- 1). Smear pine resin over a wound if you cut yourself while you are camping in the woods. The pine resin acts like a skin adhesive, seals the cut and ceases the bleeding. As long as the resin is clean and free of debris, it can be left on the skin. Pine resin contains a chemical compound that prevents microorganisms from infecting the pine tree. This chemical compound works the same way on your skin. After some time, the resin will peel off, revealing a cut that has been sealed and healed.
- 2). Make glue with the pine resin. All it takes is charcoal, dry plant fibers from the forest ground and pine resin. Grind up the charcoal and plant fibers as finely as you can with a rock. Start a fire with a lighter or matches in a contained pit. Use a fire-proof container to melt the resin. Stir in the plant fibers and charcoal. The mixture should contain 5 parts resin to 1 part of the other ingredients.
- 3). Locate a pine tree with yellowish gobs of resin oozing out, which can be used as a fire starter for a camp fire. It is best to use a fallen tree with resin on it. The resin usually forms on damaged areas, such as broken branches or where the bark has been stripped away from the tree, and can be easily scraped off with a knife. Roll the resin into a ball and stick twigs into it. Light on fire with either a lighter or matches in a contained pit.
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