Pine Needles & Turpentine: Unlocking Tree-Based Medicine

We want to talk about turpentine, which comes from trees, and also shikimic acid, which is found in pine needles. And uh Dr. Kaufman, again, welcome to part two. And I got to tell you, I intentionally grow Loblolly pine trees in Texas. I keep planting more and more every year because I can harvest the pine needles, I can make pine needle tea, and it's rich in vitamin C. It's rich in shikimic acid, which is what's in the Roche drug Tamiflu. They basically harvest it from pine needles. And I found out that not only do I enjoy this delicious tea from pine needles, but my goats, my goats nibble on the pine needles every chance they get. They love to eat the pine needles. So, you know, it's natural medicine for all of us. But talk to us about, you know, tree-based medicine, which also gets into Chinese, you know, traditional Chinese medicine, and and why the medical establishment always tells you that, oh, that's not real medicine. You got to buy these, you got to take this synthetic chemotherapy or something. But go for it. Yeah, well, you know, there's a lot to unpack there, and ...