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IFRA Banned and Restricted Oils.
Certain oils have been banned and others restricted by IFRA,
because of their particular properties, toxicity, sensitizing effect etc.
The list below shows some of the oils, with their common name, botanic
name as well as other common names it might be known under. If you know of any
other oil that was omitted, kindly mail us at info@themassagesupply.com with
the details... IFRA banned oils.
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Name
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Known As
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Botanical Name
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Action
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Cade oil crude
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Prickly juniper and juniper tar
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Juniperus oxycedrus
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Carcinogenic
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Calamus oil
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Sweet flag, myrtle flag, sweet rush and sweet sedge
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Acorus calamus
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Carcinogenic
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Costus root
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Kuth
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Saussurea costus
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Sensitizer
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Elecampane oil
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scabwort
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Inula helenium
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Sensitizer
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Fig leaf absolute
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Ficus carica
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Sensitizer
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Horseradish oil
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Armoracia rusticana
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Toxic and irritant
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Mustard oil
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black mustard
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Brassica nigra
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Toxic and irritant
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Peru balsam
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balsam of Peru, Balsamo
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Myroxylon var. pereirae
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Sensitizer (distilled oil is allowed)
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Savin oil
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Juniperus sabina
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Toxic and sensitizer although Juniper phoenicea oil is allowed
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Verbena oil
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Lippia citriodora / Aloysia triphylla
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Sensitizer
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Tea absolute
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Thea sinensis / Camellia sinensis
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Sensitizer
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Sassafras oil
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Sassafras albidum
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Carcinogenic
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Stryax gum
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Oriental sweet gum and Storax
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Liquidambar orientalis
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Sensitizer
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Wormseed
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(also called Epazote or Mexican Tea)
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Chenopodium ambroisoides
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Toxic
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Wormwood oil
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Artemisia absinthium
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Neurotoxin
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IFRA restricted oils
The following oils are not banned but care must be taken with
the amount of active ingredients (compounds) contained in the oil, and the
possible side effects of sensitizing and phototoxicity must be kept in mind
when treating a client.
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Name
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Known As
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Botanical Name
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Action
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Angelica root oil
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Angelica archangelica
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Phototoxic
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Bergamot oil
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bergamot orange
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Citrus aurantium ssp. Bergamia
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Phototoxic
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Bitter orange oil
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Seville orange
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Citrus aurantium
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Phototoxic
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Cassia oil
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Cassia bark, Chinese cinnamon
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Cinnamomum cassia
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Sensitizer
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Cinnamon bark
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Cinnamon, Ceylon cinnamon
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Cinnamomum zeylanicum
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Sensitizer
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Cumin oil
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Comino, jeera
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Cuminum cyminum
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Phototoxic
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Grapefruit oil
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Citrus paradisi
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Phototoxic
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Lemon oil
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Citrus limon
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Phototoxic
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Lime oil
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Citrus aurantifolia
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Phototoxic
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Tagetes oil and absolute
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Muster-John-Henry, khaki weed, stinking Rodger
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Tagetes minuta
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Phototoxic
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Oak moss absolute and resinoid
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Evernia prunastri
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Sensitizer
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Pinaceae oils
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to have less than 10 millimoles peroxide per litre
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Pinaceae mugo, P. nigra, P. pinaster, P. sylvatica
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Sensitizer
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Rue oil
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Herb of grace, herbygrass
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Ruta graveolens
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Sensitizer
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Verbena absolute
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Lippia citriodora / Aloysia triphylla
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Sensitizer
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Tree moss absolute
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(Pseudeo) Evernia furfuracea
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Sensitizer
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