Friday, February 22, 2013

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.

Spruce Essential Oil

Benefits:

The Spruce Essential Oil has been well-known to have the following properties: Antibacterial, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, and general tonic. It has conventionally been used to ease muscular pains, and also improve some breathing circumstances. It is a great stimulant for people suffering with general weakness.

Instructions for Use:

Spruce oil can be used thinned at a ratio of fifty to fifty, which is the same as one part essential oil to one part of vegetable oil. Once watered down it can be applied almost four drops at a time on location. It can be applied to vita flex points, directly inhaled, and as a dietary supplement.
History and Additional Information

The native North Americans used this essential oil for medicinal, spiritual and practical reasons. They are said to have used it for protection and also capturing the universal energy here on the earth plane. Spiritually it is said that the use of this essential oil can remove blocks to prosperity and wealth, as well as having the power to cleanse and purify.

Details

Latin/Botanical Name: Picea Mariana.
Other Names: Black spruce.
Family: Pinaceae (Pine).
Part of Plant Used: Leaves, twigs.
Place of Origin: North America.

Characteristics

Odor/Fragrance: Fresh, woody, sweet.
Color: Clear
Aroma Strength: Medium
Consistency: Thin
Note: Middle

Safety Precautions for this Essential Oil

Spruce Essential Oil should be applied to the skin only in intensity as it is probable to be a possible skin irritant. It should not be used by pregnant women. Medical recommendation will be required if you get any skin irritation from using the oil.

Sage Essential Oil

Sage Essential Oil benefits and uses

The qualities associated with Sage Essential Oil are severe, antibacterial, stimulant. It is known to relax spasms, suppress lactation and perspiration, , improve liver function, and digestion. That oil also has anti-inflammatory, and anti-depressant properties.
Instructions for Use:
Sage oil can be taken internally to treat digestive problems and flatulence, reduce excessive lactation and  night sweats, reduce perspiration, worry etc. The oil can be used externally to treat insect bites, or to treat infections in the throat, and most skin infections problems . It is a  good treatment for spots, and oily hair.
This oil is very authoritative, and should be used with more care. In aromatherapy, people generally find that fewer is better.  Diluting with just one percent Sage Essential Oil, should be enough for many people.

History and Additional Information:

It is a evergreen shrubby recurrent plant its leaves are light green, and it flowers in the summer.

Details:

Latin/Botanical Name: Salvia officinal’s.
Other Names: True Sage, garden sage, meadow  and ordinary sage
Place of Origin: England.
Family: Lamiaceae.
Part of Plant Used: Leaves and flowers.

Characteristics:

Odor/Fragrance: mildly-camphorous, warm, highly spiced, herbaceous
Color: Clear with a yellow touch
Aroma Strength: Strong
Consistency: Thin
Blending Suggestions: Bergamot, lavender, lemon  etc .
Safety Precautions for this Essential Oil:

The oil should not be used at an high amount or for longer time . Toxicity can occur with over use. People suffering from epilepsy or high blood pressure should not use this oil.