EUCALYPTUS OIL

Latin name:Eucalyptus globulus, Myrtaceae

Common name: Tasmanian blue gum

Product contains pure essential oil of Eucalyptus globulus in vegetable base oil, ready for Aromatherapy use.

The pure essential oil is produced by steam distillation of the fresh leaves and young twigs of  the Eucalyptus globulus, tall evergreen tree, native to Australia.

The young trees have bluish-green oval leaves while the mature trees develop long, narrow, yellowish leaves, and creamy-white round flowers. The pure oil is colourless mobile liquid with a somewhat harsh camphoraceous odour and woody(niddle trees) scent undertone.

PRINCIPAL CONSTITUENTS:

Monoterpenes: alpha-pinene 3-27%, p-cymene 1,2-3,5%, limonene 1,8-9%, terpinene;

Sesquiterpenes: aromadendrene 0,1-6%, alpha-phellandrene 0,2%;

Oxides: 1,8 cineole 60-85% (antiviral , expectorant).

PROPERTIES:

Act as a strong natural aniseptic with the antibacterial (Diplococcus pneumaniae, Enterococci, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Proteus, Salmonella pullorum, Staphylococcus albus, Staphylococcus aureus, Yersinia enterocolitica);  antiviral (Influenza) and antifungal (Candida albicans) activities, also has expectorant, anticatarrhal, decongestant, mucolytic, antimigraine, antiinflammatory, balsamic and insect repellent properties.

INDICATIONS:

Bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, influenza, cold, coughs, sinusitis, laryngitis, migraine, headaches, catarrh, arthritis, subcutaneous infection, candidiasis, herpes, chicken pox.

AROMATHERAPY USE:

The oil is blanded with vegetable base oil, and ready for aromatherapy use.

The best way to treat a  pulmonary symptoms, as well as migraine is the inhalation:

–  Place  2-4 drops of oil on the entrance of nostriles and inhale deeply for 5 min, and

repeat same procedure twice in a half an hour, or:

–  Put 5-6 drops of oil on the piece of cloth, and inhale deeply 5 min, and repeat the same

procedure twice in a half an hour.

Both procedure may be repeated after 4 hours, and may be performed 3 times a day.

The other way to apply the oil is by rubbung it at the chest and feet area. Especially feet rubbing is efficient because the oil easy penetrate the skin and tissue, and through the vein stream reache the lungs in a less than few minutes.

For a skin manifesting symptoms: herpes, chickenpox, cuts, insect bites, various skin infections, as well as for headaches, the oil may be apply directly by rubbing it into the affected area.

Avoid the contact with the eyes!

OBSERVATIONS:

Contraindicated for very young children and babies! Not for internal use, do not ingest Eucalyptus oil, because it may be poisoning if ingested in large doses 4-24 ml of pure concentrated oil.

COMMENT:

The French aromamedicine school has well established principles for application of some essential oils, esspecially Eucalyptus by the suppositories in order to treat respiratory conditions effectivelly. These principles are based on the two facts:

–         The first one is the fact that the veins from anal region bring essential oil down to the blood stream taking it directly to the lungs, in a less than one minute, where it can fulfill a fast and full effect.

–         The second one is the fact that essential oil bypassing the liver avoid metabolic biotransformation and so it could reach the place of its action unchanged.

The same principles are used as well by Pacific Institut of Aromatherapy, San Rafael CA.