Known properties*: soothes pain and tension, tones body and mind.
Description :
What is quintessence? The optimization of the extraction with regard to the method and the distillation time observed by science in order to obtain the greatest richness in active ingredients.
Properly distilled , an essential oil contains 50 to 250 active molecules (for example, a synthetic drug only contains at best 3!): A richness that gives them concentration, diversity, but also power. extraordinary energy and a tenfold action all the wider when they are associated. All MAISON LAGET essential oils are chemotyped, botanically and biochemically defined, HEBBD, and above all: distilled long enough to extract all the active ingredients . Extensive requirements for certified quality aromatherapy.
Use & General Precautions:
After reading the precautions for use , and unless there are special precautions for use, you can use essential oils:
- In inhalation or diffusion
- By dermal route (application, friction or massage pure or after dilution in a vegetable oil, according to dermocausticity)
- Orally (on prescription from a therapist, usually 2 drops in honey, 2 to 3 times a day maximum, use limited to short periods)
- In the bath (use a dispersant)
- but also… In cosmetics (1 to 2 drops in a care cream), sauna, cooking, deodorization, cleaning, laundry, the fight against insects…
For more detailed information on the virtues and uses of essential oils for your well-being and beauty, consider consulting our reference books on aromatherapy. If in doubt, consult.
Composition, properties, recipes & Special precautions for use
Composition :
Product from Organic Farming certified by FR-BIO-01
HEBBD essential oil 100% pure and natural
obtained by slow steam distillation.
Ocimum basilicum spp basilicum
Chemotype: methyl chavicol
Distilled part: Flowery aerial part
Origin: Non EU (usually India)
Smell: Spicy, aniseed and aromatic
Color: Pale to amber yellow
Known properties (bibliography):
These purely informative indications in no way replace the medical opinion essential in establishing a diagnosis and in assessing the seriousness of a pathology. Because of their concentration, the use of EOs requires compliance with certain basic rules if one wants to benefit from their effectiveness and avoid the inconveniences due to misuse. Learn about the precautions for using essential oils.
Although the majority of Essential Oils are food grade, we do not recommend their ingestion without prior consultation and prescription from a therapist.
- Antispasmodic (car sickness, digestive spasms, muscle cramps and contractions, rheumatism, arthritis, tendinitis, painful menstruation).
- Analgesic (pain, tooth extraction, headache)
- Tonic and regulator of the nervous system (fatigue, overwork, anxiety, nervousness).
- Digestive tonic (aerophagia, nausea, digestive spasms) and hepatobiliary (pancreatic and biliary insufficiency or congestion)
Recipes (oral recipes require prior consultation with a therapist):
Internal use: Recipe against aerophagia: 1 drop HE Basil + 1 drop HE peppermint diluted in a spoonful of vegetable oil
External route: 2 drops of essential oil + 6 drops of vegetable oil on the stomach for digestive spasms and painful periods.
Special precautions:
Dermocaustic: dilute to 20% before cutaneous use
Do not use in olfaction / diffusion
Identification & Packaging
Food grade essential oil.
100% of the total ingredients are of natural origin.
100% of the total ingredients are from Organic Farming.
Certified by ECOCERT FR-BIO-01
Amber glass bottle with codigoutte
Recyclable packaging, without over-packaging in order to respect the environment 10ml.
*Disclaimer: The information on essential oils available here and in our general documentation is provided for your information and cannot claim to be exhaustive. They do not in any way replace the essential medical opinion in establishing a diagnosis and in assessing the seriousness of a pathology. This information, resulting from research carried out by health professionals, is the synthesis of our readings on aromatherapy, in particular the reference works of Pierre Franchomme and Dr Daniel Pénoël: "Aromatherapy exactly" Roger Jollois Publisher, aromathologist pharmacist Dominique Baudoux: “Aromatherapy, healing with essential oils” Éditions Amyris, by Dr. Zhiri and Dominique Baudoux: “Scientific aromatherapy – Chemotyped essential oils and their synergies” Editions Inspir, by Dr. Jean Valnet: “The Aromatherapy» Pocket Book, by Danielle Festy, Pharmacist: "My bible of essential oils", by Fabienne Millet, Pharmacist: "The great guide to essential oils", Marabout. They cannot constitute medical indications, nor even engage our responsibility in the event of an accident, injury or damage suffered.