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Medicinal Information:
Baltic amber has been revered as a medicinal substance (even for humans) since time immemorial and many healing elixirs have been made with it down through the ages. Countries like Russia and Poland still use many of these natural remedies for pets and humans alike.
· Baltic amber holds a healing oil containing succinic acid, which is directly absorbed into the skin and bloodstream. Succinic acid is highly antimicrobial, boosts immunity and anti-inflammatory.
· Baltic amber contains analgesic properties, which functions as a pain relief.
· Raw Baltic amber is said to have calming effects for the wearer.
All healing and functional properties of Baltic unpolished amber go back thousands of years. A Greek poet Homer, writing as early as 10th century B.C, made several references to amber in the Iliad and Odyssey.
Herodotus wrote about Baltic amber’s electrical properties in the 5th century B.C.
Nobel prize winner Robert Koch has scientifically proved the positive influence of succinic acid as well as recent scientific research.
Ancient Egyptians actually used pine resin as an embalming agent, and doctors during the Civil War, lacking anything else, would sometimes slap the powder of tree resin on a wound as a disinfectant, which saved lives.
We all know that ticks can kill your pet and no one wants that. But using toxic chemicals to prevent ticks isn’t a good solution either. The health dangers when using toxic products with ingredients listed as frank carcinogens don’t just affect your pet but also affect the human (especially children) who get in contact with it. The health effects are very well documented. Who would want that for the pet or children or even for yourself?
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I found this information regarding Baltic Amber. Seems that it's also being suggested for babies that are teething. But the information relates since it talks about the succinic acid in the Amber.
I could find no evidence that Baltic amber releases succinic acid at body temperatures. Succinic acid melts at 187 °C but it’s moderately soluble in water. So if it indeed seeps out of the amber, it couldn’t be in molten form. Body temperature (about 37 °C) would be insufficient to melt it. There is a possibility it could be dissolved by sweat.
Amber necklaces and teething babies | Science or not?
Seems a little suspect to me too.