Fragonia Essential Oil

Description

Fragonia Essential Oil

Fragonia essential oil is one of Australia’s newest and greatest essential oils, and is unique, with 3 distinct yet equal components. It is incredible to relax with, it is calming and is great for emotional stress.

Fragonia essential oil is also good for tired joints or muscles. It really is an essential oil you must have in your collection.

Botanical name  Agonis Fragrans                                                          

Ingredients 100% v/v pure Fragonia essential oil.

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Aroma

Fragonia essential oil is unique with three equally balanced aromas. These three oil components help to align both emotions and mind. Fragonia essential oil has a delicate and pleasantly perfumed aroma with a freshness brought about by its uniquely harmonised blend.

Benefits

Fragonia essential oil has powerful balancing properties, calming, freeing of stress, freeing past emotional problems and blockages, makes peace on the inside, lifting of grief, tranquillity, decrease anxiety, the calming qualities can also assist tired muscles.

The essential oil is gentle on the skin. It can help overcome jet lag or shift-work body clock issues.

Fragonia essential oil also freshens the air in a room or environment. It is also prized for its anti-bacterial qualities.

Fragonia Essential Oil Uses 

In an oil burner, vaporiser, potpourri, meditation, room freshener, massage oil and baths. Use as an attractive perfume fragrance.

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Directions and More Uses

Aromatherapy Oil

2 to 4 drops in an oil burner
5-10 drops in an aroma mist
a couple of drops in a vaporiser
1 to 2 drops into a bath.

Blend Fragonia Essential Oil with

Eucalyptus Australiana, Kunzea, Lemon Tea Tree, Australian Sandalwood, Tea Tree.

Massage

10 to 25 drops per 100ml of carrier oil.

Characteristics

Fresh, delicate, watery, clear liquid.

Main Actives

1,8 cineole, hydrocarbons (pinenes) and monoterpenols (linalool, geraniol, terpinene-4-ol, terpineol ).

Precautions

Fragonia essential oil is non toxic, non irritanting and non sensitising.
Keep out of reach of children.
Store away from direct sunlight.
Store below 30 degrees.

Other Common Names

Coarse Tea Tree.

Natural Occurrence in Australia

Fragonia (Agonis fragrans) has limited distribution in south west Western Australia.

Research – University of Western Australia – Demonstrated Fragonia essential oil to have significant anti-microbial activity, similar to Tea Tree. The University also demonstrated it has anti-inflammatory properties.

Dr Daniel Penoel – In 2005 his research found Fragonia essential oil was anti-inflammatory, fights common respiratory infections, strengthens the immune system and has excellent analgesic properties.

Extraction and Farming Method

Fragonia essential oil is extracted via steam distillation of the stems and branches. Fragonia is grown in plantations around south west Western Australia.

The harvesting is done mechanically. The branchlets and leaves are cut, collected and then placed into a stainless steel boiler. After harvesting the plant material is steam distilled for 1 to 1.5 hours.

History

Traditional Usage

Traditional knowledge on Fragonia has never been recorded and this remains unexplored. Attempts have been made to contact the local indigenous people about Fragonia but no information has been discovered to date.

Early European Usage

There is no recorded use of Fragonia by early settlers.

Present Day Usage

A husband and wife team, heard about the local plant and explored its potential. They began selecting superior genetic varieties, then established small plantations of Fragonia on their property in south west Western Australia in 2001.

The couple continue to harvest the plant for its essential oil. It is from this farm, Essentially Australia secures its Fragonia essential oil.

Fragonia essential oil is a new oil to the aromatherapy industry and has the potential to be a unique, new aroma with many distinctive properties. Dr Daniel Peneol was introduced to the oil in 2005 by Mark Webb.

Dr Peneol conducted several trials to study emotional and psychological effects of the oil and developed the theory of the oil’s balancing properties. He is a leading international advocate of Fragonia essential oil.

The flower is also cut and used in the florist industry.

Constitution Ranges of Fragonia Essential Oil

alpha-pinene                                        22-27%
beta-pinene                                            1-2%
limonene                                                 2-3%
para-cymene                                          2-4%
1,8 cineole                                            27-33%
linalool                                                    7-13%
terpinene-4-ol                                         2-5%
alpha-terpineol                                        5-8%
myrtenol                                                  3-5%

Optical rotation@ 20C: +12.5
Relative Density@ 20C: 0.900
Refractive index @ 20C: 1.469