LARCH

Also called Tamarack (Larix laricina, L. decidua, L. europaea)

Steam distilled in France, Europe, and Canada from the needles.

SAFETY: Avoid in pregnancy, lactation, and with small children. Chemical class: terpene.

USAGE HISTORY: No known historical use, larch is a new oil to the aromatherapy market.

PROPERTIES:

• Vapors open sinuses and breathing passages (Antiseptic)
• Treats coughs, colds, bronchitis, pneumonia (Antibacterial, immune stimulant)
• Relieves constipation (Laxative)
• Astringent and diuretic, moves stagnant water out of tissues, relieves cellulite and edema conditions
• Stops bleeding (Hemostatic)
• Wounds, sores, and skin problems (Vulnerary)
• Pain relief, especially bone pain, helps recovery of degenerative bone dis-ease (Analgesic)
• Systems: Integumentary, immune, respiratory, muscular-skeletal

PERFUME NOTE: Top note

EMOTIONAL/SPIRITUAL:

• Purifying and cleansing to the environment, protects human energy field from external negativity, from environment or other people
• Strengthens and emphasizes core energy
• Relieves depression, sadness and heavy feelings
• Lightens and disperses emotional negativity, clears mental chatter, enhances focus
• Neutralizes fatigue
• Brings consciousness deep into bone
• Increases energy flow up and down spine
• Enhances creativity, opens the creative flow of energy
• Chakra: Opens back of chakras, solar plexus, crown