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Turpentine: should I drink it?
Not quite a Survival & Prep topic, but I figured this might be the spot to ask about folk remedies.
So, I was watching videos of people using old techniques to harvest pine resin and process it in a rudimentary still. Pretty cool! It sent me down the rabbit hole researching turpentine and it’s uses. Apparently, alongside being a used as a solvent, turpentine has a long history of being used as an alleged, remedy for all sorts of ailments when ingested. I see recently some Hollywood personality got blasted for mentioning turpentine in this capacity. That noise aside... What do you know about it? Should I drink it?? Or stick to my Hoppe #9?
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Haha thanks, Dirk!
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Go for it, and report back! This'll be news we can USE!
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Turpentine was good for washing down lead based paint chips...
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All I can say is...If you have to ask then you absolutely should.
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They still do use leeches. When I worked in a Surgical Trauma ICU I had two patients I used them on. One patient who gut off his fingers in a shop accident. Another guy who had a piece of his trapezius muscle grafted to his jaw. The leeches were placed on the graft to promote blood flow and prevent clotting since their saliva is a natural anticoagulant. Was interesting when you had to retrieve them and a couple of them would fall off the would and you had to go searching for them. They'd be somewhere in the bed, attached to some other part of the patient's body, etc. Fun times!
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I have heard of it used topically on minor injuries.
I think I recall Watkins products using it as an ingredient in their salve. Google turpentine medicinal. Be advised that hardware store turpentine may have contaminants not found in "medicinal" turpentine.
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Retsina is *DELICIOUS*!!! Source: Am Greek. Have had much of this stuff. I love it. Hell, I quit drinking ~3 years ago & I'd have a glass of this right now if I happened across some. It definitely smells & tastes like pine sap.....weird, but good. |
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Oh man, that Diamond G is the best! Now I know why you are asking. Wait til you smell the Auson Pine Tar.
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I do bloodletting every 3 months too!
Who says there is no bloodletting in modern times? I visit the Bloodmobile to drain off a pint every so many months. Word is that it gets rid of tired blood and boosts your Testosterone. The old doctors back a 100 years ago were on to something!
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I have an old bottle of "medical turpentine" I found while cleaning a basement. But radium used to be seen as healthy as others have mentioned. I'd make sure you have good medical insurance before you try it. Probably a good way to catch a 51-50
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The OP must be a relative of the lady in AZ, who probably poisoned her husband with the fish tank cleaner.
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