Extracted by steam distillation from the seeds dried (nut nutmeg) or dto the arillo (macis) of the Myristica fragrans Houtt., evergreen tree tropical of the Miristicacee native of the isole Molucche (Banda, in Indonesia), from which si diffuse in all the cintura tropical under the controllo colonial olandese. The nut nutmeg is stata a of the spezie more prezious and ambite of the storia commercial European, motivo of guerre and sopraffations colonial in the XVII century. The phytochemical profile is dominated by sabinene (20-30%), α-pinene, β-pinene and terpinen-4-olo, with miristicina (4-8%) and elemicina as components minor responsible of the potenzial tossicity psicotropa to doses high — the nut nutmeg in amount eccessive cause allucinations and tossicity of the nervous system central. In aromatherapy it is used as analgesic muscular and joint (affinity coi receptors of the prostaglandine), stomachic and powerful carminative, stimulating circolatorio and as tonic of the nervous system in the astenie. Contraindicated during pregnancy. Top-to-heart note warm, spicy and deeply aromatic.

Isole Molucche (Indonesia); cultivated in Grenada, Sri Lanka, India.

Seeds (nocciolo) dried; also from the macis (arillo)

Steam distillation

• Digestive: stimulates the appetite, carminative, antispasmodic intestinal.
• Analgesic: useful on joint and muscle pain if applicato locally.
• Anti-inflammatory: reduces the inflammation in case of arthritis and rheumatism.
• Afrodisiaco: traditionally used as stimulating of the mood and of the libido.

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