Aromatic Description: Sweet, herbaceous, licorice-like, slightly campherous.

Primary Benefits:

Soothes sore muscles and joints
Assists with clear breathing
Acts as a cooling agent for the skin
Promotes mental alertness and lessens anxious feelings

Emotional Benefits: 

Emotionally and spiritually, basil essential oils are helpful in dealing with feelings of anxiousness, fear, or nervousness, and has been said to be the oil of "renewal". It is strengthening and calming to the heart and mind, making it perfect for overwhelm, stress, fatigue, and may even assist a person in their efforts to overcome addiction.

Precautions of Basil Essential Oil

Keep out of reach of children. Do not use If you are pregnant or breastfeeding. Avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas.

Popular Uses of Basil Essential Oil

• Diffuse to sharpen focus while studying or reading and to fight mental and physical fatigue.
• Apply to fatigued or sore muscles and joints. Dilute if sensitive.
• Diffuse or apply topically to promote clear breathing.
• Use 1-3 drops in a recipe in place of fresh or dried basil for flavor.
• Dilute and massage over solar plexus and heart as needed for anxious tension and fear.

Blending

Basil essential oil blends well with bergamot, clary sage, clove bud, geranium, lime, lemon, hyssop, juniper, eucalyptus, neroli, marjoram, rosemary, melissa and lavender.