Helichrysum Essential Oil

This beautiful flower offer a myriad of health benefits. Scientific studies are showing benefits such as; reducing burnout and exhaustion, preventing weight gain and more.

Helichrysum is the Latin name for a flowering plant meaning "immortal" or "everlasting".

Famous for its exotic, spicy scent, many perfume makers use helichrysum in their products. The flowers and leaves of helichrysum plants have additional uses in traditional medicine in Europe, particularly Italy, Spain, Portugal, and Bosnia and Herzegovina.In this article, learn more about helichrysum essential oil, including the possible benefits and how to use it.

Essential oils are liquids that people extract from plants for use in herbal medicine. By extracting the oils, practitioners ensure the key ingredients of the plant are very concentrated.

For example, the National Cancer Institutereport that it takes 220 pounds of lavender flowers to make a single pound of lavender essential oil.

Helichrysum essential oil comes from steam distillation, the most common way to process essential oils.

Manufacturers place fresh helichrysum flowers in a chamber and then pump steam in, which prompts the release of essential oils.

The steam and oils then move to a condenser, where cooling transforms the steam into water and separates the essential oil.

Proponents of using essential oils believe that helichrysum essential oil may help treat a variety of health challenges.

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This article first appeared in Medical News, By Danielle Dresden, Reviewed by Debra Rose Wilson, PhD, MSN, RN, IBCLC, AHN-BC, CHT