Tagetes Oil

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.