Essential Oils Descriptions P - Z

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.

Palma Rosa Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti viral, bactericide, cytophylactic, digestive, febrifuge and hydrating
Health Benefits: Protects against septic, inhibits viral & bacterial growth, promotes growth & regeneration of cells, facilitates digestion, reduces fever

Parsley Essential Oil
Properties: Anti microbial, anti rheumatic & anti arthritic, anti septic, astringent, carminative, circulatory, detoxifier, digestive, diuretic, depurative, emenagogue, febrifuge, hypotensive, laxative, stimulant, stomachic and uterine.
Health Benefits: Inhibits microbial growth, treats rheumatism & arthritis, protects against septic, tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall & haemorrhage, removes gases, improves circulation of blood & lymph, removes toxins, facilitates digestion, increases urination & removal of toxins, purifies blood, opens obstructed menstruations, reduces fever, reduces blood pressure, clears bowels, stimulates functions, good for stomach, restores uterine health

Patchouli Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depressant, anti phlogistic, anti septic, aphrodisiac, astringent, cicatrisant, cytophylactic, deodorant, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicide, insecticide, sedative, tonic
Health Benefits: Fights depression & uplifts mood, soothes inflammation resulting from high fever, does not let wounds go septic, increases libido and cures sexual disorders, tightens gums, muscles and stops haemorrhage, heals scars and after marks, promotes cell growth, drives away body odour, increases urination and removes toxins, cures fever, kills fungus and insects, sedates emotional and nervous disturbances, tones up body functions

Pennyroyal Essential Oil
Properties: Anti hysteric, anti microbial & anti bacterial, anti rheumatic & anti arthritic, anti septic, astringent, cordial, decongestant, depurative, digestive, emenagogue, insecticide and stomachic.
Health Benefits: Sedates hysteric feats, inhibits microbial & bacterial growth, treats rheumatism & arthritis, protects against septic, tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall & haemorrhage, warming, clears congestion & eases breathing, purifies blood, facilitates digestion, opens obstructed menstruations & makes them regular, kills & repells insects, good for stomachic

Peppermint Essential Oil
Properties: Analgesic, anesthetic, anti septic, anti galactogogue, anti phlogistic, anti spasmodic, astringent, carminative, cephalic, cholagogue, cordial, decongestant, emenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, hepatic, nervine, stimulant, stomachic, sudorific, vasoconstrictor and vermifuge
Health Benefits: Pain relief, induce numbness, protects from septic, reduces milk flow, reduces discharges, relaxes spasm, strengthens gums, stops hair fall, lifts skin, induce firmness in muscles, stops haemorrhage, removes gas, good for brain & memory, promotes bile discharge, warming, clears congestion & eases breathing, opens obstructed menstruations, expells phlegm & catarrh, reduces fever, good for liver, good for nerves, stimulates, good for stomach, promotes perspiration, contracts blood vessels, kills worms

Petitgrain Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti spasmodic, anti depressant, deodorant, nervine and sedative.
Health Benefits: Protects against septic, relaxes spasm, fights depression & uplifts mood, drives away body odour, treats nervous disorders, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions

Pimento Essential Oil
Properties: Anaesthetic, analgesic, anti oxidant, anti septic, carminative, relaxant, rubefacient, stimulant and tonic
Health Benefits: Induce numbness, pain relief, fights aging, protects against septic, removes gases, relaxes body & mind, brings redness in skin, stimulates functions, tones up body

Pine Essential Oil
Properties: Anti bacterial, analgesic, diuretic, energizing, anti septic, aromatic
Health Benefits: Skin care, cosmetics, increases metabolism, pain relief, stress disorder, mental fatigue, urinary tract infections, respiratory problems

Ravensara Essential Oil
Properties: Analgesic, anti allergenic, anti bacterial & anti microbial, anti depressant, anti fungal, anti septic, anti spasmodic, anti viral, aphrodisiac, disinfectant, diuretic, expectorant, relaxant and tonic
Health Benefits: Pain relief, cures allergies, inhibits bacterial, viral, fungal & microbial growth, fights depression & uplifts mood, protects against septic, relaxes spasm, enhances libido, fights infections, increases urination & removal of toxins, expells phlegm & catarrh, relaxes body & mind, tones up body

Rose Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depressant, anti phlogistic, anti septic, anti spasmodic, anti viral, aphrodisiac, astringent, bactericidal, cholagogue, cicatrisant, depurative, emenagogue, haemostatic, hepatic, laxative, nervine, stomachic, uterine
Health Benefits: Fights depression and uplifts mood, soothes inflammation due to fever, protects wounds against septic, clears spasm, fights viral infections, enhances libido and cures sexual disorders, tightens gums, muscles and stops haemorrhage, inhibits Bacterial growth, promotes discharges and secretions, heals scars, purifies blood, opens up obstructed menses, stops haemorrhage, boosts liver health, cures constipation, cures nervous disorders, good for stomach, good for uterine health

Rosemary Essential Oil
Properties: Stimulating hair growth, disinfectant, anti septic, anti inflammatory, carminative, anti bacterial, analgesic
Health Benefits: Hair care, skin care, mouth care, anxiety, mental disorders, depression, pain, headache, rheumatism, respiratory problems, bronchial asthma, indigestion, flatulence

Rosewood Essential Oil
Properties: Analgesic, anti depressant, anti septic, aphrodisiac, anti bacterial, cephalic, deodorant, insecticide, stimulant
Health Benefits: Reduces pain, fights depression, protects wounds from being septic, enhances libido and promotes arousal, kills bacteria, good for brain and cures headaches, drives away body odour, kills insects, stimulates discharges and functions

Rue Essential Oil
Properties: Anti arthritic and anti rheumatic, anti bacterial, anti fungal, insecticidal, nervousaffliction deterrent, digestive
Health Benefits: Neutralizes effects of poison, improves circulation & removal of uric acid, inhibits Bacterial and fungal infections, kills insects, keeps nerves steady and sedates nervous afflictions, promotes digestion, sedates epileptic and hysteric attacks and helps cure them

Sage Essential Oil
Properties: Anti fungal, anti microbial, anti bacterial, anti septic, anti oxidant, anti inflammatory, anti spasmodic, cholagogue and choleretic, cicatrisant, depurative, digestive, disinfectant, emenagogue, expectorant, febrifuge, laxative, stimulant
Health Benefits: Inhibits viral, Bacterial, fungal and parasitic infections and thus protects wounds against being septic, heals damages done by oxidation, soothes inflammations, clears spasm, increases production of bile, promotes digestion, fights infections, opens up obstructed menstruations, cures cough & cold, reduces fever, helps clear bowels, stimulates discharges and functions

Sandalwood Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti inflammatory, anti phlogistic, anti spasmodic, astringent, cicatrisant, carminative, diuretic, disinfectant, emollient, expectorant, hypotensive, memory booster, sedative and tonic
Health Benefits: Protects wounds from infections, soothes inflammations due to fever and otherwise, clears spasm, tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall & haemorrhage, heals scars & after marks, gives relief from gas, increases urination, fights infections, keeps skin smooth & free from infections, cures cough & cold, reduces blood pressure, increases memory, sedates nervous afflictions & inflammations, boosts health & immunity

Spearmint Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti spasmodic, carminative, cephalic, emenagogue, insecticide, restorative, stimulant.
Health Benefits: Protects wounds from being septic, clears spasm, gives relief from gas, good for brain, opens up obstructed menses, kills insects, restores health and heals wears and tears, stimulates discharges & functions

Spikenard Essential Oil
Properties: Anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti inflammatory, deodorant, laxative, sedative and uterine
Health Benefits: Inhibits bacterial & fungal growth, sedates inflammations, drives away body odour, clears bowels, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions, restores uterine health

Tagetes Essential Oil
Properties: Anti biotic, anti microbial, anti parasitic, anti septic, anti spasmodic, disinfectant, insecticide and sedative.
Health Benefits: Inhibits biotic, microbial & other parasitic growth, protects against septic, relaxes spasm, fights infections, kills & repells insects, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions

Tangerine Essential Oil
Properties: Anti septic, anti spasmodic, cytophylactic, depurative, sedative, stomachic and tonic.
Health Benefits: Protects against septic, relaxes spasm, promotes growth & regeneration of cells, purifies blood, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions, good for stomach, tones up body.

Tansy Essential Oil
Properties: Anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti inflammatory, anti histaminic, anti viral, febrifuge, insecticide, hormone stimulant, sedative and vermifuge.
Health Benefits: Inhibits bacterial, fungal and viral growth, sedates inflammations, checks production of histamin & gives relief from allergic symptoms, reduces fever, kills & repells insects, stimulates production of hormones, sedates inflammations and nervous afflictions, kills worms

Tarragon Essential Oil
Properties: Anti rheumatic, aperitif, circulatory, digestive, deodorant, emenagogue, stimulant and vermifuge.
Health Benefits: Treats rheumatism & arthritis, enhances appetite, improves circulation of blood & lymph, facilitates digestion, drives away body odour, opens obstructed menstruations & makes them regular, stimulates functions, kills worms

Tea Tree Essential Oil
Properties: Anti bacterial, anti microbial, anti viral, fungicide, insecticide, anti septic, balsamic, cicatrisant, expectorant, stimulant, sudorific
Health Benefits: Inhibits Bacterial, microbial, viral & infections and kills insects, protects wounds from being septic, promotes absorption of nutrients, heals scars & after marks, cures cough & cold, stimulates functions & discharges, promotes sweating

Thuja Essential Oil
Properties: Anti rheumatic, astringent, diuretic, emenagogue, expectorant, insect repellent, rubefacient, stimulant, tonic and vermifuge.
Health Benefits: Treats rheumatism & arthritis, tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall & haemorrhage, increases urination & removal of toxins, opens obstructed menstruations & makes them regular, expells phlegm & catarrh, repells insects, brings redness to skin, stimulates functions, tones up body, kills worms

Thyme Essential Oil
Properties: Anti spasmodic, anti rheumatic, anti septic, bactericidal, bechic, cardiac, carminative, cicatrisant, diuretic, emenagogue, expectorant, hypertensive, insecticide, stimulant, tonic, vermifuge
Health Benefits: Clears spasm, gives relief from rheumatism by removing toxins, protects wounds from being septic, kills bacteria, helps cure chest infections and cough & cold, good for heart's health, gives relief from gas, heals scars & after marks, increases urination, makes menstruations regular, cures cough & cold

Tuberose Essential Oil
Properties: Aphrodisiac, deodorant, relaxing, sedative and warming
Health Benefits: Enhances libido, drives away body odour, relaxes body & mind, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions, warming

Vanilla Essential Oil
Properties: Anti oxidant, aphrodisiac, anti carcinogenic, febrifuge, anti depressant, sedative, tranquilizing, relaxing
Health Benefits: Neutralizes effects of free radicals & oxidants and repairs damages due to oxidation, enhances libido & promotes arousal, inhibits growth of cancerous cells, reduces fever, fights depression & uplifts mood, sedates inflammation & nervous afflictions, promotes sleep, gives relief from anxiety & stress

Vetiver Essential Oil
Properties: Anti inflammatory, anti septic, aphrodisiac, cicatrisant, nervine, sedative, tonic and vulnerary
Health Benefits: Sedates inflammations, protects against septic, enhances libido, clears scars & spots, cures nervous disorders, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions, tones up body, heals wounds

Wintergreen Essential Oil
Properties: Analgesic, anodyne, anti rheumatic & anti arthritic, anti spasmodic, anti septic, aromatic, astringent, carminative, diuretic, emenagogue and stimulant
Health Benefits: Pain relief & relaxation of body & mind, treats rheumatism & arthritis, relaxes spasm, protects against septic, spreads fragrance, tightens gums & muscles and helps stop hair fall & haemorrhage, removes gases, increases urination & removal of toxins, opens obstructed menstruations & makes them regular, stimulates functions

Wormwood Essential Oil
Properties: Anti helmitic, cholagogue, deodorant, digestive, emenagogue, febrifuge, insecticide, narcotic, vermifuge and tonic.
Health Benefits: Kills worms & larva, promotes secretion of bile and other discharges, drives away body odour, facilitates digestion, opens obstructed menstruations & makes them regular, reduces fever, kills & repells insects, intoxicating, tones up body

Yarrow Essential Oil
Properties: Anti inflammatory, anti rheumatic, anti septic, anti spasmodic, astringent, carminative, cicatrisant, diaphoretic, digestive, expectorant, haemostatic, hypotensive, stomachic, tonic.
Health Benefits: Soothes inflammations, improves circulation & removes uric acid and gives relief from rheumatism, protects against septic, clears spasm, tightens gums & muscles and stops haemorrhage, gives relief from gas, heals scars & after-marks, increases perspiration, promotes digestion, gives relief from cough & phlegm, stops haemorrhage, lowers blood pressure, good for stomach, tones up health & immunity

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
Properties: Anti depressant, anti seborrhoeic, anti septic, aphrodisiac, hypotensive, nervine and sedative
Health Benefits: Fights depression & uplifts mood, stops sebum secretion, protects against septic, increases libido and cures sexual disorders, reduces blood pressure, cures nervous disorders, sedates inflammations & nervous afflictions

Essential Oils Descriptions P - Z

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.

Aromatherapy and Essential Oils