Laurel essential oil

El Laurel leaves essential oil West Indies (Laurel de las Antilles) is 100% pure and natural and is extracted by steam distillation from the leaves of Pimenta Racemosa - also known as: malagueta essential oil, bay rum - the bay rum tree, native to the caribbean.

El bay leaf essential oil (Pimenta racemosa var racemosa) can be confused ’s relationship with the Laurel essential oil (Laurus nobilis). Although they broadly share broad aromatic similarities, they are both very different oils. He Pimienta Racemosa bay leaf essential oil It has a strong, sweet, fresh and spicy aroma, a light consistency and a golden-yellow colour. It has a powerful, spicy and sweet aroma with a distinctive note of cloves.

 Bay leaf essential oil properties

What is Laurel essential oil used for?

✡️ Debt Due to its antiseptic properties, bay leaf oil protects wounds against infection and inhibits bacterial growth. Is an excellent natural antibiotic.
✡️ Laurel leaf essential oil has properties analgesic and astringent, which help relieve neuralgic pain. 
✡️ It also helps relieve spasms by relaxing the contractions. 
✡️ Reduce the pain caused by coughs and colds, viral infections, the flu, and sprains. 
✡️ It favors perspiration and facilitates the elimination of toxins, excess salt, water and fat from the body through sweat.
emotionally, This oil calms afflictions and nervous disorders and helps to reduce nervous conditions such as hysteria, anxiety, stress, depression, anger, etc.

Properties of laurel oil for the skin

Helps eliminate stress from the skin, thus preventing the appearance of wrinkles and breakouts on the skin. Its antifungal and antibacterial properties can help heal skin infections. It is applied topically (always diluted) to cure insect bites.

Laurel oil for hair

Bay leaves and their derivatives are powerful hair growth aids for people with thinning hair problems or anyone looking to achieve thicker, longer hair.

El main component of the essential oil of bay leaves is the eugenol. Eugenol stimulates blood flow, but this compound has also been shown to good results in the fight against hair loss and dandruff, thanks to its antifungal properties.

The antiseptic properties of laurel oil make it effective against microbial activity that, on the one hand, irritates the scalp, altering the healthy balance of its pH and, on the other, aggravates fungal conditions of the scalp, causing inflammation of the scalp. scalp, these being the two main causes of hair loss.

How to apply laurel oil to hair?

Two easy methods on how to use laurel essential oil to apply to the scalp to facilitate hair growth:
✡️ It can mix with shampoo.
👉 In a spoonful of shampoo you add a maximum of 3-4 drops of pure oil;
✡️ Diluted in a carrier oil. When laurel oil is diluted in a carrier oil, such as olive oil or almond oil, you can store the mixture in an amber glass dropper bottle and use the oil mixture as a hair mask, hot oil treatment, serum, leave-in conditioner, massage of the scalp, etc.
👉 For its dilution it is recommended to use in proportion 1 drop of pure oil for 1 teaspoon of carrier oil.

Pimenta Racemosa - Caribbean Bay Leaves