Botanical Name - Santalum album Category - Aromatic Form - Dry Part Used - Heartwood General Information -"Sandalwood (Santalum album) Sandalwood is a precious plant grown in India that yields fragrant sandalwood oil, which was among the first few items traded to Middle East and other countries. Sandalwood oil is an excellent base and fixative for other high-grade perfumes and, by itself, is an excellent, mild, long-lasting, and sweet perfume. There are several hundred products that use sandalwood and its oil. Sandalwood has antipyretic, antiseptic, antiscabetic, and diuretic properties. It is also effective in treatment of bronchitis, cystitis, dysuria, and diseases of the urinary tract." Phytochemicals - The main ingredient of sandalwood oil is santalol that has many therapeutic properties. Sandalwood oil has been used in Indian Ayurvedic system for centuries. It is renowned for its sublime, aphrodisiac, diuretic, and urinary antiseptic properties. It has been found to help remove negative programming from the cells and increases oxygen around the pituitary and pineal glands. Santalol and santalol and santenone are main constituents of the sandalwood oil.
