May Flowers -GARDENIA

Sunday, June 5, 2011

Gardenia

The gardenia symbolizes love, purity and refinement. These beautiful flowers have a very strong sweet scent. 

Believe it or not, gardenias are from the coffee family.  I recently had the opportunity to sniff some coffee flower oil and it had a scent very similar to gardenia. Who knew?!

Gardenia oil is fantastic for calming nerves and irritability. It is useful in treating anxiety and insomnia, too. Makes a lovely perfume.


Gardenia oil reduces pain & swelling, stops bleeding, treats muscle & joint injuries and wounds & infection and is even helpful in alleviating some of the symptoms of menopause.



When choosing a product made with Gardenia, please be certain that the gardenia was not obtained using a chemical solvent. In my opinion, this negates much of the therapeutic benefits of the oil (and any other oil for that matter). Unfortunately, due to the very high cost of the alternative extraction methods, this is how much of gardenia is extracted.  




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