Feature of all conifers - they have a huge number of useful properties. Fir did not become an exception. This phenomenon is explained elementary: none of the representatives of the conifer family can survive in adverse environmental conditions. And accordingly, harmful substances in them take nowhere. It is thanks to this that the useful properties of fir oil are used so actively in medicine, cosmetology, dentistry and other spheres.
What properties does fir essential oil have?
This medicinal product is a colorless or slightly greenish liquid not too dense consistency with a pleasant coniferous aroma. The composition of the oil includes such components:
- tocopherols;
- carotene;
- tannins;
- ascorbic acid.
They provide high biological activity of the liquid.
Among the main useful properties of fir oil are the following:
- bactericidal, allowing to destroy various pathogenic microorganisms;
- immunomodulating;
- anti-inflammatory;
- disinfectant;
- tonic - oil promotes the activation of metabolic processes, which significantly improves well-being and is favorably reflected in the appearance of the epidermis;
- expectorant;
- deodorizing;
- anti-edematous - components that make up fir, effectively remove excess fluid from the body;
- anesthetizing;
- antiseptic;
- smoothing and rejuvenating.
Use of fir oil is also recommended for people suffering from cardiovascular diseases. It helps to normalize blood pressure and the amount of glucose in the blood.
Medicine also knows cases when fir oil was used - moreover, as practice showed, quite successfully - to restore and activate the function of the gonads.
Application of fir essential oil
Use for healing oil can be externally, internally or for inhalation, in pure or diluted form:
- With the help of a tool, wounds and abrasions of different severity are disinfected. Thanks to its antiseptic and healing properties, the regeneration of the injured skin is much faster.
- Baths with the addition of essential fir oil soothe and prevent infection with viral and bacterial diseases during the epidemic. To prepare them all, you need to add up to ten drops of the product in warm water.
- If you have a very bad tooth and have fir oil at hand, consider, you are saved. Wet the tampon moistened in a healing liquid to a sore spot. In about ten minutes, discomfort will disappear.
- Fir compresses with olive or peach oil help with burns, frostbite, abscesses, fungal lesions of the epidermis.
- The lotions will get rid of barley and blepharitis . The only condition - oil should not get on the mucous eyes.
Application of fir oil in cosmetology for face and hair health
Basically it is used in its pure form. Although some experts recommend adding fir oil to different ointments, creams, shampoos and balms. This gives the means of efficiency:
- It is extremely useful instead of a usual cream for massage to use coniferous essential oil.
- To treat seborrhea, the product should be mixed with shampoo. And to accelerate the process of recovery will help mask of pure fir oil.
- Regularly rubbing the skin with an ethereal tincture of fir, you can slow the aging process, get rid of mimic wrinkles, scars and irregularities. Especially useful such rubbing will be for owners of problem skin.