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Cassia Essential Oil

Cassia Oil

Botanical Name: Cinnamomum cassia Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled 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 Bark

Cassia Oil Uses: Fragrancing, indigestion, gas, colic, diarrhea, rheumatism, cold/flu. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 112.]

Constituents: Cinnamic aldehyde, methyl eugenol, salicylaldehyde, methylsalicylaldehyde. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 112.]

Safety Information: Lawless indicates that Cassia Oil is a dermal irritant and mucous membrane irritant. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 112.]

Tisserand advises to completely avoid Cassia Oil in skin care applications. [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 204.]

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