Product Description
Processing method of black spruce essential oil: steam distillation
Part of the plant: needles and branches
Odour: Fresh, resineous and balsamic (BASE NOTE)
Chakra: Root
Origin: Canada
Chemistry:
Monoterpenes: camphene (10 to 25%), alpha-pinene (12 to 22%)
Esters: bornyl acetate (12 to 35%)
Botanical name: Picea mariana
Family: Abietaceae
Black spruce is a conifer native to Canada that grows on mountain slopes. Its bark is grey-brown and the very little flowers give fruits that look like dark purple pine cones. It is one of those trees that can withstand the harshest cold.
Yield: 1kg of oil = about 100 kgs needles
PROPERTIES OF BLACK SPRUCE ESSENTIAL OIL
- Anti-infectious, anti-mycotic, anti-parasitic, aerial antiseptic ++
- Anti-spasmodic, antitussive reducing the coughing reflex, it assists expectoration and the expulsion of mucus from the trachea or the bronchi +
- Anti-inflammatory+++
- Hormone mimetic: cortisone mimetic +
- General tonic allows for a good general neurotonic fitness, refills the solar plexus +++
- Antiseptic
The black spruce EO is very different from other essential oils obtained from conifers because there is less alpha-pinene. So it is less used to clear the airway but remains anti-infective and moreover is calming cough. It is close to Siberian fir (Abies sibirica) essential oil.
♦Main psycho-emotional properties – to increase energy♦
- Lack of energy and motivation
- Emotional blockage
- Feeling insecure
- Fears, phobias