Chypre Perfumes.: Rockrose: The Medicinal Herb for Body, Mind and Soul

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Rockrose: The Medicinal Herb for Body, Mind and Soul

An inconspicuous, ancient Greek medicinal herb is popular again. Prepared as a tea, it is three times as healthy as green tea, protects cells from premature ageing, eliminates heavy metals from the body – and even helps in case of acne and neurodermatitis. Its name: “Cistus,” rockrose, or Rock Rose.

http://www.horusmedia.de/2001-cystus/cystus-en.php

Cistu incanus from the north Crete is unique that produces the labdanum with natural traditional way. This is with most components

The First Time - Labdanum concrete – Labdanum absolute (Real)

Labdanum from Cistus Creticus is resin (Real).
Method working: Solvent extraction.
Method steps : two.
Product: Labdanum concrete – Labdanum absolute.

The first step:
Α solvent such as hexane or supercritical carbon dioxide is used to extract the oils. Extracts from hexane and other hydrophobic solvent are called concretes, which is a mixture of essential oil, waxes, resins, and other lipophilic (oil soluble) plant material.

The second step:
Prep for all highly fragrant, concretes contain large quantities of non-fragrant waxes and resins. As such another solvent, often ethyl alcohol, which only dissolves the fragrant low-molecular weight compounds, is used to extract the fragrant oil from the concrete. The alcohol is removed by a second distillation, leaving behind the absolute.

Cistus Incanus / Creticus THE EUROPEAN PLANT OF THE YEAR 1999