Sandalwood Constituents:Santalol

Sandalwood Oil Description

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.

Acne *aphrodisiac *Bronchitis *Bronchitis *calming *Cough *Focus *Grounding *Nervous tension *skin *sleep *Warming/Relaxing *

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. ^{Walji, H.Ph.D.,129} 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 emollient, 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

Nepalese sandalwood, is currently endangered and consequently very expensive. ($155 per ounce). ^{www.iucnredlist.org,(November 30, 2007)} Sandalwood from Mysore region of southern India is generally considered to be of the highest quality available. 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. ^Wikipedia