Bay Leaf Pure Essential Oil
Latin Name: Pimento racemosa
Country of Origin: West Indies
Ref: 105, Conventionally grown, not available organic
Contains: Citral, Eugenol, Geraniol, Limonene, Linalool
Safety Information: Avoid in alcoholism, in haemophilia, in prostatic cancer, with kidney and liver problems and if taking anticoagulants. [Robert Tisserand, Essential Oil Safety (United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone, 1995), 121.]
Moderately toxic and a mucous membrane irritant. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: Element Books, 1995), 195.]