Red Myrtle essential oil

Discover Organic Red Myrtle essential oil, 5 ml from Dr.Valnet.

Why use Dr. Valnet Red Myrtle essential oil?

Red Myrtle essential oil is renowned for its well-being properties and helps improve circulation for fresh, light legs.

Myrtle, a shrub found throughout the Mediterranean region, was widely used for spiritual and wellness purposes during ancient times. Today, red myrtle is primarily prized for its essential oil, a beneficial elixir for respiratory comfort and circulation.

How to use Dr. Valnet Red Myrtle essential oil?

Red Myrtle essential oil is best used diluted on the skin. Ingestion should be done under medical advice, especially for children, as this oil can pose risks of kidney toxicity in high doses and/or over a long period of time.

Be sure to seek medical advice before using pure Red Myrtle essential oil for people with asthma.

Seek medical advice for people with epilepsy due to the epileptogenic risk that this essential oil presents in high doses.

Do not use for ingestion in children without medical advice.

Skin application

Red Myrtle essential oil is irritating to the skin, so it must be diluted to 20% in a vegetable oil before any skin application (20% essential oil with 80% vegetable oil).

In broadcast

Pregnant women and babies over 3 months old can use this essential oil in diffusion.

What is Dr. Valnet Red Myrtle essential oil?

Myrtus communis

(Myrtaceae family)

Some notions of botany

Native to the Mediterranean basin, red myrtle is a shrub 2 to 3 meters tall that can live for more than 250 years. In the wild, it grows in the dry and very sunny Corsican maquis. Its stems are covered with red bark, its evergreen leaves are oval and leathery, and its flowers are very fragrant. While belonging to the same species as green myrtle, red myrtle grows in different conditions in terms of season, soil, climate, altitude, humidity, and sunlight. It is widely used in Corsica, Sicily, and Sardinia to flavor game and also to perfume a local liqueur. The taste of its berries is similar to that of juniper, and its leaves to those of rosemary.

A bit of history

In many religions, the red myrtle is a sacred symbol and part of certain spiritual rituals, linked to the Divine or considered the Tree of Paradise. Also a symbol of love, purity, and beauty in many legends of the Mediterranean basin, it is associated with the goddess of love, Aphrodite or Venus in Greek and Roman mythology. Thus, on their wedding day, the young spouses wore myrtle crowns.

In ancient Greece, those initiated into the mysteries of Dionysus crowned their foreheads with myrtle, because, according to legend, the god offered myrtle, one of his favorite plants, to bring his mother out of the Underworld.

Dr. Valnet Red Myrtle Essential Oil: Technical Sheet

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