HERBAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS - 47. Santalum album (Sandal)

Sandalwood is a fragrant wood from which an oil is derived for use in foods and cosmetics. The health benefits of Sandal Wood Essential Oil can be attributed to its properties like anti septic, anti inflammatory, anti phlogistic, anti spasmodic, astringent, cicatrisant, carminative, diuretic, disinfectant, emollient, expectorant, hypotensive, memory booster, sedative and tonic. Sandalwood is an evergreen tree that is indigenous to India, the Sandal Oil and paste of Sandal is used in medicines, skin and beauty treatments and numerous industrial products including mouth fresheners, edibles, incense sticks, room fresheners, deodorants, perfumes, soaps, lotions, creams and others. It has some really remarkable medicinal properties.