Clearing your Body With A Walk On The Wild Side!

@bookbar (1609)
Sudbury, England
October 19, 2015 2:50pm CST
Ever walked through a Pine Forest and wondered why your lungs feel so refreshed? There is a very good reason! Pines contain an anti-inflammatory compound, called a-Pinene, abundant in conifers. It is commonly used as a bronchodilator for Asthma sufferers, AND is present in abundant quantities in the Marijuana plant. So taking a few big sniffs, on your next forest walk, might clear your lungs and lift your spirits.
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 15
That's good to know, though there aren't too many pine forests near me.
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JENNY ARCHER
@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
19 Oct 15
@WorDazza Hahahha... now that's funny...is that where you hide yours?
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
19 Oct 15
@jaboUK... WEll living near Thetford Forest, as we do, it would be an easy stroll!
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Jabo
@jaboUK (64361)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 15
@bookbar Sheesh, I forgot Thetford forest, I haven't been there since we had a dog many years ago. I remember she got a tick, so never went back, though of course we drive past it on the way to Yarmouth.
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Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
19 Oct 15
Maybe that's one of the reasons they started doing Xmas trees. Nothing like a breath of fresh air for the holidays. :P
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Morgan
@OneOfMany (12150)
• United States
20 Oct 15
@bookbar Especially when some houses used to heat with coal, have something clean in the sea of dirty!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@OneOfMany .. Don't know about 'some houses', there was a time, not too long ago when every house in Britain was heated by coal fires, the one resource we had plenty of....
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@OneOfMany Good thinking, never occurred to me!
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inertia4
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
21 Oct 15
Now, for me, to actually find a pine forest around here. maybe I should look to buy some small pines for my yard. I would have to travel to find a place this nice.
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inertia4
@inertia4 (27961)
• United States
24 Oct 15
@bookbar Well, then I guess that's it for me. I have to live as I am living. But they do have those dwarf ever greens though, right? I mean I have seen them in front of some houses where I live and they are not that tall at all.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
21 Oct 15
@inertia4You might need to keep them confined if you did,, which is why so many Pine forests over here, they do like to shoot skyward, rapidly which is why forestry commissions love them for their wood.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
20 Oct 15
I adore the smell of pine and clean my floors with it.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Nov 15
@bookbar I dont know Jenny I only use the pine oil.
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Oshy
@TiarasOceanView (70035)
• United States
18 Nov 15
@enlightenedpsych2 Yes that is why I use pine oil.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@TiarasOceanView ..... So does the chemical version have the same effect?..
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
19 Oct 15
'n when yer done with yer walk, pinch ya off some'f those needles 'n make yerself a tea - loaded with vitamin c :)
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crazyhorseladycx
@crazyhorseladycx (39515)
• United States
20 Oct 15
@bookbar its actually most refreshin'.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@crazyhorseladycx Well that would be a tea I've never tried, Pine needle!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@crazyhorseladycx Have to put it on the 'bucket list'..hope your 'refreshing' taste buds are the same as mine..
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
19 Oct 15
Darn @bookbar and what I have mostly is Cedar. What a bummer.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@nanette64 So get planting,they grow quick,especially Scots Pine hehe!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@nanette64 Go take a sniff, if you come back more 'giggleworthy' than usual, we'll know they do, and you'll be on a high, before 'the bottle' slides out of the cupboard.
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Nanette Piotrowski
@nanette64 (20364)
• Fairfield, Texas
20 Oct 15
@bookbar Oh wait! I have 2 Kansas Pines, do they count?
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emma edwards
@JustEm (23)
• Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
19 Oct 15
Now that is one smell I could sniff at all day.. Such a lovely fragrance.
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@JustEm... You should build yourself a Pine log cabin, then you could!hehe..
Inlemay
@Inlemay (17713)
• South Africa
20 Oct 15
That sounds exhilarating - I never knew that - nice bit of information
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julito
@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Oct 15
When I was young, I lived in the Philippines . . . I was born there actually. We used to go to the fields during rice harvesting season . . blue sky, sunny, warm not hot, breezy, and the air smells so fresh. I miss it!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@antonbunot ...Oh!, poor you, can't you visit? but not now while they are under 4ft. of water from the typhoon, or whatever it is that has devastated the island...
Gary Marsh
@garymarsh6 (23393)
• United Kingdom
19 Oct 15
I love the smell of pine forests!
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@bookbar (1609)
• Sudbury, England
20 Oct 15
@garymarsh6 Perhaps you too should try @crazyhorseladycx 's suggestion and pop some needles into hot water!
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