🌶️Latin American Curanderismo
Pinabete (Pine)
Abies religiosa
About Pinabete (Pine)
Pinabete (Pine) (Abies religiosa) is a herb used in the Latin American Curanderismo tradition to help with Respiratory Issues, Cough, Arthritis, and Cold. The aerial parts and leaves are the parts traditionally used, taken internally.
Botanical background
The sacred fir or Abies religiosa (known as oyamel in Spanish) is a fir native to the mountains of central and southern Mexico (Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Sierra Madre del Sur) and western Guatemala. It grows at high altitudes of 2,100–4,100 metres (6,900–13,500 ft) in cloud forests with cool, humid summers and dry winters in most of its habitat regime. In the state of Veracruz, it grows with precipitation all year long. The tree is resistant to regular...
Source: Wikipedia, via iNaturalist
Parts used
Aerial Parts · internalLeaves · internal