Allspice\Pimento Essential Oil
Pimenta dioica
Properties:
Allspice essential oil can be made from the leaves or the fruit. The oil extracted from the leaf is yellow-brown in color and has a smell similar to cloves. The oil made from the fruit is pale yellow in color and has a fresh, warm, spicy smell. Each fruit contains two kidney-shaped green seeds, which turn glossy black when ripe.
Allspice is so called because it tastes like a combination of cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon and pepper.
Origin:
This evergreen tree is indigenous to the West Indies and South America and reaches about 10 meters in height.
Extraction Method:
Allspice oil (from both the leaf and the fruit) is extracted by steam distillation.
Chemical composition:
Eugenol, Menthyl eugenol, Cineol, Phellandrene and Caryophyllene.
Therapeutic properties:
The therapeutic properties of Allspice oil are - anesthetic, analgesic, antioxidant, antiseptic, carminative, muscle relaxant, rubefacient, stimulant and tonic.
Uses:
- Allspice oil can be helpful for the digestive system, for cramp, flatulence, indigestion and nausea.
- It can help in cases of depression, nervous exhaustion, tension, neuralgia and stress.
- A very small amount of Allspice oil can be used for as massage oil for a chest infection, severe muscle spasm or extreme cold.
- In small doses in can also help for rheumatism, arthritis, stiffness, chills, congested coughs and bronchitis.
Precautions:
- Allspice oil should only be used in low dilutions, as it is found to irritate the mucus membrane and to cause dermal irritation.
Blends well with:
Ginger, Germanium, Lavender, Orange, Patchouli & Ylang ylang.