Hi #58811

If you read many of my posts, you know I am a fan of drinking pine needle tea and drink it every day, the best part is its free!
Pine needle tea is also taken for flu and also as a flu preventive.

You may have read about people buying and hoarding the famous anti-flu medicine called "Tamiflu" in anticipation of the bird flu virus. Guess what! The main ingredient for Tamiflu comes from pine needles.

Examples:
http://www.lifeevents.org/pine-needle-tea-decoction.htm

The pine tree has many medicinal advantages. The needles and bark are useful for many medicinal problems.

In the randomized, double-blind placebo-controlled study, Pycnogenol helped reduce hyperactivity and improve attention, concentration and motor-visual coordination in children with ADHD.

"These findings are especially notable for parents who are concerned about overmedicating children diagnosed with ADHD. Many families are seeking natural options to avoid the potentially dangerous side effects of prescription drugs," said Dr. Peter Rohdewald, Institute of Pharmaceutical Chemistry at Germany's University of Munster and one of the authors of the study.
http://www.newstarget.com/020026.html

charles