The common name of Terebinthina is Oil of Turpentine, a
colourless limpid mobile liquid. It is obtained by distillation and
rectification of the oleo-resin of Pinus Palustris Miller and from other
species of Pinus family. Turpentine as a remedy, was introduced by
Hartlaub and Trinks but proved by Seidel. The mother tincture is
prepare from purified oil of turpentine and dilution from it.
This remedy has a special action on urinary symptoms such as
irritable bladder, nephritis, cystitis, urethritis, tenesmus and
albuminuria. It is also employed in colitis. It is useful for unbroken
chilblains but in lower dilutions.
