Vetiver has a long and rich history. In India it has been used to make blinds necessary to keep out the intense heat. When the blinds are sprinkled with water they emit the vetiver scent. In Java the root has been used for centuries in weaving mats and thatching huts. The Vetiver root is used in folk magic for its purported ability to provide safety and increase financial resources. A ritual designed to promote personal safety calls for inhaling Vetiver while visualizing one’s body as being sealed off from negative energies.

The Vetiver grass (Vetiveria zizanooides) is the source of the valuable aromatic “Vetiver Oil” which enjoys worldwide reputation being one of the finest oriental perfumes. It is called "Khus" in Hindi and Bengali. As an important essential oil yielding plant of India, vetiver has been grown and extensively used in the country for several centuries. India has been exporting vetiver oil worth more than 1.5 laces but still there is much scope to increase the export. Its medicinal and commercial importance was known even in the earliest days of Indian civilization. The vetiver grass is a native of India and is found throughout the plains and lower hills of India. Burma, Ceylon. It is systematically cultivated in Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh.

Vetiver prefers a mild climate but can be grown under both wet and dry or arid and tropical conditions. Under temperate or warm winter hill areas, the growth of vetiver remains stunted.

The most suitable soil consists of loose sandy soils, preferably on the sloppy hills. In such soils only, the roots can be easily pulled out without much loss of thin roots. Compact and heavy soils may be avoided.

Vetiver is the Omni-useful plant, almost all parts of which are used in one or more ways having direct as well as well as multifarious cultural and industrial applications. Of course, the commercial and social

Utility of this plant was first realized on account of its aromatic roots, and lately overwhelmed by

Environmental applications of the plant as such, as well as diverse industrial uses of above ground 487 plant parts.

Benefit & Uses: The very soothing and cooling effects of this essential oil calms and pacifies all sorts of inflammation. It is particularly good at providing relief from inflammation in both the circulatory and nervous system. It is also found to be an appropriate treatment for inflammation caused by sun stroke, dehydration and loo, which is the name given to very hot and dry winds prevalent during summers in the dry regions of India and neighboring countries.

In tropical countries like India and its neighbors, microbes and bacteria grow very fast due to the favorable hot and humid climates found in these regions. Then, it becomes obvious that your wounds are most likely to get sepsis in these places since there are plenty of bacteria located there.

However, Mother Nature is very kind and she has provided the remedies as well, right in those exact same places. One such remedy is vetiver and the essential oil extracted from it. Mixed in sorbets and beverages as a flavoring agent, this oil has an aphrodisiac effect. It also enhances the libido and arouses feelings of sexual desire. Since sex has more to do with the psychology of the brain than the physiology, a remedy for most sexual disorders like frigidity, lack of libido, and impotence. Certain components of this oil stimulate those portions of brain and your problems in the bedroom are over.

A tonic for the nerves is called a nerving, like the essential oil of vetiver. It takes care of the nerves and maintains their good health. It also heals the damage done to the nerves by shock, fear, and stress.

 

The essential oil of vetiver is a well known sedative. It sedates nervous irritations, afflictions, convulsions and emotional outbursts such as anger, anxiety, epileptic and hysteric attacks, restlessness and nervousness. It even benefits patients that suffer from insomnia.