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2. List of essential oils - Wikipedia

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   Unlike other essential oils, lemon oil is usually cold pressed. Used in cosmetics. Lemongrass. Lemongrass is a highly fragrant grass from India. The oil is very useful for insect repellent. Lime; Litsea cubeba oil, lemon-like scent, often used in perfumes and aromatherapy. Linalool; Mandarin; Marjoram; Manuka oil; Melissa oil (Lemon balm ...

3. Essential oil - Wikipedia

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   An essential oil is a concentrated hydrophobic liquid containing volatile (easily evaporated at normal temperatures) chemical compounds from plants.Essential oils are also known as volatile oils, ethereal oils, aetheroleum, or simply as the oil of the plant from which they were extracted, such as oil of clove.

4. Category:Essential oils - Wikipedia

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   This category includes all essential oils such as Tea tree oil, obtained by distillation from plant materials. It does not include specific constituents of those oils (e.g., limonene )- these should be listed under the appropriate sub-category of Category:Organic compounds .

5. How to Use Essential Oils for Skin: A Beginner's Guide - AOL

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   To put it simply: Essential oils are extractions of oils from plants. Skip to main content. Sign in. Mail. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 ...

6. Aromatherapy - Wikipedia

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   Oils and the belief that they had healing properties, along with other beliefs of the time, are described by Dioscorides in his De Materia Medica, written in the 1st century A.D. [7] Distilled cedarwood oil was used by the ancient Egyptians, and the process of distilling essential oils like rose essence was refined by the 11th century Persian ...

7. Spikenard - Wikipedia

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   In bloom, the plant grows to about 1 meter (3 ft) in height and has small, pink, bell-shaped flowers. It is found at an altitude of about 3,000 to 5,000 m (9,800 to 16,400 ft). Its rhizomes can be crushed and distilled into an intensely aromatic, amber-colored essential oil with a thick consistency.