Hyssop Essential Oil
Hyssop is an attractive perennial, almost evergreen subshrub up to 60cm high with a woody stem, small lance-shaped leaves and purpleish-blue flowers. Essential oil extracted by steam distillation from the leaves and flowers. Hyssop is cultivated for the use of its flower-tops, which are steeped in water to make an infusion, which is sometimes employed as an expectorant. For medicinal use the flower-tops should be cut in August.
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| Botanical Name: | Hyssopus officinalis L. |
| Family: | Lamiaceae |
| Synonyms: | Azob |
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| Parts Used: | Leaves and flowering tops |
| Extraction Method: | Steam Distillation. |
| Appearance: | Pale yellow to brown yellow mobile liquid. |
| Aroma Description: | Sweet campherous, spicy, herbaceous |
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| Consistancy: | Thin |
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| Historical Uses: | Historically used as a strewing herb and for purification. |
| Modern Uses: | It is used to regulate the blood pressure as a general nerve tonic, and for states of anxiety or hysteria. Used in menthol, fresh flavours and in fragrance compounds for soaps and cosmetic.
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| Cautions: | Non-irritant, nonsensitzing; the oil is moderatly toxic due to the pinocamphore content. To be used only in moderation and avoided in pregnanacy and by epilepics. Contra-indicated in cases high blood pressure. |
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