Wintergreen Essential Oil

Categories: Health | Alternative Medicine | Homeopathy
    • Introduced in: North America
    • Developed by: Indian tribes of North America
    • Made from: steam distilled from the leaves of Gaultheria procumbens http://www.scribd.com/doc/8726619/Analys...
    • Price range: 4.50 - 40.00 USD/ounce
    • Common uses: Used as a flavoring on foods and candies. Also in holistic and homeopathic treatments.
    • Fact 6: Has been used as a common folk cure for muscle aches, headaches, fevers, sore throats, and rheumatism.

  • Wintergreen Essential Oil is steam distilled from the leaves of Gaultheria procumbens, a plant native to North America. Valued for both its taste and smell and added commercially to foods and as a fragrance to products, Wintergreen Essential Oil also has practical uses in holistic and homeopathic healing. The primary chemical constituent of wintergreen essential oil is methyl salicylate.http://www.scribd.com/doc/8726619/Analysis-of-Wintergreen-Oil

  • History

    Wintergreen was used by North American Indians to treat pain, fever, rheumatism, sore throats, and headaches. Wintergreen essential oil is analgesic, and astringent. Wintergreen essential oil has been used for for flavoring of candies and some foods. Because the major chemical constituent is methyl salicylate, wintergreen has been used interchangeably with birch tree essential oil.http://www.drugs.com/npp/wintergreen.html

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