Extracted by steam distillation from the leaves and from the twigs of Aloysia citrodora Palau (verbena odorous, verbena lemon, lemon verbena, cedrina), evergreen shrub of the Verbenacee native of the Sudamerica (Cile, Argentina, Peru), today cultivated in the Mediterranean, in Morocco and in Provence. The verbena odorous va distinta from the verbena common (Verbena officinalis) and from the lemongrass (Cymbopogon citratus), with which is talvolta confusa in the commercio for the note limoncina. The phytochemical profile is dominated by citral (geranial + neral: 25-45%), 1,8-cineole (10-20%), limonene (10-15%) and caryofillene, with linalool and geraniol as components minor. The citral and the component main responsible of the action antiviral, anxiolytic and antidepressant of the verbena odorous. L'oil and very expensive for the low resa (200-300 kg of leaves for 1 kg of oil); the adulterations with lemongrass or citral sintetic are frequent. In aromatherapy and used as anxiolytic and antidepressant of alta quality, antiviral and antiseptic gentle, digestive and carminative, febbrifuga and tonic general. Bright top note, limoncina, floral-herbaceous and gentle.

Cile, Argentina

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Steam distillation

• The verbena is balancing, relaxes and promotes the buon mood.
• IS to essence particularly recommended in the states of tension nervous, stress, anxiety and panico, fatigue psicofisic.
• IS useful for chi soffre of depression and is also in grado of vincere the insomnia.
• Improves the concentration, counteracts svogliatezza and disinteresse.
• IS suitable to be used in the rooms of lavoro, always in virtù of the its action benefic on the facoltà mental, but also of the its aroma cooling.
• L'essential oil of verbena is toning to livello gastroenteric and hepatic:is therefore suitable in case of disorders digestive and biliari and for perform cure disintossicant primaverili.

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