Cedarwood Essential Oil

Calming, relaxing, woodsy (surprise!)

Its low, woodsy scent is perfect for warming a cold evening, either in a candle or a massage oil recipe. Especially nice in blends for men.

Cedar oil is excellent for stress, anxiety and tension. It has a steadying effect and is great for helping you collect your scattered thoughts.

It's also good for hair loss, dandruff and oily hair, as well as oily skin and acne.

Botanical Name and Characteristics

Growing up to 130 feet tall, this evergreen tree has needle-like leaves. It can live as long as 2000 years if undisturbed.

Woodchips and sawdust are steam distilled to extract the essential oil.

Cedarwood essential oil has a soft, sweet, deep, woody scent.

Therapeutic Action

• calms nervous tension and anxiety
• promotes sleep
• relaxes tight muscles
• helps ease muscle and joint pain
• supports breathing when used as an inhalation
• helpful for meditation
• mildly astringent; good for acne and oily skin
• helpful for oily hair, dandruff and hair loss
• may help reduce cellulite
• antiseptic, fungicidal
• repels moths and insects

Blending

Cautions

Buy Cedarwood Essential Oil

I always recommend Mountain Rose first because I like and trust them. Their quality is excellent, their prices are good, and many of their essential oils are organic (and all of them are therapeutic grade.)

Or you could shop for cedar oil at Amazon. They have a number of different brands available at a variety of prices. (Just remember, you get what you pay for.) Happy hunting!

In terms of recommending suppliers, there's lots of really good suppliers out there, but I keep balking at the price. I can't in good conscience send you to a supplier whose quality is similar to Mountain Rose but who charges considerably (or even a little) more. I wouldn't do it myself, and I won't recommend it to you.

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