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==History of the name== |
==History of the name== |
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The word ''elemi'' has been used at various times to denote different resins. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the term usually denoted a resin from trees of the genus ''[[Icica]]'' in [[Brazil]], and before that it meant the resin derived from ''[[Boswellia frereana]]''. The word, like the older term ''[[animi]]'', appears to have been derived from ''enhaemon'' (εναιμον): the name of a [[styptic]] medicine said by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] to contain tears exuded by the olive tree of Arabia.<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition</ref> |
The word ''elemi'' has been used at various times to denote different resins. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the term usually denoted a resin from trees of the genus ''[[Icica]]'' in [[Brazil]], and before that it meant the resin derived from ''[[Boswellia frereana]]''. The word, like the older term ''[[animi]]'', appears to have been derived from ''enhaemon'' (εναιμον): the name of a [[styptic]] medicine said by [[Pliny the Elder|Pliny]] to contain tears exuded by the olive tree of Arabia.<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition</ref>{{full}} |
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"The name Elemi is derived from an Arabic phrase meaning 'above and below', an abbreviation of 'As above, so below' and this tells us something about its action on the emotional and spiritual planes." |
"The name Elemi is derived from an Arabic phrase meaning 'above and below', an abbreviation of 'As above, so below' and this tells us something about its action on the emotional and spiritual planes."<ref>Davis, Patricia. Aromatherapy A-Z. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Book Production Consultants plc, Cambridge. The C.W. Daniel Company Limited. 1998</ref>{{rs}} |
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==See also== |
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* {{IUCN2006|assessors=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|year=1998|id=33352|title=Canarium luzonicum|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd v2.3) |
* {{IUCN2006|assessors=World Conservation Monitoring Centre|year=1998|id=33352|title=Canarium luzonicum|downloaded=11 May 2006}} Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd v2.3) |
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*J. Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 59-67. |
*J. Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 59-67. |
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*R. Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 135. |
*R. Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 135. |
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*Davis, Patricia. Aromatherapy A-Z. Revised and Enlarged Edition. Book Production Consultants plc, Cambridge. The C.W. Daniel Company Limited. 1998. |
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[http://www.naturalewonders.com Elemi Oil] |
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[[Category:Canarium|luzonicum]] |
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[[Category:Vulnerable plants]] |
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Canarium luzonicum, commonly known as elemi, is a tree native to the Philippines, and an oleoresin harvested from it.
Uses
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Elemi resin is a pale yellow substance, of honey-like consistency. Aromatic elemi oil is steam distilled from the resin. It is a fragrant resin with a sharp pine and lemon-like scent. One of the resin components is called amyrin.
Elemi resin is chiefly used commercially in varnishes and lacquers, and certain printing inks. It is used as a herbal medicine to treat bronchitis, catarrh, extreme coughing, mature skin, scars, stress, and wounds. The constituents include phellandrene, limonene, elemol, elemicin, terpineol, carvone, and terpinolene.
History of the name
The word elemi has been used at various times to denote different resins. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the term usually denoted a resin from trees of the genus Icica in Brazil, and before that it meant the resin derived from Boswellia frereana. The word, like the older term animi, appears to have been derived from enhaemon (εναιμον): the name of a styptic medicine said by Pliny to contain tears exuded by the olive tree of Arabia.[1][full citation needed]
"The name Elemi is derived from an Arabic phrase meaning 'above and below', an abbreviation of 'As above, so below' and this tells us something about its action on the emotional and spiritual planes."[2][unreliable source?]
See also
References
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- Template:IUCN2006 Listed as Vulnerable (VU A1cd v2.3)
- J. Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 59-67.
- R. Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 135.
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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