Allspice Berry Essential Oil

Description

Allspice Berry Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Pimenta officinalis | Origin: West Indies | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

Pimenta berry oil is a pale yellow liquid with a powerful sweet, warm, balsamic-spicy bodynote and a fresh, clean top note. It blends well with ginger, geranium, lavender, opopanax, labdanum, ylang-ylang, patchouli, orange blossom, oriental and spicy bases.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• eugenol
• methyl eugenol
• cineol
• phellandrene
• caryophyllene

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General Actions:

Antiseptic, anesthetic, analgesic, antioxidant, carminative, relaxant, rubefacient, stimulant, tonic.

Safety:

Eugenol irritates the mucous membranes, and has been found to cause dermal irritation. Pimenta berry oil should be used with care in low dilutions only.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Muscular cramp, muscle stiffness, rheumatism, cramp, gastric spasm, indigestion, flatulence.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Arthritis, debility/poor muscle tone, depression, nervous exhaustion, fatigue, stress-related conditions.

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