Cade essential oil, a powerful repellent

Cade oil is to be used with a lot of precautions because of some of its properties.The advice of Evelyne Chartier, aromatherapy practitioner and aromatherapist at the Rives de Seine Puteaux USLD and Courbevoie SSR 1, 2 hospital.

What is that ?

Cade (Juniperus Oxyucedrus) is a variety of juniper.He is part of the Cupressaceae family.It is a shrub that we find on the entire Mediterranean basin, in the maquis, the mountains of low altitude, the pine forests, the bushes.

Its bark is reddish gray in color. Its foliage is persistent.It has fine point needles with two white strips, while the other juniers have only one.It flowers in the spring, its berries are dark red in color and have a diameter of 8 to 10 mm.

CADE wood is renowned for its hardness and your heart rot -proof.

Which part is used to make CADE essential oil?

Cade essential oil is carried out by water steam distillation from CADE wood.

The main substances active in the essential oil of CADE are sesquiterpenes at the rate of 65 %, the phenols present between 5 and 10 %and sesquiterpénols up to 8 to 10 %.

Cade essential oil is dark brown in color, almost black.

What are the properties of the essential oil of gifts?

Cade essential oil has many virtues.

- It is anti-inflammatory.

- She is anti-infectious.

- It is antiseptic.

- She is antiparasitic and dewormer.

- She is venous and lymphatic decongestant.

- She is relaxing and harmonizing.

- It promotes concentration .- It helps to fight addictions (cravings, sugar, tobacco).

How to use gift oil?

Cade essential oil is used by skin, diffusion and olfaction.

What to treat with essential oil of gifts?

- Against heavy legs and cellulite: Mix 1 to 3 % of cade essential oil with 70 % jojoba oil and 27 to 29 % Calophyllian oil.Apply in massage.

- Against dermatoses (eczema, scabies, psoriasis, etc.): mix 20 drops of essential oil with 10 drops of bourbon geranium essential oil, 5 drops of nard essential oil, 5 drops of essential oil of essential oilIncense in 57 ml of jojoba oil.Apply on the injured areas, in massage, 3 times a day.

- To clean up the scalp and restore radiance to the hair: several possibilities: fast, mix 1 drop of essential oil in a shampoo nut and wash your hair.In mask: 1 ml of essential oil to mix with 9 ml of jojoba vegetable oil.To apply as a mask on the hair and to leave place 1 to 2 hours then make a shampoo.

- Against mites: pour 1 drop of essential oil on a cotton handkerchief, in the wardrobe to protect clothes from moth holes.

- To relax or to focus: in a diffuser, place 2 drops of essential oil with 2 drops of ylang-ylang essential oil and 2 drops of lavender essential oil.Breathe this mixture in the room for ten minutes.Faster: place 1 drop of essential oil in the palm of the hand.Place your hands in cutting and breathe for a few minutes.

- To combat addictions to sugar, tobacco: breathe 1 drop of essential oil of gifts placed in the hand, when the desire occurs.

Glow skin: regulate sebum with hydrosol

Cade essential oil hydrosol contains 1 % of the aromatic molecule.It can be used to clean oily skin twice a week.This helps regulate sebum.

What precautions to take with essential oil of gifts?

- Before any use of the essential oil, it is imperative to do a test at the bend of the elbow 48 hours before.

- In the event of redness, the cade oil must be more diluted by increasing the proportion of vegetable oil.

- Be careful, the essential oil of gifts contains high levels of phenols that can pass into the general circulation!

- Cader essential oil must be used over a short time: 4 days maximum, due to the risk of dermo-caustic allergy.

What are the contraindications?

- Cader essential oil should not be used by people with juniper allergy.

- It is contraindicated to renal insufficiency.

- Oestrogenlike, it should not be used in women who have suffered or suffering from hormone-dependent cancer.

- Cade essential oil is not suitable in case of papillomavirus.

- It is prohibited for pregnant women, breastfeeding mothers, children under the age of 15.