distilled water. Now you can spray the solution liberally on non-porous, hard surfaces for cleaning. A floor cleaner can be made by adding 20 drops of Turpentine Oil to a mop bucket. Fill the bucket with water and mop as usual. Using Turpentine Oil to clean pans, plates and pots with stuck-on food is another option. Just add 10 drops of the oil to half a cup of bicarbonate of soda. Work into a paste and use a sponge to scrub the pans.…To get rid of foot or shoe odours, add 2 to 3 drops of Essential Turpentine Oil pine and a few drops of tea tree oil to the bottom of your shoes to eliminate bacteria and fresh them up. At the end of the day you can take off your shoes anywhere without having to experience the embarrassing foul smell!  

• Pure Turpentine Essential oil | Organic Source.

• Brand: Ancient Purity.
• Size: 100ml (3.38 fl oz.).
• Extraction: Steam distillation.
• Origin: Portugal.
• Container: Miron Glass Bottle.
• Estimated shelf life from purchase: 2 years.
• Storage: Keep it in a closed cabinet, dry, room temperature. Close the cap, keep out of reach of children.