Birch Essential Oil
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BIRCH WHITE ESSENTIAL OIL 1 BIRCH (WHITE) LATIN NAME Betula alba Betula lenta – North American – Sweet Birch Betula alba – European Birch – White birch, European white birch, silver birch, birch buds FAMILY NAME Betulaceae SYNONYMS European white birch, silver birch COLOUR colourless to pale yellow VISCOSITY AROMA penetrating / sweet, intense, woody / refreshing balsamic like odour NOTE top COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION Russia, Germany, Finland, Sweden PARTS USED leaf buds EXTRACTION METHOD steam distillation YIELD BLENDS WELL WITH woody & balsamic oils, benzoin, jasmine, sandalwood, pine, spruce, citronella, lemongrass, rosemary MAIN CHEMICAL COMPONENTS betulinol, sesquiterpenes WARNINGS & CONTRA INDICATIONS → most references show not warnings THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS – EMOTIONAL → CIRCULATION → DIGESTIVE →
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BIRCH WHITE ESSENTIAL OIL 1
BIRCH (WHITE)
LATIN NAME Betula alba
Betula lenta – North American – Sweet Birch
Betula alba – European Birch – White birch,
European white birch, silver birch, birch buds
FAMILY NAME Betulaceae
SYNONYMS European white birch, silver birch
COLOUR colourless to pale yellow
VISCOSITYAROMA penetrating / sweet, intense, woody /
refreshing balsamic like odour
NOTE top
COUNTRIES OF PRODUCTION
Russia, Germany, Finland, Sweden
PARTS USED leaf buds
EXTRACTION METHOD steam distillation
YIELD
BLENDS WELL WITH
woody & balsamic oils, benzoin, jasmine, sandalwood, pine, spruce, citronella,
lemongrass, rosemary
MAIN CHEMICAL COMPONENTS
betulinol, sesquiterpenes
WARNINGS & CONTRA INDICATIONS
→ most references show not warnings
THERAPEUTIC PROPERTIES
THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS –
EMOTIONAL
→ CIRCULATION
→ DIGESTIVE
→
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BIRCH WHITE ESSENTIAL OIL 2
GENITO-URINARY
→ NERVOUS SYSTEM
→ RESPIRATORY
→ SKIN
→ STRUCTURAL
→ OTHER
→
METHODS OF APPLICATION
AEROSOL
→ BATH / FOOT BATH
→ CREAM OR MASSAGE OIL
→ COMPRESS
→
NOTES
→
