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Black pepper essential oil as a cosmetic ingredient

Black pepper essential oil has good rubefacient and analgesic properties for skin care and therefore has a warming effect, which stimulates blood flow while reducing pain. It is also most effective in dispersing bruising.

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General information on black pepper essential oil Black pepper essential oil

Black pepper essential oil is strong and has a sharp, spicy smell, and is faintly reminiscent of clove oil, yet more refined. It can range in color from light amber to yellow-green and has a watery viscosity.

The essential oil is composed of various chemical constituents and includes thujone, A-pinene, camphene, sabinene, B-pinene, A-phellandrene, myrcene, limonene, caryophyllene, B-farnesene, B-bisabolene, linalool and terpine-4-ol.

The therapeutic properties of black pepper oil include the following:

  • analgesic
  • antiseptic
  • antispasmodic
  • antitoxic
  • aphrodisiac
  • digestive
  • diuretic
  • febrifuge
  • laxative
  • rubefacient
  • tonic (especially the spleen)

Black pepper oil can be used to help in the treatment of pain relief, rheumatism, chills, flu, colds, to increase circulation, relieve exhaustion, calm muscular aches, physical and emotional coldness, as a nerve tonic and to relieve fevers.

It is especially effective when treating bruises on the skin, and it rubefacient property makes it very valuable when you wish to increase circulation to the skin and the supportive tissue underneath the skin.

Due to fact that black pepper essential oil helps to boost circulation and has a "warming" action on the skin, it was included in our cellulite cream.

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Classification of black pepper essential oil as a cosmetic ingredient Black pepper essential oil

Piper nigrum fruit oil is the volatile oil distilled from the dried ripe fruit of Piper nigrum. It is classed as an essential oil and is used as a fragrance ingredient. It is known as black pepper oil, while Piper nigrum seed extract is extracted from the seeds of black pepper and classed as an essential oil and used as a fragrance ingredient.

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Black pepper is used in the following of our products

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