What he was doing was cleansing the liver. Both the pine and oregone graperoot are liver herbs. Acne, or any skin thing, comes from a clogged liver. Clean the liver--no more skin problems.
Samala, Renee -------Original Message------- A native American remedy for acne was to boil white pine and Oregon grape roots, then drink the tincture one whiskey shot at a time whenever you like go past the refrigerator. My son and a Canadian native American did this when he was a teenager and the acne was gone and never bothered him again. I was wondering what was in the roots and maybe the answer is turpentine. She wanted to use silver pine from Canada but all we have here is white pine, so it worked also.
