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DESCRIPTION
We offer Styrax Benzoin Oil that is extracted from the Benzoin tree found exclusively in Java, Sumatra and Thailand. The sap is gathered from the trees using a completely natural process. It has many medicinal properties which makes it an effective antiseptic as well as an excellent preservative.
COMMON NAMES
Styrax Benzoin.
BLENDS WITH:
Bergamot, coriander, frankincense, juniper, lavender, lemon, myrrh, orange and sandalwood.
CONSTITUENTS
benzoic acid (up to 38 %), partly free and partly combined with benzoresinol and siaresinotannol; vanillin, oily aromatic liquid, styrol, styracin, phenyl-prophyl cinnamate and benzaldehyde, cinnamic acid, pinoresinol, p-coumaryl benzoate
USES
Styrax benzoin is used as an antiseptic in irritable conditions of the skin. It also acts as a carminative and an expectorant and is specially suited to heal inflammation in the urinary tract. As a form of compound tincture of Benzoin, it is used as an inhalant with steam for laryngitis and bronchitis.
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