GOLDENROD Solidago canadensis (Canada)
*CAUTION: S, P
A little-known essential oil made from a plant that grows as a prolific weed that grows in Canada. The oil has a very distinctive fragrance, rather strong but not unpleasant, and its main use is in its anti-allergy properties, for conditions like hay fever, allergic reactions, coughs, and respiratory system infections. It is also reputed to be a lymphatic system conditioner, a regulator of the autonomic nervous system, and a healer of wounds, insect bites and inflammation.
Antiseptic, antiallergic, anticatarral, astringent, anti-inflammatory, ant-hypertensive, diuretic.