- Camphor is a white
transparent waxy crystalline solid with a strong penetrating pungent
aromatic odor.
- The camphor tree can grow up to 35 meters (100 feet) and
the active component is found in every part of the tree.
- The tree is
native to Formosa (Taiwan), China and Japan and can often grow very old.
It must be at least 50 years old to produce the oil.
- Camphor essential
oil is extracted from the Cinnamomum Camphora (also known as Laurus
camphora) of the Lauraceae family and is also known as true camphor,
hon-sho, gum camphor, as well as Japanese and Formosa
camphor.
- Camphor oil is
extracted by steam from the the chipped wood, root stumps and branches
and is then rectified under vacuum and filter pressed.
- The brown and yellow
camphor oil has a very high safrole content, with yellow having between
10 - 20 % and the brown having 80%. These two oils are considered toxic,
as well as carcinogenic.
- There are two
important sassafras oils of commerce: Brazilian sassafras oil, obtained
from the trunkwood of Ocotea pretiosa, and Chinese sassafras oil from
Cinnamomum camphora. Both contain 80 percent or more of
safrole.
- Camphor oil is a
powerful oil and should be used with care. It is not really used in
aromatherapy as it is classed as a convulsant and neurotoxin.
- Overdosing can cause
convulsions and vomiting and pregnant women as well as people suffering
from epilepsy and asthma should not use it.
- The therapeutic
properties of camphor oil are analgesic, antidepressant,
anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, cardiac, carminative, diuretic,
febrifuge, hypertensive, insecticide, laxative, rubefacient, stimulant,
sudorific, vermifuge and vulnerary.
- Camphor oil can be
used in the treatment of nervous depression, acne, inflammation,
arthritis, muscular aches and pains, sprains, rheumatism, bronchitis,
coughs, colds, fever, flu and infectious diseases.
- Camphor oil is a
balancing oil, it can sedate the nerves and uplift apathy. It can help
with feeling cold and reduces inflammation.
- In vapor therapy
camphor oil can be used with great effect for the heart, clearing the
lungs and boosting circulation, as well as calming nervous diseases and
for convalescence.
- Although essential
oils in general blend well together, camphor oil blends particularly
well with the basil, cajuput, chamomile, lavender and
melissa.
- The demand for
sassafras oil is determined by the markets for heliotropin and PBO.
Heliotropin consumption is increasing, particularly in Eastern Europe,
Asia and some developing countries, and sassafras oil is the preferred
raw material for its manufacture.
- If supplies of the oil become tight,
however, or its price rises markedly, then synthetic heliotropin would
become more attractive.
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