Botanical Tree Essence

Botanical tree essence is the sap, pitch, or juice that naturally extrudes from various openings, folds, and knots of trees. From early Spring to late Summer, the trees go through what we call a “weeping” process, in which the tree roots push the sap, stored during Winter, up into the Cambian layer of the tree. This layer is located between the bark and the true wood of the tree.

This “weeping” process occurs as a defense mechanism to ward off bug infestation. For example, as a bug burrows or finds its way to the vulnerable part of the tree, the sap drips and oozes over the intruder, immobilizing and suffocating them in a tomb of sap. During this time of year, there is an overabundance of “weeping” that occurs. Year upon year, this excess sap collects and dries on the outsides of the tree trunk.

This is the point in time when we at the Carina Corporation begin to harvest. It takes a little longer to harvest the sap than the modern conventional ways of tapping or ripping the tree apart, but the wait is well worth it. Our old fashion methods allow us to simply pull or lightly scrape off these dried clumps of sap, which allows the trees to remain unharmed, and in perfect health to produce more essence for years to come.

Tree essences have 5 very special benefits that compliment its composition. It disinfects, it has anti-bacterial properties, anti-fungal properties, self-preserving properties, and it has an extremely high and quick therapeutic healing effect. This amazing combination of attributes makes it the single most important ingredient in every one of our formulations.

But don’t just take our word for it, the Pacific Northwest Native Indians have been using tree essences for centuries. Validated by numerous textbooks and reference manuals, tree essence was and still is considered to be one of the main medicinal staples of the First Nations people. It would be harvested and used to make a variety of salves, poultices, and body wraps and herbal teas to help aid with a variety of internal and external ailments. Often the essence was simply chewed like chewing gum to help prevent gum disease.

Mother Nature has blessed our forests with a multitude of natural and organic healing alternatives. Botanical Tree Essence is one of them and my father and I am extremely proud and grateful to be recognized as “modern pioneers” of this helpful therapeutic re-discovery.

Sincerely,

Anthony & Helmut Gollner
Carina Corporation