Patchouli oil is an essential oil with many potential benefits for health and beauty. Some of the benefits of patchouli oil include:
Positive:
- Providing feelings of relaxation and helping to ease stress or anxiety
- Helping with oily hair or dandruff
- Controlling appetite
- Using as an insecticide, antifungal, or antibacterial agent
- Using as an additive in low concentrations to flavor foods like candies, baked goods, and beverages
- Grounding, soothing, and peace-inducing oil
- Anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, antiphlogistic, antiseptic, aphrodisiac, astringent, cicatrisant, cytophylactic, deodorant, diuretic, febrifuge, fungicide, sedative, and tonic qualities
- Relieving pain and inflammation
- Repelling bugs and mosquitoes
- Protecting skin
- Maintaining scalp health
- Inducing calmness and peace within and keeping emotions grounded
Negative:
- There is no good scientific evidence to support some of the uses of patchouli oil, such as for cancer, headache, and other conditions
Ingredients or materials:
- Patchouli oil is derived from the dried leaves and stems of the patchouli plant (botanically Pogostemon cablin)
- Some of the main constituents of patchouli essential oil include patchoulol, α-Patchoulene, β-Patchoulene, α-Bulnesene, α-Guaiene, Caryophyllene, Norpatchoulenol, Seychellene, and Pogostol
