Black Pepper
Black Pepper
Black Pepper Essential Oil
Black pepper essential oil is mentally stimulating and reviving. It opens the electrical energy flow throughout the body. It has both sedative and stimulating effects, depending on what is needed.
Through feedback loops within the nervous system, black pepper may act as a sedative or a stimulant, depending on the body’s current state. It has an affinity for the throat, third eye, and solar plexus energy centers.
Aromatic Profile
Top note: Musky, smoky, fruity, spicy, camphoraceous, green notes
Heart note: Smoky, spicy, camphoraceous, green
Base note: Smoky
Classification: Top or heart note
Tenacity: Low Black pepper essential oil adds a spicy note to florals, such as carnation, chamomile, sweet clover absolute, etc. It blends well with Bergamot, Clary Sage, Frankincense, Geranium, Lavender, Clove, Juniper Berry, Sandalwood, and Cedarwood. It has a warm, bright and friendly aroma that is appealing to nearly everyone.
More About Our Black Pepper Essential Oil
Size: 1.5ml amber glass sample bottle or 5 ml amber glass bottle
Source: Indonesia
Distillation: Steam distilled from certified organic pepper berries
Botanical name: Piper nigrum
Homeopathic Properties of Black Pepper Essential Oil
Uses
Internal–oral in homeopathic dilution, inhalation with caution
External–topical, massage, spinal compress, skin application
Observations and Anecdotal Information
Black pepper essential oil is one of the greatest massage oils from the plant kingdom. It stimulates circulation, soothing muscle pain, arthritis, and neuralgia. It even relieves the pain of certain injuries, such as sprains, bruises, and contusions, as long as the skin is not broken.
It stimulates the heart and increases muscle tone. It also stimulates the digestive system, liver, and pancreas.
Black pepper is a great choice for enhancing weight loss and reversing cellulite condition. It stimulates the cleansing of toxic accumulation from body tissues. It also increases urine production, and helps genito-urinary system infections.
Personally, I find black pepper to be a major catalyzer, enhancing the synergy of blends and increasing the potency of other oils. It carries both stimulating and sedative effects, depending on what is needed by the body.
Cautions
Avoid during pregnancy and lactation.
Black pepper essential oil can irritate mucus membranes when diffused, for sensitive individuals. Blend it with other oils to reduce this effect.
