What is Palo Santo good for?

Palo santo is a traditional remedy for pain, inflammation, and stress. It’s also used to clear out negative energy. You can burn palo santo as incense or apply the oil on your skin. Always buy from a reputable retailer to make sure your palo santo is responsibly sourced.

What is Palo Santo oil?

Also known as holy wood, palo santo has been revered by indigenous peoples for ritual purification rites and other uses for centuries. Palo Santo essential oil is steam distilled from sustainably wildcrafted wood that has fallen naturally from trees and been allowed to dry for a period of months to years.

What is another name for Palo Santo?

Bursera graveolens
Bursera graveolens, known in Spanish as palo santo (“Holy Stick”), is a wild tree native from the Yucatán Peninsula to Peru and Venezuela.

What is Palo Santo scent?

The smell of palo santo is usually described as a bright, sweet, piney, lemony, woodsy scent. Perhaps a bit musky. It’s very much unlike any other aromatic wood available.

Should I burn sage or palo santo?

Burn sage first to clear out the bad energy, and burn the palo santo to bring back the good ones. If you simply want to encourage positive energy while purifying the air, palo santo is the better choice as its scent is relaxing and calming.

Why should we stop using Palo Santo?

Due to the demand, opportunists are prematurely cutting down these sacred trees, in order to quickly process the wood into sticks for selling. Not only is this devastating for the forests, it renders the sticks purposeless, as the sacred resin hasn’t had time to form.

Should I burn sage or Palo Santo?

What does it mean when palo santo turns black?

When burning palo santo, the smoke may be black while it is on fire, but after the fire is put out and the stick is smoldering, the smoke should turn white. If you still aren’t sure if your palo santo is real, another way to tell is to shave some strips off a piece of the wood and put your nose up to it.

What can I use instead of sage and palo santo?

Oil Diffuser. Another great way to smudge yourself without using Palo Santo or Sage is the use of an oil diffuser. You can also use an oil burner, so together with your resin incense, you can alternate them with just the use of one utensil.

What does it mean when sage smoke is thick?

Thick, rolling white smoke means that the sage is neutralizing large amounts of negative energy. By watching the smoke and noticing where it is drifting, you can take note of the areas that need the most amount of clearing.

Is Pelargonium graveolens safe to use?

Pelargonium Graveolens Side Effects: Geranium oil is a non toxic and non irritant oil and it is usually safe but it should be always mixed with a carrier oil and used. Pregnant women can use geranium oil but please practice caution as there is no evidence proving it’s safety 100 %.

What are the chemical constituents of Pelargonium graveolens?

The main chemical constituents of pelargonium graveolens essential oil are citronellol, geraniol, linalool and citronellyl formate, isomenthone and menthone. 1. Pelargonium Graveolens Anti inflammatory Properties:

What is Pelargonium graveolens tea good for?

It also has an amazing smell of roses which is mesmerising. Pelargonium essential oil extracted from the leaves also have wonderful uses. Pelargonium graveolens tea made by steeping the leaves in water is quite famous and helps reduce inflammation, anxiety and body pain.

Where can I find Bursera graveolens?

Bursera graveolens is found in the seasonally dry tropical forests of Mexico, Venezuela, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and on the Galápagos Islands. The tree belongs to the same family ( Burseraceae) as frankincense and myrrh. It is widely used in ritual purification…