Spikenard Essential Oil
$38.00
6 ml
Botanical source: Boswellia carterii, B. sacra * Please note that these have been determined to be actually the same species!
Plant part used: The oleo-gum-resin
Origin: Somalia, East Africa
Production: Sustainably wild-harvested
Extraction method: Steam distillation of the dried resin
Fragrance profile: Sweet, balsamic with fresh-camphor and slight lemon highlights and persistent trails of sweet-wood base notes
Properties: Uplifting, restoring, centering
Chinese medicine function: To tonify the Qi, circulate Qi and Blood, and strengthen the Shen
Complementary blending: Lavender, Cardamom, Juniper berry, Myrrh, Bergamot, Neroli, Mandarin, Sweet orange, Siam wood, Cinnamon, Vetiver, Sandalwood
For external use only. Properly dilute all essential oils in lotion or vegetable carrier oil before massage or other topical use. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, nursing, have any health conditions, or are taking medications, please consult your healthcare provider before using essential oils.
Fragrance energy: Pungent, woody
Movement course: Rising, circulating
Warmth effect: Neutral to warm
Tone effect: Restorative, relaxant
Channel tropism: Lung, Heart
Five-Element affinity: Metal, Fire
In Chinese Medicine: Frankincense is a woody-pungent oil used to tonify the Qi and warm the Lung. Its gathering, sinking course of movement is what allows a resin oil to consolidate rather than disperse — the quality that has kept it in ritual and clinical use for millennia.
Chinese Medicine functions adapted from Peter Holmes, L.Ac., M.H., Channeling Fragrance. The full profile — treatment patterns, acupoint combinations and synergist oils — is in the book.
This oil is fantastic! It's of an excellent quality - the best I've found. I only wish it came in a larger size.
I deeply appreciate the quality of Snow Lotus' Frankincense, as evidenced by the dozen or so bottles I have purchased for personal use. I rated this product 4 stars only because I wish for a larger (10ml) bottle option than the 5ml that is currently available. I always am ordering more than 1 bottle at a time.