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Important pines for turpentine production include:

• Maritime Pine Pinus pinaster
• Aleppo Pine Pinus halepensis
• Masson's Pine Pinus massoniana
• Sumatran Pine Pinus merkusii
• Longleaf Pine Pinus palustris
• Loblolly Pine Pinus taeda
• Ponderosa Pine Pinus ponderosa

1 Medicinal uses

Turpentine has been used medically since ancient times.

• Applied externally to the affected areas, turpentine is a highly effective treatment for lice.

• Turpentine can be mixed with animal fat as a primitive chest rub for nasal and throat complaints. Some modern chest rubs still contain some turpentine (e.g., Vick's Vaporub).

• Internal administration of turpentine is no longer common today, though it was once the preferred means of treating intestinal parasites.

2 Industrial uses

Turpentine is used as a solvent, especially for thinning oil-based paints, producing varnishVarnish is a finish applied to wood or other surfaces in order to provide a clear, hard, durable, protective finish. The materials used for varnishing are called drying oils . There are many types of drying oils, both natural and synthetic. Varnish finishes, and as a raw material for the chemical industry. Its industrial uses have largely been replaced by the much cheaper turpentine substituteTurpentine substitute is a mineral based replacement for the vegetable based organic solvent turpentine. It is a hydrotreated light distillate of petroleum, which forms a clear transparent liquid at room temperature. It is a complex mixture of highly refi distilled from crude oil. After turpentine is distilled, the residue remaining is rosinRosin is a solid form of resin obtained from pines and some other plants, mostly conifers, produced by heating fresh liquid resin to vapourise the volatile liquid terpene components. It is semi-transparent and varies in color from yellow to black. At room.

3 External links

• Gum naval stores: Turpentine and rosin from pine resin