PLANT EXTRACTS

Plant Description

History and Origin

Rosemary is a shrub of the lamiaceae family native to the Mediterranean area.Its stem, that can reach two metres in length, is covered with a greyish bark and divides into opposing branches. Its leaves are longer than they are wide, with slightly rolled edges. Its blue flower spikes blossom from January to May. The name "rosemary" derives from the Latin for "dew" (ros) and "sea" (marinus), or "dew of the sea".

Rosemary has been one of the first plants widely used therapeutically, for cooking as well as for its pleasant aroma. As an example, in Ancient Greece, rosemary sprigs were burnt as incense at shrines. In the Middle Age, it was used to treat respiratory and circulatory disorders, liver congestion, muscular and rheumatic pain as well as skin and hair problems.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Sage is also called Sacred Herb or European Tea. Its name is already a diploma of efficacy because salvia comes from the latin word salvare which means “save”, “cure”. For the Ancients, it’s a sacred plant. The Romans followed a particular ritual when harvesting sage: after a sacrifice of bread and wine, sage had to be picked “wearing a white tunic, bare and washed feet”, and without using iron tools (we know today that iron salts are incompatible with sage). Throughout the Middle Ages, sage was considered an essential plant and was an ingredient in a large number of preparations such as arquebuse water, celestial water, imperial water, etc. There is an old saying that goes: “Who has sage in his garden never needs a doctor”.

Our sandalwood essential oil is produced according to a sustainable approach and equitable sharing in New Caledonia. The production supports local economy, populations and preservation of the forest.

The seedlings are cultivated in nurseries to be planted in forest. Each year, only 40 to 50 years old trees are selected for cutting. In addition, 10 trees are planted for every tree cut. This way, natural regeneration is superior than harvesting.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Sandal wood grows as a small tree feeding from planting sucker shoots in the roots of other trees. Hemiparasitic, it is unable to transform nutrients in the soil. The variety austrocaledonicum was discovered in 1840 on Pins Island, New Caledonia. In India, many temples were built with its fragrant wood. Some excerpts from the Bible make reference to the use of sandal wood for the crafting of harps, lutes and railings for the Temple of Jerusalem, in the time of Solomon. Sandal wood is still today very much used in Hindu rituals and ceremonies. For instance, it enters in the composition of pastes used in the Temples of Shiva for embalming. Traditionally used in the Pacific Islands as a fragrant addition to coconut oil, applied on the body and hair. It is also specially recommended to treat chronic bronchitis and pulmonary problems. Women in the Comoro Islands and Mozambique make a paste used as a facial mask worn outside of the privacy for skin regeneration and protection (from cooking, working in the fields, etc.).

Back in 1865, overexploitation already threatened the plant’s future. It is one of the reasons why Aliksir chooses cultures that respect ecological and environmental values. We want to ensure the species and ecosystems’ safeguard

Energetic and Emotional Effect

Calms the mental (This is why it has been used in India for thousands of years to prepare meditation). Helps visualization and meditation by slowing down “mental hyperactivity”. It also reinforces the link between the Crown and Base chakra. The smell of sandal wood brings a sense of exotic sensuality and calmness. Sandal wood is used in the preparation of spiritual and self-healing work. Evolution of the Spirit is achieved through awakening the Kundalini and taming sexual energies. On an energetic level, sandal wood aligns and balances the center of sacral chakra’s feminine energies with the masculine energies of the root chakra. This alignment frees up the kundalini’s reserve of energy, wrapped around the base of the spine. By liberating this energy, it becomes able to take root and to connect with the heart. Sandal wood calms the fire of sexual desire and brings a feeling of completeness, which eases the process of learning the meaning of True Love. By exploring True Love’s nature, we are better able to understand the Divine and Sacred nature of sex.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Scotch pine is indigenous in Eurasia and cultivated in Eastern United-States, Europe, Russia, Scandinavia, Finland, and Canada. It is now considered naturalized in parts of New England and the Lake States. In Quebec, its future is uncertain. Because of its lack of adaptation, it can hardly multiply naturally. Pine seeds are known to be an excellent fortifier for consumptive and recovering people.

Aromatherapy 

Plant Description

History and Origin

Latin name of Shea nut (Parkii) was given for M. Mungo Park, great exploratory, who was  the first to go up the Gambia River around the end of XV th century. The tree grows tall and  can live more than 300 years. It bears fruit around 15 years and is fully productive only  from 25 years of age.

Plant Description

Plant Description

Plant Description

History and Origin 

Originally from Australia, tea tree is one of the most widely known medicinal aromatic plants. Australia’s Indigenous people have used its leaves for medicinal purposes for thousands of years.

Its common name “tea tree” dates back to Captain Cook’s expeditions (1770). The English sailors would drink in infusion of the leaves, fresh or dried, to replace their favorite beverage.

Plant description

History and Origin

Greek Thymos, “spiritedness, expressed passion”, is where the name thyme comes from. The Egyptians and Etruscans would use thyme and other plants to preserve their dead. Greeks burned thyme on altars, in public and in rich houses. Of course, thyme was also commonly used in the kitchen. It was also very often applied as a stimulating perfume. Romans would also use thyme to prepare a wide variety of cosmetics. As a symbol of courage, the image of thyme is used in Northern Europe until the Great Crusades. In the old days, maiden would embroider bees flying by a branch of thyme on scarves to protect their knights leaving for the land of barbarians.

Energetic and Emotional Effect

Thyme is tonic and energizing. Its mildness connects it to the frontal chakra, but it is also quite active on the level of the umbilical center of energy.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Greek Thymos, “spiritedness, expressed passion”, is where the name thyme comes from. The Egyptians and Etruscans would use thyme and other plants to preserve their dead. Greeks burned thyme on altars, in public and in rich houses. Of course, thyme was also commonly used in the kitchen. It was also very often applied as a stimulating perfume. Romans would also use thyme to prepare a wide variety of cosmetics. As a symbol of courage, the image of thyme is used in Northern Europe until the Great Crusades. In the old days, maiden would embroider bees flying by a branch of thyme on scarves to protect their knights leaving for the land of barbarians.

A wild True Lavender essential oil carefully hand-picked in southern France on the high Larzac Plateau. An exceptional oil. 

Plant description

History and Origin

True Lavender is a subshrub growing on the dry and sunny hillsides of southern France and other countries around the Mediterranean Sea. It comes with a long-standing reputation as a popular remedy. Known since Roman Antiquity as a perfume and aromatic, Lavender was named from Latin term lavare (meaning “to wash”). Not only using it to perfume linen, Romans also used it in private and public baths. But lavender was also known as a popular remedy against digestive disorders as well as a cosmetic care and insect repellant.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Daucus carota, originally from Eurasia, is present in undulating lands of South-Western Quebec. It doesn’t reach further North because of the drop in temperatures. Wild carrot is a pubescent herbaceous plant with umbels of white flowers. In Native herbalism, an infusion of the full-blooming blossoms is taken for diabetes. The decoction of the roots is taken by men to treat blood disorders, pimples, paleness and loss of appetite. In women, it is used to treat fallen womb. Besides, the decoction is used for urine stoppage.

Plant Description

History and Origin

Our Northern wintergreen (Gaultheria procumbens) likes to grow in coniferous regions; and it grows better in sandy soils. Its generic name has been given for Jean-François Gaulthier (1708-1756), botanist and King’s physician in Quebec. He was the one who communicated the existence of the plant to Linné through Pier Kalm. Wintergreen grows as a shrub below 20 cm tall and bears between June and July white flowers that transform into tiny red fruits. Its leaves are evergreen, and that is where its common name came from “Wintergreen”. Wintergreen is present in Canada, Asia and Central America, where it grows much taller. For distillation, it would not be wise to collect the resource here, since it is so reduced in size. That is why the essential oil is imported from Nepal, where it grows abundantly in the wild and in altitude

Plant Description

History and Origin

Yarrow is a perennial plant largely distributed in Quebec's dry lands such as fields, shores and seaside rocks. It was named after the famous character, Achilles, who used it to heal the wounds of his soldiers during the Trojan War. As you can see, yarrow has thousands of years of experience in terms of healing the wounds of humans. It is so ancient in medicinal use that traces of yarrow were found in Neanderthal burials. Yarrow stands among the most versatile plants on Earth, and its highly complex chemical composition is an indicator of its numerous functions.

Used all over the world, it is also one of the most important medicinal plants of Amerindians, who use it as a cold remedy, febrifuge, analgesic, dermatological and respiratory aid, diuretic, gastrointestinal aid, and a relief for different hormonal disorders for women .

Plant Description

History and Origin

This essential oil is extracted from a small tree that comes from Indo-Malaysian tropical areas. Subsequently, the tree was naturalized by the European explorers in most of the tropical islands of the Pacific, Atlantic and Indian Ocean. The Latin name of ylang-ylang « Cananga » is simply derived from the original name of the plant in Malay (Kananga ou Kénanga).

The distillation of ylang is special. The first tests were recorded in 1860 by a sailor named Albert Schwenger. The delicate fragrance began to be used in the perfumery field and a unique extraction method was developed. The essential oil is collected in several steps during the distillation process, that is why we can find the names totum, complete (12 to 24 hours of distillation continuously), extra (first hour of distillation), no 2 and no 3.