Patchouli Essential Oil

Description

Patchouli Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Pogostemon cablin | Origin: East Indies | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

An amber or dark orange viscous liquid with a sweet, rich, herbaceous-earthy odor that improves with age. It blends well with labdanum, vetiver, sandalwood, cedarwood, oakmoss, geranium, clove bud, lavender, rose, neroli, bergamot, cinnamon bark, myrrh, opopanax, clary sage, and oriental-type bases.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

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• patchouli alcohol
• pogostol
• bulnesol
• nor patchoulenol
• bulnese
• patchoulene

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General Actions:

Antibacterial, antidepressant, anti-emetic, antimicrobial, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, antitoxic, antiviral, aphrodisiac, astringent, carminative, cicatrizant, deodorant, digestive, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicidal, immune boosting, neurological, prophylactic, stimulant, stomachic, tonic.

Safety:

Non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing. Internally toxic.

Primary Therapy Agent:

Chapped and cracked skin, eczema, irritated and inflamed skin, frigidity, nervous tension, stress-related conditions.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Chapped and cracked skin, eczema, irritated and inflamed skin, frigidity, nervous tension, stress-related conditions.

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