Juniper Berry Essential Oil

Product name:
Juniper Berry Essential Oil (Juniper Berry Oil) – 100% Pure, Natural, Organic Essential Oil 

Juniperus Communis 

Quick info:

Botanical Name: Juniperus Communis 

• Aroma: Woody, Sweet, Fruity, Earthy, Crisp
• Extraction Method: Steam distilled from the berries of the Juniper tree
• Source: Bulgaria 
• Note: Middle

Applications: 

Relaxation, Stress Relief, Anxiety, Allergies, Cold and Flu, Insomnia and Restlessness, Eczema, Acne, Rashes, Pain Relief, Anti-inflammatory, Ulcers and Sores, Wound Healing.

Botanical Families:

Juniper Berry belongs to a plant family called Cupressaceae, also known as the conifer and cypress family.

Cupressaceae is a conifer family, the cypress family, with worldwide distribution. The bark of mature trees is commonly orange- to red-brown and of stringy texture, often flaking or peeling in vertical strips, but smooth, scaly or hard and square-cracked in some species. Junipers are among the most important evergreen shrubs, groundcovers and small evergreen trees, with hundreds of cultivars selected, including plants with blue, grey, or yellow foliage.

Chemical families: Cupressaceae

Crisp and sweet, Juniper Berry Essential Oil creates a peaceful atmosphere when diffused. The scent of juniper berry essential oil, creates a beautiful and serene mood, due to its light fruity, berry scent. Add a splash of Juniper Berry Essential Oil to your diffuser to create a tranquil atmosphere in your home, office or classroom.

Due to its anti-inflammatory and antioxidant-rich chemical profile, Juniper Berry Essential Oil is commonly used in Aromatherapy, massages, during meditation and spiritual practices, and in skin care formulations. Juniper Berry is especially versatile amongst skin care purposes because of its astringent properties. 

• Soothe: Comprising powerful anti-inflammatory and calming properties, Juniper Berry Essential Oil is a wonder ingredient to help soothe your complexion. Whether it’s irritation, breakouts or any other skin concerns, Juniper Berry Oil is a great natural remedy to calm your skin and reignite your radiance.
• Detox: Potent antioxidant elements combined with its ability to flush out toxins and trigger circulation make Juniper Berry Oil an essential in your skin detox. Ridding your skin and body from these harmful elements can reduce blemishes and hyperpigmentation, providing your complexion with the optimal environment in which to thrive.

In a nutshell, here are the top properties of Juniper Berry Oil: 

• Act as an antioxidant and anti-inflammatory.
• Aid sleep in traditional medicine.
• Improve mental health due to its link to sleep quality.
• Have neuroprotective properties. Emit powerful antifungal and antibacterial properties when in contact with gram-positive bacteria.
• Potentially ease pain in muscles and joints.
• Help stimulate and improve memory.

Aromatherapy:

One of Juniper Berry Essential Oil’s top benefits is its relaxing and detoxifying abilities. Add 8 to 10 drops in a diffuser or burner for the ultimate aromatherapy session. 

Relax, Sleep, and Meditate: 

Thanks to its stress-relieving qualities, Juniper Berry Essential Oil is excellent when it comes to promoting faster and deeper sleep. You can diffuse Juniper Berry Essential Oil in your room before sleeping or apply a few drops to your temples or behind your ears – or even use it as a pillow mist to have the best sleep of your life! Juniper Berry’s historical association with spirituality makes this Essential Oil a popular choice for use in meditation. The oil is believed to possess grounding and relaxing properties that can set the perfect tone for any meditation practice. 

Good for Acne & Eczema: 

Due to its formidable invigorating, repairing, and anti-oxidant properties, Juniper Berry Essential Oil is a great additive to your daily skin routine. It is a mild essential oil and is suitable for all skin types, including sensitive, dry, and oily skin types. It helps restore the skin’s natural glow, protect the skin from free radical damage and oxidative stress, soothe irritated skin, and make the skin soft and supple. 

Keep skin youthful:  

We all know that anti-oxidants are essential to keeping our skin youthful. Conveniently, Juniper Berry Essential oil is packed with them! Incorporate those beautiful anti-oxidants in your skincare routine by adding a few drops of Juniper Berry Essential Oil to your daily moisturizer or face oil. It clears up blemishes and evens out your skin tone. It has skin repairing, regenerating, and strengthening properties, which in turn keeps your skin young and refreshed.

Natural Antiseptic & Insect Repellant:

Whether you’re looking for a better household cleaner or a natural antiseptic for skin or respiratory infections, juniper berry essential oil may be one answer. Its antimicrobial properties help to kill bacteria and provide what could be a potent treatment for simple infections. 

Just like citronella oil, the scent of juniper may naturally repel bugs like mosquitoes according to some studies done. You can spray it on your clothes, mix it with a carrier oil and massage into your skin, or diffuse it indoors and outdoors to purify the air and help prevent bug bites.

Gut Health:

Juniper Berry oil has been used in many traditions to help improve multiple stomach disorders, including intestinal issues, diarrhea, and some bladder problems and infections. Juniper Berry improves digestion and relieves any gas stuck in the abdominal area. It is a good solution for bloating. Its antimicrobial properties allow the oil to inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms in the gut, keeping you safe from various gastrointestinal disorders.

Meditate & Ground Yourself:

For a great grounding or meditation session, we recommend the following oil blend for your diffuser. 

Simply add: 

• 3 drops of Juniper Berry Essential Oil 
• 2 drops of Clary Sage Essential Oil 
• 1 drop of Lavender Essential Oil 

These essential oils have a calming effect on the body and encourage an overall sense of feeling more relaxed when meditating.

Muscles Relaxation Blend:

Massage the oil into tight muscles to give an instant relaxing effect: 

• 5 drops of juniper berry essential oil with
• 10 drops of ginger essential oil
• 10 drops of cypress essential oil

Sleep Well Massage Blend:

Before going to bed, use this massage oil blend to promote circulation and relaxation: 

• 4 drops of juniper berry essential oil
• 5 drops of mandarin essential oil
• 4 drops of lavender essential oil
• 3 drops of geranium essential oil
• 2 tablespoons of hempseed carrier oil

Out With the Negative: 

Clear out any negative energy from any space using this diffuser blend: 

• 6 drops sweet orange essential oil
• 5 drops juniper berry essential oil
• 3 drops geranium essential oil 

Get Creative: 

Whenever you’re working on a project that needs as much creative juice as possible, diffuse this blend to help stimulate your mind: 

• 3 drops Juniper Berry essential oil
• 2 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil 

Pick Me Upper: 

Give yourself a good buzz of energy in the morning with this blend:

• 3 drops juniper berry oil
• 1 drop eucalyptus oil
• 2 drops grapefruit oil
• 1 drop jasmine oil 

Home Scenting:

Add a few drops of Juniper Berry essential oil to some cotton wool balls and pop them into your clothes drawers or on a shelf in your wardrobe. This will add a lovely scent to your wardrobe and clothes.

Aroma: Much sought after by perfumers, these same berries are steam distilled to obtain an essential oil with a peppery, woody and slightly resinous scent, with a mushroomy note that is also reminiscent of gin. Juniper berries bring fine and racy spicy accents to perfumes. They are part of the fresh spices. Their gender-neutral scent is particularly trendy, even if until now they were mostly found in men’s fragrances.

It blends well with Cypress, Cedarwood, Sandalwood, Pine, Lavender, Clary Sage, Sweet Orange, Lemon, Lavender, Tea Tree oil. 

– Olfactory Family: Woody, Sweet, Fruity, Earthy, Crisp 

– Note: Middle Note
– Strength: Medium
– Perfumes used in: Gucci Memoire D’une Odeur, Jean Paul Gaultier Fleur du Male, Comme des Garcons Scent Four Yoyogi, Jo Malone London Moonlit, Maison Francis Kurkdjian Oud Silk Mood Extrait de Parfum, Guerlain Aqua Allegoria Teazzurra, Ralph Lauren Romance, Demeter Fragrance Tea, Floraiku This July Evening, Victoria’s Secret Pure Seduction, Clinique Aromatic Elixir, Stephane Humbert Lucas 777 Soleil de Jeddah, Bvlgari Petits et Mamans, Cerruti 1881.

History: 

The Juniper Berry, along with its leaves and branches, have been used for centuries to serve spiritual and medicinal purposes. In ancient times, Juniper was believed to act as a protector from evil spirits, negative forces, and illnesses. It has been referenced often in the Old Testament, namely in Psalms 120:4, a verse that describes the burning of a deceitful person with ill intentions with the coals of the broom tree, a species of the Juniper shrub that grows in Palestine. One of the many interpretations of this passage views the burning as a metaphor for cleansing, purifying, and eliminating false and negative energies with Juniper.

Juniper Berry has an extensive history of medicinal uses in numerous ancient civilizations. In ancient Egypt and Tibet, Juniper was highly regarded as medicine and as an integral part of religious incense. In 1550 BCE, Juniper was discovered to be an effective treatment for tapeworms on a papyrus in Egypt. The crop was also important amongst Indigenous people of many different cultures, having been used for medicinal treatments for urinary infections, respiratory conditions, arthritis symptoms and rheumatic conditions. Indigenous people also burned Juniper Berries to cleanse and purify the air.

Fun Facts About Juniper Berry:  

• They’re not really berries: Juniper berries may look like berries, but they are actually cones (like pine cones), but ones that are unusually juicy and fleshy meat.
• Juniper berries are used in the production of Gin. The word “Gin” is actually derived from the word “Juniper Berry”.
• Juniper berries are used to produce juniper berry oil, which is used for medicinal purposes and perfumes. 
• Juniper Berries are a good source of Vitamin C, B and E. 

Studies:

Juniper Berry has a history of use as a traditional, herbal treatment for conditions such as:

• stomach distress
• pain relief
• headache
• eczema
• rashes
• anxiety
• sleep disorders
• wound healing 

Antibacterial Properties

Together with antioxidant powers, juniper berries might also have anti-bacterial qualities. A German research published within the international peer-reviewed journal “Natural Products Communications” in 2010 analyzed the chemical composition of countless essential oils, which includes oil from juniper berries. The antibacterial elements of the oils were examined against a number of different strains of bacteria, which includes that from spoiled food, food poisoning-related bacteria and both animal- and plant-based pathogens. Juniper oil limited bacteria’s activity, displaying its potential as a good anti-bacterial tool.

Enhance Immunity

You ought to have got a powerful immune system to stay away from diseases. Juniper berries have got tremendous anti-oxidant qualities which help in consolidating your defense mechanisms.

Reduces pain

Juniper will help decrease pain related to fragile joints & muscles, and due to conditions like rheumatism and arthritis. This particular practice is often noticed in Sweden. Numerous use Juniper berry oil in vapor form to deal with bronchitis.

The below table is a general dilution guide for essential oils. Aim for a one to five per cent dilution for topical use, and always start small with the number of essential oil drops and increase the dilution ratio as desired.

For external use only. Do not use undiluted on the skin. Avoid contact with eyes. Patch test before use. Keep out of reach of children. Do not use essential oils on children under 5 years old. Consult your healthcare professional before using essential oils during pregnancy or if under a doctor’s care. Store in a cool, dark place.

Shelf Life: 2 years

Babies & Children: 

To keep your little one safe, for newborn to 24 months, we recommend that you always check with your pediatrician before introducing a new product to your baby’s routine.  Our products have no specified age range; however, remember to store products well away from your infant and child.

Ultrasonic diffusers effectively enhance the air of any environment. We recommend that:

• Less is More: use less essential oils in ultrasonic diffusers
• Diffusion Time: diffuse essential oils for 30-60 minutes on, then 30-60 minutes off
• Air Flow: whenever you are using or diffusing essential oils, offer fresh air with an open window or door

Pregnancy: 

You can use essential oils during pregnancy, but please consult your health care practitioner before use.

Pets: 

Using essential oils on pets: 

The ability to tolerate essential oils is dependent on many factors, including plant species, product, dose, and route of application. Essential oil use cases show the most significant risk of toxicity is from direct skin application on your pet’s skin – these same cases also share that a large volume was applied directly and neat (pure without a carrier) to the pet’s skin. Knowing that there is a risk in using these oils to your pet’s fur or skin, we strongly recommend consultation with your veterinarian or animal care specialist prior to applying or exposure to any of our products.

If you’ve chosen to use essential oils around your pet, we first recommend taking note of your pets behavior, contacting your vet with any concerns, and the below list of Rūt products that we feel are the most pet-friendly:

Single note essential oils:

• Chamomile
• Frankincense
• Clary Sage
• Geranium
• Rosemary

Should you choose to use your ultrasonic diffuser in the presence of your pet, we recommend:

• Using only small amounts of essential oils. 1-5 drops are our recommendation
• Ensure the space is well ventilated with a window open slightly for fresh air
• Always keep a door open so that the animal can enter and exit the room easily
• Take note of how your pet responds at all times and if you notice your pet resisting an aroma, discontinue use and move them to a well-ventilated space
• Be particularly mindful of pets that are in cages or enclosed spaces (including birds and small rodents) as they cannot leave the room if they become uncomfortable

Local (UAE) Shipping Policy: Shipment processing time

We aim to process all orders within 2-3 business days. We don’t deliver on weekends or holidays. Estimated delivery time 3-5 business days. 

International (outside of UAE) Shipping Policy: Shipment processing time

We aim to process all orders within 2-3 business days. We don’t deliver on weekends or holidays. Estimated delivery time for international orders is 8-15 business days.