Benzoin essential oil
€5,90
Ingredients
50% pure benzoin (Styrax benzoin) essential oil dilution in benzyl benzoate
Used plant parts
Resin
Extraction method
Solvent extraction
Country of origin
Philippines
Aroma
Warm, rich, slightly woody, creamy, vanilla scented
Volume
10 ml
In stock
Description
Bensoepuu
Origin and background
Benzoin (Styrax benzoin) is a balsamic resin obtained from the bark of several species of trees in the genus Styrax. These trees grow in the rainforests of Sumatra and Indonesia. The Styrax genus contains about 130 species of trees and shrubs that occur in tropical to temperate climates and are distributed mainly in three regions: Southeast Asia, from southeastern North America to South America, and one species is also found in the Mediterranean.
To pick up benzoin, farmers climb almost 9 meters using rope ladders. There they make incisions in the bark to make the tree "cry". After about ten weeks, "tears" form there and are then harvested. It may seem simple at first glance, but in reality it is a physically demanding and skilled method.
Properties
Aromatic properties
Benzoin essential oil has a relaxing, soothing, and grounding effect. Suitable for relieving anxiety and stress.
It helps stimulate and lift the mood and offers comfort in feelings of loneliness, sadness, depression, and grief.
It is recommended to use for the first chakra or root chakra.
Healing properties
Benzoin essential oil has anti-inflammatory and antifungal, muscle-relaxing and expectorant effects.
Helps relieve pain of arthritis. Also suitable for cough, bronchitis, and laryngitis.
Suitable for treating cracked skin.
Recommended uses
Topical
- It is recommended to use essential oils and their blend in a diluted form. Especially for sensitive and gentle skin. This means adding a small amount of water or carrier oil before applying it to the skin. The blend can be placed, for example, in a roll-on bottle that is convenient to carry along and can be used at any convenient time.
- Can also be added to a neutral unscented cream, lotion, or liquid soap to achieve radiant and healthy skin.
- Can be used in an aroma diffuser both at home or in the office to create a pleasant and cozy atmosphere that relaxes the senses and creates a pleasant aroma around you.
- It can also be added to an oil burner. Don't forget to add water to the oil burner and then drip in the essential oil! Pure essential oil is too strong and has a faint odor.
- Can be added to hot bath water and enjoy an aromatic mini-vacation in the middle of everyday life or at the end of a busy week.
- Combine it with other compatible oils (see recommendations below) in a diffuser or bath water.
- Can be diluted in the spray bottle with water and spray it at home, in the office, or just to refresh your bed linen.
Compatibility with other essential oils
Sweet orange, bergamot, grapefruit, lemon, tangerine, nutmeg, coriander, black pepper and other spicy oils, vetiver, patchouli, cedarwood, juniper, cypress, myrrh, frankincense, may chang, rose, palmarosa, petitgrain, jasmine, lavender, sandalwood, amyris, vanilla, ylang ylang.
Caution!
- Keep out of reach of children.
- For external use only.
- Avoid contact with eyes or mucous membranes.
- In case of pregnancy, breast-feeding, taking medication or any other medical condition, consult your doctor before use.
- The information on essential oils on Hingelaegas website comes from public sources. The information given does not constitute health advice and references to the properties and effects of the oils are based on aromatherapy and folk medicine. Therefore, Hingelaegas OÜ cannot be held responsible for the accuracy of the information. The use of essential oils is the responsibility of each person individually.
Additional information
| Weight | 40 g |
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