Ylang-Ylang Essential Oil

• Dosage of Essential Oils 
• Safety and Essential Oils

The hazard symbols for Ylang-Ylang essential oil

Warning pictograms on essential oil bottles are required by law. For Lavender the following pictograms are used:

• Inflammable – Official code: GHS02 – All essential oils are more or less flammable, also diluted essential oils. Keep away from heat, sparks, open flames, and hot surfaces. Do not smoke when handling.
• Environmentally hazardous – Official code: GHS09 – All pure, also diluted essential oils, are environmentally hazardous and rests of essential oils have to be collected as chemical waste, and may not be deleted in the sink, or the toilet.
• Long-term health-hazard – Official code: GHS08 – Ylang-Ylang should not be used excessively or over longer periods of time. The recommended dosage for the several different applications is crucial.
• Acute health effects – Official code: GHS07 – Causes mild skin irritation. Causes eye irritation. May cause an allergic skin reaction. The oil must be generally used moderately and appropriately diluted: see dosage. To prevent allergic reactions on the skin: Do the patch test (next chapter).

Before using essential oils on the skin….

Do a patch test

A patch test allows you to see how your skin reacts to a substance before using it more widely. Here are the steps for performing a patch test:

1. Wash your forearm with mild, unscented soap, and pat the area dry.
2. Dab a few drops of diluted essential oil onto a patch of skin on your forearm.
3. Place a bandage over the patch, and keep the area dry for 24 hours.

If you notice any rash, irritation, or discomfort during the 24 hours, remove the bandage and wash your skin thoroughly with gentle soap and water. Don’t use the essential oil if any reaction develops during the patch test.

If no irritation develops during the 24 hours, it’s likely safe for you to use the diluted essential oil. However, a successful patch test doesn’t mean that you won’t develop an allergy or experience a reaction after future use.

Source: Healthline – What You Need to Know About Allergic Reaction to Essential Oils

Attention: Cretan-Garden limits itself exclusively to the external use of essential oil, which means: used in carrier oils, massage oils, body oils, macerates, in a bath, footbath, inhalation via a steam bath, or the use of an aroma lamp or diffuser, and according to a safe dosage. Never use essential oil pure on the skin, without testing. See the paragraph above: “What you need to know about allergic reactions to essential oils.”

• It balances the fourth chakra – the heart chakra.
• YlangYlang is often used to relieve stress and boost mood.
• Calms negative emotions, anxiety, panic, frustration and strengthens self-confidence.
• The YlangYlang scent relaxes and can act as an aphrodisiac.
• See also here.

YlangYlang smells sweet, a little exotic, gentle, feminine.

The name ylang-ylang is the Spanish spelling of the Tagalog term for the tree, ilang-ilang – a reduplicative form of the word ilang, meaning “wilderness”, alluding to the tree’s natural habitat. A common mistranslation is “flower of flowers”.

The tree is also called the fragrant cananga, Macassar-oil plant, or perfume tree. It is called kenanga in Malay, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kanaŋa. Its traditional Polynesian names include mataʻoi (Cook Islands), mohokoi (Tonga), mosoʻoi (Samoa), motoʻoi (Hawaii), and mokosoi, mokasoi or mokohoi (Fiji). Other traditional names include sampangi (Telugu).

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