 Black Pepper essential oil CO2 distilled from whole pepper fruit grown in Indonesia. This gently extracted oil may be superior in aroma to the steamed distilled essential oil that is more commonly available, and it may give better therapeutic results. Black pepper essential oil can be used in your aromatherapy formulas and in perfumery. It is a beautiful orange colored liquid with a soft yet spicy aroma which really amazed us when the first bottle was opened. The essential oil is extracted from dried, fully grown yet unripe fruit of the pepper plant - a perennial woody vine with heart shaped leaves and small white flowers. A native to south west India, pepper is cultivated primarily in tropical climates. Black pepper has been used since antiquity in the culinary and healing arts. Indian monks had been prescribed seven to nine peppercorns a day in times of distant traveling - apparently it is a great energizer! In Chinese medicine, white pepper, from the fully ripened fruit, is used to treat malaria, cholera, dysentery, diarrhea and other digestive problems. In Greece it is used for fever and to support the stomach. Black pepper essential oil is good in warming liniment formulas - for aches and pains, along with poor circulation in muscles and joint - as well as digestive formulas. Fun results can also be obtained when using Black Pepper in natural perfumes. Try combining a small amount with lavender, frankincense, cedarwood, and wherever you would like a hint of spice. Considered an aphrodisiac by some, we find black pepper essential oil to blend very nicely with our ylang-ylang select essential oil. 
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