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Ajowan - Essential Oils 100% Pure
Ajowan - Essential Oils 100% Pure
Botanical Name:
Trachyspermum copticum
Plant Part: Herb
Extraction Method: Steam distilled
Origin: India

Description: Ajowan is an annual herbaceous, 30 -70 cm (1 -2 ft) in height, bearing feathery leaves and red flowers. An erect glabrous or minutely pubescent-branched annual. The stems are striate, the leaves are rather distant, 2-3 pinnately divided, the segments linear.

Colour: Pale yellow brown

Common Uses: Ajowan essential oil is much valued for it’s anti spasmodic, stimulant, tonic, and carminative properties. It is a potent anti microbial agent.

Consistency: Light

Note: Top

Strength of Aroma: Strong

Blends well with: Thyme, Parsley, Sage

Aromatic Scent: Herbaceous - spicy medicinal odor, much likes thyme

History:Also known as Bishop’s Weed, the essential oil of Ajowan has been traditionally used in India as an antiseptic and aromatic carminative. Its action and uses are similar to those of thymol. Ajowan is native to India, but is also cultivated in Iran, Egypt Pakistan and Afghanistan.
   
 

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Cautions:Use well diluted as it can cause skin irritation. Avoid during pregnancy. Disclaimer for all items
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