Clove Oil 5 ml

It is a plant that blooms in pink, white, and red colors, fragrant, and remains green throughout the year. Clove buds carry high amounts of essential oil. Using these buds, clove oil is obtained by the distillation method.

Method of Obtainment: Distillation

Areas of Use

Internal: Suitable for internal use. It is recommended to take 1-2 drops of oil dropped into water.

External:

• Can be used as a gargle for oral care.
• Can be preferred as a massage oil by mixing with carrier oils.
• In skin care; can be used with carrier oils on cracked and acne-prone skin.

What is Oil?

Organic substances containing high amounts of carbon and hydrogen, which do not mix with water but can easily mix with other oils.

Volatility and Stability in Oils

Carrier Oil

• Liquid products usually obtained from the fruits and seeds of plants.
• They are odorless. Used as carriers in essential oils. Obtained by pressing, extraction, and maceration methods. Carrier oils are used alone. Depending on the properties of the oils, they are used internally and externally. Being a carrier oil, it leaves a stain when dropped.

Essential Oil

• Essential oil is a natural product obtained from the leaf, fruit, bark, or root parts of plants, liquid at room temperature, usually colorless or light yellow, volatile, strongly fragrant.
• They have their own characteristic scents. Obtained by water/steam distillation method. Essential oils are not used alone. They should be diluted with carrier oils in certain ratios. Except for exceptions, they are not used internally. Being volatile, it does not leave a stain where dropped.

Methods of Obtaining Oils

Cold Pressing

The process of crushing the usually seed parts of plants rich in carrier oil with the help of a press and extracting their oil. In the cold press method, since the beneficial and valuable contents in the oil are not lost, the quality of the produced oil is high.

Steam Distillation

The process done with steam distillation; placing plants fresh or dry into a container with a separate basket inside, boiling the water below and passing it as steam through the plants, then cooling this steam again and separating the essential oil and the water carrying the beneficial properties of the distilled plant residue, which is hydrosol (flower water), from each other.

Maceration

Maceration is oily mixtures prepared by letting herbal drugs, after being broken down, sit in a carrier oil for a period. It is a method of separating natural plant components that pass into the carrier oil.