Black Pepper Essential oil
is extracted from the plant
Piper nigrum of the
Piperaceae family. The oil is
made from the unripe red
fruit of the plant, while white
pepper for household use, is
made from the same fruit, but
the berry is picked when
fully ripe and the outside
layer (pericarp) is removed
before drying.
Pepper is one of the most
important and oldest of the
spices. The Greeks as far
back as the fourth century BC
knew about it. The Romans
valued it highly for its
aromatic and spice properties
and imported large quantities
from the East.
The pepper fruit is red
colour when ripe. A vine has
to be between six and seven
years old before a crop can
be harvested. Black pepper is
the dried, whole, unripe fruit
of this plant, white pepper
consists of the ripe fruit from
which the dark hull has been
removed.
On steam distillation
crushed black pepper yields
from 1 to 2.6 per cent
(depending on the age of the
peppercorns) essential
oil.
Latin Name: Piper
nigrum species of the
piperaceae family. Natural
Touch Aromatherapy Black
Pepper essential oil is
obtained by steam distillation
of dried, crushed Indian
black peppercorns. We
import the finest quality hulls
and distillation takes place in
England under close
supervision.
Black Pepper Oil has a
warming, dry, woody-spicy,
pepper aroma.
A strongly stimulating oil
very useful for warming you
up during the cold winter
season. Its hot, fiery qualities
are warming and
strengthening and it is often
used by aromatherapists in a
pre-sport blend. Refreshes
and raises the spirits. |
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