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Sweet Birch Essential Oil
(betula
lenta)
Characteristics
Colorless, pale yellow, or reddish tinted liquid
with an intense, sweet, woody, wintergreen like scent. A graceful tree
about 82 feet high, which has a pyramidal shape while young. It has
bright green leaves and a dark reddish brown aromatic bark, which is
broken into plates or patches.
Aromatherapy
and Skin Care
Analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic,
antirheumatic, antiseptic, astringent, depurative, diuretic,
rubefacient, tonic
Extraction
Essential oil by steam distillation of the bark
macerated in warm water.
Blends
Well With
Blends well with other woody and balsamic oils,
also Oregano, Mint, Thyme, Ylang Ylang, Narcissus, Vanilla
Cautions
Methyl salicylate, the major constituent, is not
exactly toxic but very harmful in concentration.
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