essential oils
What are essential oils? How are they used? And how to choose them?
Often the information that can be found online is little and vague, if not completely wrong.
We have put together some questions and just as many answers and we hope to be able to shed some light on our work at least.
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What are essential oils?
The European Pharmacopoeia is very clear when describing essential oils and their extraction.
We are very careful to respect good distillation practices.
The essential oils they are extracts (roots, flowers, leaves, bark, wood, fruit peel or resin) of plants and trees, obtained through steam distillation or squeezing of the peels (in the case of citrus fruits).
To be considered as such they must not undergo any type of adulteration but must be sold as they come out of the distiller.
Want to know more? Download the video lesson Introduction to essential oils and aromatherapy of the Professor Fabrizio Gelmini
How are essential oils extracted?
Essential oils are generally obtained through a steam distillation process, We use an ancient method dating back more than a thousand years (find out more here)
The process, however, starts much earlier, that is, from cultivation method (learn more about the santa bianca method here).
We grow using natural agriculture without any type of medicine, including those permitted by the organic label (which we have), because making the plants live in a wild environment, making them encounter all the difficulties that essential oil can face, means making them develop all the properties necessary for a high quality product.
What are essential oils used for?
Plants do not produce oils for humans, but to respond to specific needs such as defending themselves from parasites, bacteria, viruses and insects, or attracting pollinators or even establishing a sort of "dialogue" with higher animals (including humans) by secreting certain substances that can influence the central nervous system, repair wounds and heal them and many other things that science has not yet discovered.
Through the observation of this behavior and use of essential oils by plants, man, over thousands of years, has learned to transfer these benefits to himself.
If you want to deepen your knowledge visit the sections “aromatherapy courses” Here on our site, you will find what you are looking for!
Discover here the 8 methods of use recommended by Santa Bianca!
Why buy santa bianca essential oils?
In Santa Bianca, in addition to growing plants in a natural, semi-wild environment, we distill small quantities of vegetables at a time (maximum 100/150 kg), this allows us to use distillers built in the golden section, furthermore we distill for all the hours necessary to obtain not only the light molecules but also the heavier ones, which require a lot of thermal energy to be extracted.
Our distillates last on average 6/7 hours although some can last up to three days.
We mature the oils for a minimum period of 6 months, in some cases even for two years.
In short, the complete opposite of an industrial product.
What essential oils do we produce in Santa Bianca?
We are in Pomarance, a small village in the province of Pisa, we can cultivate and distill all the Mediterranean scrub; we also do a lot of spontaneous collection of the plants that surround us.
Some plants, which for climatic reasons do not grow in our area, can be purchased in their places of origin and distilled here by us.
Some essential oils are produced abroad, we have created a small network of artisans like us with whom we share passion and working method and with whom we exchange products and knowledge.
Are Santa Bianca essential oils safe?
We carry out all the necessary analyses to guarantee the safety of our oils at the University of Pharmacology in Milan.
Since the beginning of 2019 we can boast the CE Recognition No. IT AAE 090 051, which regulates the production and use of food flavourings at Community level.
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