Our allspice essential oil is 100% pure.
The essential oil is obained by steam distillation of the green berries..
CHARACTERISTICS: A pale yellow liquid with a sweet warm balsamic-spicy bodynote and fresh, clean top note. It blends well with ginger, geranium, lavender, ylang ylang, patachouli, neroli and spicy bases.
PROPERTIES: Anesthetic, analgesic, antioxidant, antiseptic, carminative, muscle relaxant, rubefacient, stimulant, tonic..
CONTRAINDICATIONS: Can irritate the mucuous membranes and has been foumd to cause dermal irritation. . Use in low dilutions only.
HERBAL/FOLK TRADITION:
Used externally for nerulagic or rheumatic pain. It is used extensively as a domestic spice - allspice is so called because the spice tastes like a combination of cloves, juniper berries, cinnamon and pepper.