Frankincense Hydrolat 乳香花水

拉丁名: Boswellia carterii

植物科別：橄欖科

提煉方式: 蒸餾

花水特徵: 乳香花水（Frankincense Hydrolat）因能帶來心靈平靜、情緒振奮和穩定作用而聞名。可用來飲用（請確保產品為可食用級），或噴灑和濕敷，為情感提供支持，並有效修復肌膚，幫助疤痕和細紋的癒合，是一款身心皆宜的花水。  花水也被稱為植物水，是蒸餾精油的副產品。它含有植物中最水溶的化學成分及微小的精油顆粒。

功效: 

• 可以作為飲品或吸入，具有鎮靜、提振、穩定和情感支持的作用

• 適合用於疤痕和受損肌膚的濕敷

使用方法：

花水可作為潔面水和爽膚水使用，也可用來製作面膜和面部噴霧。可以將其與純水以1:1比例混合，或不進行稀釋直接使用。

空氣清新劑

可在寵物、廚房、臥室等地方噴灑，特別是在辦公室中使用，有助於防止疾病擴散。

漱口水

對兒童可按1:10的比例稀釋，成人則以1:4的方式稀釋，作為漱口水和漱喉水，能幫助加強牙齦、清新口氣，緩解喉嚨痛、潰瘍、鵝口瘡和牙痛。

健康飲品

為了促進健康，將200毫升的植物水稀釋在1升水中，整天飲用。

浴缸

成人可在浴缸中添加最多100毫升，兒童則添加50毫升。這種植物水也可以用於坐浴。

濕敷

將布浸在花水中，然後可冷或熱敷在患處。

保存：

存放在陰涼，避光的地方可達兩年

Boswellia carteri – This is a small elegant tree indigenous to the Middle East and highly prized in Israel for its resin, which is burned in religious ceremonies. The resin is collected from small cuts made in the bark of the tree and then steam distilled to produce frankincense essential oil. 

The main components of frankincense hydrolat that have been analysed show the following components present; 15% esters and 23% alcohols. This suggests that the hydrolat should be calming and could aid a healthy respiratory system. 

The hydrolat can support breathing and inflammation, balancing the skin’s PH and moisturising for dry skin.  

Hydrolats are the aromatic waters produced by the steam distillation of botanical material, usually during the production of essential oils.  Hydro means water and lat comes from the word for milk, because when fresh these waters can be cloudy or milky from the suspended soluble plant extracts. 

Hydrolats are gentle and effective.  They contain only the most water-soluble chemicals from the plant material plus microscopic drops of the essential oils.  They may be used undiluted without problems but it is usually unnecessary as they are just as effective in dilution – less can be more!  Generally calming and soothing. 

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