Essential oils properties
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Anise: creates an optimistic mood, dispels fear, stimulates the body, infuses confidence, strengthens the stomach, skin conditioning, expextorant, prevents bloating, promotes understanding and adaptability.
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Bay: antiseptic, disinfecting, tranquilizes and strengthens nerves, promotes hair growth, toning, astringent.
Basil: relaxing, promotes digestion, spasmolytic, sleep inducing, skin cleansing, strengthens nerves, body toning, mentally stimulating.
Bergamot: stimulating or calming depending on your state of mind, antidepressant, mood lifting, digestive, skin conditioner, spasmolytic, astringent, deodorizing, main component for “Eau de Cologne“, also found in black tea.
C
Cajeput: astringent, sedative, supports decision making, improves concentration, mind balancing, fights colds, coughs and runny noses.
Cedarwood: calming, centering, antidepressant, dispels fear, gently eroticizing, grounding, skin conditioning.
Chamomile blue: calming, relaxing, dispels fear, sensitizing, toning, vasoconstricting, spasmolytic, antidepressant, reduces stress, digestive, sleep inducing, skin conditioning.
Cinnamon: stimulating, warming, heart and nerve strengthening, astringent, eroticizing, stimulates circulation, very robust.
Citronella: antiseptic, astringent, skin cleansing, spasmolytic, raises pulse rate, refreshes and clears up your mind, java oil has a more delicate scent.
Clove: stimulates and strengthens body and mind, heightens concentration, spasmolytic, pain relieving, air disinfectant.
Coriander: stimulates body and mind, appetite stimulant, digestive, toning, spasmolytic, warming, eroticising.
Cypress: nerve balancing, centering, oestrogen-like, astringent, skin conditioning.
D
Dwarf Pine: toning, stimulates your mind, enhances breathing, air purifyer, disinfectant.
E
Eucalyptus: air purifying, generally stimulating, oestrogenlike, improves concentration, mucolytic, stimulates breathing.
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Fennel: relaxing, digestive, spasmolytic, detoxifying, appetite stimulant, oestrogen-like.
Fir Cone: stimulates blood circulation, antiseptisch, activates circulation, air purifyer.
Frankincense: calming, centering, grounding, mind expanding, sleep inducing, astringent, skin conditioning, subtly eroticizing.
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Geranium: nerve strengthening, mind balancing, dispels fear, reduces stress, oestrogen-like, toning, diuretic, tissue lifting, astringent, skin conditioning and healing.
Grapefruit: physically stimulating and skin lifting, antiseptic, stimulates blood circulation, skin cleansing, euphoriant, regulates your mind.
Ginger: slightly pungent, stimulates body and mind, warming, strengthening, spasmolytic, eroticising, appetite stimulant.
H
Hyssop: regulates blood pressure, generally strengthening, regenerating, nerve strengthening, mentally stimulating, spurs creativity, appetite stimulant.
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Jasmin: antidepressant, mood lifting, eroticising, calming, spasmolytic, improves concentration, skin conditioning.
Juniper: generally toning and robusting, mentally stimulating, nerve strengthening, astringent, skin cleansing, detoxifying, eroticizing.
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Lavender: calming relaxing, nerve strengthening, dispels fear, digestive, spasmolytic, sleep inducing, cardiotonic, analgesic, skin conditioning, cell renewing, deodorizing.
Lemon: heart and nerve strengthening, detoxifying, hypotensive, stimulates circulation, astringent, skin clarifyer, heightens concentration, air disinfectant, refreshing.
Lemongrass: stimulates body and mind, heightens concentration, alleviates pain, deodorizing, tissue lifting, air purifyer, refreshing.
Lime: antidepressant, stimulates your mind, mood lifting, digestive, skin toning, deodorizing.
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Majoram: calming, nerve strengthening, spasmolytic, reduces stress, sleep inducing, digestive, warming, hypotensive, toning.
Melissa: toning, antidepressant, nerve strengthening, cardiotonic, hypotensive.
Myrrh: sedative, earhing, relaxing, dispels fear, astringent, skin conditioning.
Myrtle: strengthening, stimulates the mind, clarifying, centering, heightens concentration, dispels fear, reduces adrenalin, skin cleansing, skin toning, astringent, deodorizing, air purifyer.
N
Neroli: calming, relaxing, dispels fear, antidepressant, cardiotonic, spasmolytic, gently eroticising.
Niaouli: stimulates tissue, pain relieving, antiseptic, skin cleansing, cell regenerating.
Nutmeg: stimulates body and mind, calming, eroticising, digestive, warming.
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Orange: calming, mood lifting, antidepressant, spasmolytic, dispels fear, skin conditioning, oestrogen-like.
Orange bitter: antidepressant, mood lifting, spasmolytic, appetite stimulant, tissue strengthening, nerve strengthening.
Oregano: stomach tonic, toning, stimulates blood circulation, appetite stimulant, raises adrenalin level, body tonic, grounding.
P
Palmarosa: stimulates the body, antiseptic, skin conditioning, moisturizing, stimulates the mind, enticingly stimulating, confidence building.
Patchouli: calming, eroticising, toning, skin conditioning, grounding, centering.
Petitgrain: gently calming, nerve strengthening, skin conditioning.
Pepper black: stimulates blood circulation, warming, spasmolytic, builds up energy, sexually stimulating, relaxing.
Peppermint: stimulates the mind, heightens concentration, toning, pain relieving, digestive, detoxifying, skin clarifyer, very refreshing.
Pine Needle: stimulates breathing, stimulates body and mind, air purifyer.
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Rose: relaxing, calming, antidepressant, cardiotonic, opens the heart, spurs creativity, mood lifting, dispels fear, eroticising, skin conditioning.
Rosemary: stimulates body and mind, nerve strengthening, warming, tissue strengthening, cardiotonic, astringent, diuretic, raises blood pressure.
Rosewood: harmonising, spasmolytic, calming, sleep inducing, skin calming, skin conditioning, antidepressant, dispels fear, builds up energy.
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Sage: generally stimulating, strengthening, spasmolytic, oestrogen-like, purging, raises blood pressure, astringent.
Sandalwood: relaxing, calming, sleep inducing, dispels fear, centering, antidepressant, eroticizing, skin conditioning.
Spruce Needle: physically toning, deodorizing, stimulates breathing, stimulates blood circulation, air purifyer.
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Tangerine: vitalising, blood cleansing, refreshing, skin clarifyer, spirit lifting, mind balancing, mentally refreshing.
Tee Trea: germicide, fungicide, strengthens the immune system, astringent, for irritations and redness, skin clarifyer and cleanser.
Thyme: mentally and physically stimulating, nerve strengthening, boosts concentration, raises blood pressure, strengthens the immune system, skin clarifyer, detoxifying.
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Verbena: boosts concentration, lightly euphoriant, cardiotonic, calming, antidepressant, boosts creativity.
Vetiver: calming, relaxing, grounding, centering, harmonizing, nerve strengthening, oestrogen-like, eroticising, reduces stress, skin conditioning.
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Ylang Ylang: reduces adrenalin, heart calming, calms breathing, dispels fear, antidepressant, reduces stress, hypotensive, eroticizing, skin conditioning.
