| Origin: France
Method: Steam Distilled, Organic
Aromatherapy Applications:
Use in facial steam mixtures to stimulate the complexion: an excellent aide to help detox congested or sluggish skin.
Characteristics:
A pale yellow or orange oil with a spicy-warm, sweet, long-lasting odor. It blends well with lavender, pine, opopanax, lovage, tea tree, oakmoss, coriander and other spices.
Principal Constituents:
Limonene, apiol, selinene, santalol, sedanolide, sedanolic acid anhydride.
General Actions:
Anti-oxidant, antirheumatic, antiseptic (urinary), antispasmodic, aperitif, depurative, digestive, diuretic, carminative, cholagogue, emmagogue, galactagogue, hepatic, nervine, sedative (nervous), stimulant (uterine), stomachic, tonic (digestive).
Safety:
Non-toxic, non-irritant, possible sensitization. Avoid during pregnancy.
Primary Therapy Agent:
Dull and congested skin.
Secondary Therapy Agent:
Accumulation of toxins, arthritis, gout, rheumatism, indigestion, flatulence, liver congestion, amenorrhea, cystitis, lack of nursing milk, neuralgia, sciatica. |