{"id":708,"date":"2019-07-06T03:56:36","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T03:56:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/?p=708"},"modified":"2019-12-16T09:16:25","modified_gmt":"2019-12-16T09:16:25","slug":"what-is-sandalwood-essential-oil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/what-is-sandalwood-essential-oil\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Sandalwood Essential Oil?"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt; background: #fefefe;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">What Is Sandalwood Essential Oil?<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Sandalwood oil is commonly known for its woodsy, sweet smell. It is frequently used as a base for products such as incense, perfumes, cosmetics, and aftershave. It also easily blends well with other oils.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Traditionally, sandalwood oil is a part of religious traditions in India and other Eastern countries. The sandalwood tree itself is considered holy. The tree is used for various religious ceremonies including weddings and births. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Sandalwood oil is one of the most expensive essential oils available on the market today. The highest quality sandalwood is the Indian variety, known as\u00a0Santalum album. Hawaii and Australia also produce sandalwood, but it\u2019s not considered to be of the same quality and purity as the Indian variety. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">To get the most benefit from this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/products\/\">essential oil<\/a>, the sandalwood tree must grow for at least 40\u201380 years before the roots can be harvested. An older, more mature sandalwood tree typically produces an essential oil with a stronger smell. The use of steam distillation or CO2 extraction extracts the oil from the mature roots. Steam distillation uses\u00a0heat, which can kill a lot of compounds that make oils like sandalwood so great. Look for CO2-extracted oil, which means it was extracted with as little heat as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Sandalwood oil contains two primary active components, alpha- and beta-santol. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\"> These molecules produce a strong fragrance associated with sandalwood. Alpha-santalol specifically has been evaluated for multiple health benefits. Some of these benefits include improving blood glucose control in animal subjects, decreasing inflammation and helping to reduce the proliferation of skin cancer. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Sandalwood\u2019s benefits are numerous, but there are a few that particularly stand out. Let\u2019s take a look at those now!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p\" style=\"text-indent: 0pt; background: #fefefe;\"><a name=\"OLE_LINK1\"><\/a><strong><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Sandalwood Essential Oil Benefits<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><!-- [if !supportLists]--><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">1.\u00a0<\/span><!--[endif]--><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">Mental clarity<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">2. Relaxing and calming<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">3. Natural aphrodisiac<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">4. Astringent<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">5. Anti-viral and antiseptic<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">6. Anti-inflammatory<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">7. Expectorant<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">8. Anti-aging\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">9. Urinary Tract Infections<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p\" style=\"margin-right: 0pt; padding: 0pt 0pt 0pt 40px; background: #fefefe;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; color: #000000; letter-spacing: 0pt; font-size: 12pt; background: #ffffff;\">10. Anti-cancer effects<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Click here to view more<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/products\/\">Sandalwood Essential Oil extraction equipment and essential oil distillation equipment<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What Is Sandalwood Essential Oil? Sandalwood oil is commonly known for its woodsy, sweet smell. It is frequently used as a base for products such as incense, perfumes, cosmetics, and aftershave. It also easily blends well with other oils. Traditionally, sandalwood oil&hellip;<span class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/what-is-sandalwood-essential-oil\/\">Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[61,209],"class_list":["post-708","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-essential-oil-distillation","tag-sandalwood-essential-oil","tag-sandalwood-oil"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=708"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":711,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/708\/revisions\/711"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.essentialoilmach.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}