Hyssop Essential Oil

Latin name: Hyssopus Officinalis

Part of the plant used: leaves and flowering tops

Source: Slovenia

Extraction method: steam distillation

Hyssop essential oil is extracted by steam distillation from the leaves and flowers of the hyssop shrub. The health benefits of this essential oil can be attributed to its properties as an astringent, stimulant, antispasmodic, antirheumatic, antiseptic, carminative, cicatrizant, digestive, diuretic, emmenagogue, expectorant, antihypertensive, nervine, sudorific, tonic, febrifuge, vermifuge, and vulnerary substance.

Being an antispasmodic, hyssop essential oil relieves respiratory spasms, thus curing spasmodic coughs. It also heals nervous system spasms to cure seizures and related problems, as well as reduces muscle spasms, which cure cramps and intestinal spasms, relieving acute abdominal pain.

Since hyssop oil improves and promotes circulation, it helps cure diseases associated with poor circulation, such as rheumatism, arthritis, gout, and swelling.

This oil aids digestion. Being a stimulant, it stimulates the secretion of gastric juices such as acids, enzymes, and bile into the stomach, which accelerates the breakdown of complex proteins, carbohydrates, and other nutrients.