Chemotype and indications
Identity card
Name: Nutmeg (nut)
Botanical name: Fragrant myristic
Distilled part: Plant in full bloom of flower heads
Botanical family: Lamiaceae
Origin: France
Chemical composition:
- - Ethers : Elémicine, Myristicine, Safrole (1%)
- Monoterpenes (68%): Alpha and Beta Pinene (25 and 10%), Alpha and Beta Terpinene (4 and 8%), Limonene (3%), Myrcene, Sabinene (18%)
- - Monoterpenols (10%) Terpinene 1 ol 4 (10%)
- - Phenols: Eugenol
Physical properties and therapeutic indications
- Childbirth: Facilitates
- Analgesic*
- Muscular*
- Odontalgic*
- Rhumatismal*
- Analgesic*
- Antiseptic
- Physical asthenia*
- Carminatif
- Body aches*
- Diarrhea*
- Muscle pain*
- Emmenagogue
- Infectious enterocolitis*
- Spastic enterocolitis*
- Sprain*
- Flatulence
- Frigidity*
- Impotence*
- Neurotonic*
- Neuralgia
- Intestinal parasitosis*
- Cycle regulator
- Acute rheumatism*
- Chronic rheumatism*
- Circulatory stimulant
- Digestive stimulant*
- General stimulant*
- Internal tremors
- Uterotonic
Psychic and emotional properties and therapeutic indications
- Stimulates dreams
- Stress
- Overwork
- Intellectual asthenia*
- Concentration (favors)
- Depression
- Mental fatigue*
- Lethargy*
- Lack of energy
- Obsessed
- Brain stimulant*
- Psychic stimulant*
Additional information
Dangers / Directions for use
HE toxic at high doses, Dermocaustic, Abortive, Neurotoxic
Beyond 6 drops: drunkenness, hallucinogenic, nausea,
narcotic, tachycardia
FORBIDDEN for pregnant women, babies, children and people with epilepsy
Legend: * powerful,** very powerful;*** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Dosage : drip, maximum 6 drops per day.
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) “In-depth treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy”, Ed. Grancher. p. 591.
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 TREATMENT!