Spruce Essential Oil

Description

Spruce Essential Oil Profile

Botanical: Tsuga canadensis | Origin: Canada | Method: Steam Distilled

Characteristics:

A colorless or pale yellow liquid with a pleasing, fresh balsamic, sweet-fruity odor. It blends well with pine, oakmoss, cedarwood, galbanum, benzoin, lavender, and rosemary.

Principal Constituents:

These are naturally occurring in the essential oil.

[unordered_list style=”green-dot”]

• pinenes
• limonene
• bornyl acetate
• tricyclene
• phellandrene
• myrcene
• thujone
• dipentene
• cadinene

[/unordered_list]

General Actions:

Antiseptic, antimicrobial, antitussive, astringent, diaphoretic, diuretic, expectorant, neurological, rubefacient, tonic.

Safety:

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

Primary Therapy Agent:

Coughs.

Secondary Therapy Agent:

Aches and pains, poor circulation, low blood pressure, rheumatism, asthma, bronchitis, cols/flu, fever, depression, nervous tension, sciatica.

[hr]
Important Note: The information on EssentialOilExchange.com is only provided for educational purposes, and further research should be done on each essential oil to be assured of its proper usage for each individual. Aromatherapy is not meant to be a replacement for care under a qualified health professional, but should be considered a complimentary modality.