Golden Needle Practitioner Library

Black Spruce Essential Oil

Profile of a Supreme Lung & Kidney Tonic
© Peter Holmes 2004
Botanical name: Picea mariana (Coniferae, Pinaceae – pine family)
Appearance: A mobile clear fluid with a fresh-conifer scent with deep earthy, musty undertones
Production area: Eastern Canada
Extraction: Steam distillation of the twigs and needles
1 kg oil yield from: 80-120 kg of the needles (a [...]

 
Bergamot Essential Oil

Profile of an Important Qi Regulator
© Peter Holmes 2004
Appearance: A mobile light-emerald green fluid with a warm fruity-sweet scent with fresh-citrus topnotes
Botanical name: Citrus bergamia (Rutaceae – citrus family)
Production areas: Calabria in South Italy and the Ivory Coast in West Africa
Extraction: Cold expression of the somewhat unripe bergamot fruit rinds
1 kg oil yield [...]