Hyssop Essential Oil

Description

Hyssop Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Hyssopus officinalis | Origin: Switzerland | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A colorless to pale yellowy-green liquid with a sweet, camphoraceous topnote and warm spicy-herbaceous undertone. It blends well with lavender, rosemary, myrtle, bay, sage, clary sage, geranium, and citrus oils.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• pinocamphone
• isopinocamphone
• estragole
• borneol
• geraniol
• limonene
• thujone
• myrcene
• caryophyllene

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General Actions:

Antibacterial, antiseptic, antiviral, astringent, antispasmodic, carminative, cephalic, cicatrizant, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hypertensive, sedative, sudorific, tonic (heart and circulatory), vermifuge, vulnerary.

Safety:

Non-irritant, nonsenstizing; the oil is moderately toxic due to the pinocamphone content. To be used only in moderation and avoided during pregnancy and by epileptics. Contra-indicated in cases of high blood pressure.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Bruises, chronic coughs, coughs, sore throat, throat infections.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Cuts/sores, dermatitis, eczema, irritated and inflamed skin, wounds, asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, tonsillitis, whooping cough, colic, indigestion, flatulence, amenorrhea, leucorrhea, anxiety, nervous exhaustion, fatigue, debility/poor muscle tone, nervous tension, stress-related conditions.

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