Organic Cade essential oil

Cade, also known as Juniperus oxycedrus or Wild Juniper, is a small tree that grows primarily around the Mediterranean region, in maquis and garrigue shrublands. It has evergreen needle-like foliage and reddish bark.

Juniper berries are valued for their diuretic properties, which help combat water retention. They are also used to make certain alcoholic beverages like gin! For the production of cade essential oil, the branches are used. The wood is also widely used, especially as a natural repellent.

Cultivation & Origin

Cade oil (which is different from essential oil) was traditionally used for its antiseptic, disinfectant, and healing properties, particularly on the skin in the form of salves and ointments.

Later, cade was used in veterinary medicine to treat horses' hooves and to combat mange. Its repellent properties have also been useful and still are for keeping away unwanted insects like moths or rodents. Cade is also a very good natural incense: reduced to powder, it helps eliminate bad odors in the house and purify the ambient air.

Health Properties

Soothes tension:

• Cade essential oil has anti-inflammatory and analgesic properties, making it an interesting essential oil to use to help reduce all types of bodily tension. For example, it can be used in massages diluted in a vegetable oil to soothe muscle aches, joint tension, or tendinitis. It will help to regain comfort naturally and can also be useful for relieving dental pain!

Calms the mind and helps fight addictions:

• Thanks to the sesquiterpenes contained in its biochemical composition, organic cade essential oil is also a very good natural ally for regulating stress and anxiety. It will be particularly recommended in cases of sadness, anxiety, but also to help fight all types of addictions. Relaxing, it acts on the nervous system and emotions to facilitate a return to calm. To benefit from its soothing properties, it can be used in diffusion, olfaction, or diluted in a vegetable oil applied to the inside of the wrists.

Deters unwanted insects:

• Like cade powder, the essential oil also has powerful disinfectant and insecticidal properties! While the wood is traditionally used in homes, in the kitchen, or in wardrobes to protect clothes from moths, the essential oil can also be incorporated into homemade cleaning products to help repel unwanted insects daily. Diffused into the air in combination with other purifying and sanitizing essential oils, it offers a natural alternative to traditional purifying sprays, which are often allergenic and synthetic.

Cosmetic Properties

Helps fight bacteria:

• Potent and effective, organic cade essential oil also cares for skin affected by cutaneous parasites and bacteria. It is thus recommended for combating conditions such as psoriasis, eczema, mycoses, and acne. Its anti-inflammatory virtues aid skin healing and gradually reduce redness, pimples, and itching. You can apply it directly to the skin diluted in a vegetable oil, or incorporate it into your homemade cosmetic treatments to purify your skin and reduce imperfections.

Prevents cellulite formation and promotes body drainage:

• Primarily known for its antiparasitic and antibacterial virtues, cade essential oil can also be used in body care. It indeed possesses decongestant benefits, both circulatory and lymphatic, which will help combat the formation of orange peel skin and reduce the feeling of heavy legs while promoting the elimination of toxins and waste accumulated in the body.
  It will thus be recommended for application on the legs, from the ankles up to the thighs, diluted in a vegetable oil alone or in combination with other draining essential oils.

Purifies the scalp and restores shine to dull hair:

• Organic cade essential oil is used in many shampoos for oily and dull hair. Its powerful antibacterial and antifungal properties make it a very effective natural active ingredient to help deeply purify the scalp in cases of dandruff, psoriasis, or itching.
  It also helps to restore strength and vigor to hair weakened by excessive use of heat styling tools or lack of nutrition.
  To care for your hair, you can use organic cade essential oil as a hair oil treatment, by adding one drop per dose to your usual shampoo, or in your homemade hair care products!
  It is also recommended for children to keep lice away at the start of each school year.

Usage Tips

Versatile, antibacterial, and purifying, organic cade essential oil possesses many virtues that are sometimes little known.
In aromatherapy, it is mainly recommended for its calming benefits on the nervous system, but also for its antibacterial, repellent, and fortifying properties.

For example, it can be used as an active natural ingredient in cosmetics, to care for the skin and hair in cases of itching or imperfections.
In the home, cade essential oil helps to fight unwanted insects and to purify the ambient air when diffused for a few minutes in a room.

Organic cade essential oil can be used alone, or in combination with other essential oils such as lemon, ylang-ylang or rosemary to restore shine to hair, or tea tree, palmarosa and geranium to get rid of dandruff. Citronella, lavender or cedar essential oils also blend very well with cade to help repel insects more effectively, especially mosquitoes!