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What is Norwegian spruce extract good for?

People use the needles and the oil taken from the needles as medicine. Norway spruce is used for infections of the airways, acute pain, and other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support any use.

Picea abies, the Norway spruce^[2] or European spruce,^[3] is a species of spruce native to Northern, Central and Eastern Europe.^[4]

It has branchlets that typically hang downwards, and the largest cones of any spruce, 9–17 cm long. It is very closely related to the Siberian spruce (Picea obovata), which replaces it east of the Ural Mountains, and with which it hybridizes freely. The Norway spruce has a wide distribution for it being planted for its wood, and is the species used as the main Christmas tree in several countries around the world. It was the first gymnosperm to have its genome sequenced. The Latin specific epithet abies means “fir-like”.^[5]

Overview

Norway spruce (picea abies) is a type of spruce tree. People use the needles and the oil taken from the needles as medicine.

Norway spruce is used for infections of the airways, acute pain, and other conditions, but there is no good scientific evidence to support any use.

Side Effects

When taken by mouth: There isn't enough reliable information to know if Norway spruce is safe or what the side effects might be.