Patchouli MNB

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Flowers : Flowers are abundant in the springtime and represent new growth. Flowers are beautiful, colorful and gentle. They produce aromas to attract insects for pollination. The oils made from flowers are often used for emotional support. Giving flowers, or blends made from flowers, is about supporting love, friendship, forgiveness and soothing the heart and mind. Flowers are associated with the head, good for facial skin care, and to calm the mind.

For emotional support, love, friendship, forgiveness. Calms the heart and mind.

Fruits : Fruits have an uplifting and cleansing effect. They contain a lot of water and are good for the lymphatic system and for emotional cleansing. They are refreshing, and the oils can be used to bring fresh, clear energy to a space. They bring nourishment and energy! Fruits also protect and nurture the seeds in the plant. Citrus oils can be used to encourage inspiration, fun, creativity, self-expression and ease. The oils are often used in blends to lift depression and offer joy to the heart and mind.

Uplifting and cleansing effect. Emotional cleansing. They bring fresh energy to space. Support inspiration, creativity, self-expression. Happiness.  

Seeds : The seeds in a plant are responsible for its ability to reproduce. Seeds are the beginning of life, inspired by all the potential of the plant. Oils extracted from seeds can be supportive of new growth! They can help us feel nourished and can support a sense of fresh potential. We can use seed oils to support the reproductive system and help us feel less stuck.

Support new growth. Help feel protected and support a sense of fresh potential. Support the reproductive system.

Roots : The roots of a plant anchor it to the soil and absorb water and nutrients vital to the plant’s growth. Oils extracted from roots can support us through times of high anxiety, fear, and instability. They support feeling grounded, settled, and calm. Anchoring and strengthening, they help us to absorb what we need, and provide a sense of stability and balance.

Help us feel settled, secure, calm. Support a sense of stability and balance.

Resins : When you cut into a resin producing tree, the resin seeps out to help heal the wound. Historically, resins have been used for meditation, incense, rituals, protection and honor. The oils made from resins can be used for all these purposes. When you want to show respect to some aspect of your life, you can blend oils made from resin. These oils are also great for healing wounds of an emotional nature, and to support inner reflection.
Meditation, rituals, protection. Healing wounds of emotional nature, soul-searching 

Wood/Trunk : The wood or trunk of a tree conducts water and nutrients to its leaves, stems and flowers. If our energy is dispersed, then the oils extracted from wood can help us feel more center. The trunk looks like the spine and these oils can often be used for our skeletal and muscular systems to reduce pain.

Help us feel more centered. Help with muscular and skeletal pain.

(When we’re not centered, we might feel lost or out of touch with ourselves)

Needles : The needles allow the tree to breathe. They also protect the tree from water loss and support photosynthesis.  We can use oils made from needles to support respiration and deeper breathing. These oils can also protect us from infection.  They can help us breathe when we feel stress and anxiety, while supporting expansion and creativity. Needle oils can also support us when we get into over-thinking and need a calm, clear mind. 

Support respiration and deeper breathing. Protect from infection. Help your breath when anxious or stressed. Focus, clarity.

Leaves : The leaves allow the plant to breathe. They also protect the plant from water loss and support photosynthesis.  We can use oils made from leaves to support respiration and deeper breathing. These oils can also protect us from infection.  They can help us breathe when we feel stress and anxiety, while supporting expansion and creativity. Leaf oils can also support us when we get into over-thinking and need a calm, clear mind. 

  • Antifungal, sedative, cooling, anti-inflammatory
  • Antibacterial (Citral and citronellal),antiviral (oils with high percentages of citral), anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic (especially Eucalyptus citriodora)
  • They can be tonifying to the nervous system, and are generally temperature-reducing (cooling)
  • Have a profound calming effect when inhaled
  • Have a slightly fruity odor.
  • Calming, soothing, sedative, emotionally uplifting
  • Antispasmodic; regulating and balancing action on the sympathetic nervous system; anti-inflammatory; effective on skin rashes and irritations. They are apoptogenic (helping the body adjust to, and deal with stress)
  • Some are analgesic (like Clary sage, Jasmine, Lavender, Lavandin, Roman chamomile and Ylang Ylang)
  • Some are good digestive aids (like Cardamom, Roman Chamomile, and Bergamot)
  • Antispasmodic;  carminative; analgesic for the colon, the genito-urinary tract, and muscles associated with them; anti-infectious and are effective against some microorganisms. 
  • Fennel can be used for menstrual cramps, but may cause more bleeding)
  • Strong mucolytic, circulation, pain-relieving (thanks to the camphor)
  • They are valuable in fighting respiratory infections, as they are highly effective mucolytics.
  • They also act as expectorants (especially Rosemary ct. Camphor, spike Lavender and Peppermint)
  • Some ketone rich oils are also analgesic.
  • Some specific ketone components are antispasmodic
  • Ketone rich oils may help with scar and wound healing (especially Spike Lavender, Vetiver and certain types of Helichrysum). 
  • They have a circulatory effect (except Vetiver)
  • Great for upper respiratory issues: Liquefy mucus, colds, flu, dry cough.
  • Analgesic, antiviral, antibacterial
  • Stimulate cell regeneration, help with scar and wound healing
  • Can help with digestion and stimulate the immune system.
  • They tend to be resistant to metabolism in the body and so are often excreted in the urine unchanged
  • Airborne deodorizers and purifiers; decongestant (respiratory and muscular); some are rubefacients and provide an analgesic effect where muscle pain and stiffness are present; skin penetration enhancers; inhibit the accumulation of toxins; many have anti-inflammatory effects; many are antiviral; reduce stagnation, supporting movement or change in the body. Tend to be uplifting and energetic 
  • Anti-infectious, immune stimulants over the long term, healing for the skin; activate white blood cells (Apply in lymphs) 
  • linalol is effective against bacterial, geraniol to be effective against fungi, and terpinen-4-ol activates white blood cells that deal with infection.
  • Menthol and geraniol make the site of application feel cool
  • Linalool provides a significant sedating quality, making oils such as Clary Sage, Lavender or Ho Wood ideal for insomnia.
  • Linalol, menthol, citronellol, and borneol are especially antispasmodic to smooth muscles
  • Linalol rich oils are very calming to the nervous system.
  • Oils high in 1,8 cineole can be very powerful aids in any respiratory illness.
  • Essential oils containing significant amounts of 1,8 cineole antiviral, antibacterial, and expectorant and mucolytic effects.
  • 1,8 cineole rich oils stimulate the glands of the respiratory system, and act as expectorants because they stimulate mucus-secreting cells and activate the cilia of the respiratory mucous membranes. 
  • Oils high in 1,8 cineole can also have a stimulating effect on the mental process, increasing blood flow to the brain when inhaled. 
  • Research has shown 1,8 cineole to decrease coughing, ease expectoration, and decrease shortness of breath. It has an anti-inflammatory effect on bronchial asthma.
  • 1,8 cineole rich oils are analgesic, antispasmodic and anti-inflammatory agents for muscular and respiratory systems
  • Essential oils containing a significant percentage of thymol or eugenol are the most powerful, stimulating, and anti-infectious agents found in Aromatherapy
  • Highly anti-infectious, strong immune stimulants stimulating to body systems
  • Very active anti-infectious agents, used in acute situations (use alcohols for long term infections). Thymol is used in inhalation mixtures for nasal congestion and colds, and in antiseptic mouthwashes.
  • Antioxidants. Carvacrol, thymol and eugenol are shown to be a potent antioxidant and radical scavenger.
  • Analgesic
  • Rubefacient, used to stimulate blood and oxygen circulation, creating warmth
  • Anti-inflammatory, used in conjunction with other, less harsh oils in a blend. 
  • Used in acute illnesses and infections to stimulate the immune system.
  • Oils rich in phenols are aggressive and strengthening.
  • The therapeutic effects of each oil need to be considered individually, as one cannot generalize as easily.
  • Anti-inflammatory; antispasmodic;  cicatrisant; antibacterial, antiseptic
  • Energetically and emotionally grounding. Help with emotional trauma
  • Therapeutic properties are varied, as individual components have unique effects.
  • Sedative, skin healing, immune  (terrain support), decongestant.
  • Alleviate stress and anxiety
  • Generally safe and not known to be skin irritants.
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  • Relaxes the state of mind and body to allow intution lead the path to creative energy.
  • Nurtures and encourages creative energgy flourish.
  • Revitilizes and encourages to take on a challange that is percived to be impossible.
  • Reminds to enjoy the ride as much as the destination. Inspires to let go of negativity and hopelessness and be mindful of the importance of the present moment.
  • Encourges to delve into one’s dreams to discover and embrace the enigmatic signals that the dreams convey and gain clarity and appreciation about the past and present.
  • Helps evoke recurrent dreams
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Drug interaction; may inhibit blood clotting [Tisserand specifies this apply for oral route. However it does not specify if this applies to inhalation or topical application]

Tisserand, Robert, et al. Essential Oil Safety: a Guide for Health Care Professionals. Churchill Livingstone/Elsevier, 2014. 

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