Rosewood Oil

Botanical Name of Rosewood:  Aniba rosaeodora

Synonyms:  Aniba rosaeodora var. Amazonica, Brazilian rosewood and rosewood tree

About Rosewood: Aniba rosaeodora belongs to Lauraceae family and is known to be grown in tropical rainforests of Latin America. Brazil, Ecuador, Peru, Guyana, Surinam, Venenzuala are known to be homeland for this tree which can grow up to 30 meters in height and 2 meters in diameter. This is a evergreen tree whose most parts are fragrant. Main use of rosewood and its oil is for the perfumery industry while it is known to have many therapeutic properties as well.

History of Rosewood: Historically rosewood has been known to be grown in the Latin American region and used to cure for minor ailments like, fever, cough, cold, headaches and infections. It was also used to rejuvenate skin in ancient times. There was a sudden increment in demand of rosewood oil in 1900 as it was used in making of a very popular perfume Chanel No. 5. Most of the demand for rosewood in 20^th century has been due to its use in various perfumes and the same continues till date.

Properties of Rosewood Oil: Chopped wood from the rosewood tree is distilled to extract rosewood essential oil. The yield of this oil is about 1% by weight of the wood. The major chemical constituents of this essential oil includes: alpha pinene, alpha terpineol, neral, geraniol, camphene, limonene, myrcene, geranial, linalool, benzyldehyde, etc.

Health Benefits and Applications Rosewood Oil:

Rosewood Oil is known to have number of benefits, some of the important ones include:

Analgesic: Rosewood oil is a mild analgesic and can give relief from mild headaches, toothaches and other aches in body muscles.

Anti depression: One of the wonderful properties rosewood essential oil is to take away any depression and make you cheerful within few minutes. The sweet floral aroma of this oil stimulates brain and makes it cheerful and positive.

Anti septic: Minor cuts and wounds can be treated in house by use of rosewood essential oil. It also helps the wounds to heal faster.

Aphrodisiac: This oil extracted from a very hard wood is very soft in nature and can arouse soft feeling between you and your partner. For the couples who are losing physical interest in each other can really have a good time using this essential oil.  

Cephalic: Another unique property of this essential oil is that it stimulated your brain to be active, sharp and alert. Any neurotic disorders of memory loss can also be cured using rosewood essential oil.

Other therapeutic properties of Rosewood Oil that make it useful are: Deodorant, Insecticide, stimulant, rejuvenates skin, wrinkle remover, acne, etc.

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