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Benzoin is particularly good to help with circulation and soothing dry chapped skin.
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It has some great therapeutic properties and assists with poor circulation, soothing dry, chapped skin, eczema, as well as minor wounds and scar tissue.
It is particularly effective for chapped hands, chilblains and rashes and is also a good remedy for wounds and sores - especially if redness and itching is present.
The resin from the Styrax Benzoin tree (which belongs to the Stryracaceae family) is also known as gum benzoin, luban jawi (meaning frankincense of Java), Benjamin or Styrax benzoin.
Benzoin essential oil has a sweet, warm and vanilla-like aroma and is golden brown in color, with a treacle-like viscosity. Its main constituents are benzoic acid, benzyl benzoate, benzyl alcohol, vanillin and coniferyl benzoate.
Styrax benzoin gum is a balsamic resin obtained from Styrax benzoin and is classed under gums, hydrophilic colloids and derivatives. It is used as an adhesive, film former, miscellaneous skin-conditioning agent, as well as a fragrance ingredient. It is also known as gum benzoin, Indochina, Siam and Sumatra benzoin.
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