Roman chamomile comes from northwestern Europe and Northern Ireland, where it creeps close to the ground and can reach up to one foot in height. Gray-green leaves grow from the stems, and the flowers have yellow centers surrounded by white petals, like miniature daisies. Its leaves are thicker than German chamomile and it grows closer to the ground. The flowers smell like apples. Roman chamomile is a plant. The flower heads are used to make medicine. Roman chamomile is used for various digestive disorders including indigestion, nausea, vomiting, loss of appetite, and intestinal gas due t...

Chamomile oil is extracted from the flowers of the Chamomile plant, which is very popular as a flowering plant. There are two types of Chamomile, the Roman Chamomile, which is scientifically known as Anthemis Nobilis and the German Chamomile, whose scientific name is Matricaria Chamomilla. Although the essential oils extracted from both varieties are quite similar in some medicinal properties, their composition is different and they do possess certain specific qualities that are worth noting. The German Chamomile plant is commonly used to make an herbal tea The plants...

Cedarwood Himalayan is a tall, evergreen tree up to 50 m high, occasionally more. It grows extensively on the slopes of the Himalayas in northern India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Himalayan Cedarwood Essential Oil is believed to have the following properties: antiseptic, anti-putrescent, anti-seborrhea, aphrodisiac, astringent, diuretic, expectorant, fungicidal, mucolytic, sedative (nervous), stimulant (circulatory), tonic. In India, this oil has been shown to possess insecticidal and anti-fungal properties. It’s also called Tibetan Cedarwood. The ancient Egyptians already used this ...

Cajeput essential oil comes from the Melaleuca tree, Leucadendron which is a native of Australia, areas of Indonesia called Sulawesi, the Malay Peninsula, and the Malay Archipelago. The oil is distilled from the leaves and small twigs by way of a fermentation process, and a good percentage of the oil comes from the island of Sulawesi. The oil is thin and almost colorless with slight shades of yellow or green; it has a spicy camphor medicinal smell and feels warm to touch. Health benefits of cajeput oil are in the fact that different preparations have been used as a therapy in Malaysia and In...

Black pepper is perhaps the most well-known and most used spice in the world. An integral part of culinary heritage around the world, it is unique and diverse at the same time. Making up a quarter of the world's spice trade, black pepper is the most important seasoning from an economic point of view. In spite of, or perhaps as a result of, its diffusion, few consumers know where it comes from. Originating in Southeast Asia, Piper nigrum spread to Malaysia over 200 years ago in the fertile state of Sarawak one of the two states on the island of Borneo. The plant has the form of a bush and grow...