Description
BAY
Laurus nobilis
Bay (Laurus nobilis) is a perennial persistent foliage shrub with dark grey bark of the Laureaceae family. It includes two varieties, golden bay tree (Laurus nobilis aurea) and the narrow leaf bay tree (Laurus nobilis angustifolia).
Directions
Essential oil of bay must be used diluted on the skin, after a skin test because it is allergenic and slightly dermocaustic. Oral administration requires a medical prescription. Beware of not exceeding the dose or prolonging the use of essential oil of bay as it could have a narcotic effect.
Warnings
Do not use in: pregnant or breast-feeding women, children under the age of three years. persons allergic to one of the components (geraniol, linalool, limonene), subjects with asthma without the advice of an allergologist before the first use.
Recipes
Mouth ulcers
4 ml of essential oil of bay, 10 ml of rose hip plant oil. Apply three times daily using a cotton swab on the mouth ulcer until healed over a maximum of seven days.
Recurrent colitis
Take twice daily for fifteen days, 2 drops of essential oil of bay and 1 drop of essential oil of cinnamon on a neutral tablet.
Hair growth
2 to 3 drops of bay leaf mixed with your usual dose of shampoo stimulate the scalp.
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