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Wiki A sandalwood plant found in Hawaii.
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| Sandalwood , |
| Botanical Name |
| Santalum album |
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| SANTALACEAE |
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Santalum ellipticum, known as Hawaiian sandalwood ( iliahi aloe ), is also used and deemed of high quality.
Santalum spicatum Australian sandalwood is also used in aromatherapy as and ecological alternative to the endangered Santalum album. The concentration of constituent chemicals in its essential oil - and hence, its aroma - differ considerably from those of other Santalum species, not as musky.
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Sandalwood is one of the few fragrances that is equally popular among men and women. It's uplifting scent has been considered an aphrodisiac since ancient times. It aromatherapy it is often used to treat depression and emotional sexual dysfunction. A mild yang oil, it is emolient, tonic and sedative.
One of the most useful oils for the skin. A classic choice for dry and dehydrated skin. It relieves itching and inflammation, and as a mild astringent can also profit those with oily skin as well
In Ayuvedic medicine sandalwood oil is prescribed as a tonic, to treat ulcers and abscesses, and to treat mucus discharge.
Walji, H.Ph.D.,129 |
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Prep Methods :Essential Oil
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 Sandalwood oil has a sweet-woody, warm, balsamic aroma that improves with age. The essential oil blends wonderfully with most oils, especially rose, lavender, neroli and bergamot. Sandalwood oil is also an excellent cleansing, astringent addition to massage and facial oils, bath oils, aftershaves, lotions and creams. |
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Aphrodisiac *Calming *Meditation *Mood Uplfting *Stress Relief * |
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| Aphrodisiac | | Sandalwood's musky fragrance smells very much like alpha-androstenol, a male pheromone present in human sweat, which may help explain sandalwood's ancient reputation as an aphrodisiac. In addition sandalwood is a hormone regulator and affects the pituitary gland. 841
(Nickell,Nancy L ) | | Calming, grounding | | Reduces stress, very calming and grounding, helps to achieve meditative state 1101
. . (0000-00-00), | | Skin care, dry skin | | Sandalwood relieves inflammation and itching of dry and dehydrated skin. 842
| | It's expectorant and antispasmodic properties make sandalwood effective in chronic bronchitis and dry cough 843
| | Acne | | Sandalwood's astringent action helps with acne 844
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Koehler's Medicinal-Plants 1887
 Nepalese sandalwood, is currently endangered and consequently very expensive. ($155 per ounce).
www.iucnredlist.org,(November 30, 2007) Sandalwood is an evergreen semi-parasitic tree that depends on nourishment from other trees for the first seven years. Sandalwood from Mysore region of southern India is generally considered to be of the highest quality available.
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 Sandalwood is mentioned in the oldest Sanskrit and Chinese texts, and the fragrant wood was used to build temples and carved into statues of gods. The Egyptians used sandalwood for medicine, embalming and religious ritual.
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