Treatment of vitamin deficiency with pine needles infusion
L. E. Ermolaeva
Kazan medical journal ›› 1940, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6) : 33 -36.
Treatment of vitamin deficiency with pine needles infusion
Needles, as a remedy for scurvy, have been used for a long time. Thus, in 1535, Jacques Cartier, the leader of a naval expedition to Newfoundland, used a decoction of American pine needles to treat scurvy, which had spread among his crew.
Ermolaeva L.E.
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