In both oily and water-soluble forms
Key ingredient: Cineole
This essential oil is obtained from fresh leaves and flower buds by steam distillation in Australia, Algeria, and France.
Eucalyptus essential oil: It is a very fluid, mobile, colorless or very light yellow liquid. Its smell is strong, with a special aroma, and its taste is initially cooling and gradually becomes burning.
Therapeutic properties:
The leaves of this plant, which are the only part of the plant used therapeutically, are antipyretic and antiseptic. Eucalyptus is used as a diaphoretic in chronic skin diseases, a blood-stopper in hemorrhages, and a nerve tonic in cases of dizziness, syncope, and as an anticonvulsant. Excessive and excessive consumption of it causes paralysis of the respiratory system and the occurrence of suffocation and death. In veterinary medicine, it is used as an inhalation and as an expectorant, as well as in wound and injury dressings.
