Patchouli Essential Oil

This oil has a range of benefits. It balances emotions, reduces stress, anxiety, and fatigue, treats sleep disorders, relieves respiratory diseases, and is an aphrodisiac. Additionally, it helps soothe skin conditions and is a home remedy for cellulite and varicose veins.

Benefits of Patchouli Essential Oil:

– Used in aromatherapy to reduce stress, anxiety, and fatigue by regulating serotonin.
– Encourages feelings of calmness and relaxation; grounds and balances emotions, clears the mind, and allows for increased focus; natural remedy for insomnia.
– Aphrodisiac properties stimulate hormones to increase libido and treat sexual weakness and erectile dysfunction.
– Relieves respiratory diseases including colds, flu, asthma, bronchitis, and sinusitis.
– Reduces inflammation, removes mucus from the nasal passage and respiratory system, reduces fever, soothes sore throats, and resists any pain or discomfort associated with it; relieves headaches.
– Acts as a stimulant for the liver, stomach, and intestines.
– Benefits the digestive system and increases metabolism.

Topical applications:

– Enhances skin regeneration and wound healing, with antibacterial and anti-inflammatory properties to relieve skin conditions such as acne, eczema, and dermatitis, as well as general inflammation, minor skin imperfections, and cracked or chapped skin; increases cell regeneration to effectively combat signs of aging and reduce fine lines and wrinkles.
– Prevents premature skin sagging.
– Treats minor skin pains such as wounds, cuts, and insect bites, and facilitates faster wound healing and cleans wounds to prevent infection and inflammation such as tetanus; treats fungal infections.
– Reduces the appearance of scars and blemishes.
– Improves circulation and treats cellulite and varicose veins.
– Relieves joint pain, muscle stiffness, inflammation, and muscle spasms, among other inflammatory joint conditions; can help massage oil combat water retention; repels insects including mosquitoes, ants, flies, and fleas.
– Natural deodorant to eliminate body odors.

Note: Essential oils are highly concentrated and should always be diluted with a natural oil (such as almond, coconut, grapeseed, or jojoba) before applying to the skin, scalp, or hair).

Ratio: 1 drop to 5ml of oil.

Usage:

– Aromatherapy: Add a few drops to a diffuser.
– Topical application: Apply diluted oil to the affected area.
– Skin and hair care: Apply topically or add a few drops to moisturizer, body wash, shampoo, etc.
– Massage: 3 drops in 15-20ml of oil.

Key characteristics:

– Analgesic
– Antibacterial
– Anti-inflammatory
– Antidepressant
– Antifungal
– Antioxidant
– Antiseptic
– Anxiolytic
– Aphrodisiac
– Astringent
– Diuretic
– Febrifuge
– Fungicide
– Insecticide
– Sedative

Extraction method:

– Steam distillation.

Used parts:

– Leaves

Aroma:

– Strong, sweet