JUNIPER - essential oil
Belonging to the pine family, juniper is a common mountain tree
Juniper (Juniperus communis), is a coniferous evergreen shrub that belongs to the pine family (Cupressaceae), and is commonly found on heaths and mountains in North America, Europe, and Southwest Asia. Both the branches and the berries of the leaves have been used since ancient times for medicinal and spiritual purposes. The evergreen tree is also popular as a residential ornamental plant, often used in wildlife plantings and shelter belts. The aromatic wood is also used for making furniture, fence posts, and pencils.
Health benefits
• Antiseptic
• Anti-rheumatic: increases blood circulation and toxin removal
• Antispasmodic: muscular, intestinal, respiratory
• Astringent: diarrhoea, gums, muscles, haemorrhage, hair
• Carminative: gas formation and release, colitis
• Blood detoxifier: uric acid, heavy metals, hormones, pollutants
• Diuretic
• Stimulant: nervous system, glands, excretory system, digestive system, urinary system
• Stomachic: increases gastric juices and bile production
• Tonic: muscles, tissues, skin, respiratory, circulation, nervous, digestive, excretory, prostate, haemorrhoids
• Wound healing
• Kidney stones, urinary tract infections (UTI's)
• Skin: acne, eczema, psoriasis, hair loss, dandruff
• Menstrual cycle regulator
• Stress, anxiety
Warning: Causes the skin to redden by increasing epithelial blood circulation