Cardamom Seed Essential Oil

Description

Cardamom Seed Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Elattaria cardamomum | Origin: India | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A colorless to pale yellow liquid with a sweet-spicy, warming fragrance and a woody-balsamic undertone. It blends well with rose, frankincense, orange, bergamot, cinnamon, cloves, caraway seed, ylang-ylang, labdanum, cedarwood, neroli, and oriental-type bases in general.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• terpinyl acetate
• cineol
• limonene
• sabiene
• linalol
• linalyl acetate
• pinene
• zingiberene

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General Actions:

Antiseptic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, carminative, cephalic, digestive, diuretic, neurological, sialogogue, stimulant, stomachic, tonic (nerve).

Safety:

Non-toxic, non-irritant, nonsensitizing.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Griping pains, heartburn, indigestion, flatulence.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Colic, cramp, gastric spasm, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, nervous exhaustion, fatigue, nervous tension, stress-related conditions.

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