Cajuput essential oil

Product name: Cajuput essential oil

 

Manufacturer: Pioneer Herb Industrial Co., Ltd

 

Fragrance: Cajuput oil has a sweet rather penetrating smell

 

Cajuput essential oil information

Cajuput essential oil is extracted from Melaleuca cajuputi (closely related to M. leucadendron and also known as M. Minor) of the Myrtaceae family and is also known as white wood (from the Malaysian word kayu-puti), weeping tea tree, and weeping paperback.

This powerful oil is used with great success for digestive and skin problems and helps to balance the mind by clearing thoughts, stimulating the mind and dispelling the feeling of sluggishness.

 

Origin of cajuput oil

Also sometimes referred to as the white tea tree, the cajuput tree originates from the Malayan coastal plains.

An evergreen, vigorous growing tree, it can reach 30 meters (98 feet) and has a whitish spongy bark with a crooked trunk. It is known in ancient India as Kayaputi and was also revered in the East for all its uses.

Not only was it used as an ingredient for cosmetics and perfumes, it was also well known for its antiseptic properties and was a traditional remedy for the stomach, for rheumatism, cholera and as an insecticide.

 

Extraction

Cajuput essential oil is extracted from fresh leaves and twigs by steam distillation.

 

Although most essential oils blend well, cajuput oil goes particularly well with angelica, bergamot, cloves, geranium, lavender, and thyme.

 

Applications

By promoting sweating, cajuput oil cools down the body and helps with infections such as colds, laryngitis and bronchitis. It is also helpful for asthma, sinusitis and a sore throat.

It calms the digestive system, soothes colic, enteritis, dysentery, vomiting. Spasms, arthritis, rheumatism and muscular aches and pains can also benefit from it.

Not only does it help with skin conditions such as acne and psoriasis, it is also used to ward off insect bites from lice and fleas.