CAMPHOR -WHITE (Cinnamomum camphora)

Steam distilled in Japan from the wood of the tree.

SAFETY: Avoid during pregnancy, lactation, or with children, use with caution-contains high ketones. Chemical class: alcohol.

USAGE HISTORY: Once considered more valuable than its weight in gold, camphor has been used in Chinese medicine over 2000 years, also used in Ayervedic medicine.

PROPERTIES:

• Topical; inhalation
• Immune stimulant-relieves symptoms of contagious diseases (Antibacterial, antiseptic, antiviral, antiparasitic, vermifuge)
• Insect repellant and insecticide
• Very warming to joints and muscles, relieves muscular pain, loosens tight muscles, relieves pain of rheumatoid arthritis (Anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, analgesic)
• Anti-infectious-relieves genital infections, respiratory infections, digestive infections
• Inhaled vapors open sinuses and breathing passages
• Adrenal stimulant, use sparingly and with caution
• Systems: Immune, digestive, muscular-skeletal, genito-urinary, nervous

PERFUME NOTE: Top note

EMOTIONAL/SPIRITUAL:

• Relieves depression and moodiness
• Awakens and stimulates the mind, brings mental clarity
• Strengthens etheric and psychic boundaries, brings attention to present time/self
• Chakra: Solar plexus, throat