| Origin: Spain
Method: Steam Distilled, Organic
Aromatherapy Applications:
Use for anxiety, grief, migraines, or over-active sex drive. Can also be used in massage for athletes after heavy workouts, it increases circulation for the oxygenation of tissues and increases recovery speed.
Characteristics:
A pale yellow or amber-colored mobile liquid with a warm, woody, spicy-camphoraceous odor. It blends well with lavender, rosemary, bergamot, chamomile, cypress, cedarwood, tea tree, and eucalyptus.
Principal Constituents:
Terpinenes, terpineol, sabinenes, linalol, carvacrol, linalyl acetate, ocimene, cadinene, geranyl acetate, citral, eugenol.
General Actions:
Analgesic, anaphrodisiac, anti-oxidant, antiseptic, antispasmodic, antiviral, bactericidal, carminative, cephalic, cordial, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, fungicidal, hypotensive, laxative, nervine, sedative, stomachic, tonic, vasodilator, vulnerary.
Safety:
Non-toxic, non-irritant, nonsensitizing. Not to be used during pregnancy.
Primary Therapy Agent:
Chilblains, slack tissue, ticks, aches and pains, arthritis, debility/poor muscle tone, high blood pressure, hypertension, muscular cramp, muscle stiffness, rheumatism, sprains, strains, bronchitis, coughs, colic, indigestion, flatulence, amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, sexual overactivity, nervous tension, stress-related conditions, neuralgia, sciatica.
Secondary Therapy Agent:
Bruises, asthma, constipation, sluggish digestion, leucorrhea, premenstrual tension/PMT, colds/flu, headache, migraine.
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