- 100% pure Niaouli essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Melaleuca quinquenervia
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Leaves
- Colour: Clear
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Middle
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
- Aromatic Description: Earthy, musty, harsh.
- Niaouli Oil Uses: Aches, acne, bronchitis, colds, coughs, cuts, dull skin, flu, oily skin, sore throat, whooping cough. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 56-66.]
- Major Constituents for 1,8-Cineole Chemotype: 1,8-Cineole a-Pinene (+)-Limonene a-Terpineol B-Pinene Viridiflorol
Safety Information for 1,8-Cineole Chemotype: Tisserand and Young indicate that Niaouli Essential with the 1,8-Cineole chemotype may cause CNS and breathing problems in young children. They caution against using the oil on or near the face of infants and children. Reading Tisserand and Young’s full profile for this and the other Niaouli chemotypes is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 364.]