Rosewood (Aniba rosaeodora) Essential Oil

Rosewood Essential Oil


BOTANICAL NAME
Aniba rosaeodora

COMMON METHOD OF EXTRACTION
Steam distilled

PARTS USED
Wood

NOTE CLASSIFICATION
Base

AROMA
Spicy, floral and sweet smell.

LARGEST PRODUCING COUNTRIES
South America

TRADITIONAL USE
When feeling overburdened by the world, this oil will lift your spirits and have a balancing action effect on the mind and body. It is used with good results in reducing headaches, colds, coughs, fever and infections and is a boost for the immune system.

Its aphrodisiac properties are useful to sort out sexual problems such as impotence and frigidity. It is an excellent oil to use in skincare, as it sorts out dull, dry and oily skin, while having a cell stimulant and tissue regenerating action on the skin which promotes rejuvenation of the skin.


Although rosewood oil does not have wide therapeutic properties, it has a place in aromatherapy and could help with the respiratory system, with sexual problems, with stress-related conditions and with great success for skin care.

Burners and vaporizers
In vapor therapy rosewood oil can help with colds, coughs, infections, headaches, nausea and stress-related problems, while lifting depression and helping to counter any sexual problems.

Blended massage oil or in the bath
As a blended massage oil or diluted in the bath, rosewood oil can help with colds, coughs, infections, headaches, fevers and nervous tension, as well as frigidity and impotence, while giving the skin a boost.

Lotions and creams
As part of a lotion or cream rosewood oil is most effective to stimulate the cells and regenerate tissue, therefore aiding rejuvenation of the skin and making it particularly attractive for use with more mature and wrinkled skin.

PROPERTIES
Anti-depressant, mildly analgesic, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, bactericidal, cephalic, deodorant, insecticide and stimulant.

CHEMICAL COMPOSITION

The main chemical components of rosewood oil are a-pinene, camphene, geraniol, neral, geranial, myrcene, limonene, 1,8-cineole, linalool, benzaldehyde, linalool oxides and a-terpineol.

BLENDS WELL WITH
Most oils, citrus and floral oils.

OF INTEREST
This Brazilian evergreen tree can grow up to 40 meters (125 feet) high and  has a reddish bark and yellow flowers and is extensively felled in the South American rainforest, but now legislation requires distilleries to plant a new tree for each tree cut down.

The wood is used for building, French cabinet making, carving, for the production of chopsticks in Japan and of course, essential oil.

It is extracted from the wood chippings by steam distillation.

SAFETY DATA
Generally considered safe.