Description
Botanical name: Pogostemon cablin
Patchouli oil 100% Pure Essential Oil – Steam distilled from leaves, flowers and stems.
- Botanical Name: Pogostemon cablin
- Part Used: Leaves
- Extraction Method: Steam distillation
- Color: Golden brown, darker with age
- Aroma: Rich, earthy, woody, musky (becoming richer and smoother with age)
- Uses & Benefits:
- Skin and Hair: It can be used for both skin and hair, offering healing, strengthening, and balancing properties.
- Aromatherapy: It helps alleviate stress, anxiety, and depression.
- Insect Repellent: Known as the scent of India, it was used as a moth repellent on fabrics.
- Anti-Inflammatory: Topically, it acts as an anti-fungal, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory agent.
- Aphrodisiac: Believed to stimulate hormone production.
- General Tonic: Use sparingly due to its strong aroma.
Originates in USA.
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