Escentia Cedarwood Essential Oil

Extraction:
Steam distillation from the wood, stumps and sawdust.

Charactersitics:
Yellowish to orange-yellow to deep amber-coloured viscous oil with a slightly camphoraceous-cresylic odour and a sweet, tenacious woody undertone.
BASE NOTE

Odour effects:
Calming

Cautions:
High concentrations could cause some skin irritation.
Should be avoided during pregnancy.

Main chemical constituents:
Alpha-atlantone, y-atlantone – 19%
Cedrene, caryophyllene, thujopsene, cadinene – 50%
Atlantol, cedrol – 29%

Properties and indications:
MIND
Great calming and soothing action. Valuable aid for meditation.
BODY
More useful for long-standing complaints. Tonic action on the glandular and nervous system. Good expectorant properties. Important to the genito-urinary tract, particularly where there is burning pain. Could help chronic rheumatism and arthritis.
SKIN
Great benefit to oily skin. Could help acne. Helps clear dermatitis and psoriasis. A good hair tonic. Skin softening properties may be enhanced when mixed with cypress and frankincense.

Other uses:
Fixative in soaps and used in men’s perfumes.