Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) Essential Oil

 Jasmine (Jasminum grandiflorum) Essential Oil


BOTANICAL NAME
Jasminum grandiflorum

COMMON METHOD OF EXTRACTION
Solvent extracted (Ethyl alcohol)

PARTS USED
Flowers

NOTE CLASSIFICATION
Middle

AROMA
Warm, rich, deeply floral

LARGEST PRODUCING COUNTRIES
India, France, Italy, and Egypt

TRADITIONAL USE

It is a valuable remedy in cases of severe depression and soothes the nerves, producing a feeling of confidence, optimism and euphoria, while revitalizing and restoring energy.

Jasmine oil facilitates delivery in childbirth: it hastens the birth by strengthening the contractions and at the same time relieves pain. It is effective in post-natal depression and promotes the flow of breast milk.

Because of its deeply soothing and calming nature, jasmine oil helps with sexual problems such as impotence, premature ejaculation and frigidity.

It has a very beneficial effect on the respiratory system, by soothing irritating coughs and helping with hoarseness and laryngitis. It furthermore helps with muscle pain, sprains, and stiff limbs.

Jasmine oil tones dry, greasy, irritated and sensitive skin, increases elasticity and is often used to assist with stretch marks and to reduce scarring.

Jasmine oil has great value for treating severe depression, eases childbirth, is beneficial with sexual problems, on the respiratory tract, for muscle pain and for toning the skin.

Burners and vaporizers
In vapor therapy, jasmine oil can be useful for treating addiction, lifting depression, easing nervousness, soothing coughs, promoting relaxation and easing tension.
Blended massage oil or in the bath
Jasmine oil can be used as a blended massage oil or diluted in the bath, for helping to break addiction, lifting postnatal depression, promoting relaxation, easing muscle pain, soothing coughs, reducing tension, stress and nervousness.
Lotion and creams
Jasmine oil can be used in a cream or lotion for dry, greasy or sensitive skin, as well as to help reduce stretch marks and other scars.

PROPERTIES
 The therapeutic properties of jasmine oil are anti-depressant, antiseptic, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, aphrodisiac, carminative, emmenagogue, expectorant, tonic, anti-spasmodic, cicatrisant, expectorant, galactagogue, parturient, sedative and uterine.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

There are well over 100 constituents found in jasmine oil, but the main chemical components are benzyl acetate, linalool, benzyl alcohol, indole,  benzyl benzoate, cis-jasmone, geraniol, methyl anthranilate and trace amounts of p. cresol, farnesol, cis-3-hexenyl benzoate, eugenol, nerol, ceosol, benzoic acid, benzaldehyde, y-terpineol, nerolidol, isohytol, phytol etc.

BLENDS WELL WITH

Bergamot, clary sage, clove, coriander, ginger, grapefruit, lemon, mandarin, neroli, orange, palmarosa, patchouli, petitgrain, rose, sandalwood, ylang ylang

OF INTEREST
It takes approximately 2,000 lbs of jasmine flowers to produce 1 lb of oil. This oil will darken with age.

Jasmine is an evergreen, fragile, climbing shrub, that can grow up to 10 meters (33 feet) high and has dark green leaves and small white star-shaped flowers, which are picked at night, when the aroma is most intense.

An experienced picker can pick 10,000-15,000 blossoms per night.

Originally from China and Northern India, it was brought to Spain by the Moors, with France, Italy, Morocco, Egypt, China, Japan and Turkey currently producing the best essential oil.

The name Jasmine is derived from the Persian word 'yasmin'. The Chinese, Arabians and Indians used it medicinally, as well as for an aphrodisiac and for other ceremonial purposes.

In Turkey, the wood is used for making rope stems and jasmine tea is a Chinese favorite (but Jasminum sambac - Arabian jasmine - is normally used for this) and in Indonesia it is used as a popular garnish.

 Jasmine has a long history in perfumery including Cleopatra and Louis XVI.

SAFETY DATA
Avoid while pregnant. Not for internal use.