Common uses: Blue Tansy – like all of the blue essential oils containing the active azulene – is best known for it’s skin care properties. Tansy Blue has a surprisingly sweet scent making it perfect for applications in skin care products and skin therapies
Cautions:
- Contains ketones: not recommended during pregnancy (especially the first 3 months) and breastfeeding.
- Hormonal Action: avoid in some subjects
- Contains ketones: not recommended for young children and patients with epilepsy
Major constituents:
Monoterpenes: sabinene (19.38%), beta-pinene (6.93%), para-cymene (4.56%), alpha-phellandrene (5.05%), myrcene (4.81%), limonene (3.09%), alpha-pinene (3.01% ) gamma-terpinene (1.56%), camphene (1.04%), alpha-terpinene (0.94%), terpinolene(0.56%)
Monoterpenols: terpinen-4-ol (1.88%), borneol (2.28%), alpha-terpineol (0.25%)
Sesquiterpenes: chamazulene (7.54%), beta-caryophyllene (2.00%), germacrene-D (1.24%), bicyclogermacrène (0.32%) Ketones camphor (12.59%), pulegone (0.26%) beta-eudesmol (0.74%) Phenols thymol (0.78%) Oxides: 1,8-cineole (0.48%)