Essential Oils - C

Common Uses: Used chiefly as a local application in skin disease and as a stimulating expectorant. The essential oil of Cajeput is used for healing in many countries due to its mildly analgesic, antimicrobial, antineuralgic, antispasmodic, antiseptic (pulmonary, urinary, intestinal), anthelminthic, and tonic properties.

Common Uses: Today, the medicinal use of Calamus essential oil mainly focuses on the treatment of rheumatism and memory problems in the Phillipines. It is a stimulating nervine antispasmodic, and a general tonic for the mind.

Common Uses: The therapeutic properties of Camphor essential oil include the following: anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, cardiac, carminative, diuretic, febrifuge, insecticide, laxative, rubefacient, stimulant and vulnerary.

Common Uses: The therapeutic properties of Caraway oil include: anti- histaminic, antiseptic, astringent, carminative, digestive, disinfectant, emmenagogue, expectorant, stimulant, stomachic, tonic and vermifuge.

Common Uses: The Cardamom plant has been used in Eastern traditional medicine for over 3,000 years. It was found to be an effective treatment for sciatica, coughs, spasms, abdominal pains and retention of urine.