The Use of Sandalwood Oils in Home Remedy
September 16, 2009
The medicinal properties of sandalwood are innumerable. Some of the most mention worthy medicinal attributes of sandalwood oils is its antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, astringent, carminative, disinfectant, expectorant, hypotensive, tonic, sedative, memory booster, deodorant etc.
Sandalwood oil and sandalwood powders are used in different ways like in making herbal beauty products, incense sticks, room fresheners, soaps, perfumes, and creams and lotions keeping the beautiful fragrance and medicinal properties in notice. These products, besides being fragranced, work as organic disinfectant.
There are many herbal remedial benefits of sandalwood oil which helps in curing lots of ailments. Some of the therapeutic effects are described here.
Sandalwood essential oil is a reliable antiseptic herbal cure medicine and it is safe for both external and internal medicinal applications. If it is ingested on recommended dose it cures internal ulcers and wounds, on topical use it heals wounds sores, boils, wounds, and acne and pimples.
Sandalwood essential oil is attributed with anti-inflammatory and anti phlogistic in nature. It has a natural soothing effect on nerves and reduces all types of inflammations on circulatory system, excretory system, nervous system, and digestive systems which results from different ailments like fever, inset bites, poisoning etc. Due to Anti phlogistic quality of sandalwood oil it works efficiently in reducing inflammations of body due to fever and different types of viral infections.
Sandalwood oil is a great natural anti-spasmodic because of its great sedative and relaxing nature. Thus it works well in treatment of cramps, dry coughs, and aches etc. Sandalwood oil soothes nerves, hence works as memory booster.
Sandalwood is a good and reliable natural astringent. Thus it helps in natural treatment of contraction of muscles, gum, and in skin issues. It helps in solving loose teeth, muscle stiffness, and skin tightening etc.
Sandalwood oil is carminative in nature. It works efficiently against gas and flatulence in digestive system.
Sandalwood oil is good quality cicatrisant; it helps in reducing spots and scars etc. It is a good quality natural diuretic agent by medicinal application thus often prescribed for the kidney patients and for the patients suffering from dysuria.
The hypotensive quality of sandalwood deserves special mention because if taken with milk it works as efficient herbal medicine for high blood pressure. Instead of milk it can be consumed with water also.
Sandalwood oil is a good and efficient health tonic for growing children. It helps in improvement of concentration power so of great helps for the students. Because of its natural expectorant quality sandalwood oil compress soothes mumps patients’ pain and discomfort of swollen glands. However, for right dose and process of intake one should consult an expert herbal therapist.
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