Essential Oils Descriptions A - K
Essential Oils - their properties, their uses and a few recipes! Click on an essential oil and learn more about it's uses. Check back often as we update the links.
Allspice Essential Oil
Properties: Anaesthetic, analgesic, anti
oxidant, anti septic, carminative, relaxant, rubefacient,
stimulant and tonic.
Health Benefits: Induce numbness, pain
relief, relaxes body & mind, brings redness in skin,
stimulates functions
Angelica Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, carminative,
depurative, diaphoretic, digestive, diuretic, hepatic,
emenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, nervine, stimulant,
stomachic and tonic
Health Benefits: Relaxes spasm, removes
gases, purifies blood, promotes perspiration, promotes
digestion, increase urination & removes toxins, good for
liver, opens obstructed menstruations, expells phlegm &
catarrh, reduces fever, cures nervous disorders, stimulates
functions, good for stomach, tones up body
Anise Essential Oil
Properties: Anti epileptic & anti hysteric,
anti rheumatic, anti septic, anti spasmodic, aperient,
carminative, cordial, decongestant, digestive, expectorant,
insecticide, sedative, stimulant and vermifuge.
Health Benefits: Treats rheumatism &
arthritis, protects against septic, relaxes spasm,
purgative, removes gases, warming, clears congestion & eases
breathing, facilitates digestion, expells phlegm & catarrh,
kills & repells insects, worms and lice, nervous
afflictions, stimulates functions
Basil Essential Oil
Properties: Carminative, anti spasmodic,
analgesic, anti bacterial, opthalmic
Health Benefits: Skin care, indigestion,
respiratory problems, infections, stress disorder, blood
circulation, pain relief, vomiting.
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Bay Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti biotic, anti
neuralgic, anti spasmodic, analgesic, aperitif, astringent,
cholagogue, emenagogue, febrifuge, insecticide, sedative,
stomachic, sudorific and tonic.
Health Benefits: Protects against septic,
inhibits microbial growth, gives relief from pain of
neuralgia, relaxes spasm, pain relief, increases appetite,
tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall &
haemorrhage, promotes bile secretion, opens obstructed
menstruations, reduces fever, kills & repells insects,
sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions, good for
stomach, increases perspiration & removal of toxins, tones
up body
Benzoin Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depressant, carminative,
cordial, deodorant, disinfectant, relaxant, diuretic,
expectorant, anti septic, vulnerary, astringent, anti
inflammatory, anti rheumatic and sedative.
Health Benefits: Uplifts mood and fights
depression, removes gases and does not let them build up,
warming for the respiratory system, drives away body odour,
cures infections, relaxes, promotes urination and removal of
toxins, protects wounds, strengthens gums and stops
haemorrhage, cures inflammation, improves circulation and
removes toxins like uric acid and helps cure arthritis,
calms anxiety and tension
Bergamot Essential Oil
Properties: Deodorant, vulnerary, vermifuge,
anti biotic, anti septic, anti spasmodic, sedative,
analgesic, anti depressant, disinfectant, febrifuge,
cicatrisant, digestive
Health Benefits: Removes
body odour, gives relief from spasm, suppresses pain, brings
hope and fights depression, heals cuts and scars, promotes
digestion
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Birch Essential Oil
Properties: Tonic, disinfectant, stimulant
& anti depressant, analgesic, detoxifying, anti rheumatic
and anti arthritic, diuretic, anti septic, astringent,
febrifuge, germicide and insecticide, depurative
Health Benefits: Stimulates functions,
fights depression, reduces pain, promotes urination,
protects wounds from being septic, reduces fever, kills
germs and insects, purifies blood
Bitter Almond Essential Oil
Properties: Vermifuge, febrifuge,
bactericidal, germicidal, fungicidal, sedative, anesthetic,
aperient, diuretic, anti intoxicating, anti spasmodic, cure
for hydrophobia
Health Benefits: Kills worms, reduces
fever, kills bacteria, germs and fungi, sedates and reduces
inflammation, brings numbness and desensitizes, purgative,
increases urination and helps remove excess water, salt,
toxins and fat from the body, counters effects of
intoxicants, cure spasm, helps cure hydrophobia
Black Pepper Essential Oil
Properties: Digestive, diaphoretic,
carminative, aperient, anti spasmodic, anti rheumatic & anti
arthritic, anti bacterial, anti oxidant
Health Benefits: Aids digestion, increases
perspiration and helps remove toxins from body, helps remove
gases from intestines and does not let them form, acts as a
purgative, cures spasm, helps cure arthritis and rheumatism
by removing uric acid and other toxins, inhibits Bacterial
growth, anti aging and neutralizes free radicals
Boldo Essential Oil
Properties: Anti inflammatory, anti
rheumatic, anti septic, cholagogue, digestive, diuretic,
hepatic, insecticide, narcotic, stimulant and vermifuge.
Health Benefits: Sedates inflammations,
treats rheumatism & arthritis, protects against septic,
promotes bile secretion, facilitates digestion, increases
urination & removal of toxins, good for liver, kills &
repells insects, intoxicating, stimulates functions, kills
worms
Buchu Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti rheumatic &
anti arthritic, carminative, digestive, diuretic,
insecticide and tonic.
Health Benefits: Protects against septic,
treats rheumatism & arthritis, removes gases, facilitates
digestion, increases urination & removal of toxins, kills &
repells insects, tones up body
Cajuput Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, cosmetic,
bactericide, insecticide, decongestant, analgesic,
expectorant, febrifuge, vermifuge, anti spasmodic, anti
neuralgic, carminative, stimulant, tonic, sudorific,
emenagogue
Health Benefits: Protects wounds from
septic, takes care of skin, kills bacteria and insects,
cures congestion in respiratory system, reduces pain, cures
coughs, reduces fever, cures spasm, gives relief from pain
of neuralgia, removes gases and does not let them form,
stimulates secretions and nerves, tones up organic systems,
increases perspiration, gives relief from obstructed menses
and makes them regular
Calamus Essential Oil
Properties: Anti rheumatic, anti spasmodic,
cephalic, circulatory, memory boosting, nervine, stimulant
and tranquilizing.
Health Benefits: Treats rheumatism &
arthritis, relaxes spasm, inhibits microbial growth, good
for brain & boosts memory, increases blood & lymph
circulation, cures nervous disorders, stimulates functions,
induce sleep
Camomile Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, anti septic,
anti biotic, anti depressant, anti neuralgic, anti
phlogistic, carminative, cholagogue, cicatrisant, emenagogue,
analgesic, febrifuge, hepatic, sedative, nervine, digestive,
tonic, anti spasmodic, bactericidal, sudorific, stomachic,
anti inflammatory, anti infectious, vermifuge, vulnerary
Health Benefits: Cures spasm, protects
wounds from being septic and infection, checks biotic growth
or infections, fights depression and uplifts mood, cures
neuralgic pain by reducing swelling in the vessels, soothes
inflammation due to fever, removes gases, promotes discharge
of bile, helps fading away of scars and after-marks, opens
up obstructed menses and regularises them, cures pain,
reduces fever, good for liver, sedates inflammation and
hyper-reactions, restores health of nervous system, aids
digestion, tones up all aspects of health, cures spasm,
kills bacteria, increases perspiration, improves functioning
of stomach, soothes inflammation, fights infections, kills
worms, promotes healing up of wounds
Camphor Essential Oil
Properties: Stimulant, anti spasmodic, anti
septic, decongestant, anesthetic, sedative, nervouspacifier,
anti neuralgic, anti inflammatory, disinfectant, insecticide
Health Benefits: Stimulates discharges and
other systems, cures spasm, protects wounds from infections,
opens up congestion, desensitizes and acts as local
anaesthetic, calms down nervous disturbances, cures
neuralgic pain, soothes inflammation, fights infections,
kills insects
Caraway Essential Oil
Properties: Galactogogue, anti histaminic,
anti septic, cardiac, anti spasmodic, carminative,
digestive, stomachic, disinfectant, diuretic, emenagogue,
expectorant, aperitif, astringent, insecticide, stimulant,
tonic, vermifuge
Health Benefits: Increases milk in the
breasts, curbs histamin to fight cough, protects wounds
against septic, good for heart, cures spasm and cramps,
removes gases, promotes digestion, maintains stomach health,
fights infections, increases urination and helps remove
toxins from body, makes menstruations regular and clear,
cures coughs, increases appetite, contracts gums and
muscles, kills insects, stimulates secretions and other
functions, tones up health
Cardamom Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, neutralizes
adverse effects of chemotherapy, reduces nausea, anti
septic, anti microbial, aphrodisiac, astringent, digestive,
stomachic, stimulant, diuretic
Health Benefits: Cures spasm, fights
nausea, protects wounds and incisions, checks microbial
growth, increases libido, contracts gums, promotes
digestion, maintains stomach health, stimulates secretions
and other functions, increases urination and thereby removes
extra salt, bile, water, toxins and fat from the body
Carrot seed Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, disinfectant,
detoxifier, anti oxidant, carminative, depurative, diuretic,
emenagogue, stimulant, cytophylactic, tonic
Health Benefits: Protects
wounds from septic, fights infections, removes toxins from
body, neutralises free radicals and reverses effects of
oxidation, removes gases and does not let them form,
purifies blood by removing toxins, increases urination,
opens and regularises menses, stimulates secretions and
other functions, promotes generation of new cells and
growth, tones up health, kills worms
Cassia Essential Oil
Properties: Anti diarrhoea, anti
depressant, anti emetic, anti galactogogue, anti microbial,
anti rheumatic & anti arthritic, astringent, anti viral,
carminative, circulatory, emenagogue, febrifuge and
stimulant.
Health Benefits: Stops loose motions,
fights depression & uplifts mood, stops vomiting, reduces
milk flow, inhibits microbial growth, treats rheumatism &
arthritis, tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall
& haemorrhage, fights viral infections, removes gases,
improves blood & lymphatic circulation, opens obstructed
menstruations, reduces fever, stimulates functions
Catnip Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, carminative,
diaphoretic, emenagogue, nervine, stomachic, stimulant,
astringent
Health Benefits: Fights spasm, removes
gases, promotes sweating, opens obstructed menses and
regularises them, stregthens nervous system, maintains
stomach health, stimulates systems functioning in the body,
contracts gums
Cedarwood Essential Oil
Properties: anti seborrhoeic, anti septic,
anti spasmodic, tonic, astringent, diuretic, emenagogue,
expectorant, insecticide, sedative, fungicide
Health Benefits: Helps cure seborrhoea,
heals wounds, fights spasm, tones up health, cause
contractions in gums, muscles, tissues, skin and blood
vessels, promotes urination and removal of toxins, water,
salt and fat from body, promotes menstruations, cures coughs
and cold, kills insects, sedates inflammations and nervous
disturbances, inhibitis fungal growth and infections
Cinnamom Essential Oil
Properties: Anti bacterial, anti fungal,
anti microbial, astringent, anti clotting, stimulating,
cooling, carminative
Health Benefits: Brain tonic, respiratory
problems, skin infections, blood impurity, blood
circulation, infections, healing, pain relief, birth
control, menstruation problems, breastfeeding, heart
disorders, diabetes, colon cancer, indigestion, mouth
freshener
Citronella Essential Oil
Properties: Anti bacterial, anti
depressant, anti septic, anti spasmodic, anti inflammatory,
deodorant, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicidal,
insect repellent, stomachic, stimulant, tonic and vermifuge.
Health Benefits: Inhibits bacterial,
microbial, viral & fungal infections and kills insects,
protects wounds from being septic, relaxes spasm, sedates
inflammations, drives away body odour, promotes
perspiration, increases urination & removal of toxins,
reduces fever, repells insects, good for stomach, stimulates
functions, tones up body
Clary Sage Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depressant, anti
convulsive, anti spasmodic, anti septic, aphrodisiac,
astringent, bactericidal, carminative, deodorant, digestive,
emenagogue, euphoric, hypotensive, nervine, sedative,
stomachic, uterine.
Health Benefits: Fights depression and
uplifts mood, stops convulsions by sedating nervous
disturbances, relaxes spasm, protects wound from septic,
cures sexual weakness and increases libido, causes
contractions, kills bacteria and checks Bacterial growth,
removes gases, drives body odour, improves digestion, opens
obstructed menstruations, creates happy feeling, lowers
blood pressure, makes nervous system healthy, sedates
emotions and anxiety, maintains good health of stomach,
restores health of uterus
Clove Essential Oil
Properties: Anti microbial, anti fungal,
anti septic, anti viral, aphrodisiac, stimulating
Health Benefits: Dental care, toothache,
cavity, infections, skin care, stress, headache, respiratory
problems, earache, indigestion, nausea, blood circulation,
blood purification, diabetes, immune system, premature
ejaculation, cholera, stys
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Coriander Essential Oil
Properties: Analgesic, aphrodisiac, anti
spasmodic, carminative, depurative, deodorant, digestive,
fungicidal, lipolytic, stimulant, stomachic
Health Benefits: Reduces pain, increases
libido, clears spasm, removes gas, purifies blood, drives
away body odour, promotes digestion, inhibits fungal growth
and infection, reduces fat by breaking it down by
hydrolysis, stimulates functions, maintains good health of
stomach
Cumin Essential Oil
Properties: Bactericidal, carminative,
digestive, diuretic, anti septic, anti spasmodic,
detoxifier, emenagogue, stimulant, nervine, tonic
Health Benefits: Kills bacteria and
inhibits Bacterial infection, removes gas from intestine,
promotes digestion, increases urination, protects wounds
against septic, clears spasm, removes toxins from blood,
regularises menstruations, stimulates functions, good for
nerves, tones up health
Cypress Essential Oil
Properties: Astringent, anti septic, anti
spasmodic, deodorant, diuretic, haemostatic, hepatic,
styptic, sudorific, vasoconstrictor, respiratory tonic,
sedative.
Health Benefits: Strengthens gums and
contracts muscles, protects wounds against infections,
clears spasm, removes body odour, increases urination,
promotes perspiration, tones up respiratory system, sedates
inflammations, anxiety etc
Davana Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depression, anti septic,
anti viral, disinfectant, emenagogue, expectorant, relaxant
and vulnerary.
Health Benefits: Fights depression &
uplifts mood, protects against septic, fights viral
infections, opens obstructed menstruations & makes them
regular, expels phlegm & catarrh, relaxes body & mind,
heals wounds
Dill Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, carminative,
digestive, disinfectant, galactogogue, sedative, stomachic,
sudorific.
Health Benefits: Clears spasm, removes
gases, promotes digestion, prohibits infections, increases
secretion of milk, sedates hypersensitivity and anxiety,
good for stomach, increases perspiration
Elemi Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, analgesic,
expectorant, stimulant and tonic.
Health Benefits: Protects against septic,
pain relief, expels phlegm & catarrh, stimulates functions,
tones up body
Eucalyptus Essential Oil
Properties: Anti inflammatory, anti
spasmodic, decongestant, deodorant, anti septic, anti
bacterial, stimulating
Health Benefits: Respiratory problems,
wounds, muscle pain, mental exhaustion, dental care, skin
care, diabetes, fever, intestinal germs
Fennel Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti spasmodic,
aperitif, carminative, depurative, diuretic, emenagogue,
expectorant, galactogogue, laxative, stimulant, stomachic,
splenic, tonic, vermifuge
Health Benefits: Protects wounds against
septic, clears spasm, increases appetite, removes gases and
does not let them form, purifies blood, increases urination,
promotes menstruations, fights cough and cold, increases
milk secretion, helps clear bowels and constipation,
stimulates systems, good for stomach's health, good for
spleen, tones up health, kills worms
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Frankincense Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, disinfectant,
astringent, carminative, cicatrisant, cytophylactic,
digestive, diuretic, emenagogue, expectorant, sedative,
tonic, uterine, vulnerary
Health Benefits: Protects wounds against
septic, fights infections, induces contractions in gums,
muscles and blood vessels, removes gases, heals scars, keeps
cells healthy and promotes their generation, promotes
digestion, increases urination, promotes menstruations,
cures cough and cold, sedates anxiety and inflammations,
tones up body, ensures good health of uterus, promotes
healing of wounds
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Galbanum Essential Oil
Properties: Anti arthritic & anti
rheumatic, anti spasmodic, cicatrisant, circulatory,
decongestant, detoxifier, emollient, insecticide, anti
parasitic and vulnerary.
Health Benefits: Treats rheumatism &
arthritis, relaxes spasm, clears scars & spots, increases
blood & lymph circulation, clears congestion & eases
breathing, removes toxins, skin care, kills & repells
insects, eliminates parasites, heals wounds
Geranium Essential Oil
Properties: Astringent, haemostatic,
cicatrisant, cytophylactic, diuretic, deodorant, styptic,
tonic, vermifuge, vulnerary
Health Benefits: Induces contractions in
gums, muscles, skin and blood vessels and stops haemorrhage,
heals scars and after marks, promotes growth of cells,
increases urination, stops body odour, tones up body, kills
intestinal other worms, heals wounds
Ginger Essential Oil
Properties: Analgesic, anti emetic, anti
septic, anti spasmodic, bactericidal, carminative, cephalic,
expectorant, febrifuge, laxative, rubefacient, stimulant,
stomachic, sudorific and tonic
Health Benefits: Cures pain, stops
vomiting, protects from septic, relaxes spasm, inhibits
bacterial growth, removes gas, good for brain & memory,
expells phlegm & catarrh, cures fever, clears bowels, brings
redness to skin, stimulates, good for stomach, promotes
sweating & removes toxins, tones body
Grapefruit Essential Oil
Properties: Diuretic, disinfectant,
stimulant, anti depressant, anti septic, aperitif,
lymphatic, tonic
Health Benefits: Increases urination,
fights infections, stimulates functions, fights depression
and uplifts mood, protects wounds from being septic,
appetizer, promotes removal of toxins, tones up health
Helicrysum Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, anti coagulant,
anti allergenic, anti microbial, anti haematoma, anti
phlogistic, nervine, anti inflammatory, anti tussive,
cicatrisant, expectorant, febrifuge, anti septic, cholagogue,
emollient, mucolytic, fungicidal, hepatic, diuretic,
splenic, cytophylactic
Health Benefits: Clears spasm, maintains
fluidity of blood, fights allergies, inhibits microbial
infections, dissolves and clears blood clots, reduces
inflammation due to fever, good for nervous health, reduces
other inflammations, clears phlegm and reduces coughs, heals
scars, reduces fever, protects wounds from being septic,
promotes proper bile discharge into stomach, makes skin
smooth and young, dissolves mucus, kills fungus, good for
liver, promotes urination, good for spleen, promotes
generation of new cells and cell health
Hyssop Essential Oil
Properties: Astringent, stimulant, anti
spasmodic, anti rheumatic, anti septic, anti spasmodic,
carminative, cicatrisant, digestive, diuretic, emenagogue,
expectorant, hypertensive, nervine, sudorific, tonic,
febrifuge, vermifuge, vulnerary
Health Benefits: Induces contractions in
gums, muscles, skin and blood vessels, clears spasm, removes
gas, heals scars and after-marks, promotes digestion,
increases urination, promotes menstruations, treats phlegm
and cough, increases blood pressure, good for nerves,
promotes sweating, tones up body, reduces fever, kills
worms, heals wounds
Jasmine Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depressant, anti septic,
aphrodisiac, anti spasmodic, cicatrisant, expectorant,
galactogogue, emenagogue, parturient, sedative and uterine
Health Benefits: Fights depression and
uplifts mood, protects wounds, cures sexual weakness and
increases libido, cures spasm, heals scars and after marks,
gives relief from phlegm and coughs, increases breast milk,
opens obstructed menstruations and makes them regular, eases
delivery and labor pain, sedates inflammations and nervous
disturbances, good for uterine health
Juniper Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, sudorific, anti
rheumatic, depurative, anti spasmodic, stimulating,
stomachic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, rubefacient,
vulnerary and tonic.
Health Benefits: Protects wounds against
septic, increases sweating, cures rheumatism & arthritis,
purifies blood, clears spasm, stimulates functions, good for
stomach, makes gums stronger and stops haemorrhage, removes
gases, promotes urination, brings reddishness in skin,
promotes healing of wounds, tones up health
