Don’t Toss Your Christmas Tree–Make a Medicinal Pine-Infused Oil Instead

Homemade pine-infused oil from your Christmas tree can help with congestion, dry skin, and stress relief.
Don’t Toss Your Christmas Tree–Make a Medicinal Pine-Infused Oil Instead
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Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
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Before you haul your Christmas tree to the curb, you should know that those fragrant pine needles could become a healing chest rub, a moisturizer for winter-dried skin, or even a mood-lifting aromatherapy oil.

For herbalist Ashley Elenbaas, founder of Sky House Herbs and Apothecary, turning the family Christmas tree into medicinal oil has become an annual tradition—keeping the magic of Christmas going into the New Year and beyond.

Emma Suttie
Emma Suttie
D.Ac, AP
Emma is an acupuncture physician and has written extensively about health for multiple publications over the past decade. She is now a health reporter for The Epoch Times, covering Eastern medicine, nutrition, trauma, and lifestyle medicine.