White camphor, China - ZAYAT AROMA

Description

100% pure and natural essential oil

Botanical name: Cinnamomum camphora ssp. formosanum

Part: wood

Extraction method: full steam distillation

Origin: China

Camphor essential oil has long been used as a flu preventive in the form of a critalized square in a fabric necklace.

Its essential oil was also used for massage, diluted in a neutral vegetable oil, to relieve inflammatory and muscular pain.

It is indeed a good pectoral.

It is also a repellent against insects, including moths, mosquitoes and fleas.

The camphor tree grows to a height of 30 m when fully grown.

Depending on the part used and the source of the essential oil, it goes by several names and has different uses:

• Essential oil of leaves (ravintsara) Madagascar
• Wood essential oil (camphor) Japan, China
• Wood oil (Hô wood) China

Cinnamomum camphora has 5 chemotypes: linalool, camphor, cineole, iso-nerolidol, borneol.

Main components of essential oil

Wood:

Terpene ketones: camphor 40-50%, terpene oxides (1,8-cineole, linalool oxide), sesquiterpene alcohols, and safrole (1-18%).

Directions for use

• Diffusion
• Massage

Cautions and warnings

Keep out of reach of children, air, heat and light.