Vetiver Oil

• Botanical name: Chrysopogon zizanioides
• Extraction type: Steam distillation
• Natural Variety: Organic vetiver
• Grade: Pure & natural essential oil
• Raw Material: Roots
• CAS No: 8016-96-4

Description & Extraction:
It is a tall, tufted, perennial, scented grass with long narrow leaves and an abundant complex lacework of underground white roots and is mainly cultivated in the tropics, such as India, Tahiti, Java, and Haiti. The grass was used in Calcutta and Haiti for thatching and awnings, blinds and sunshades, while in Java the roots were used for weaving mats and thatching huts, which not only gave rooms an exquisite fragrance but also deterred insects. Vetiver oil is also known as the 'oil of tranquility' because of its calming properties. It has an earthy, musty smell - much like the smell of a damp forest floor and is amber to olive in color. It is extracted from the washed, chopped, dried and soaked roots and rootlets by steam distillation and yields about 0.5%.

Blends well with:
Vetiver essential oils blend well together, vetiver oil blends particularly well with benzoin, grapefruit, jasmine, lavender and ylang-ylang.

Chemical Composition:
The main chemical components are benzoic acid, vetiverol, furfurol, a and b-vetivone, vetivene and vetivenyl vetivenate.

Toxicological Properties:
Vetiver oil are antiseptic, cicatrisant, nervine, tonic and vulnerary.

Uses & Precautions:

• Vetiver oil calms and soothes the mind and helps to dispel anger, hysteria, and irritability and neurotic behavior can also be reduced, as stress and tension are reduced.
• It revitalizes the body and helps with mental and physical exhaustion and is also used for general aches and pains, especially for rheumatism, arthritis and muscular pain, while relieving insomnia.
• It is considered a safe oil and is non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing.

Summary:
Vetiver oil has a calming and soothing effect on the nervous system and is helpful for muscular aches and pains, as well as having a positive effect on hormonal imbalance as well as relieving insomnia.
Burners and vaporizers
In vapor therapy, vetiver oil can be used for nervous complaints, dispelling hysteria, anger, and irritability and also to relieve insomnia.
Blended massage oil or in the bath
In blended massage oil or diluted in the bath, vetiver oil can help with mental and physical exhaustion, nervous complaints, rheumatism, and arthritic pain, insomnia as well as balancing the hormonal system and have a healing effect on the skin.

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• Usage/Application: Used For Rheumatism, Arthritis
• Appearance: Viscous liquid
• Odor: The odor is sweet
• Colour: Amber color to Grayish Brown, Olive Brown to Dark Brown color
• Lot No: K - 3259 - KE - 2007
• Yields: 0.5 %

Description & Extraction:
It is a tall, tufted, perennial, scented grass with long narrow leaves and an abundant complex lacework of underground white roots and is mainly cultivated in the tropics, such as India, Tahiti, Java, and Haiti. The grass was used in Calcutta and Haiti for thatching and awnings, blinds and sunshades, while in Java the roots were used for weaving mats and thatching huts, which not only gave rooms an exquisite fragrance but also deterred insects. Vetiver oil is also known as the 'oil of tranquility' because of its calming properties. It has an earthy, musty smell - much like the smell of a damp forest floor and is amber to olive in color. It is extracted from the washed, chopped, dried and soaked roots and rootlets by steam distillation and yields about 0.5%.

Blends well with:
Vetiver essential oils blend well together, vetiver oil blends particularly well with benzoin, grapefruit, jasmine, lavender, and ylang-ylang.

Chemical Composition:
The main chemical components are benzoic acid, vetiverol, furfurol, a and b-vetivone, vetivene and vetivenyl vetivenate.

Toxicological Properties:
Vetiver oil are antiseptic, cicatrisant, nervine, tonic and vulnerary.

Uses & Precautions:

• Vetiver oil calms and soothes the mind and helps to dispel anger, hysteria, and irritability and neurotic behavior can also be reduced, as stress and tension are reduced.
• It revitalizes the body and helps with mental and physical exhaustion and is also used for general aches and pains, especially for rheumatism, arthritis and muscular pain, while relieving insomnia.
• It is considered a safe oil and is non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing.

Summary:
Vetiver oil has a calming and soothing effect on the nervous system and is helpful for muscular aches and pains, as well as having a positive effect on hormonal imbalance as well as relieving insomnia.
Burners and vaporizers
In vapor therapy, vetiver oil can be used for nervous complaints, dispelling hysteria, anger, and irritability and also to relieve insomnia.
Blended massage oil or in the bath
In blended massage oil or diluted in the bath, vetiver oil can help with mental and physical exhaustion, nervous complaints, rheumatism, and arthritic pain, insomnia as well as balancing the hormonal system and have a healing effect on the skin.

Shipping Options:
We have shipping our goods by Air as well as Sea and also shipping i.e. DHL, FedEx, UPS, TNT, & EMS.

• Botanical Name: Valeriana officinalis
• Usage/Application: used for hypochondria
• Is It Organic: Organic
• Family: Valerianaceae
• Growing Height: 3 to 4 feet
• Family name: Caprifoliaceae

Botanical Name: Valeriana officinalis
Family: Valerianaceae
Description & Extraction:
Valerian (Valeriana officinalis, Valerianaceae) is a hardy perennial flowering plant, with heads of sweetly scented pink or white flowers which bloom in the summer months. Valerian flower extracts were used as a perfume in the sixteenth century. Valerian has been used as a medicinal herb since at least the time of ancient Greece and Rome. Hippocrates described its properties, and Galen later prescribed it as a remedy for insomnia. Valerian is an effective nervine that has carminative, stimulating and antispasmodic properties. Valerian a tallish plant with clusters of pink or, less commonly, white flowers. A perennial grows to 4-5 feet. Leaves strongly divided, pinnate with lance-shaped leaflets; lower ones toothed. Tiny, pale pink to whitish, tubular flowers, grow in three-forked terminal heads in tight clusters; each flower has a small, inrolled calyx at the base; as the fruits form, calyces become feathery parachutes. Blooms June to July. It is extracted by the process of steam distillation.

Blends well with:
Valerian essential oil, Valeriana Officinalis, blends well with the following essential oils: patchouli,oakmoss, pine,lavender, cedarwood, mandarin, petitgrain and rosemary.

Chemical Composition:
Known compounds detected in valerian that may contribute to its method of action are:

• Alkaloids: actinidine, chatinine, shyanthine, valerianine, and valerine.
• Isovaleramide may be created in the extraction process.
• Gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA).
• Isovaleric acid.
• Iridoids, including valepotriates: isovaltrate and valtrate. Sesquiterpenes (contained in the Volatile oil): valerenic acid, hydroxyvalerenic acid and acetoxyvalerenic acid.
• Flavanones: hesperidin, 6-methylapigenin and linarin.

Toxicological Properties:
Anodyne, antidandruff, diuretic, antispasmodic, bactericidal, carminative, a depressant of the central nervous system, hypnotic, hypotensive, regulator, stomachic.

Uses & Precautions:

• Valerian essential oil, Valeriana Officinalis, has been used for hypochondria, nervous headaches, irritability, mild spasmodic affections, diarrhea, epilepsy, migraine headaches, croup, hysteria, convulsions, vertigo, nervous cough, delirium, neuralgia, muscle cramps, gas pains, stomach cramps, spasms, palpitations, gas, colic, depression, panic attacks, emotional stress, PMS, menstrual cramps, despondency, insomnia.
• Non-toxic, non-irritant, possible- sensitization. Use in moderation.

Summary:
Essential oils can also be used in soap making ingredients, lotions, massage oils, diffusers, potpourri, scent, air fresheners, body fragrance, perfume oils, aromatherapy products, bath oils, towel scenting, spa's, incense, light rings, laundry, facial steams, hair treatments, and more.

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"Valerian Root Oil" is obtained by the steam distillation of the crushed roots of Valeriana Officinalis (Fam: Valerianaceae).

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