What is Naturactive Juniper Organic Essential Oil used for?
This Naturactive essential oil of JUNIPER ( Juniperus communis L.) isorganically grown. It is guaranteed 100% pure and of natural origin. It has pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory properties, making it very useful for soothing joint pain: arthritis, neuritis, polyarthritis... This essential oil is renowned for its slimming virtues, as its diuretic properties facilitate drainage. It reduces cellulite, water retention and edema . Finally, it is recognized for its ability to promote blood circulation, helping to combat varicose veins and hemorrhoids.
Juniper berry essential oil has demonstrated in vitro antimicrobial activity against various bacterial strains, including Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Proteus mirabilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Klebsiella pneumoniae. It also has antiviral activity against the herpes virus HSV-1, and antifungal action against Candida albicans and dermatophytes. This property makes it an effective natural remedy against microbial infections.
Juniper essential oil has a beneficial diuretic action, promoting normal urinary excretion. It is particularly useful in cases where an antidiuretic hormone is being administered, helping to maintain adequate urine production. What's more, it does not increase sodium in the urine, but does promote uric acid excretion.
Juniper stimulates choleresis and reduces the formation of gallstones, making it a valuable ally for liver health. It is also hepatoprotective thanks to the presence of α-pinene. In addition, this essential oil is beneficial for digestion, stimulating bile secretion and protecting liver cells.
The α-pinene present in juniper essential oil helps reduce bronchial secretions, making it an effective natural remedy for relieving coughs and facilitating expectoration.
In addition to its main properties, juniper essential oil has many other health benefits. It acts as a cerebral tonic and anti-asthenic, promotes excretion of kidney toxins and uric acid, and has a lymphotonic and decongestant action. It is also an antispasmodic, regulates the autonomic nervous system, and has topical anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties. This essential oil also acts as a drainer of subcutaneous tissue, an inhibitor of protein glycation, and has beneficial antioxidant activity in the prevention of various diseases such as atherosclerosis and Alzheimer's disease.
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How do I use this essential oil?
Follow the advice of a health professional
By diffusion: follow the instructions for use of your diffuser
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Precautions for use
- Recommended for people with an acidic soil
- Not recommended for pregnant or breast-feeding women or children under 8 years of age.
- Beware of local use of this essential oil, which is too concentrated over large areas (may cause skin irritation).
- Do not inhale, diffuse or add to bath water.
- Do not combine with cortisone, risk of drug interaction.
- Drug interactions with essential oils containing more than 10% ketones or phenols
- Caution in cases of per os renal insufficiency
- Inhibition of cytochrome P450, risk of drug interactions. Ask your pharmacist for advice.
- Not recommended for asthmatics
- Forbidden for animals
- Contraindicated in cases of heavy menstrual bleeding
- Caution: risk of albuminuria with prolonged courses of treatment.
What is its composition?
Juniper essential oil is obtained by distillation. The main molecules in this essential oil are α-pinene, sabinene and myrcene.
The juniper berries used to make this essential oil come from Bulgaria.
100% of all ingredients are of organic origin: no synthetic pesticides, fungicides or GMOs.
Presentation - Packaging
5 ml dropper bottle with child-resistant opening.
Our advice from professionals and natural health experts
Juniper is found in North America, northern Asia, throughout Europe and North Africa, and is an evergreen bush with needle-like leaves and black-blue fruit. Juniper's medicinal virtues have been known since antiquity. Dioscorides and Pliny recommended it to ward off snakes and wild beasts. In Egypt, it was used to embalm corpses. In medieval Europe, it was reputed to ward off witches and combat epidemics. Juniper wood was considered sudorific. Matthiole, a 16th-century Italian physician, recommended it for use in baths to treat gout.