Elemi

Elemi is the essential oil distilled from the soft resin of the Canarium luzonicum tree. It has a long history of traditional uses.

Elemi has been understood as an endocrine stimulant and as an agent to treat skin maladies. In classic Chinese medicine it is considered to clear fire toxins and recent French research attributes anti depressant qualities to the oil as elemicin has been recognized as a Mono amine oxidase inhibitor.