Gardenia & Sage Soap

1) Antibacterial

Gardenia oil contains bactericidal properties, making it useful in treating a wide variety of bacterial infections, including sepsis and tetanus. To experience the antibacterial effects of gardenia essential oil should be diluted with water and stored in a spray bottle.

2) Antioxidant

Loaded with antioxidants, gardenia essential oil helps prevent the production of free radicals and helps to minimize oxidative stress. As a result, this essential oil helps prevent cancer and other illnesses that form due to toxins roaming the body. This powerful essential oil also helps prevent toxins from ravaging the skin, reducing scarring and hyper-pigmentation.

3) Anti-inflammatory

Gardenia essential oil has proven anti-inflammatory properties. These two properties called genipin and geniposide help treat inflammatory disorders as arthritis, intestinal inflammation, and ulcerative colitis. These anti-inflammatory agents are also believed to help treat headache, fever, edema, jaundice, and hepatic disorders.

4) Sedative

Gardenia essential oil is believed to have sedative effects, which can help prevent seizures. A 2008 Chinese study found that when gardenia essential oil was mixed with jujube seed oil, it had a hypnotic, sedative, anti-seizure effect in mice.