Original information from Kobashi Official Website:
Its warming properties help stimulate circulation and help with muscular aches and pains. Believed to have aphrodisiac properties.
LATIN NAME: Myristica fragrans
SOURCE: Steamed distilled from the ground seed
COLOUR: Clear to pale yellow
ORIGIN: Indonesia
AROMA: Warm, sweet, spicy aroma characteristic of fresh nutmeg
QUALITIES: Makes a pleasant festive aroma to be used in vapourizers. Stimulates imagination. Useful as part of a massage oil, its warming properties help to stimulate circulation. Analgesic properties help with muscular aches and pains. Has a drying effect when breathed in. Although used in small amounts in food preparations: THIS PRODUCT IS FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY- DO NOT INGEST
Blends well with Frankincense, Clove, Cinnamon, Orange, Geranium, Clary sage, Coriander and the other Spice oils.
A member of the Myristicaceae family, an evergreen tree up to twenty metres high. It produces creamy- white waxy flowers, the male flowers being smaller. The fruit is yellow and fleshy resembling a large apricot. When ripe the outer part splits to expose the purplish - brown seed, nutmeg. The outer membrane which is crimson being mace. Native to the Moluccas and near by islands.
