What it is?
Ravensara essential oil is a powerful anti-microbial, wonderful for first aid when we develop coughs, colds, and skin conditions. But, this is not an essential oil that should be used long term, here we look at how aromatherapists use ravensara essential oils safely and effectively.
Key Benefits
- Scent: Medicinal, Eucalyptus-like, Slightly sweet, and Fruity
- Consistency: Thin
- Extraction Method: Steam distilled
Pain-Relieving For:
- Toothache
- Headaches
- Muscular and joint pains
- Earache
- Reputed to be anti-allergenic – but I have not used it myself for this
Antispasmodic (Especially To The Respiratory System):
- Asthma, bronchitis, coughs
- Expectorant – shifts catarrh and mucus
- Also leg spasms, pain in the gut from diarrhea
- Antiviral – so useful for cleaning surfaces and treating colds and tummy bugs
- Disinfectant
- Diuretic so useful for edema, swelling, bloating
- Rheumatic pain
- Aphrodisiac
Highlighted Ingredients
- Limonene - Appears mainly in essential oils that have been expressed from citrus fruit rinds, but also in some conifer resins. It is very good at cleaning things, able to dissolve oily residues, so is often found in cleaning products. In the same way, it has mild effects on thick conditions in the body, like phlegm, and can sometimes be indicated for bronchitis. Limonene also has a vital part to play in the insecticidal actions of trees.
- Sabinene - Sabinene is a dominant constituent in carrot seed and black pepper essential oils and contributes to the pepper’s spiciness. Sabinene has been studied for its possible uses for soothing skin eruptions, relieving arthritis pain, and digestion complaints. Sabinene is demonstrated to possess anti-inflammatory, antioxidant, antimicrobial, antibacterial, and antifungal properties.
- Isoledene - May have anti-cancer properties.
- Estragole - Copiously available in many essential oils, estragole has powerful ani oxidant and antimicrobial effects. It has been demonstrated to be anxiolytic and anti-inflammatory and has been shown to be able to alleviate sciatica in rodent models. It seems likely most of estragel’s action arises from its ability to calm exciticity in the sodium channels of cells. However, there are concerns that estragole may also have carcinogenic properties and thus should only be used in small dilutions.
- B-Caryophyllene - A weak agonist for the CB2 receptor that modulates pain, immunity, and inflammation. Visit our write-up on Copaiba essential oil for more details on that.
- B-Myrcene - Myrcene has been demonstrated to possess antibiotic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and sedative effects.
- a-Terpinene - Antioxidant effects and is being researched as a potential anti-cancer agent.
- a-Pinene - In a scientific study published in Molecules magazine in 2019, Salehi et al. proclaimed a-Pinene and B-Pinene as “A Miracle Gift of Nature”, citing their actions as including antibiotic resistance modulation, anticoagulant, antitumor, antimicrobial, antimalarial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anti-Leishmania, and analgesic effects.
- Linalool - A component appearing in many essential oils, clinical trials demonstrate linalool to have anti-inflammatory and anti-depressive properties.
What else you need to know
1 Lb
