Cubeb Essential Oil
Scientifically, Cubeb Oil is known as Piper Cubeb. It is viscous, and thick and its color ranges from Pale Green to Bluish Yellow. Extracted by steam distillation method Cubeb Oil has a Spicy and Peppery essence. It is derived from the small and attractive Litsea Cubeba Plant. This is a small bright coloured bush found mostly in tropical areas. Small fruits that resemble peppers are used to extract Cubeb Essential Oil. Its taste is very similar to the mixture of allspice and black pepper. The chemical composition of this oil is sabinene, alpha thujene, careen, caryophyllene, copanene, alpha, and beta cubebene, germacrene, cineole, and alcohol cubeb oil, etc. It is also known as Oil of Cubeb and Piper Cubeba Oil. This oil could not be absorbed by the skin but instead used internally as a medicinal agent. It has calming, stimulant, expectorant, carminative, antiseptic, and diuretic properties and is not soluble in water.
Origin
Indonesia
Certificate on Demand
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Uses
- It is widely used as astringent and antiseptic. Cubeb oil is used to treat head problems, speedup wound healing, regulate proper heart functioning and work as anti-inflammatory. An excessive use of Cubeb Oil can be a skin irritant and it should be avoided during pregnancy. It has many medicinal uses and used to relieve coughs and bronchitis, sinusitis and throat infections. When this oil is added to tobacco, it is said to relieve hay fever, asthma and pharyngitis. In traditional Chinese medicine oil of cubeb is used for its alleged warming property. In aromatherapy, it is used in massages for relieving stress and muscular aches.
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