Vetiver, popularly know as "KHUS" in India has wonderful effect on mind and body while having a balancing effect on the hormonal system and is a great boon for the skin. It has an earthy, musty smell - much like the smell of a damp forest floor and is amber to olive in color. It is used to reduce wrinkles and stretch marks while nourishing and moisturizing the skin and helping wounds heal. Origin of vetiver oil It is a tall, tufted, perennial, scented grass with long narrow leaves and an abundant complex lacework of underground white roots and is mainly cultivated in the tropics, such as India, Tahiti, Java and Haiti. The grass was used in Calcutta and Haiti for thatching and awnings, blinds and sunshades, while in Java the roots were used for weaving mats and thatching huts, which not only gave rooms an exquisite fragrance but also deterred insects. It is a popular ingredient for soaps, toiletries and perfumes and growing the grass protects against soil erosion. Vetiver oil is also known as the 'oil of tranquility' because of its calming properties. Extraction It is extracted from the washed, chopped, dried and soaked roots and rootlets by steam distillation and yields about 0.5%. Chemical composition The main chemical components are benzoic acid, vetiverol, furfurol, a and b-vetivone, vetivene and vetivenyl vetivenate. Precautions It is considered a safe oil and is non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing. Therapeutic properties The therapeutic properties of vetiver oil are antiseptic, aphrodisiac, cicatrisant, nervine, sedative, tonic, sedative and vulnerary. Uses Vetiver oil calms and soothes the mind and helps to dispel anger, hysteria and irritability and neurotic behavior can also be reduced, as stress and tension is reduced. It revitalizes the body and helps with mental and physical exhaustion and is also used for general aches and pains, especially for rheumatism, arthritis and muscular pain, while relieving insomnia. Summary Vetiver oil has a calming an
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Product had leaked all over the inside of the package ...
Product had leaked all over the inside of the package. You can not lay it on its side without leaking. There is no drop dispencing cap in with which is why it leaks and you get more then one drop if you pour it out
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