Guide to essential oils

Essential oil of Rosemary verbenone

Purifying, rosemary verbenone essential oil is widely used to care for skin with blemishes. To help reduce stretch marks, rosemary verbenone essential oil has restorative properties. In aromatherapy, rosemary verbenone essential oil is traditionally reputed as a detoxifier.

How to use

  • Skin application and massage

    Skin application and massage

    Suitable

  • Diffusion

    Diffusion

    Possible but not recommended

  • Cosmetic active ingredient

    Cosmetic active ingredient

    Appropriate

  • Aromatherapy bath

    Aromatherapy bath

    Possible but not recommended

  • Food grade

    Food grade

    Suitable

Features

Properties and uses

Precautions

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Features

Production process

Complete steam distillation

Part of the plant used

Flowering tops

Botanical name

Rosmarinus officinalis sb. verbenone

Warning

The properties, information and methods of use below are quotes from reference books or websites on aromatherapy, hydrolatherapy and phytotherapy. This general information is provided for informative purposes only and in no way constitutes medical guidance. Under no circumstances can this information be used as a substitute for a medical diagnosis, consultation or follow-up, nor can it incur our liability. We recommend that you consult the guide to essential oils before using them, so that you are aware of any precautions that need to be taken. If in doubt, consult a doctor before using essential oils.

Properties and uses

Rosemary verbenone essential oil is traditionally used for: Acne, spots, scars, liver health, stretch marks

Health

Wellness

Beauty

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A powerfulmucolytic thanks to its ketone content, rosemary verbenone essential oil is traditionally recommended for clearing the respiratory tract in cases ofbronchial congestion, sinusitis, colds or bronchitis. It is also an excellent support for the liver in cases of overload, intoxication or dietary excess, and a great solution for detox cures after the festive season.

Properties

Rosemary verbenone essential oil is recognised for its health properties:

  • Anticatarrhal, mucolytic

  • Hepatocyte regenerator and to flush the liver

  • Bile secretion

  • Endocrine regulator

  • Lipolytic

  • Cardiac tonic

  • Anti-infectious, cleansing, purifying

Uses

Rosemary verbenone essential oil is traditionally used to improve the following conditions:

  • Sinusitis, bronchitis, respiratory infections

  • Liver and biliary disorders (on medical advice), liver overload, detoxification, bad breath, intoxication.

  • Hypotension

Synergies

  • To help clear the respiratory tract: sweet woodruff and narrow-leaved eucalyptus essential oils.

  • Purifying, cleansing: tea tree, niaouli, thyme essential oils

In practice

Respiratory health: Mix with your oil blend. Rub a few drops of your mixture into the chest and upper back.

Air purification: For air diffusion, mixed with other essential oils (Lemon, Scots Pine, Gully Gum Eucalyptus, etc.).

Precautions

  • This oil contains ketones, a neurotoxic and abortifacient risk. Do not use during pregnancy or while breastfeeding, or on children under 7, epileptics or sensitive elderly people.

  • Possible 'progesterone-like' effect, to be taken into account in the case of hormonal problems. Contraindicated in cases of mastosis or a history of hormone-dependent cancers (breast, ovarian, endometrial).

  • Avoid overdosing and prolonged use.

  • Keep out of reach of children.

  • Avoid contact with eyes.

  • Certain natural compounds contained in this essential oil may present a risk of allergy for certain sensitive individuals when the essential oil is incorporated into a cosmetic composition (in accordance with the 7th Amendment of the European Directive on cosmetic products (2003/15/EC)): limonene, linalool, geraniol.

  • As a general rule, always test-apply your mixture in the crease of the elbow at least 48 hours before use.

  • For use as a cosmetic ingredient, please refer to the specific precautions.

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A shrub typical of the garrigue region and the Mediterranean region, rosemary is highly prized as a flavouring in cooking, for stews, grilled food, sauces and even desserts. This aromatic plant is also widely renowned in phytotherapy for its multiple properties, notably as a choleretic, a relaxant and an expectorant, and is highly prized in perfumery, especially in men's fragrances.

Equivalents

Essential Oils

1 ml = approximately 35 drops (with our Aroma-Zone dropper caps)

Carrier oils

1 pump (Aroma-Zone aluminium pump) = approx. 0.15 ml

Mass / Volume conversion (for a liquid)

Mass (g) = Density x Volume (ml) at 20°C

Further information

1 full teaspoon = between 3 and 4.5 ml

1 full tablespoon = between 7.5 and 10 ml


However, these spoon ratios depend on a number of factors (e.g. viscosity of the liquid, temperature, depth and size of the spoon, rheological behaviour of the liquid), and we strongly advise you to use precise measuring equipment, such as graduated test tubes, graduated pipettes, and precision scales.

Aromatherapy recipes from the bibliography

EO = Essential Oil VO = Carrier Oil or Macerated Oil

Scar (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

  • Immortelle essential oil 1 drop

  • Rosemary verbenone essential oil 1 drop

  • Rosehip OIL 2 drops

Use : applied locally

Stretch marks - Only outside pregnancy and breastfeeding (C. Clergeaud)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

As a local massage on the affected areas, you can use the following oils pure or by blending them all together:

  • Macadamia carrier oil

  • >Rosehip carrier oil

  • Avocado carrier oil

  • Evening primrose carrier oil

  • Borage carrier oil

  • Tamanu carrier oil

Use: To boost their action even further, add a few drops of the following essential oils:

  • Lavender essential oil

  • Mediterranean cypress essential oil

  • Lemon essential oil

  • Rosemary verbenone and/or cedarwood essential oil

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Stretch mark treatment - Only when not pregnancy or breastfeeding (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

  • Rosemary verbenone Essential Oil 1 ml

  • Cajeput Essential Oil 1 ml

  • True lavender Essential Oil 1 ml

  • Cistus ladanifera Essential Oil 1 ml

  • Chilean Rose Essential Oil 2 ml

Directions for use: 3 drops of the mixture on the stretch mark and massage by pinching the skin as if to reduce the scar, 3 times a day until a clear improvement is seen.

Acne / blackheads (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

  • Menthol Eucalyptus essential oil 1 ml

  • Spike lavender essential oil 1 ml

  • Tea tree essential oil 2 ml

  • Rosemary verbenone essential oil 1 ml

Directions for use: A few drops of the mixture, applied individually, twice a day.

Intoxication (on medical advice) (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingDigestive problems

Oral use:

  • Levisticum officinale (lovage) essential oil: 20 mg

  • Apium graveolens (celery) essential oil: 20 mg

  • Ocimum basilicum ssp basilicum (tropical basil essential oil): 20 mg

  • Ledum groenlandicum (bog Labrador tea) essential oil: 20 mg

  • Thymus vulgaris CT thujanol (thujanol thyme) essential oil: 20 mg

  • Excipient powder 300 mg to make a capsule no. 0 dt 60

  • Get your pharmacist to make these capsules.

Use: 2 x 1 capsule a day after meals; repeat as necessary.

ANDon the skin:

  • Ledum groenlandicum (bog Labrador tea) essential oil: 3 ml

  • Rosmarinus officinalis CT verbenone (rosemary verbenone) essential oil: 6 ml

  • Thymus vulgaris CT thujanol (thujanol thyme) essential oil: 3 ml

  • Hazelnut oil carrier oil or transcutol: add 30 ml

Directions for use: 10 drops 3 times a day, applied locally in the area of the liver Aroma-Zone comment: Transcutol is a pharmaceutical preparation that is not widely used. It allows fatty substances such as essential oils to penetrate the skin easily. It can easily be replaced by a dry carrier oil such as hazelnut, kukui or macadamia oil.

Liver fatigue (D. Festy)

Health & wellbeingDigestive problems

  • Rosemary verbenone essential oil: 1 drop

  • Bog Labrador Tea essential oil: 1 drop

  • Tarragon EO : 1 drop

Directions for use: Massage the liver area with this formula twice a day.

Psoriasis in adults and children (over 6 years and on medical advice) (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

Solid form (gel)

  • Jatamansi spikenard essential oil: 0.5 ml

  • Myrrh essential oil: 1 ml

  • Palmarosa essential oil: 1 ml

  • Roman chamomile essential oil: 1 ml

  • Cineole myrtle essential oil: 1 ml

  • Annual tansy: 0.5 ml

  • Rosemary verbenone: 0.5 ml

  • Calophylla carrier oil: 3 ml

  • Argan carrier oil: 3 ml

  • 2% carbomer gel: add 100 ml to make up

Aroma-Zone comment: carbomer gel can be replaced by a vegetable gel made from guar gum or tragacanth gum Dosage: 1 topical application 3 times a day for 3 weeks or more.

White or yellow tongue (digestive problem) (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingDigestive problems

  • Pimpinella anisum essential oil (Aniseed): 1 ml

  • Ocimum basilicum ssp basilicum essential oil (Tropical basil): 1 ml

  • Rosmarinus officinalis CT verbenone (Rosemary): 2 ml

  • Mentha x piperita essential oil (Peppermint): 1 ml

Use : 1 to 2 drops mixed with a teaspoon of honey in the morning on an empty stomach.

Bronchial congestion in adults (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingRespiratory problems

  • Narrow-leaved eucalyptus essential oil 3 drops

  • Ravintsara essential oil 3 drops

  • Niaouli essential oil 2 drops

  • Rosemary verbenone essential oil 2 drops

  • Sweet Inula essential oil 2 drops

Directions for use: massage 8 drops of the mixture into the chest and upper back 4 times a day for 7 days.

Teenage acne (Aroma News - NARD)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

  • Melaleuca alternifolia essential oil (tea tree): 1 ml

  • Cistus ladaniferus CT pinene (gum rockrose): 3 ml

  • Lavandula spica essential oil (Spike lavender): 2 ml

  • Rosmarinus officinalis CT Verbenone essential oil (Rosemary verbenone): 2 ml

  • Transcutol: 15 ml

Directions for use: 1 topical application twice a day.

Aroma-Zone comment: Transcutol is a pharmaceutical preparation which is not widely used and which allows fatty substances such as essential oils to penetrate the skin easily. It can easily be replaced by a dry carrier oil such as Hazelnut, Kukui or Macadamia oil.

Hyperactivity in children (over 6 years of age and on medical advice) (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingChildren's medical care

  • Citrus reticulata (mandarin) essential oil: 1 ml

  • Chamaemelum nobile (Roman chamomile) essential oil: 0.5 ml

  • Rosmarinus officinalis CT verbenone (rosemary verbenone) essential oil: 0.5 ml

  • Cinnamomum camphora (Ravintsara) essential oil: 0.5 ml

  • Commiphora molmol (myrrh) essential oil: 0.3 ml

  • Hazelnut carrier oil: 3 ml

  • Transcutol: add 15 ml to make up

Directions for ue: Massage 4 drops of the blend into the arch of the foot and/or the inside of the wrists or 6 drops on either side of the spine or on the solar plexus morning and evening Aroma-Zone note: Mandarin essential oil is photosensitising, so do not expose yourself to the sun after applying this blend.

Psoriasis (D. Baudoux)

Health & wellbeingSkin problems

  • Rosmarinus officinalis CT Camphor Essential Oil (Rosemary Camphor): 1 ml

  • Rosmarinus officinalis CT Verbenone Essential Oil (Rosemary verbenone): 1 ml

  • Cedrus atlantica Essential Oil (Atlas Cedar): 1 ml

  • Chamaemelum nobile (Roman chamomile) essential oil: 0.5 ml

  • Nardostachys jatamansi Essential Oil (Himalayan Spikenard): 1 ml

  • Rosa rubiginosa Carrier Oil (Rosehip): 10 ml

  • Eucerin pH5: 100 g supplement

Directions for use: 2 to 3 applications a day until a clear improvement is seen.

Bibliography

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'Huiles essentielles - 2000 ans de découvertes aromathérapeutiques pour une médecine d'avenir'

Dominique Baudoux

2

Aromatherapy

Dr Jean Valnet - Éditions Maloine

3

"L'Aromathérapie exactement"

P. Franchomme and Dr D. Pénoël

4

'La Bible de l'aromathérapie'

Nerys Purchon

5

"ABC des huiles essentielles"

Dr Telphon

6

Aromatherapy

Nelly Grosjean

7

'Les huiles essentielles pour votre santé'

G. Roulier

8

'Les cahiers pratiques de l'aromathérapie française - Pédiatrie'

Dominique Baudoux - Editions Amyris

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Aroma-News newsletters

The NARD association

10

'Aromatherapy - Healing with essential oils'

Dominique Baudoux - Editions Amyris