Cypress Oil 1/2 oz.
Product Description
CYPRESS CYPRESSUS SEMPERVIRENS
A rich woody aroma helps to build emotional and mental resolve. An effective foot bath and deodorant. Cypress essential oil is from Cupressus sempervirens from the Cupressaceae family and is also known as Italian or Mediterranean cypress.
Oil Properties
Cypress oil has a woody, slightly spicy and refreshing masculine smell. The oil is colorless to very pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity. It has a calming and soothing effect on the nerves, is valuable as a vasoconstrictor, useful in the treatment of excessive discharge of fluids and beneficial for the respiratory tract.
Origin of Cypress oil
The Cypress is a perennial tree, conical-shaped, about 28 meters (80 feet) high. It originates from the East, now mostly found in gardens and landscapes in the Mediterranean region. The evergreen tree has dark green foliage, small flowers and round brown-gray cones with seed nuts inside. The wood is hard, durable and a red-yellow in color. The Phoenicians and Cretans used the wood for building ships and houses; the Egyptians for making sarcophagi and the Greeks used it for sculpturing statues of their gods. The Greek word 'Sempervirens' means 'lives forever'. The tree gave its name to the island of Cypress where it used to be worshipped.
Extraction and Composition
Cypress oil is extracted from the needles and twigs of young branches by steam distillation and yields 1.3-1.5%. The main components of Cypress oil include: Pinene, Camphene, Terpinolene, Cymene and Sabinol. The oil is considered non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing but is best to avoid during pregnancy and is best to do a skin patch test before using it a massage blend.
Therapeutic Uses
The therapeutic properties of Cypress oil include: astringent, antiseptic, antispasmodic, diuretic, vasoconstrictor, respiratory tonic and sedative. Cypress oil has a calming and soothing effect on irritability, anger and stress. It has a valuable effect as a vasoconstrictor on varicose veins and hemorrhoids. It is beneficial in conditions of excess fluid, such as bleeding, nosebleeds, heavy menstruation, heavy perspiration, hemorrhages and fluid retention. Its antispasmodic action is very useful for asthma, whooping cough, bronchitis, emphysema and influenza. Cypress oil soothes muscular cramps, arthritis, rheumatism and is beneficial to oily skin and wounds.
Applications
Cypress oil is useful in burners and vaporizers for the following: asthma, emphysema, whooping cough and bronchitis. It can be used as a massage oil or diluted in the bath for: arthritis, asthma, cellulite, cramps, diarrhea, sweaty feet, rheumatism, heavy menstruation and menopause. When used with a carrier oil. a massage is good for relief of arthritis, asthma, cellulite, cough, cramps and varicose veins. In a cream base, Cypress oil can be used for broken veins on the skin, as well as a greasy skin. Used diluted on a cold compress as a very good treatment for a nosebleed.
A rich woody aroma helps to build emotional and mental resolve. An effective foot bath and deodorant. Cypress essential oil is from Cupressus sempervirens from the Cupressaceae family and is also known as Italian or Mediterranean cypress.
Oil Properties
Cypress oil has a woody, slightly spicy and refreshing masculine smell. The oil is colorless to very pale yellow in color and watery in viscosity. It has a calming and soothing effect on the nerves, is valuable as a vasoconstrictor, useful in the treatment of excessive discharge of fluids and beneficial for the respiratory tract.
Origin of Cypress oil
The Cypress is a perennial tree, conical-shaped, about 28 meters (80 feet) high. It originates from the East, now mostly found in gardens and landscapes in the Mediterranean region. The evergreen tree has dark green foliage, small flowers and round brown-gray cones with seed nuts inside. The wood is hard, durable and a red-yellow in color. The Phoenicians and Cretans used the wood for building ships and houses; the Egyptians for making sarcophagi and the Greeks used it for sculpturing statues of their gods. The Greek word 'Sempervirens' means 'lives forever'. The tree gave its name to the island of Cypress where it used to be worshipped.
Extraction and Composition
Cypress oil is extracted from the needles and twigs of young branches by steam distillation and yields 1.3-1.5%. The main components of Cypress oil include: Pinene, Camphene, Terpinolene, Cymene and Sabinol. The oil is considered non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing but is best to avoid during pregnancy and is best to do a skin patch test before using it a massage blend.
Therapeutic Uses
The therapeutic properties of Cypress oil include: astringent, antiseptic, antispasmodic, diuretic, vasoconstrictor, respiratory tonic and sedative. Cypress oil has a calming and soothing effect on irritability, anger and stress. It has a valuable effect as a vasoconstrictor on varicose veins and hemorrhoids. It is beneficial in conditions of excess fluid, such as bleeding, nosebleeds, heavy menstruation, heavy perspiration, hemorrhages and fluid retention. Its antispasmodic action is very useful for asthma, whooping cough, bronchitis, emphysema and influenza. Cypress oil soothes muscular cramps, arthritis, rheumatism and is beneficial to oily skin and wounds.
Applications
Cypress oil is useful in burners and vaporizers for the following: asthma, emphysema, whooping cough and bronchitis. It can be used as a massage oil or diluted in the bath for: arthritis, asthma, cellulite, cramps, diarrhea, sweaty feet, rheumatism, heavy menstruation and menopause. When used with a carrier oil. a massage is good for relief of arthritis, asthma, cellulite, cough, cramps and varicose veins. In a cream base, Cypress oil can be used for broken veins on the skin, as well as a greasy skin. Used diluted on a cold compress as a very good treatment for a nosebleed.
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