Essential oils

Palmarosa

Cymbopogon martinii var. motia

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"This grass of Indian origin has long, narrow leaves and linear inflorescences. With its very pleasant fragrance, this essential oil is ideal for all fungal, scarring and eczematous skin ailments. Definitely one of the 10 major essential oils."

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Peppermint

CTEO - 30 ml

"Hybrid from Mentha aquatica and Mentha spicata, this 80 cm plant is perennial. Its stems are quadrangular; the leaves are opposite, oval, pointed and toothed. She likes cool, clayey and limestone soils. The distillation takes place in June just before flowering. "

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Peppermint

Mentha x piperita

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A hybrid of Mentha aquatica and Mentha spicata, peppermint is an 80-cm perennial plant. It has quadrangular stems and oval, sharp dentate leaves opposite each other. It likes cool, clay and limy soils. Distillation takes place in June, just before the plants bloom.

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Peppermint

Mentha x piperita

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"A hybrid of Mentha aquatica and Mentha spicata, peppermint is an 80-cm perennial plant. It has quadrangular stems and oval, sharp dentate leaves opposite each other. It likes cool, clay and limy soils. Distillation takes place in June, just before the plants bloom."

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Ravintsara

Cinnamomum camphora

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Native to Madagascar and also known as Cinnamomum camphora ct cineole. Ravintsara grows wild in wet tropical forests and can reach a height of 15 metres. Its leaves are oval, alternate, tough, wide, persistent and shiny on the upper side, a reminder that it belongs to the Lauracea family. The plant flowers from November to January and produces a very characteristic berry

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Ravintsara

CTEO - 30 ml

Native to Madagascar and also called Cinnamomum camphora ct cineole, it grows wild in tropical rainforests and can reach 15 meters. Its leaves are oval, alternate, leathery and broad, persistent and shiny on the upper side, reminding of its membership in the Lauraceae family. Flowering takes place from November to January and provides a very characteristic berry.

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Ravintsara

Cinnamomum camphora

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Native to Madagascar and also known as Cinnamomum camphora ct cineole. Ravintsara grows wild in wet tropical forests and can reach a height of 15 metres. Its leaves are oval, alternate, tough, wide, persistent and shiny on the upper side, a reminder that it belongs to the Lauracea family. The plant flowers from November to January and produces a very characteristic berry

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Rosemary ct cineole

Rosmarinus officinalis

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"Small evergreen shrub common in the scrubland of the Mediterranean region of North Africa. The leaves are linear, leathery, evergreen with parallel edges curled below. The flowers are bluish, sometimes white. Rosemary with cineole provides an essential oil similar to radiated eucalyptus and ravintsara. As such, it will be used in the same indications and will be combined with one or the other to obtain a superior synergistic effect. "

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Rosemary ct cineole

Rosmarinus officinalis

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"Small evergreen shrub common in the scrubland of the Mediterranean region of North Africa. The leaves are linear, leathery, evergreen with parallel edges curled below. The flowers are bluish, sometimes white. Rosemary with cineole provides an essential oil similar to radiated eucalyptus and ravintsara. As such, it will be used in the same indications and will be combined with one or the other to obtain a superior synergistic effect. "

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Rosemary ct verbenone

Rosmarinus officinalis

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"Rosemary is a vigorous perennial plant with grey-green, needle-shaped leaves and whitish to blue flowers. It thrives in a marine climate. Its geographic origin determines its biochemical composition to a large extent."

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Savory thyme

Thymus satureioides

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Native to North Africa, this plant grows on stony, rather arid soil. Thyme is the prime example of a plant species that illustrates the concept of chemotype. There are several chemical races of thyme, and the chemical composition of the essential oil varies according to the biotope in which it grows. The factors influencing the composition, and thus the therapeutic activity, are amount of sunlight, altitude, soil type, air purity, etc.

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Savory thyme

Thymus satureioides

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Native to North Africa, this plant grows on stony, rather arid soil. Thyme is the prime example of a plant species that illustrates the concept of chemotype. There are several chemical races of thyme, and the chemical composition of the essential oil varies according to the biotope in which it grows. The factors influencing the composition, and thus the therapeutic activity, are amount of sunlight, altitude, soil type, air purity, etc.

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Spike lavender

Lavandula latifolia spica

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This aerial plant likes the scrublands of southern Europe and limy soils, is sensitive to cold and has light violet flowers on loose ears found on the top of long stems. Blooming and harvesting occur later than with true lavender Spike lavender provides an essential oil that is good for emergencies, as it can ”miraculously” sooth and heal severe burns and wasp stings almost instantaneously. The need for this EO in these circumstances proves that aromatherapy is indeed a form of medicine all by itself.

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Spike lavender

Lavandula latifolia

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This aerial plant likes the scrublands of southern Europe and limy soils, is sensitive to cold and has light violet flowers on loose ears found on the top of long stems. Blooming and harvesting occur later than with true lavender Spike lavender provides an essential oil that is good for emergencies, as it can ”miraculously” sooth and heal severe burns and wasp stings almost instantaneously. The need for this EO in these circumstances proves that aromatherapy is indeed a form of medicine all by itself.

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Sweet marjoram

Origanum majorana

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Native to North Africa, this scented perennial plant has dark green oval leaves and small white flowers. When crushed, the leaves release a sweet, spicy powerful aroma appreciated by all. Sweet marjoram provides a precious essential oil for all ailments whose nervous origin is clearly established. In these situations, it remains an indispensable product because it re-establishes the patient’s terrain by balancing any nervous deviations.

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Sweet marjoram

Origanum majorana

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Native to North Africa, this scented perennial plant has dark green oval leaves and small white flowers. When crushed, the leaves release a sweet, spicy powerful aroma appreciated by all. Sweet marjoram provides a precious essential oil for all ailments whose nervous origin is clearly established. In these situations, it remains an indispensable product because it re-establishes the patient’s terrain by balancing any nervous deviations.

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Tangerine (Manderine)

Citrus reticulata

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This little tree persistent and shiny leaves has white fragrant flowers and orange coloured fruit. Native to China, the mandarin was named after the Chinese mandarins to whom it was trditionally offered as a present. The relaxing and soothig effect and the much appreciated fragrance of the mandarin essence make it one of the most suited anti-stress aromas.

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Thyme ct linalol

Thymus vulgaris

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Thymus is a genus of the Lamiaceae family which includes more than 300 species. They are plants, rich in essential oils, creeping or in cushion bearing small pale pink or white flowers. Thyme linalool can form homogeneous populations at small sites. In all these cases, the habitat is located at medium altitude, between 500 and 1000 meters and characterized by less intense sunshine, lower temperature and higher air humidity than in the plain. However, this thyme can grow under very different ecological conditions.

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Thyme ct linalol

Thymus vulgaris

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Thymus is a genus of the Lamiaceae family which includes more than 300 species. They are plants, rich in essential oils, creeping or in cushion bearing small pale pink or white flowers. Thyme linalool can form homogeneous populations at small sites. In all these cases, the habitat is located at medium altitude, between 500 and 1000 meters and characterized by less intense sunshine, lower temperature and higher air humidity than in the plain. However, this thyme can grow under very different ecological conditions.

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Thyme ct thujanol

Thymus vulgaris

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"This is a small corky bush, which can reach 40 cm in height. It has small curved leafs, deep green coloured on the edge, which are hairy and twined. The chemical polymorphism of the vulgar thyme has been initiated by Granger and al. in 1963. Between 1971 and 1986, Granger and Vernet and al. identified 6 chemotypes of thyme. It concerns the geraniol, the a-teripeol, the thuyanol, the linalol, the carvacrol and the thymol."

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Thyme ct thymol

Thymus vulgaris

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"This perennial bush, can reach 30 cm in height. It has small spearlike leaves curled up at the edges. The stem is ligneous and the branches ascendant. The flowers are coloured rosy-white and grouped in a dense inflorescence. The vulgar thyme ct thymol is one of the 6 thyme chemotypes identified by Passet, Granger and Vernet and al. They are present in Southern France (especially in the Provence) o a limy soil."

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Thyme ct thymol

Thymus vulgaris

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"This perennial bush, can reach 30 cm in height. It has small spearlike leaves curled up at the edges. The stem is ligneous and the branches ascendant. The flowers are coloured rosy-white and grouped in a dense inflorescence. The vulgar thyme ct thymol is one of the 6 thyme chemotypes identified by Passet, Granger and Vernet and al. They are present in Southern France (especially in the Provence) o a limy soil."

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Winter savory (Mountain savory)

Satureja montana

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Winter savory provides an essential oil which has been widely studied at French universities for its anti-infectious properties. It is an indispensable tool in the fight against pathogens, although its regular use is limited because of its dermocaustic effect on sensitive skin, or when used undiluted. This perennial plant, with short, very leafy stems, can be found on limy low mountains and hillsides.

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