Nutmeg Essential Oil – NOW is a wonderful oil for use in helping to ease digestive complaints as well as muscular aches and pains.
Nutmeg oil is a volatile liquid, that is thin and light yellow in color, which exudes a strong spicy scent with a unique pleasant, musky undertone. It has been used in traditional medicine since ancient times, due to the plethora of therapeutic characteristics it contains.
These include:
- significant anti-inflammatory,
- pain-relieving,
- antimicrobial,
- cleansing
- energizing traits.
The primary compounds which offer these helpful qualities are monoterpene hydrocarbons – sabene, pinene and limonene, also, it contains approximately 10% ethers including myristicine and safrole.