COPAIBA

Copaiba essential oil is extracted from the oleoresin of several different species of Copaifera, including multijuga, langsdorffi, and reticulata. Traditionally used inNative American recipes, today copaiba is featured in European and North Americanpharmacopeias.This powerful essential oil has traditionally been used to help digestion and supportthe body's natural response to injury or irritation.Copaiba is 70-90% sesquiterpene's which crosses the blood brain barrier (increasesthe oxygen into the cells).With the high levels of beta caryophellene, gamma elemene, and alpha humalene,it's used in the past to aid the natural processes of redness and irritation of bodytissue.*Reduces swelling, inflammation, for acne, exzema, psoraisis dkin conditions,

protects the gastric system, very aggressive on melanoma cells, aches & pains,arthritis, wounds.*

Copaiba Tree

Young Living sourcing specialists have traveled the world sampling different copaibaessential oil samples. Each batch was put through state-of-art Gas Chromatrographand Mass Spectrometer test.Gary Young selected species of Copaifera from South America to maximize levels of beta caryophyllene, the key active ingredient in the essential oil.Copaiba is a type of Copal, and is the only essential oil which is not steam distilled –it’s a liquid resin tapped sustainably from the heartwood of the tree.

Young Living’s exclusive oil sourced in Brazil , boasts a rich hisotry of over 800years of use in folk medicine. Traditional uses have been for providing relief from joint issues (arthritis), stomach aches & digestive problems among other uses. Localpharmacists mention uses for gastritis, fibromyalgia and arthritis.

It’s safe for ingestion – it’s a legal food additive in the USA. Copaiba is excellent for gastric protection (protects from stomach ulcers), and can be used for colitis. From1820 – 1910 it was listed as part of the U.S. Pharmacopea.

It is one of the most powerful essential oils studied for inflammation – twice asstrong as wintergreen, yet ever so gentle on the skin! In a peer review paper in

 

France, Copaiba was listed as the second most powerful oil against inflammation(second only to Myrrh resin).

Benefits:• Traditionally used to aid common digestive discomforts when taken

internally.*• Used historically to help the body regulate its natural immune responses.*

Product story:Copiaba is the only essential oil extracted through tapping, similar to how rubber andmaple are obtained.Once tapped, the copaiba resin is distilled to produce a clear essential oil that is rich,uplifting, woody smell.Only copaiba essential oil is found near the Amazon rain forest basin contains theoptimal natural compounds needed for a YOUNG LIVING THERAPEUTIC GRADEessential oil.

Did you Know:• Virtually all companies who offer copiaba or copal sell only the

tree resin, not the distilled essential oil.• Copaiba resin (what is tapped from the copaiba tree) has been

used for hundreds of years as an incense• in some central and South American cultures. Copaiba

oleoresin and essential oil was first recorded in Europeanmedicine journals in 1652. 

• Copaiba essential oil contains the highest amount of betacaryophyllene 55% (part of the sesquiterpene family) of anyknown essential oil.

Sesquiterpenes: Are anti-septic, anti-inflammatory. They work on theliver and are a gland stimulant.They increase oxygen around the pineal and pituitary gland and havethe ability to go beyond the (Blood Brain Barrier).Use Copaiba and Peace & Calming together and you will have aslumber party! Copaiba and Lavender are also great together.Copaiba is also found in Deep Relief and Breath Again Roll-ons.