Traditional Uses:Wintergreen has been used for many centuries in conditions such as muscle, joint and connective tissue injuries and pain, inflamed nerves, coughs, colds, bronchitis, asthma usually
in Massage Oil and inhalation blends. It clears the head, is uplifting and relaxing. Wintergreen is often used to relieve pain and inflammation, since the leaves contain a compound closely related
to aspirin. Several tribes, including the Delaware and Mohican, used a tea made from the leaves to treat kidney disorders. The Great Lakes and Eastern Woodland tribes used poultices of wintergreen
to treat arthritic and rheumatic aches and pains. It was also used by many tribes to treat back pain, fever, headaches, sore throats, and many other conditions. Traditional folk remedies has led to
the discovery of Methyl Salicylate, its main ingredient, as a pain reliever. Methyl Salicylate is now commercially produced and known under the name Aspirin. The essential oil is used in linaments
and ointments to bring relief to inflamed or sore muscles, ligaments, and joints, or applied to such neurological conditions as sciatica and neuralgia. The oil is sometimes used to treat
cellulitis, a bacterial infection causing the skin to become inflamed. Commonly used in chewing gum, toothpaste, root beer, coca-cola and candy.Wintergreen essential oil is obtained by steam
distillation of the leaves of Gaultheria fragrantissima Wall. 1. Organoleptic Properties: Appearance: Fluid liquid Color: Pale yellow or yellowish or pinkish Aroma: Strongly aromatic with a sweet
characteristic odor, displaying a peculiar creamy-fruity topnote and a sweet-woody dryout 2. Physico - Chemical Properties: Specific Gravity: 1.1735 to 1.1855 at 25? C Optical Rotation: (-) 0.3? to
(-) 10.5? at 25? C Refractive Index: 1.537 to 1.5405 at 25? C Acid No: 10 to 25 Ester number: 335 to 365 Ester No After acetylation: 88.8 to 98% (calculated as Methyl Salicylate) Solubility:
Soluble in 2.0 to 3.5 volumes of 80% alcohol 3. Packing: Aluminum containers and epoxy-lined metallic barrels 500g, 1 kg, 5 kg, 10 kg, 50 kg, 100 kg, capacities 4. Actions: Analgesic, astringent,
carminative, diuretic, stimulant, anodyne, anti-rheumatic, antispasmodic, antiseptic, aromatic, emmenagogue 5. Principal Constituents: phenols (including gaultherin and salicylic acid) volatile oil
(up to 98% methyl salicylate), mucilage, resin, tannins 6. Uses: Wintergreen essential oil, Gaultheria procumbens, has been used to staunch bloody wounds, applied to dog bites, snakebites, and
insect bites. Also used as a poultice, good for boils, swellings, ulcers, old sores
Nepali Name: Dhasingre
