Niaouli

Our Opinion

Another must-have for your aromatherapy library! Niaouli has been acclimatised in several countries, but the biochemistry of its essential oil remains remarkably constant. It is available in abundance.

Quality

Botanical family: Myrtaceae
Latin name: Melaleuca quinquenervia
Other names: Melaleuca viridiflora
Origin: Madagascar
Cultivation: Controlled organic agriculture - Certisys-BE1 control
Part used: leaf
Production process: Steam distillation
Quality: 100% pure, natural, integral and chemotyped - Food
Olfactory notes: fresh, intense, kinetic, sulphurous

Main constituents

Oxides: 1.8 cineole (55%)
Monoterpenes: pinenes (12%)
Monoterpenols: terpineol, terpinene 1ol4
Sesquiterpenes: beta caryophyllene
Sesquiterpenols: nerolidol, viridiflorol
Sulphur compounds

Precautions for use

• Not to be used by pregnant and breastfeeding women or children under 30 months of age.
• Not recommended in cases of hormone-dependent pathology.
• Essential oil is well tolerated, but can irritate the most sensitive skin: its concentration in a soothing plant base (e.g. Calendula oily macerate) will be adapted on a case by case basis. Keep out of reach of children.
• Avoid contact with the eyes.
• Store away from heat and light.
• This essential oil is pure and therefore powerful.
• This essential oil can be used in cooking if it is diluted beforehand according to the recommendations, dispersed in a fat (oil, dairy), alcoholic or syrupy substance (honey, syrup). It cannot be ingested pure.