Botanica Gaia Artisanal Sweet Birch Essential Oil, Canada.

Botanic name: Betula lenta.  Extraction Method: Steam Distilled. Origin Country: Canada.  Scent: A cool, sweet scent reminiscent of old candy, camphorated.  Sweet birch (Betula lenta), also known as black birch, cherry birch, mahogany birch, or spice birch, is a tall, graceful tree with glossy green leaves and dark reddish-brown, aromatic bark. It is native to southern Canada and the northeastern United States, but also grows in Russia and other parts of Europe. Sweet birch essential oil is steam distilled from the bark of the tree, which must be macerated and soaked for up to 12 hours prior to distillation. The oil has a sweet, spicy, minty, fresh and camphoraceous aroma (reminiscent of germolene). Historically, sweet birch bark was used as a tonic and drink by North American natives to induce sweat and induce "warming up." It has also been used traditionally for arthritis and other joint/muscular aches and pains.Today, Sweet Birch essential oil is used in aromatherapy for its pain-re