Tea Tree Oil health benefits includes reducing underarm odor, useful as insect repellant, a good hand sanitizer, help keep small wounds and cuts clean, promote wound healing and help treat nail infections. Other benefits includes treating acne, managing dandruff, treating athlete’s foot,…Read More »
Expression or cold pressing, as it is also known, is only used in the production of citrus peel are crushed or broken to release the oil. One method that was practiced many years ago, particularly in Sicily (spugna method), commenced with halving…Read More »
Three Types of Hydrodistillation Three are three types of hydrodistillation for isolating essential oils from plant materials: 1. Water distillation 2. Water and steam distillation 3. Direct steam distillation 1.Water Distillation In this method, the material is completely immersed in water, which…Read More »
Essential oils are volatile aromatic substances extracted from the flowers, leaves, stems, roots or fruits of plants by steam distillation, extrusion, cold soaking or solvent extraction. Essential oils can be divided into diluted (combined essential oils) and undiluted (single essential oils). Essential oils…Read More »
Production process: material selection→mixing→canning→distillation→separation→refining→inspection→filling→sealing→packaging→finished product. (1) Material selection: Distilled ginger oil can be directly selected from dried ginger powder as raw material, or dried ginger can be used as raw material after being crushed and sieved, and can also be directly used…Read More »
Hydrodistillation In order to isolate essential oils by hydrodistillation, the aromatic plant material is packed in a still and a sufficient quantity of water is added and brought to a boil; alternatively, live steam is injected into the plant charge. Due to…Read More »
Essential oils are used in a wide variety of consumer goods such as detergents, soaps, toilet products, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, perfumes, confectionery food products, soft drinks, distilled alcoholic beverages (hard drinks) and insecticides. The world production and consumption of essential oils and perfumes…Read More »