Penny Royal Essential Oil (Morocco)

Active Ingredient:  Pulegone: 85.5%

Botanical Name: Mentha Pulegium

Plant Part: Flowers

Extraction Method: Steam Distilled

Origin: Morocco

Description: Penny Royal is a perennial herb that grows up to 50cm (20 in) tall with smooth roundish stalks and aromatic, gray-green oval leaves.

Color: Colorless to pale yellow liquid.

Common Uses: Penny Royal Essential Oil was traditionally used to strengthen the nerves, being valuable in hysteric disorders, nervous exhaustion and externally applied for neuralgia. It has a long traditional use as a carminative, diaphoretic, stimulant and as an emmenagogue.

Consistency: Thin

Note: Top

Strength of Aroma: Strong

Blends well with: Penny Royal Essential Oil does not blend well with other oils.

Aromatic Scent: Penny Royal Essential Oil has a scent very similar to peppermint. Users should expect it to be sweet and herbaceous.

History: Penny Royal is a herbal remedy of ancient repute, and was used to purify the blood, for digestive and menstrual problems and feverish colds. It also has a deserved reputation as an insect repellent.