Baby screams, baby cries, baby won’t sleep, baby is so unhappy and in pain. Why? Teething has started and it will continue for the next 2 years as at the age of 3 the teething process should be completed. It’s a rough time for the baby but also for the mom. Every mom goes through this and now let’s look at some remedy which is so old as this world.
In Europe amber had been used for ages to relief babies teething pain very successfully. If you ever wanted to know exactly what amber is and what it does, this article is for you.

What is Amber?

Amber is fossilized tree resin (not sap), which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times. Amber is used as an ingredient in perfumes, as a healing agent in folk medicine, and as jewelry. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions.

What is Baltic Amber?
Formed over 45 million years ago, Baltic amber is an organic substance, a “fossil resin” produced by pine trees which grew in Northern Europe  covering regions in the South of today’s Scandinavia and nearby regions of the Baltic Sea.
Millions of years ago the climate got warmer and trees started to exude big amounts of resin. Scientists say that amber is a fossil pine resin from this region that has achieved a stable state through oxidation.
Baltic amber is a specific subset of amber that is found only in Northern Europe – it covers about 80% of the whole amber production worldwide.  Between 35 and 50 million years ago, sap oozed out from a forest of conifers (probably either false larch or kauri) in the region now covered by the Baltic Sea, and eventually hardened into clear lumps. Shoved around northern Europe by glaciers and river channels, lumps of genuine Baltic amber can still be found today on the Eastern coasts of England and Holland, throughout Poland, Scandinavia and Northern Germany and in many of the West Russia and the Baltic states. About 90% of the world’s extractable amber is still located in the Kaliningrad Region of Russia on the Baltic Sea (which was previously Königsberg in Prussia, before World War II).

Back when the Russian army entered Prussia, Germans had stopped extracting amber so they had to restore the pit and build new infrastructure. Thus, in June, 1948, it was put into operation. In 1960, they opened a new pit but due to some projecting mistakes they had to keep on working at the old one even though it was officially closed in 1972.
I found a very good website with information about how amber gets out of the soil and it shows the process until it is a bead.
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What are the healing properties of amber?
The amber resin contains resin (not sap) taken from pine trees in countries surrounding the Baltic Sea – most commonly Lithuania, Estonia & Latvia. This resin, when warmed against the skin, releases succinic acid (which is believed to be a natural analgesic) providing relief for all kinds of ailments such as Asthma, Eczema, Arthritis and also infant teething pain. The darker the Amber, the older it is (Amber grows darker with age) and very little succinic acid remains. The most effective Amber is the lighter colors and in fact if you can find semi polished stones (milky in appearance rather than glassy and clear), they contain the highest traces of succinic acid as it has been “interfered” with least of all.

By placing amber next to a baby’s skin, its warmth releases healing oils, which are then absorbed via the skin into the bloodstream. The oils released from amber contain succinic acid, which provides such beneficial effects as stimulating the thyroid glands to help reduce drooling and soothe red, inflamed cheeks, plus calming and anti-fever functions.

Teething amber necklaces have been used for hundreds, if not thousands, of years in some European and Asian countries. In fact, this homeopathic option is sold in local pharmacies across Austria, Switzerland and Germany and is a recognized remedy for teething.

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