Description:Fennel sweet oil is acquired from Foeniculum vulgare i.e. biennial or perennial herb belongs to Apiaceae family. Fennel plant is indigenous to Italy, Greece and France and widely cultivated across the world. Fennel herb growth reaches up to 2 meters high and has fine, green, feathery leaves and golden yellow flowers.
Extraction:
Fennel oil is extracted from steam distilled from crushed fruit (dried seeds) of Foeniculum vulgare herbs.
Composition:
Sweet fennel oil is composed of anethole, fenchone, eastragole, alpha pinene and Beta pinene, alpha phellandrene, alpha terpineol, myrcene, camphor and para cymol.
Properties:
Sweet fennel oil is sweet, earthy licorice like aroma and it is clear with a faint yellow tinge. It is clear in viscosity.
Blending:
Fennel oil is nicely blends with bergamot, spearmint, lime, cypress, dill, cardamom, ginger, grapefruit, juniper, lavender, lemon, mandarin, marjoram, niaouli, orange, pine, rose, rosemary, ylang ylang, black pepper and geranium oil.
Uses:
- Fennel oil is ingredients in various products such as cosmetics, massage oils, toothpastes and soaps.
- It helps in digestion as it has carminative quality, eases indigestion and stomach pain.
- It is diuretic & depurative in nature; it removes excess water, sodium, uric acid, bile salts and other toxic elements and removes toxic substances in the blood.
- It protects spleen from various infections.
- It provides relief from dizziness, fatigue and exhaustion.
- It is effective against mucus and phlegm that lead to congestion of nasal tract, pharynx, bronchi and lungs.
- It provide relieves painful dysmenorrheal and helps in preventing irregular or premature menopause in women.
- It increases milk production in lactating mothers.
- It is used to treat insect bites, anorexia, hiccups, rheumatism and spasms.
- It prevents wound infection with tetanus.
- It acts as stimulant for the nervous, digestive and excretory systems as well as exocrine and endocrine glands
Safety and Precaution:
- Avoid use of sweet fennel oil for women who are pregnant, have breast or uterine cancers & tumors or have a history of hormone linked carcinoma or endometriosis.
- People who are diagnosed with epilepsy, peptic ulcer, hemophilia and other bleeding disorders, or taking diabetes or anticoagulation medication should avoid fennel oil as it can cause serious complications.
- Keep away from reach of children under age of five to prevent allergic reactions.
- Do not take in excessive amount as it can have narcotic effects like convulsions, hallucinations and mental imbalance and may cause vomiting, seizures and pulmonary edema.
Specification of Fennel Oil:
Testing Protocol – BP
Botanical Source – Foeniculum vulgare
Description – Pale green or pale yellowish liquid
Congealing Temperature – Not lower than 3
Odour – The odour is slightly earthy or peppery spicy & clean sweet aromatic
Specific Gravity – 0.953 – 0.973
Refractive Index – 1.528 – 1.538
Angular Rotation – +12 – +24
Assay by GC (Anethol) – Not less than 80%of Anethol contents
Heavy Metals – 0.004%
Solubility – 1 vol. dissolves in 1 vol. of 90% ethanol.
Storage – Store in well closed containers, in cool and dry storage area.
