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La Pruche : l’alliée naturelle du corps et de l’esprit
Conseils du naturoMay 5, 20262 min read

Hemlock: the natural ally for body and mind

Hemlock essential oil is extracted from the branches and needles of Canadian Hemlock, also known as Eastern Hemlock or Tsuga canadensis. This tree, which grows only in the forests of North America, belongs to the pine family.

Hemlock is highly useful and versatile in the natural medicine cabinet.

Reduces stress

The main indication for Hemlock essential oil is nervous balance. It is a true emergency remedy for anxiety attacks, traumatic shocks, hypersensitivity, depression, sadness...
It is also slightly sedative and promotes letting go, making it perfect for inducing sleep or facilitating meditation.

It will also be useful for stimulating creativity and improving concentration, making it advisable for students, artists... It also supports the adrenal glands and can therefore be used in cases of severe fatigue, burnout, convalescence...
Olfactory use, diffusion, and topical application are possible for all these situations.

Directions for use: Olfactory use, diffusion, and topical application are possible for all these situations.

Clears airways

Hemlock essential oil is also indicated for supporting respiratory conditions. Its mucolytic, expectorant, and antispasmodic activity relieves dry or wet coughs. Like all essential oils from the Pinaceae family, it improves pulmonary oxygenation, fights infections while stimulating the immune system.

Directions for use: Use in diffusion several times a day or orally.

Relieves muscles and joints

Its impact on joints and muscles is powerful because Hemlock is simultaneously analgesic, anti-inflammatory, and muscle relaxant.

Directions for use: Apply locally, diluted to 20% in a vegetable oil or in aloe vera, to painful areas.

Helps with withdrawal

It is also recommended for withdrawal from tobacco or alcohol, to quickly regulate the craving phenomenon.

Directions for use: Olfactory use

Facilitates digestion

This nervous tropism also gives it the ability to act on the quality of digestion, calming intestinal spasms and digestive inflammations.

Directions for use: Olfactory use and local application (belly massage)

Calms skin inflammations

Hemlock is recommended for supporting psycho-dermatoses; its regulating action on the nervous system and inflammation makes it indicated for urticaria, eczema, or psoriasis...

Directions for use: Depending on the situation, apply it directly to the skin diluted to 20%, in bath water with a dispersant, in shampoo, or in shower gel.

Promotes circulation

Hemlock is also recommended for circulatory issues due to its vasoconstrictive and anti-inflammatory action. 

Directions for use: Applied locally diluted to 20%, it relieves and reduces varicose veins, hemorrhoids, and couperose.

If one had to choose an essential oil, it might well be Hemlock, so great is its versatility...

Our Organic Hemlock Essential Oil

  • INCI Name: Tsuga canadensis
  • Distilled part: Whole plant
  • Method of obtaining: Distillation
  • Origin: Canada
  • Certification: Organic Agriculture (AB)
  • Quality: Botanically and Biochemically Defined Essential Oil (HEBBD), chemotyped (HECT)

 

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