Category: Properties of Oils

Elemi

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter October 26, 2020.

SKIN: signifies “preserving and drying”, aged skin, wrinkles, infected wounds, inflammation, rejuvenation

RESPIRATORY: mucus conditions, coughs (unproductive), slows the respiratory rate down (aspect of paradoxical breathing)

NERVOUS: tension, stress-related conditions, psychosomatic conditions

PSYCHOLOGICAL: fixation

ENERGETIC: cleansing, activates the ajna 

SPIRITUAL: conductivity, cultivating awareness, helps with inner reflection, and insight

Davana

NERVOUS: tension, stress- related conditions, psychosomatic conditions

PSYCHOLOGICAL: fixation

ENERGETIC: soothing, regulating, activates the forehead

SPIRITUAL: helps with the cultivation of oneness, awareness, movement of kundalini, conductivity, detachment, cultivation of emptiness,  expansion of consciousness.

It is offered to Shiva, the Lord of Transformation, by devotees.

Palmarosa

SKIN: stimulates cellular regeneration, regulates sebum production, good for all types of skin, scars, sores, wrinkles, minor infections, moisturizers the skin 

DIGESTIVE: very good for intestinal infections and flora, digestive Antonia, anorexia, dysentery, very good for the mucus membranes of the intestinal tract

NERVOUS: tension, stress-related conditions, nervous exhaustion

PSYCHOLOGICAL: sense of well-being, stress, abandonment issues

ENERGETIC: soothing, activates the heart, raises the vibration of the body

SPIRITUAL: helps cultivate compassion

In ancient times Palma Rosa was used in places like Bombay, ports of the Red Sea, Constantinople, and Bulgaria as a substitute for rose oil.

Rose Alba

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter September 28, 2020.

ROSE ALBA, also known as THE HOLY ROSE

SKIN: Sensitive and mature skin.

ENDOCRINE: Stimulates the pineal gland.

NERVOUS SYSTEM: Nervous tension, stress-related conditions, psychosomatic response, depression.

PSYCHOLOGICAL: Happiness, sense of well-being, cultivation of tolerance, negative thoughts about others, grief, relationships, instills a sense of hope, defense mechanisms of the ego.

ENERGETIC: Toning, soothing, purifying, energizing.

SPIRITUAL: Activates the heart and crown chakras, tolerance, helps to cultivate the ability to compromise, sustained awareness, conductivity to the Divine.

Litsea Cubeba

Originally published in the Plant Prana Newsletter November 9, 2020.

Litsea Cubeba- (also known as May Chang) – may be sensitizing to the skin

​IMMUNE: epidemics

DIGESTIVE: indigestion

​MUSCULAR: contracture and spasms

​RESPIRATORY: slows down respiratory rate (used for anxiety, panic, and paradoxical ​​​breathing)

​NERVOUS: psychosomatic conditions

​PSYCHOLOGICAL: anxiety

​ENERGETIC: inhibits the meng mein, solar plexus, and the forehead

SPIRITUAL: helps one to be non-reactive, conductivity

​Used extensively by the Atayal Aborigines in Taiwan.