Catmint (Catnip) Essential Oil

Ismael Imports
We import frankincense and myrrh resin (Boswellia & Commiphora myrrha) from Somaliland to Vermont, where we steam distill the resins into essential oils and fragrant water (hydrosol) . Our products are of superior quality and 100% pure.

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Vial depicting Catnip Essential Oil

Botanical Name: Nepeta cataria

Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled

Color: Pale Yellow/Orange

Consistency: Medium

Perfumery Note: Middle

Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium

Aromatic Description: Herbaceous with a subdued mint aroma.

Possible Uses: Minimal documentation on essential oil use. May act as a topical anesthetic, anti-inflammatory, anti-rheumatic, astringent, carminative, nervine, sedative. [Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, The Aromatherapy Practitioner Reference Manual (Tampa, FL: Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy, 1994), 309.]

Constituents: Nepetalactone (60-95%). [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 214.]

Nepetalactone, caryophyllene, epi-nepetalcatone, trans-ocimene, myrcene, cis-ocimene. [Sylla Sheppard-Hanger, The Aromatherapy Practitioner Reference Manual (Tampa, FL: Atlantic Institute of Aromatherapy, 1994), 309.]

Safety Information: Tisserand advises that it may be a skin sensitizer and to use it with caution. Sheppard-Hanger advises to avoid use during pregnancy and to avoid use in babies and children.

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