Essential Oils
BasilChamomile German Essential Oil
Chamomile roman essential oil
Dill herb essential oil
Helichrysum essential oil
Hyssop essential oil
Juniper berry essential oil
Lavender essential oil
Lovage leaf essential oil
Мelissa essential oil
Мilfoil blue essential oil
Pine essential oil
Rose essential oil
Smoke tree (sumac) essential oil
St.john’s wort
Thyme essential oil
Wormwood essential oil
Zdravetz essential oil
Мilfoil blue essential oil (Achillea millefolium)
Appearance | liquid |
Colour | yellow-green to green-blue |
Odour | spicy, with camphor note |
Relative density, g/cm3 | from 0,890 to 0,937 |
Refractive index (20 °C) | from 1,4700 to 1,4790 |
Acid value, mg KOH/g | not more than 10,0 |
Ester value, mg KOH/g | more than 20 |
Ester value after acetylating, | |
mg KOH/g | from 80 to 150 |
Contents of bound alcohols such as cineol, % | from 4,6 to 15,9 |
Contents of free alcohols such as cineol, % | from 16,00 to 25,23 |
Contents of characteristic ingredients (by GC), %: |
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Chamazulene | from 6 to 36 |
Borneol | from 2,0 to 15,0 |
Pinenes | not more than 20 |
Therapeutic Properties:
Milfoil oil is used for a wide variety of complaints, including chest infections, digestive problems and nervous exhaustion. The Chinese use it for menstrual problems and in Scandinavia it is used for rheumatism. It is also helpful for skin problems such as acne, oily skin, and to help reduce scarring.