Li Shizhen in the "Compendium of Materia Medica" said: "Pine leaves, named pine hair, warm and bitter, non-toxic, into the liver, kidney, lung, spleen meridians, treatment of various visceral swelling and poison, wind, cold and dampness."

Pine needles: bitter, warm, non-toxic, can enhance muscle immunity, reduce the content of lipofuscin in organ tissues and arterial lining, and at the same time can promote the activity of hepatocytes, effective in the treatment of hyperlipidemia and fatty liver. Boiled water, can cure wind paralysis foot, such as soaking wine can cure bone and joint pain.