The beneficial properties of fir have been known since ancient times.

A graceful evergreen tree with a pyramidal crown, small flat needles and large elliptical cones called fir lives in many regions of Central and North America, in the cool countries of Eurasia and even northern regions of Africa. The beneficial properties of fir were known to ancient healers: for example, from time immemorial, the inhabitants of Siberia used fir balsam, which is a fairly powerful antiseptic agent, to disinfect and heal wounds.

In folk medicine, pure fir oil is considered one of the most powerful remedies against rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, myositis and many colds. Rubbing fir resin with oil (available at the pharmacy), as well as compresses from broths of fir needles, help to get rid of arthritis. To prepare such a compress, you should boil a tablespoon of fresh needles in half a glass of water, cool and strain the resulting broth.

The beneficial properties of fir are recognized by both traditional healers and representatives of official medicine. So, synthetic camphor is made from fir oil, the preparations of which are successfully used for the treatment of heart failure, rheumatism, as well as for various inflammatory processes. Fir balm has found application in cosmetology. The cosmetic product, which is a mixture of fir balsam and olive oil, is an integral component of many products that are used to care for oily, inflammation-prone skin, as well as to fight acne.