One of the most popular essential oils in the world is the sandalwood essential oil. The botanical name for sandalwood is santalum. The excellent fragrance of sandalwood has helped it to make a prominent place for itself in the perfume market. The therapeutic benefits of sandalwood are immense and hence it is used in ayurvedic, Chinese and Tibetan medicines. Sandalwood is considered as diuretic and aphrodisiac. Sandalwood also has antiseptic and anti inflammatory properties.
The sandalwood oil extraction is not easy as it takes nearly 30 years for a sandalwood tree to mature. The sandalwood tree is an evergreen one and it has beautiful purple flowers. The sandalwood essential oil is typically yellowish in color. Sandalwood oil is extracted by using the steam distillation process. The sandalwood essential oil uses include curing bronchitis, laryngitis, scars, leucorrhea, stretch marks, depression etc. one of the benefits of sandalwood essential oil is that it is a great stress buster.
Mysore in India is very famous for its sandalwood essential oils. Sandalwood oil has numerous benefits. It is used quite a lot for aromatherapy as well.
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