Thursday Mar 28, 2024

Ravensara Essential Oil

When someone mentions Madagascar, what is the first thing that comes to your mind? Probably the movie, right? Those little penguins running around wrecking havoc, the funny zebra and the loveable lion. Well, if you were a botanist or an herbalist, the first thing that would come to your mind is Ravensara essential oil. As herbalists today say, “Ravensara oil is to Madagascar what tea tree oil is to Australia”.

What they mean to say is that this oil is an integral part of their everyday life. It’s used in curing countless diseases, conditions and medical problems. It’s known as a cure for pretty much everything. But perhaps the thing it is most praised for is its ability to fight viral infections such as herpes, cold sores, and shingles. In addition to its impressive antiviral abilities, Ravensara essential oil is known to have exceptional antiseptic, expectorant, and antibacterial properties.

What exactly is Ravensara Essential Oil?

 Ravensara essential oil is a special oil that is extracted from the Ravensara tree from the ancient land of Madagascar, just off the eastern coast of Africa. The leaves of this massive rainforest tree are put through various processes of steam distillation to extract the oil.

What does Ravensara essential oil look like?

Whenever you go out and buy any kind of essential oil, it’s always better to have a general description in mind because there are quite a few fake brands out there. Ravensara essential oil is one of those oils that can be easily adulterated with other ingredients but it’s also relatively easy to spot, if you know what you’re looking for. Pure Ravensara essential oil is usually clear and transparent. If you see any other colors, chances are that isn’t Ravensara. As for its odor, it’s a bit similar to eucalyptus essential oil, but with a much more distinct, spicy and woody aroma.

What are the components of Ravensara essential oil?

There are a lot of component inside every drop of Ravensara essential oil, each playing an important role in its uses and properties. The main ingredients are alpha-pinene, delta-carene, caryophyllene, germacrene, limonene, linalool, methyl chavicol, methyl eugenol, sabinene, and terpineol. Let’s get into more detail about what uses these constituents can provide.

Shingles

     The first and foremost use for Ravensara essential oil is treating shingles. Yes, shingles, that extremely painful, irritating condition. Shingles is caused by a viral infection where the virus hides in certain areas inside your nerves, resulting in acute, painful inflammation. This is often accompanied by a skin eruption that takes the shape of a girdle or belt, stretching across the middle of the body. You get the point: shingles is bad. Luckily, the answer is fairly simple.

If a virus causes the problem, an antiviral should cure the problem, right? But not just any antiviral. It has to be a powerful one that can reach the viruses hidden deep down inside your nerves. Luckily, Ravensara essential oil can do just that. It’ll quickly hunt them down, relieving your pain and quelling the inflammation.

If you’re interested in using Ravensara essential oil for treating shingles and cold sores, here’s a good idea. You’ll need 3 oils: Ravensara essential oil, tea tree oil, and the base which is coconut oil. Being another powerful antiviral and also an effective base, you’ll need a fair amount of coconut oil. Once you have that, mix in a few drops of Ravensara essential oil and tea tree oil. And there you have it. You’ve just made a powerful antiviral solution to apply to cold sores, shingles, and any areas that might be bothering you.

 

Sore muscles

     Ravensara essential oil is an excellent option to consider if you constantly suffer from sore, exhausted muscles. Whether it’s due to some sort of disease or condition, or you’re just overly athletic, wearing down your muscles on a daily basis, Ravensara essential oil can help soothe it all away. This is all thanks to its powerful antispasmodic properties. It literally reverses all the spasm and tension built up in your muscles from medical conditions or overexertion. In addition to that, it helps soothe the nerves involved, which might be the cause of the tension and soreness.

If you’re interested, here’s a recipe for muscle soreness. Actually, it’s not much of a recipe, just a good old warm bath, with about 10 drops of Ravensara essential oil added in, and the final ingredient is to kick back and relax. You’ll feel Ravensara essential oil hugging and squeezing the tension and soreness out of your muscles in no time. It’s a smart idea to try this near bedtime because by the time you get out of the bathtub, your body will have prepared itself for a good night’s sleep. Yup, activation of sleep mode, just another one of Ravensara essential oil’s many wonders.

Antibacterial

     Turns out, viruses aren’t the only things that shy away from Ravensara essential oil. It’s just as effective at killing harmful bacteria, as well. It’s generally capable of fighting all kinds of bacterial infections but the ones it’s most praised for are those that are caused by H. pylori.

This bacterium is usually related to gastrointestinal tract problems and causes frustrating stomach related sickness. If left untreated, it can lead to complications that might even be life threatening, such as sepsis. Luckily, Ravensara essential oil is well-known for its ability to take down H. pylori and relieve any bacterial infections that it might cause.

Ravensara essential oil is also used to improve digestive functions and gastrointestinal health. Its antispasmodic properties work wonders when it comes to flatulence and bloating. And to top it all off, Ravensara essential oil is one of few essential oils that have the ability to fight MRSA-related infections. You’ve never seen an antibacterial like this before.

Fight the cold

     We’re talking about something that has powerful antiviral, antibacterial and antimicrobial properties. Ravensara essential oil is bound to enhance your immune system and give it the extra boost it needs to fight the cold virus. As soon as you realize you’re on the verge of getting a cold, take a healing bath. What’s that? Well, all you have to do is get some nice, warm water running in your bathtub and then add a few drops of Ravensara essential oil along with other essential oils you might have.

Lavender and tea tree oil should give the best results but you’re welcome to try other oils if you’d like. An alternative to the bath method is to inhale the very same mixture or to simply add it to a diffuser so that you’ll be fighting the cold virus all around the house.

Respiratory Tract Problems

     Besides the common cold, Ravensara essential oil can help with other respiratory tract problems. You see, Ravensara essential oil isn’t just a powerful antiviral. It’s also an expectorant. It has the ability to get rid of all the phlegm that builds up with certain conditions and diseases such as pneumonia, bronchitis, tuberculosis, cold, flu and cough. Why is this important? Well, first of all, phlegm can be quite annoying. It leaves you with a persistent cough that won’t calm down until you’ve cured the source. But coughing too much isn’t the only danger of phlegm or we wouldn’t be this psyched about Ravensara essential oil.

Phlegm is also an ideal medium for bacteria and other harmful pathogens to grow. So basically, you get one infection, phlegm builds up, which gathers more bacteria, so you get another (secondary) infection, and so on. That’s just how virus, bacteria, fungi, and protozoa work. They look out for one another. So it’s only fair that you have something to look out for you, like Ravensara essential oil. And by the way, being able to improve difficult conditions like tuberculosis is proof of how powerful Ravensara essential oil truly is because that is one infection that physicians definitely hate.

How to Use Ravensara Essential Oil For Best Results

In order to benefit from Ravensara essential oil’s expectorant properties, the best method is to inhale it. You can add a few drops to your diffuser and let it spread throughout the room. If you don’t have one, there’s no need to worry. You can improvise. Boil some water, add it to a bowl, and then drop in some Ravensara essential oil. It’ll work like a makeshift infuser that’ll help loosen up the phlegm to be easily expelled from your body.

If you don’t feel like using an infuser or inhaling it at all, there’s another option you can use. Get some carrier oil and mix it in with some Ravensara essential oil, eucalyptus essential oil, and pine oil to make an expectorant chest rub. Next, all you have to do is apply the mixture in a circular motion on your chest and you’ll be able to get rid of the pesky phlegm in no time.

 

Anything to worry about?

     Generally speaking, Ravensara essential oil is quite safe. With the usual exception of pregnant mothers or people with known allergies, pretty much anyone can use it, just in moderate amount. Try it out for yourself and you’ll see why it’s considered Madagascar’s pride and joy (after those penguins, of course.)

    

 

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