[[File:Ho Wood.jpg|thumb|Alt=Cinnamomum camphora|250px|left|Cinnamomum camphora]]Other names : Cinnamomum camphora var linalool<br>Ho Wood Oil is steam distilled from the bark and wood (and sometimes the leaves are simultaneously distilled) of the same tree that brings us [[Ravintsara]] Essential Oil. Ravintsara Oil is distilled from the leaves of [[Cinnamomum Camphora]] and is sometimes known as Ho Leaf Oil.<br>See also : [[Linalool]]
==Special Precautions of Ho Wood==
No specific safety issues are known for Ho Wood Oil that has not oxidized. Tisserand and Young advise against using oils that have oxidized if they contain significant concentrations of linalool as the oil can become sensitizing.
==Health Benefits and uses of Ho Wood are==
Its significant ratio of linalool indicate that it offers the following properties: analgesic, anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, antispasmodic, hypotensive, immunostimulant, sedative. ==References==* ''Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 585.''* ''Maria Lis-Balchin, BSc, PhD, Aromatherapy Science (United Kingdom: Pharmaceutical Press, 2006), 83''
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