Extracted by steam distillation from the roots dried and lavate of Chrysopogon zizanioides (L.) Roberty (sin. Vetiveria zizanioides (L.) Nash), graminacea perennial tropical of the Poaceae native of the India southern (Tamil Nadu, Kerala), now cultivated in all the tropic for the production of essential oil — Haiti, Giava, Reunion, Sri Lanka, Africa Oriental. The vetiver of the isola of Reunion or of the Giava and traditionally considered the more high-quality ('khus' in India). The phytochemical profile and straordinarialy complesso with over 150 sesquiterpenes alcoholic identificati: vetiverol, vetivone, isovalencenol, α and β-vetivone, khusimol — responsible of the aroma of root, earthy, fumoso, slightly affumicato and intensaly persistent. The vetiver and the more powerful fixative natural in perfumery: base note for eccellenza, rallenta the evaporation of all the components of a fragrance. In aromatherapy and used as tonic nervous grounding, anxiolytic deep, circolatorie-venous and adattogeno of the asse ipotalamo-ipofisi-surrene (HPA). Base note earthy, affumicato and fumoso.

India, Sri Lanka

Roots and radichette lavate, tritate, dried and macerate

Steam distillation

• Acts as stimulating to livello psicofisic in case of fatigue, stress and depression.
• Haeffetti lenitive on the skin and is effective in the care of the disorders skin.
• Excellent equilibrant of the production sebacea, counteracts the acne and the untuosity of the skin, but si can use also for dry skin.
• Excellent for skin very provate from lunghi periods of stress, stanche, atone and grigie, is also a buon antirughe;is effective against the couperous.
• Excellent as toning of the seno and for the stretch marks.
• Stimolante of the activity endocrina, increases the livello of the estrogeni.

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