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Rue Essential Oil: 9 Uses & Benefits

Rue Essential Oil: 9 Uses & Benefits

Rue essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from Rue plants, which have been a source of homeopathic medicine for centuries. Rue...

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Rosewood Essential Oil: 9 Health Benefits

Rosewood Essential Oil: 9 Health Benefits

Rosewood essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from the woody matter of the rosewood tree. The rosewood tree is a giant...

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Ravensara Essential Oil: 13 Health Uses

Ravensara Essential Oil: 13 Health Uses

Ravensara essential oil is relatively unknown, and therefore doesn’t get the attention it deserves. It’s considered a cure-all in Madagascar, its native...

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Pimento Essential Oil: 9 Health Uses

Pimento Essential Oil: 9 Health Uses

Pimento, also known as Allspice, is a large evergreen tree native to the Carribbean Islands and South America. The name Allspice comes...

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Petitgrain Essential Oil: 7 Health Benefits

Petitgrain Essential Oil: 7 Health Benefits

Petitgrain essential oil is extracted from the leaves and twigs of the bitter orange tree. The oil has natural antiseptic, anti-spasmodic, antidepressant,...

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Nutmeg Oil: 10 Health Benefits

Nutmeg Oil: 10 Health Benefits

Can you smell it? The scent may remind you of a warm autumn afternoon. But nutmeg oil has many incredible health benefits,...

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Pennyroyal Essential Oil: 10 Health Uses

Pennyroyal Essential Oil: 10 Health Uses

Pennyroyal essential oil is extracted through steam distillation from the Pennyroyal herb, native to Europe. The herb has a minty smell and...

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Parsley Essential Oil: 15 Benefits & Uses

Parsley Essential Oil: 15 Benefits & Uses

Parsley essential oil is derived through steam distillation of parsley’s dried seeds. The oil is a natural antimicrobial, anti-rheumatic, antiseptic, astringent and...

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Niaouli Essential Oil: 12 Uses & Benefits

Niaouli Essential Oil: 12 Uses & Benefits

Niaouli essential oil has many powerful health benefits. Niaouli, also called Melaleuca Viridiflora, comes from a large evergreen tree native to Australia and...

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Palmarosa Essential Oil: 8 Health Uses

Palmarosa Essential Oil: 8 Health Uses

Palmarosa essential oil is extracted through steam distillation of dried Palmarosa grass. It comes in two varieties, Motia and Sofia, which have...

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Oak Moss Essential Oil: 5 Uses & Benefites

Oak Moss Essential Oil: 5 Uses & Benefites

Oak moss essential oil is full of powerful healing capabilities, including prevention of sepsis as well as stress relief. Furthermore, its potent, pleasant...

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