Sassafras Essential Oil

Sassafras Essential Oil benefits and uses

Sassafras was listed in 1983 as a treatment for head lice, coetaneous eruptions, and stiff pains. It is now highly keeping pace and tricky to purchase.

Instructions for Use:

Sassafras oil is known as insecure, and it cannot be used in aromatherapy. The essential oil is high in safrole containing around eighty to ninety percent. Safole is banned by the FDA because it is carcinogenic. Sassafras Essential Oil should never be taken internally. It is only used for the external parasites treatment, and as an insect revolting.

History and Additional Information:

Sassafras is a deciduous tree that grows up to almost thirty five to forty meters (one hundred and thirty one feet) high with many slim brushwood, a soft and spongy wood, and small yellowy-green flowers. The wood and the bark give off a fragrant smell. It is recorded in traditional herbal tablets that Sassafras was used to treat high blood pressure, gout, rheumatism, menstrual pain and kidney harms, as well as being a treatment for skin problems. That oil is more sufficient for various diseases and problems etc.

Details:

Latin/Botanical Name: Cinnamomum camphora.
Other Names: Camphor, Chinese sassafras; Japanese camphor; white camphor
Family: Lauraceous (Laurel)
Part of Plant Used: Leaves and wood
Place of Origin: North America

Characteristics:

Odor/Fragrance: Camphorous
Color: apparent
Aroma Strength: Strong
Consistency: Thin
Note: Top
Blending Suggestions: Does not mix together well.

Safety Precautions for this Essential Oil:

Sassafras oil should never be used in any type of aromatherapy.