Chemotype and indications
Identity card
Name : Sumatran Benzoin
Botanical name: Styrax benzoe
Distilled part: Oleoresin
Botanical family: Styracaceae
Origin: Laos
Chemical composition:
- Acids: Benzoic Acid (10 to 20%)
- Aldehydes
- Esters (60 to 80%)
Physical properties and therapeutic indications
- Natural adhesive plaster*
- Antiseptic*
- Healing*
- Bedsore*
- Ulcer*
- Hemostatic*
- Skin protectant (against allergies due to surgical dressings)*
Emotional, psychic properties and therapeutic indications
- Balancing*
- Helps to clear thoughts
- Asthenia, exhaustion
- Facilitates communication
- Irritability, stress, nervous overwork, nervousness
- Feeling lonely, sad, relaxing
Additional information
Legend: * powerful, ** very powerful; *** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) "In-depth Treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy", Ed. Grancher. p. 452.
THE INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENTS!