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Myrtle (Essential Oil)
Myrtle Essential Oil
- Latin name : Myrtus Communis
- Family : Myrtles
- Origin : Mediterranean basin
- Obtainment : By steam distillation of fresh leaves
- Component : Cinéol, myrtenol, pinene, geraniol, linalol, camphene
- 2,5 ml glass bottle
The Romans prescribed myrtle in wine form for sufferers from gastric weakness. Two varieties are used, the one giving a red coloured essential oil and the other yielding a green oil.
It is a useful antiseptic for the respiratory tracts and the genitalia. It is an anti-inflammatory which tones and energises. It is indicated for eye infections and also used for pharyngitis, tracheitis and pulmonary problems.
