BLACK PEPPER
Name: Black Pepper
Method: Steam distillation
Note Classification: Medium
Scent: Warm, woody, spicy, peppery
Colour: Colourless or pale olive
Species: Piper nigrum. Family Piperaceae
Extracted From: Black peppercorns (dried and crushed). Peppercorns grow on a woody vine and are the mature but unripe (picked) berries which change colour from red to black in the sun.
Region: India.
By-products: An oleoresin is also produced by solvent extraction for flavorings purposes
Black Pepper 100% Pure Therapeutic Grade Essential Oil Historical facts: The use of black and white peppers goes back 4000 years in the East. The Chinese used white pepper to treat malaria, cholera, dysentery, diarrhea and also stomach complaints. In Greece it was used to help with fever and also stomach problems. Pepper grains were sometimes swallowed whole as a general body tonic.
Of Interest: Used as a rubefacient (reddens the skin).
Aromatherapy Properties: Well, known for muscle treatments, poor circulation, arthritis and rheumatism, sprains, stiffness. Also, colds, flu, diarrhea, flatulence, nausea, catarrh, coughs.
Blends Well With: frankincense, sandalwood, lavender, rosemary, marjoram and florals
Chemical Analysis: Monoterpenes (thujene, pinene, camphene, sabinene, carene, myrcene, limonene, phellandrene) 70-80%, sesquiterpenes 20-30%, oxygenated compounds
Safety Data: Non-toxic but irritant in high concentration – always dilute. Not compatible with homeopathic treatment.