Cassis/Cassia Bark Essential Oil, 10ml

- 100% pure Cassis Bark essential oil. - Botanical Name: Cinnamomum cassia - Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled - Part Typically Used: Bark - Color: Golden Yellow/Brown - Consistency: Medium - Perfumery Note: Middle - Strength of Initial Aroma: Sharp/Strong - Aromatic Description: Resembling cinnamon oils in aroma, cassia is sometimes used as an economical substitute for fragrancing applications. Spicy, sweet, woodsy, earthy. - Cassia Oil Uses: Fragrancing, indigestion, gas, colic, diarrhea, rheumatism, cold/flu. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 112.] - Major Constituents: (E)-Cinnamaldehyde (Z)-Cinnamaldehyde (E)-Cinnamyl acetate Benzaldehyde 2-Phenylethyl acetate Safety Information: Tisserand and Young caution that there is a high risk of skin sensitization when using Cassia Oil (the bark or leaf oil) and recommend a dermal maximum of 0.05%. They indicate that it may inhibit blood clotthing and that it is contraindicated in pregnancy/breastfeeding. Avoid use with children under 2. Reading Tisserand and Young's full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 235.]