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GASTRONOMIC USE
AND OTHER USES
MEDICINAL USE
The resin of the Aleppo pine is used to
flavor the Greek wine retsina. The turpentine obtained from the resin of
From the pine nuts of the Aleppo pine is all pine trees is antiseptic, diuretic,
made a pudding called asidet zgougou in
rubefacient and vermifuge.
the Tunisian dialect.
It is a valuable remedy used internally in
the treatment of kidney and bladder
complaints and is used both internally and
as a rub and steam bath in the treatment
of rheumatic affections.