Argan Oil, Purity : 100% Pure

Listing ID #269672

This essential oil is extracted from the kernels of the popular Aragan tree. Endemic to entire Morocco the herb is valued for its great nutritive value, therapeutic and cosmetic properties. Famous amidst Moroccans as a cosmetic oil, its tree has withstood droughts and other harsh environmental conditions prevailing in Southwest of Morocco. This plant that once covered the entire North Africa is under human threat and so under strict protection of UNESCO. Argan tress tends to grow in wilderness in mild arid soil and its deep extended root system offers optimum protection from constant soil erosion.

Approximately one liter of this essential oil is extracted from thirty kg of its fruits in around 15 long dedicated hours. This lengthy extraction method calls for great expertise and skilled labor that has been passed over centuries. The fruit ripens completely by late summers and falls on to the ground, from where they are carefully collected. Argan fruits are then laid out on open land and dried. To extract the oil fruit is removed of its dried outer cover and then seeds are removed from its hard inner shell by using ancient artisanal process involving stones.

This essential oil is extracted from the kernels of the popular Aragan tree. Endemic to entire Morocco the herb is valued for its great nutritive value, therapeutic and cosmetic properties. Famous amidst Moroccans as a cosmetic oil, its tree has withstood droughts and other harsh environmental conditions prevailing in Southwest of Morocco. This plant that once covered the entire North Africa is under human threat and so under strict protection of UNESCO. Argan tress tends to grow in wilderness in mild arid soil and its deep extended root system offers optimum protection from constant soil erosion.

Approximately one liter of this essential oil is extracted from thirty kg of its fruits in around 15 long dedicated hours. This lengthy extraction method calls for great expertise and skilled labor that has been passed over centuries. The fruit ripens completely by late summers and falls on to the ground, from where they are carefully collected. Argan fruits are then laid out on open land and dried. To extract the oil fruit is removed of its dried outer cover and then seeds are removed from its hard inner shell by using ancient artisanal process involving stones.

USES

Culinary argan oil when used for dipping your breakfast bread, with salads, on couscous and many more such use increases the nutrient value. Herbal medical practitioners have been using unroasted argan oil to cure skin diseases and prescribe it as the best cosmetic oil for both; hair and skin. Wonderful for healing burns the oil is often used against rheumatism