The Birch tree or Betula Lenta has dark red bark with a sweet scent very similar to wintergreen. Our birch essential oil is steam-distilled from the bark of Canadian birch trees.
The tree has been used for hundreds of years – Native Americans pounded the bark and used it in poultices and warming teas.
Did you know that Betula lenta or sweet birch is also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch?
It is a species of birch native to eastern North America, from southern Maine west to southernmost Ontario, and south in the Appalachian Mountains to northern Georgia.
Birch Tree bark in Maine, USA
Common Uses of the Birch Essential Oil
Birch is a very warming essential oil and is great to add to massage blends.
Aromatically, it has a sweet, wintergreen scent.
Topically, it quickly causes warming. It should always be applied with a carrier oil, even to very oily skin, as topical application has a remarkable drying effect.
Diffuse or apply in 2-5% dilution.
Aromatic Scent
Birch Sweet has a sweet, sharp, camphoraceous scent that is very fresh and similar to Wintergreen.
Cautions
Birch has a naturally high concentration of salicylates, which are similar to aspirin in their ability to thin the blood.
It is also very sweet, which makes birch essential oil a hazard for children. Keep out of reach of children and always use in dilution.
Avoid use during pregnancy.
Birch Essential Oil Specifications:
- 15ml bottle
- Pure quality oil from steam-distilled, no chemical process
- 100% oil – no other oil
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