Cassia Oil
 
Name
 Cassia Oil
Code
Scientific Name
Cinnamomum cassia
Common Name
 Cassia Oil
Extraction Method
Essential oil 1. By steam distillation from the leaves, and 2. By water distillation for the bark, leaves, twig ans stalks.
Characteristics
1.Leaf oil is brownish-yellow (the rectified oil is pale yellow), with a sweet woody-spicy tenacious odour.
2. Bark oil is a dark brown liquid with a strong, spicy-warm resinous odour.
Main Constituents
Leaf and Bark oil contain mainly cinnamic aldehyde (75-90 per cent) with some methyla eugenol, salicylaldehyde and methylsalicylaldehyde.
Properties
Antidiarrhoeal. Anti-emetic, anti-microbial, astringent, carminative, spasmolytic.
Key Qualities
Warming, reviving, tonic, streng thening, aphrodisiac, restorative, uplifting.
Blends well with
Olibanum, ylang ylang, orange, mandarin, bengoin,Peru balsam and in oriental-type mixtures.
Safety Data
Dermal toxin, dermal irritant, dermal sensitize mucous, membrane irritant.
Cautions
Should never be used on the skin (one of the most hagardous oils).
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