Storax Essential Oil
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Storax Essential Oil is often confused with Benzoin Absolute. Storax is famous as a holy incense oil stated in Exodus 30:34. As a perfume it is a base or fixative with vanilla undertones. It has extreme persistence and is similar to the perfume of human skin that makes its aroma very sensual. The oil is extracted pathologically being that the tree is cut or wounded to collect its gum. Sometimes the tree's bark is pounded so that the tree produces the liquid gum beneath the bark. We decided not to use the name Styrax for this oil as there is some confusion with its similarity with Benzoin (Styrax benzoin) as it seems the two are often mixed for respiratory remedies. I am not sure but a storax oil was possibly one of the balms of Gilead in the Bible. It is used to isolate cinnamic alcohol. Often adulterated. Mix with labdanum resin and you create an amber like resin.
Additional Information
| Product No. | 01-sto00-group |
|---|---|
| GCC | DS-GP Turkey |
| Common Name | Storax, Levant Styrax, Styrax, Sweet Gum. Red Gum, Turkish Sweet Gum |
| Scientific Name | Liquidambar orientalis, L. styraciflua (American), Balsam styracis |
| Family Name | Hamamelidaceae (Witch-hazel) |
| Indigenous Country | Asia, Americas |
| Country Of Production | Honduras, North America, Guatemala, Asia |
| History | There is some confusion over this oil. There are really two varieties of trees yielding this oil. L. orientialis is the variety native to Asia. L. styraciflua is the American variety. Both are called Sweet Gum Trees. The trees are very similar and the oil |
| history_cont | No |
| Plant Description | A deciduous tree growing up to 128 ft high with grayish brown furrowed bark bearing leaves seven inches long with five deep lobes making a star shape producing a fruit that is a ball of many woody beaked capsules. |
| Parts Processed | Crude gum. |
| Processing Methods | Steam distilled. Resinoid. |
| Color Range | Clear to light yellow. |
| Chemical Constituents | Class: Terpene. Mainly styrene with some vanillin, benzyl alcohol, cinnamic alcohol, and esters. |
| Yin/Yang | Yin |
| Physical Uses | Used for ringworm, scabies, cuts, acne, ulcers, eczema, wounds (AVOID USE ON SKIN benzyl and cinamic alcohols readily absorbed by skin causing skin sensitization seems to have short term healing but permanent sensitization), bronchitis, colds, anxiety, an |
| Physical_Uses_cont | No |
| Mental Uses | I am powerful. I use my power creatively and harmlessly. |
| Emotional Uses | Angry, controlling, bossy, bullying, or being assaulted, controlled, dominated TO confident, powerful, able to deflect assaults, harmless |
| Spiritual Uses | Can indicate that you have confronted powerful destructive tendencies in yourself or others. This can be frightening. We would like to be the creators or the good guys, however life cannot be without compost or destruction. Storax allows one to resolve de |
| Spiritual_Uses_Cont | No |
| Applications | Bath(under proper supervision), inhaler, massage. |
| Warnings/Contraindications | Tested hazardous as a very sensitizing allergen which could cause dermatitis, cross reaction with cinnamon bark |
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