Wintergreen Oil Pure Wintergreen Essential Oil

Wintergreen Oil

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Pure Wintergreen essential oil steam distilled from the leaves of wintergreen shrub grown in China - wintergreen is a small evergreen shrub native to North America. The plant has been used for respiratory conditions such as chronic mucous discharge, but is mainly employed for joint and muscular problems such as lumbago, sciatica, neuralgia, myalgia, etc. The dried leaf and stem are current in the British Herbal Pharmacopoeia as a specific for rheumatoid arthritis.

Wintergeen oil, being made up almost exclusively of methyl salicylate, is a precursosr to common asprin. This is the reason for the essential oil's mild analgesic effects, along with anti-inflammatory, antirheumatic, antitussive, astringent, carminative, diruetic, emmenagogue, galactagogue and stimulant properties.

This pale yellow oil with an intense sweet-woody aroma should be diluted significantly before topical application - it would be a fine addition to any formulas for supporting joint and muscular aches and pains.