Pine needles and pine bark contain a nutrient called pycnogenol.Pycnogenol

June 10, 2008

Re: Can anyone tell me about pine needle juice? by grassman http://curezone.com/forums/am.asp?i=98947

Hello ntrlman pine needles and pine bark contain a nutrient called pycnogenol.Pycnogenol is a proanthocyanidin,it also contains oligomers and some usefull acids.A french captin named Jacques Cartier was taught by a quebec indian how to make the tea.This blend of nutrients is prized for the antioxidant,collagen stablizing,antiinflamitory qualitys!This info comes from a book by Richard A. Passwater,Ph.d. & Chithan Kandaswami,Ph.D..PYCNOGENOL The Super"Protector"Nutrint.Small book but a good read!

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Re: Can anyone tell me about pine needle juice? by holographic 23 mon 693

Yes i also live around lots of pine needle tree, they are meant to be very good for you especially high in vitamin c. You can boil the needles for around 20 minutes and make pine needle tea, if you type pine needle tea into a search engine you will find more info.In terms of juicing they are very difficult to juice. I tried juicing alot of needles and got virtually no juice. I ended up using the pulp in empty gelatin capsules. The tea may be good for you but takes too long to prepare, more of a survival skill incase you get lost in a forest. My conclusion was that there are easier ways to get good nutrition, but if your juicer can handle it give it a go, just be careful not to burn your motor out.Also it can be a bit messy so put some paper down first for the needles as there is a sticky sap on the branches.

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Re: Can anyone tell me about pine needle juice? by vairagi 23 mon 409

In the bio,circa 1050 ad, of the Tibetan Milirepa it is stated that for a fair period of time the only thing he had to eat was pine needles and he made them into a tea and so inbibed them that way and his skin turned green after a while. He stayed well, tho so thin and affected at first sight appeared not to be human, according to the report.