What is the difference between single essential oil and compound essential oil?
June 12, 2020
What is the difference between single essential oil and compound essential oil?
Unilateral essential oil: the essence of plant extracts extracted from plant flowers, stems, roots, leaves or fruits by steam distillation, cold pressing, leaching, solvent extraction or balsam method.
Features:
1. There is a special smell of the plant itself;
2. The extraction amount is small, the extraction method is troublesome, and the price is high;
3. Can not be used directly on the skin, it needs to be diluted with base oil (except tea tree and lavender essential oil);
4. It is not an oil and has strong volatility;
5. The shelf life is 2-5 years.
Common varieties: lavender, tea tree, sweet orange, rose, jasmine, geranium, chamomile, grapefruit, bergamot, lemon, orange blossom, sandalwood, eucalyptus, patchouli, ylang ylang, frankincense, rosemary Wait.
Compound essential oils: In order to achieve a specific therapeutic effect, two or more kinds of single essential oils are mixed and mixed with a base oil in a certain ratio. Essential oils and essential oils can be coordinated with each other to complement each other and enhance the therapeutic effect.
Features:
1. Mixed aroma of essential oils;
2. The formula ratio of each compound essential oil is fixed, and the curative effect is targeted;
3. Apply directly to the skin of the corresponding parts for massage;
4. It is a mixture of base oil and single essential oil, and the volatility is between these two;
5. The shelf life is short, and it needs to be used as soon as possible after opening.
Common varieties: Relaxing and relaxing pressure, removing wrinkles and removing acne, whitening and light spots, lymphatic drainage, ovarian maintenance, regulating menstruation and pain relief, light lines and scars.