Interest in the magnificent healing properties of Helichrysum essential oil is growing rapidly in America. This aromatherapy wonder has long been a staple of medical aromatherapists in Europe due to its synergistically healing chemical makeup. What is this little known oil? Where does it come from? And how can its therapeutic activity be employed by natural health enthusiasts and professionals?There are over five hundred species of the plant; it is crucial to find oil distilled from a particular variety for therapeutic use. The most potent oil is distilled from the tiny gold flower of the italicum species; the serotinum sub-species is noted by some authors as the most healing of all. Though oils from other Helichrysum species are available, their therapeutic actions are not as dramatic. To make matters more complicated, Helichrysum essential oil is also known as 0Immortelle’ and 0Everlasting’ 0 check the Latin name to be sure of the oil’s source.The Helichrysum flower is native to the Mediterranean, where much of the finest oil is distilled. Because of the growing popularity of the oil, outstanding varieties are now being produced in the United States, with laboratory test results showing exceptionally high concentrations of the principal active constituents 0 […]

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