Method: Steam Distilled, Organic

Aromatherapy Applications: 
Use for dry, chapped, or weathered skin. Can also be used for tissue regeneration and to stimulate the pituitary gland. 

Characteristics: 
An amber or dark orange viscous liquid with a sweet, rich, herbaceous-earthy odor that improves with age. It blends well with labdanum, vetiver, sandalwood, cedarwood, oakmoss, geranium, clove bud, lavender, rose, neroli, bergamot, cinnamon bark, myrrh, opopanax, clary sage, and oriental-type bases. 

Principal Constituents: 
Patchouli alcohol, pogostol, bulnesol, nor patchoulenol, bulnese, patchoulene. 

General Actions: 
Antidepressant, anti-inflammatory, anti-emetic, antimicrobial, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, antitoxic, antiviral, aphrodisiac, astringent, bactericidal, carminative, cicatrizant, deodorant, digestive, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicidal, nervine, prophylactic, stimulant, stomachic, tonic. 

Safety:
Non-toxic, non-irritant, nonsensitizing. Internally toxic. 

Primary Therapy Agent:
Chapped and cracked skin, eczema, irritated and inflamed skin, frigidity, nervous tension, stress-related conditions. 

Secondary Therapy Agent:
Acne, athlete's foot, baldness and hair care, dandruff, dermatitis, greasy or oily skin/scalp, insect repellent, scars and stretch marks, wounds, wrinkles, mature skin, nervous exhaustion, fatigue.