Valerian Root Essential Oil Valeriana officinalis
bot. Valeriana officinalis
Valerian Essential Oil – distilled from the rhizomes and roots of Valeriana officinalis. It has a distinctive bitter-sweet, balsamic, medicinal aroma with musky and earthy notes.
Native to Europe and Asia, valerian has been familiar to many of us since childhood and has a long history of use in traditional herbal practices.
Its concentrated essential oil is valued for its distinctive aromatic character and is associated with a relaxing fragrance, a sense of calm, and a more peaceful atmosphere. It is also appreciated in formulations intended to create a soothing feel on the skin.
Please note: this essential oil is not registered as a medicinal product or biocide.
Natural plant essential oils not only offer pleasant aromas but also help create a cosy, harmonious, and biologically favourable environment. Such an atmosphere is especially valued by city dwellers who spend much of their time indoors and is important for children's naturally developing emotional balance.
KVAPŲ NAMAI quality guarantee
KVAPŲ NAMAI is the only essential oil and aromatherapy company in the Baltic States with its own modern specialised laboratory, where every batch is comprehensively tested for phthalates, pesticides, and other hazardous contaminants. You can therefore be confident in the purity, authenticity, and quality of our essential oils and hydrolats—we guarantee this not through paperwork or sweet words, but through real testing, including chemical analysis by the GC-MS method. In addition, we source most of our essential oils directly from experienced grower-distillers, organic producers, and true masters of their craft, so our oils are not only clean and pure but also distinguished by exceptional fragrance quality.
- Excellent aromatherapy quality - tested in the in-house lab, including GC-MS
- Free from phthalates, free from pesticides – endocrine-disrupting substances.
The main active components in the essential oil are valerianol, bornyl acetate, valeranone, valeranalis, camphene, alpha pinene, valerianic acid, etc.
Studies have confirmed these medicinal effects of valerian essential oil:
- deeply calming, reduces nervousness, tension and stress;
- Effective for anxiety, fear, panic, after difficult experiences or psychological trauma;
- improves sleep, can be used for insomnia;
- improves the condition of chronic emotional fatigue;
- soothes inflamed skin (can be used in nourishing creams, balms, e.g. for atopic dermatitis);
- valuable if the causes of digestive or skin problems are psychosomatic;
- relieves sensations in women with changing cycles and painful menstruation.
Not all the properties of this product are mentioned here. Unfortunately, due to the EU regulation of health claims, we cannot inform you in detail, even if the benefits of this product are scientifically proven.
Literature:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10411208/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/3287008/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26587395/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12486337/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/11736894/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7114974/
https://www.ema.europa.eu/en/documents/herbal-report/draft-assessment-report-valeriana-officinalis-l-radix-valeriana-officinalis-l-aetheroleum_en.pdf
Valerian essential oil is a highly concentrated product obtained by distillation. It will differ in chemical composition from herbal valerian preparations such as tinctures, capsules or teas. The essential oil is most effective for external use as an inhalant and skin ointment.
Use valerian essential oil for:
- Vaporise at home (do not vaporise continuously, several sessions a day for 5 - 30 minutes is more effective);
- Inhalation (inhale from the bottle, apply to a handkerchief, clothing, personal sniffer or clay diffuser);
- At bedtime, put 1 - 2 drops on your pillow, on a toy for a restless child, etc.;
- For a soothing massage of the whole body or lower abdomen, add a couple of drops of essential oil to a base vegetable oil (e.g. sesame, almond, etc.);
- To soothe the skin, add an essential oil to a cream or balm (concentrations up to 2-3% for adults, 0.5-1% for children). Use our concentrations calculator.
- Do not use on fresh skin as it may cause irritation; dilute with vegetable oil or butter;
- Protect eyes;
- Effects on pregnant and lactating women unknown; essential oils should be avoided for the first 3 months of pregnancy and for infants under 3 months of age unless necessary.
- If you are taking sleeping pills or antidepressants, consult your doctor about the use of essential oils;
- Despite the high phyto-, aromatherapeutic quality of this oil, the aromatherapy community cannot recommend internal use for therapeutic purposes, but such use is possible if prescribed by a phyto/aromatherapist;
- Do not use on cats, birds, fish, rodents, reptiles (evaporate in small quantities at home or use on your own); cats may react "violently" to this essential oil, as they do to catnip oil - avoid use on them; dogs, horses, do not use on muzzle, genital area, dilute and monitor reactions;
- This essential oil is not registered as a medicine;
- This essential oil is not registered as a biocide;
- Keep tightly closed in a dark, cool place.
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