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Contact SupplierDescription | : | We offer Styrax Benzoin Oil that is extracted from the Benzoin tree found exclusively in Java, Sumatra and Thailand. The sap is gathered from the trees using a completely natural process. It has many medicinal properties which makes it an effective antiseptic as well as an excellent preservative. |
Common Names | : | Styrax Benzoin. |
Blends With | : | Bergamot- coriander- frankincense- juniper-lavender- lemon, myrrh- orange and sandalwood. |
Constituents | : | benzoic acid (up to 38 %), partly free and partly combined with benzoresinol and siaresinotannol; vanillin, oily aromatic liquid, styrol, styracin, phenyl-prophyl cinnamate and benzaldehyde, cinnamic acid, pinoresinol, p-coumaryl benzoate |
Uses | : | Styrax benzoin is used as an antiseptic in irritable conditions of the skin. It also acts as a carminative and an expectorant and is specially suited to heal inflammation in the urinary tract. As a form of compound tincture of Benzoin, it is used as an inhalant with steam for laryngitis and bronchitis. |