Vanilla

Also known as: Vanilla planifolia is also called Vanilla fragran. It is commonly called common vanilla, Mexican vanilla, and reunion vanilla.

This essential oil is a product of a perennial vine native to Central America and Mexico.

Pure essential oil of vanilla is distilled from seed pods on the vanilla vine. 

The vanilla vine is native to India.  It is probably the most loved and most easily recognized of all essential oils.  It is used in the perfume industry as well as in aroma, massage, and in foods.

Home Remedies using Vanilla Essential Oil:

Vanilla is probably the best known, most easily identified compounds there is.

Vanilla essential oil mixes well into any aromatherapy blend.  It is wonderful in recipes as well.

Benefits of Vanilla Essential Oil:

It has made mouths water forever, with its sweet, enticing aroma.  It has also tricked children everywhere into sneaking a taste for a bitterly unpleasant surprise, because vanilla smells much sweeter than it is.

Vanilla oil does have an invigorating effect on the user.  For that reason, it might be best to avoid vanilla aromatherapy before bedtime.

Vanilla essential oil has been traditionally used to entice amorous intent.  At the same time, it is very good for alleviating anxiety and vanilla oil can be good for alleviating stress.

Not only is vanilla a flavoring for foods or warm beverages, it is a flavoring for medications and tobacco.  Vanilla essential oil is used as a flavoring agent in pharmaceutical products, in food, and in tobacco. 

Vanilla essential oil can be applied topically and is also an ingredient in some oriental type perfumes.  

It also blends well with other essential oil, and can be custom mixed to best help whatever ails you, mixed with carrier oil and used for massage, or it can be used in aroma therapy in lamp rings, added to cream and lotion bases, added to a diffuser or simmer pot. 

Side Effects of Vanilla Essential Oil:

Vanilla has no known toxicity. As with all essential oils, always test a small amount on a skin patch test for sensitivity or allergic reaction. 

It is not known to be sensitizing oil, and it is not an essential oil that can increase sensitivity to the sun.