Description
- 100% pure Fir essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Abies alba
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Needles
- Color: Clear with a Tinge of Yellow
- Consistency: Thin with an Oily Texture
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
- Aromatic : Fresh, woody, earthy, sweet
- Fir Needle Oil Uses: Arthritis, bronchitis, colds, coughs, flu, muscle aches, rheumatism, sinusitis. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 60-66.]
- Major Constituents: (+)-Limonene Camphene a-Pinene Santene B-Caryophyllene Tricyclene
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young precaution to avoid use of the oil if it has oxidized. Skin sensitization is more likely when using oxidized Fir Needle Oil. Reading Tisserand and Young’s full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 285.]
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