Tarragon essential oil
Botanical name: Artemisia dracunculus

Chemotype and indications
Carte d'identité
Name: Estragon
Botanical name: Artemisia dracunculus
Distilled part: Flowering plant
Botanical family: Asteraceae
Origin: France
Chemical composition:
- - Coumarines
- - Monoterpenes: Cis Beta Ocimene, Limonene, Beta Ocimene
- - Phenol Methyl-Ethers: Chavicol methyl-ether (60 to 75%)
Physical properties and therapeutic indications
- Aerophagia*
- Pollen allergy: “hay fever”**
- Anorexia*
- Anti-fermentative
- Anti-infectious
- Anti-inflammatory
- Neuromuscular antispasmodic*
- Uterine antispasmodic*
- Allergic asthma*
- Bactericidal (“The all or nothing law”)
- Bloating*
- Inflammatory colitis
- Spastic colitis*
- Premenstrual pain
- Dysmenorrhea*
- Dyspepsia
- Post-infectious fatigue*
- Fatigue due to overwork*
- Galactogen
- Hiccup**
- Hypothalamus (dysregulation)
- Insomnia
- Motion sickness*
- Ortho and parasympathetic neuroregulator
- Neuritis*
- Odontalgia
- Parasiticide intestinal
- Sciatica*
- Spasmophilia**
- Digestive stimulant
- Virucidal*
Additional information
Danger/advice:
Has stronger Hormonal effects than Ocimum Basilicum var. Basil
Use over a short period and drip by drop
Risk of internal bleeding
Avoid in pregnant women, but possibility of putting 1gte under the tongue in case of nausea
Suggestion for Premenstrual Pain:
Premenstrual pain: to experience…
An ovary may react positively to ARTEMISIA DRACUNCULUS,
and the other ovary to the OCIMUM BASILICUM var. BASIL (!)
Suggestion for Hay Fever:
Apply: 3 drops to the solar plexus and breathe in Tarragon EO regularly
Suggestion for Anorexia:
Application: Massage 3 drops of Tarragon onto the solar plexus and stomach 15 to 30 minutes before meals
Legend: * powerful,** very powerful;*** extremely powerful (power value for the associated pathology)
Reference and bibliographic source: Lily BAYER and Dr Hervé STAUB, (2013) “In-depth treatise on Phyto and Aromatherapy”, Ed. Grancher. p. 506.
INDICATIONS IN AROMATHERAPY AND THE USE OF ESSENTIAL OILS DO NOT CONSTITUTE A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS AND DO NOT REPLACE THE ADVICE OF A DOCTOR OR MEDICAL TREATMENT!