Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil, pronounced “Ee-lang Ee-lang,” receives its name from the repetition of the word Ylang meaning wilderness. The wilderness it is cultivated includes the rainforests of the Philippines and Indonesia. The Ylang Ylang tree, identified botanically as the Cananga odorata botanical, is also sometimes referred to as The Perfume Tree because its scent can be described as sweetly fruity floral and fresh.

Ylang Ylang Essential Oil is derived from the steam distillation of the Cananga odorata botanical star-shaped flowers. Ylang Ylang Essential Oil can help soothe stress, stabilize emotional anxiety, sleeplessness and its aphrodisiac quality is reputed to boost the libido to enhance sensuality. Its pleasant floral scent, which has been described as both delicate and powerful, makes it an ideal ingredient for use in aromatherapy massage applications. Its aphrodisiac quality is known to boost libido to enhance sensuality by addressing the mental and emotional factors that sometimes romantic feelings. By calming the mind and body, it promotes the faster onset of sleep and arouses sensuality.

Used topically in massage, Ylang Ylang Essential Oil is known to balance and regulate oil production in the skin and hair, while also soothing inflammation and irritation. It can enhance and stimulate circulation, encourages the growth of new skin and hair, contribute to and maintain hydration, conditions, and prevent infections. Ylang Ylang Essential Oil can be diluted and applied in massage applications, to the skin to maintain its health, to reduce the signs of aging, to soothe irritation, and to generally protect the skin. This massage blend can be applied to the scalp, to promote hair growth by stimulating circulation while eliminating the bacteria and inflammation that may cause hair loss and for hair treatment that enhances the health of hair strands.

Mary Li massages a blend of Ylang Ylang Essential Oil with other Essential Oils and carrier Oil into the scalp to soothe dandruff, and to reduce the chances of hair loss. Before showering, clients can massage this blend into the scalp, and allow it to soak for 20 minutes before washing it out. Mary Li uses Ylang-Ylang Oil and Rose Oil, together with other essential oils to relieve negative effects and symptoms of anxiety by normalizing blood pressure, improving glucose tolerance and boosting circulation to flush out toxins and reduce inflammation.

Ylang Ylang essential Oil is used in the Blood Circulation, Insomnia & Stress, Hair Growth, and Skin Complexion massage oil blend treatment at Oriental Massage Galway (OMG).