- Other Names
- White Fir, True Fir, and Silver Spruce
- Farming Method
- Certified Organic
- Plant Part
- Needle
- Country of Origin
- Bosnia
- Application Method
- Bath, Diffusion, Inhalation, Massage, and Topical
- Scientific Name
- Abies alba
- Extraction Method
- Steam Distilled
About the Plant:
Silver Fir, Abies alba, is a medium-sized evergreen tree with silver-white bark that develops resin blisters, giving it a scaly appearance as it ages. It boasts dense glossy, dark-green needles with silvery undersides. While initially slow-growing, it can eventually reach heights exceeding 200 feet. Once a popular choice for Christmas trees in Europe, it has been largely replaced by Nordmann Fir.
Silver Fir’s leaves are needle-like, dark green above with two greenish-white bands of stomata below. Cones are 9–17 cm long, disintegrating upon maturity to release winged seeds. Its wood is white, hence the species name “alba.” When cultivated, it naturally forms a symmetrical triangle shape and retains its resinous scent, making it long-lasting as a cut tree. In forests, it often grows alongside other firs and beeches. Closely related to Bulgarian Fir, Spanish Fir, and Sicilian Fir, Silver Fir differs in its sparser foliage arrangement, with leaves spread along the shoot's sides, leaving the shoot visible from above. Some botanists classify Bulgarian Fir and Sicilian Fir as varieties of Silver Fir.
Where It Grows:
Silver Fir is native to the mountains of Europe, from the Pyrenees north to Normandy, east to the Alps and the Carpathians, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro, Serbia, and south to Italy, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Albania and northern Greece. Found primarily at higher altitudes where it thrives in mountainous regions with ample rainfall. Thus, Silver Fir is not as frost resistant as Siberian Fir or Balsam Fir.
In Italy, the Silver Fir is an important component of the mixed broadleaved-coniferous forest of the Apennine Mountains, especially in northern Apennine. This type of fir prefers a cold and humid climate, in northern exposition, with a high rainfall (over 1500 mm per year). In the oriental Alps of Italy, Silver Firs grow in mixed forests with Norway Spruce, Beech, and other trees. Today, it is also commonly grown on Christmas tree plantations in the North East region of North America spanning New England in the US to the Maritime provinces of Canada.
Traditional Uses and Lore:
The word "fir" originates from Old English meaning "mountain forest," symbolizing truth and honesty due to their straight growth.* Fir trees were utilized by Native Americans and early settlers for religious ceremonies and medicinal purposes, treating various ailments like coughs, muscular pain, and wounds.* During the American Civil War, Silver Fir was applied to wounds.*
Historically, it was sold as a confection and used in making casks for wine storage. Its oleoresin serves as an adhesive and its essential oil is used in perfumes and bath products. Silver Fir branches were used for Spruce Beer production. Silver Fir is known as the first Christmas tree species, but it's been largely replaced by Nordmann Fir and Norway Spruce. Its timber is valued for construction, furniture, and paper production.
Other Facts:
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- Scent: Rich, Balsamic-Sweet, Fresh, and Coniferous Aroma
- Fragrance Note: Middle Note
- Composition: Camphene, D-Limonene, Myrcene, α-Pinene, and β-Pinene
- Family: Pinaceae Family
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
- USDA Certified Organic
- Helps Clear Respiratory Channels
- Addresses Symptoms of Chest Cold and Cough
- Encourages Healthy Blood Flow
Fir Silver Organic Essential Oil has a pleasantly rich, balsamic-sweet aromatic essence that has been used in countless bath preparations, air fresheners, disinfectants, colognes, perfumes, soaps, and detergents. However, it takes the steam-distilled, essential oil of this familiar plant to unlock the full potential of its therapeutic abilities. Known familiarly as “True Fir” by some, Silver Fir embodies nostalgia and comfort as its scent uplifts the mood while alleviating stress, anxiety, and mental fatigue.*
However, the benefits of Silver Fir Essential Oil reach far beyond the olfactory! Its analgesic properties can address pain from a number of different sources.* Its abilities to soothe the upper and lower respiratory tracts have huge implications for those suffering from chronic lung ailments to the common cold and cough.* Silver Fir also possesses antiseptic characteristics which can help clean and facilitate faster healing of cuts, abrasions, and sores.* On top of all of that, Silver Fir complements all these therapeutic actions is its ability to encourage healthy blood flow, helping to reinforce virtually every vital system in the body.*
Topical Application (for use on the skin):
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Safety Precautions:
- Silver Fir Organic Essential Oil has been found to be non-irritant and non-sensitizing to the skin.*
- However, it can be poisonous if ingested, even in small amounts.*
- Not appropriate for use with babies and small children.*
General Safety Precautions:
- Use essential oils only in diluted form on the skin and never internally.
- Always be careful when using essential oils with children.
- Give them only low doses, or better, consult a qualified aromatherapy expert before using.
- Use essential oils with care and only under the proper guidance of an expert while pregnant or if you have liver damage, epilepsy, cancer, or other serious health problems.
Perhaps the most obvious benefit of Silver Fir Essential Oil is its immediately noticeable aromatic essence. With the most complex aromatic profile of all the Fir essential oils, its fresh, piney, balsamic-sweet aroma helps to eliminate stress, anxiety, brain fog, and mental fatigue, even as it also deters insects and parasites while cleaning, deodorizing, and purifying the air.* Similar effects can also be enjoyed by the respiratory system as Silver Fir helps to clear the upper and lower respiratory tracts, combatting symptoms of cold, cough, asthma, and bronchitis.*
On top of the purifying effects of Silver Fir Essential Oil to the air and lungs, it also displays antiseptic actions for safely cleaning skin cuts, abrasions, sores, and burns, facilitating in their rapid healing.* It simultaneously uses potent analgesic abilities to soothe the pain and discomfort caused by these maladies, or others such as sore muscles, achy joints, headache, migraine, rheumatism, or nerve pain.*
Perhaps the most subtle, yet over-arching therapeutic trait of Silver Fir Essential Oil is its rubefacient action for the circulatory system (the ability to promote blood flow to the skin and support overall healthy circulation).* A healthy amount of blood flow stimulation throughout the body can potentially help all of its vital systems.* In the case of Silver Fir, it further reinforces its previously mentioned abilities to benefit the nervous, respiratory, integumentary (skin), and musculoskeletal systems, as well as potentially encouraging better lymphatic function overall.*
The following is a list of conditions which Silver Fir Essential Oil addresses by category:
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*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. These products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
Bottles are filled by volume. Some bottle sizes may not be filled to the top, but do contain the volume of oil specified.
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