White Sandalwood

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White Sandalwood

Ananditam, Chandan, Chandana, East Indian Sandalwood, Oil of Sandalwood, Safed-Chandan, Sandal Tree, Sándalo, Sanderswood, Santal, Santal Blanc, Santali Lignum Albi, Santal Oil, Santalum album, Swet Chandan, Taliaparnam, Tan Xiang, White Sandalwood Oil, White Saunders, Yellow Sandalwood, Yellow Saunders.
White sandalwood is an evergreen tree. The oil from the wood and the wood are used as medicine. Don’t confuse white sandalwood with red sandalwood.
See also : Red Sandalwood

Special Precautions of White Sandalwood

  • White sandalwood is safe in food amounts. But it might be UNSAFE when used as medicine for longer than 6 weeks. There have been reports of kidney damage with prolonged use.
  • When taken by mouth, white sandalwood can cause itching, nausea, stomach upset, and blood in the urine.
  • Not enough is known about the safety of applying white sandalwood to the skin in amounts greater than those contained in cosmetics. Contact with white sandalwood can cause allergic skin reactions in some people.
  • Pregnancy and breast-feeding: It’s UNSAFE to take white sandalwood in greater-than-food amounts if you are pregnant. There have been reports of miscarriages.
  • It’s also best to avoid using white sandalwood if you are breast-feeding. There isn’t enough information to know if it’s safe for the nursing infant.
  • Kidney disease: Don’t use white sandalwood if you have kidney problems. It might make kidney disease worse.
  • Lithium interacts with White Sandalwood.

The benefits of White Sandalwood are

  • Urinary tract infections (UTIs).
  • Common cold.
  • Cough.
  • Bronchitis.
  • Fevers .
  • Sore mouth and throat.
  • Headache.
  • Heatstroke.
  • Liver and gallbladder problems.
  • skin cancer : A 1997 study published in the European Journal of Cancer Prevention made some interesting observations about sandalwood’s chemo-protective effects, particularly with regards to skin cancer. Rich in sesquiterpenes, sandalwood has long been used by traditional herbalists to make healing skin pastes, and it appears as though one of the uses may have been in the treatment of skin papillomas. Based on the study’s findings, which showed that sandalwood oil decreased papilloma frequency by 67 percent, the authors concluded that it may be an effective way to protect against skin cancer.
  • Bladder Cancer : A recent paper published in the journal Chinese Medicine further identified sandalwood’s anti-cancer potential alongside that of a related oil, frankincense. Operating in coordinated but distinct ways, these two precious oils were observed to both promote cancer cell death and inhibit cancer cell potency. The latter effect is where sandalwood oil really got to show off its power, halting the viability of two particular cells implicated in human bladder cancers: J82 and UROtsa. Like frankincense oil, sandalwood was shown to activate certain signaling pathways in order to fight against these cells, but its mode of achieving this was found to be distinct from its partnered oil.

Used in Chinese Patent Medecines