Ylang Ylang - Healing Essential Oil, Natural Home Remedy And Cure

Ylang Ylang - Healing Essential Oil, Natural Home Remedy And Cure

Ylang Ylang - General Information

Cananga odorata, known as ylang-ylang or cananga tree, is a tropical tree valued for the essential oils extracted from its flowers (also called "ylang-ylang"), which has a strong floral fragrance. Ylang-ylang is one of the most extensively used natural materials in the perfume industry, earning it the name "Queen of Perfumes".


The ylang-ylang vine and climbing ylang-ylang are woody, evergreen climbing plants in the same family.

Ylang Ylang Scent:

Sweet, heavy, narcotic, cloying, tropical floral, with spicy-balsamic undertones.

Ylang Ylang Parts Used For Healing:

Steam distilled from flowers.

Ylang Ylang Curative Benefits:


  • Helps in lowering high blood pressure.

  • Is helpful in reducing rapid breathing.

  • Has antidepressant effects.

  • Has antiseptic effects.

  • Has antispasmodic effects.

  • Acts as an aphrodisiac.

  • Helps to treat impotence.

  • Can have sedative effects.

  • Can be used for hair loss.

Essential Oils That Ylang Ylang Blends With:

Anise, bergamot, cardamom, chamomile, cumin, geranium, grapefruit, lemon, marjoram, sandalwood, vetiver.

Ylang Ylang Emotional And Mental Health Benefits:


  • It helps to relieve stress and frustration.

  • It is calming and relaxing.

  • It is helpful in harmonizing emotional balance.

  • It has been shown to enhance alertness and attentiveness.

  • It helps to stop crying.

  • It helps to relieve mental fatigue.

  • It may help to stimulate the adrenal glands.

Ylang Ylang Application:


  • Apply Ylang-ylang oil directly to the area of concern.

  • Diffuse the essential oil into the air.

  • You can apply it over the thymus to help stimulate the immune system.

Ylang Ylang Usage Instructions:

Dilute one drop of Ylang ylang essential oil in 1 teaspoon of honey or in 4 oz. of beverage.

Precautions / Caution

Not for children under 6 years old;

Use with caution and in greater dilution for children 6 years old and over.

Ylang Ylang Ingredients:


  • Sesquiterpenes - 55%

  • β-caryophyllene - <5%

  • Germacrene-D - <18%)

  • α-farnesene (<8%)

  • α-humulene (<5%)

  • δ-cadinene

  • α-copaene

  • Esters (<50%): benzyl acetate & benzoate (<30%), methyl salicylate & benzoate (<15%), farnesyl acetate (<3%), geranyl acetate (<3%), linalyl acetate

  • Alcohols (<45%): linalool (<20%), para-methyl anisol (<7%), geraniol; Sesquiterpene Alcohols: τ-cadinol, farnesol, τ-muurolol.

References:

  • Wikipedia

  • Essential Oil Guide