For temporary Relief of minor aches, Muscle and joint pains associated with arthritis, strains, bruises & simple backache. Can be used topically for abrasions, wounds, and chest rubs. It is added to many cleaning & sanitary products for its antiseptic properties & clean fragrance. Mixed with waxes to make a protective coating furniture wax. It is an organic solvent, is combustible.

Turpentine is used in a source of raw materials in the synthesis of fragrant chemical compounds. Commercially used camphor, linalool, alpha-terpineol, and geraniol are all usually produced from alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, which are two of the chief chemical components of turpentine. These pinenes are separated and purified by distillation. The mixture of diterpenes and triterpenes that is left as residue after turpentine distillation is sold as rosin.