Cedarwood, Atlas Essential Oil - Organic

10 ml

Botanical source: Cedrus atlantica
Plant part used: The heartwood
Origin: The Atlas Mountains of Northern Morocco
Production: Sustainably wild harvested and certified organic
Extraction method: Steam distillation of the dried wood chips


Fragrance profile: Warm, deep sweet-woody notes with just a hint of fresh-camphor topnotes and a finish of warm, balsamic basenotes


Properties: Centering, stabilizing, strengthening, relaxing

Chinese medicine function: To tonify Kidney Yin and Qi, resolve damp and harmonize the Shen

Pharmacology: Atlas cedarwood is well-balanced among sesquiterpenes, sesquiterpenols and sesquiterpenones, which have shown good relaxant and anti-inflammatory effects.

Complementary blending: Rosewood, Siam wood, Cypress, Hemlock spruce, Bergamot, Neroli, Sweet orange, Ylang ylang, Vetiver

Fragrance energy: Woody, sweet
Movement course: Gathering
Warmth effect: Neutral
Tone effect: Regulative, restorative
Channel tropism: Kidney, Bladder, Spleen, Lung, Dai
Five-Element affinity: Water, Earth

In Chinese Medicine: An important sweet-woody oil for tonifying the Yin and harmonizing the Shen. Its gathering, stabilising effect on the Lower Jiao strengthens Kidney Qi and Yin — but unlike most Yin tonics it is drying and damp-resolving rather than cooling and moistening.

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.

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.