Product Profile of Tagetes Oil
Tagetes essential oil is extracted from Tagetes minuta
In a 5% dilution Tagetes oil has been used to kill maggots in open wounds.
The roots and seeds have been found to help rid the body of poisons.
Tagetes is an ingredient of many foot treatment preparations and is also used extensively in French perfumes.
Tagetes oil is valuable in keeping insects at bay, and can help with parasitic and fungal infestation.
It could help with chest infections, coughs and catarrh, dilating the bronchi, facilitating the flow of mucus and dislodging congestion.
Tagetes oil is useful in cases of skin infections, and has a healing effect on wound, cuts, calluses and bunions.