essential oils

The cedarwood essential oils from Texas and Virginia can be very similar, but there are different claims and different processing for each of the oils.  From Leung’s Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients (click here for the excerpt): Cedarwood oil Virginia contains mainly α-and β-cedrene (ca. 80%), cedrol (3–14%), and cedrenol. Other sesquiterpenes present include thujopsene,...

Caryophyllene is a bicyclic sesquiterprene found in clove (3.56%), rosemary (up to 8.3%), oregano (4.9%), black pepper (7.29%), and possibly cedarwood atlas. (1) ß-carophyllene is the major sesquiterpene found in pepper essential oil (2). It may have some anaesthetic effect, as found in this study. “In this work we studied the local anaesthetic activity of β-caryophyllene, one of...

What’s in a name? When it comes to cedarwood essential oil, just about everything! You might be getting cedarwood atlas (Cedrus atlantica), cedarwood Texas (Juniperus ashei), cedarwood Virginia (Juniperus virginiana), or cedarwood Chinese (Juniperus chinesis or Cupressus funebris, but I’m not going to be talking about this plant beyond this point!). Cedarwood atlas is from the...

Please remember to always use your essential oils with caution. Yes, they’re natural, but that doesn’t mean they don’t have an impact on us. They can annoy snakes, they can make us feel calmer or more hyper, and they can be potential allergens. Take a look at this review of all the ” Data of the Information Network...