Organic Eucalyptus

Botanical Name | Eucalyptus globulus |
Origin | India |
Method: | Complete distillation by steam distillation and rectification by successive distillation |
Plant part | Sheets |
Note | Top |
Appearance | limpid mobile liquid. May confuse slightly. |
Color | Colorless to very pale yellow. |
Odor | fresh, characteristic of eucalyptol (1,8-cineole) |
Biochemical composition of the essential oil | Oxides (75–85%): 1,8-cineole Sesquiterpenols (10%): globulol, ledol Sesquiterpenes (10%): aromadendrene Monoterpenes (5–10%): pinenes |
Therapeutic properties | Anticatarrhal, expectorant ++++ Atmospheric antiseptic ++ Antiviral ++ Anthelmintic ++ Antifungal ++ Antibacterial ++ |
Main therapeutic indications | Bronchitis, asthmatic bronchitis, bronchopneumonia ++ Otitis, sinusitis, nasopharyngitis ++ Influenza, catarrh, colds ++ Infectious dermatosis ++ Parasitic infections of the skin and intestines ++ |