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Marjoram Essential Oil (Sweet Marjoram Oil)![]() ![]() Botanical NameOriganum majorana Common Method of ExtractionSteam Distilled Plant Part Typically UsedLeaves and Flowers/Buds ColorClear with a Tinge of Yellow ConsistencyThin Perfumery NoteMiddle Strength of Initial AromaMedium Aromatic DescriptionHerbaceous, sweet, woody, with a campherous, medicinal aroma. Marjoram Essential Oil UsesAching muscles, amenorrhea, bronchitis, chilblains, colic, coughing, excessive sex drive, flatulence, hypertension, muscle cramps, neuralgia, rheumatism, sprains, strains, stress, ticks. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 56-65.] Major Constituents
Terpinen-4-ol [B.M. Lawrence, Essential Oils 1981-1987 (Wheaton: Allured Publishing, 1989), 96-97. Source cited in Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 346.] Safety InformationTisserand and Young do not indicate any special precautions when using Marjoram Essential Oil. 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), 346-347.]
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