Blue Tansy Essential Oil
Tansy is a large plant, aromatic, with the set up stems, the pennatilobate sheets, the toothed segments, with the yellow flowers, made up of identical florets all, grouped of flowerheads in the shape of buttons. Native to Morocco and southwest Europe. An annual herb, somewhat hairy and greenish, the flowers are hermaphrodite.
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Properties: Hormone like action, anti-inflammatory, antiphlogistic, antihistamine, and analgesic.
Indicated for: Asthma and skin care.
Uses: Nerve sedative, couperouse skin, neuritis, sciatica, possibly stimulates the thymus and may supply theophylline for adults and infants.
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| Toxicity: | LD50 - (oral) rat >g/kg; (dermal) rabbit >g/kg.
Irritation/Sensitisation - not known
Phototoxicity - Nil reported |
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