Nutmeg Essential Oil

Description

Nutmeg Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Myristica fragrans | Origin: India | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A water-white or pale yellow mobile liquid with a sweet, warm-spicy odor and a terpene-like top note. It blends well with oakmoss, lavandin, bay, balsam Peru, orange geranium, clary sage, rosemary, lime, petitgrain, mandarin, coriander and other spice oils.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• monoterpene hydrocarbons
• camphene
• pinene
• dipentene
• sabinene
• cymene
• geraniol
• borneol
• linalol
• terpineol
• myristicin
• safrol
• eleminicin

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General Actions:

Analgesic, anti-emetic, anti-oxidant, antirheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, aphrodisiac, carminative, digestive, emmenagogue, gastric secretory stimulant, larvicidal, neurological, orexigenic, prostaglandin inhibitor, stimulant, tonic.

Safety:

Nutmeg is generally non-toxic, non-irritant, and non-sensitizing. However, used in large doses it shows signs of toxicity such as nausea, stupor and tachycardia, believed to be due to the myristicin content. Use in moderation only.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Labor pain, childbirth aid.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Aches and pain, arthritis, poor circulation, low blood pressure, rheumatism, constipation, sluggish digestion, indigestion, flatulence, nausea, vomiting, nervous exhaustion, fatigue, neuralgia, sciatica.

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