How to Store Patchouli Essential Oil and How It Differs from Agastache Rugosa

How should patchouli essential oil be stored to preserve its quality and potency? Is patchouli the same as agastache rugosa? Let's take a look.

How to Store Patchouli Essential Oil

Essential oils have a certain preservative quality and also antibacterial ability. Essential oils are extremely volatile; if left directly in the air, or exposed to sunlight, they will evaporate quickly.

Generally, when storing essential oils, they must be kept in a dry, cool place. At the same time, essential oils also have the property of being insoluble in water; they can only dissolve in pure alcohol, fats, or oily liquids.

It is best to put all prepared massage essential oils into opaque glass containers, then store them in a cool, well-ventilated place. Do not put essential oils in plastic containers, because essential oils will undergo chemical reactions in plastic containers, causing the essential oils to deteriorate. In addition, the bottle caps of essential oils must be tightly closed; if possible, prepare a nice wooden box to store the essential oils.

Is patchouli the same as agastache rugosa?

Agastache rugosa is pungent in flavor and slightly warm in nature. It enters the Stomach, Spleen, and Lung meridians. It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hubei, Yunnan, and Liaoning. [Effects] Relieves summer heat and releases the exterior; transforms dampness and harmonizes the stomach. [Indications] Used for summer colds; chills and fever with headache; chest and epigastric stuffiness; vomiting and diarrhea; vomiting during pregnancy; sinusitis; hand and foot fungus.

The medicinal part of patchouli is the dried aerial part of the Lamiaceae plant patchouli. It is pungent in flavor and slightly warm in nature. It enters the Stomach, Spleen, and Lung meridians. It is mainly produced in Taiwan, China, Hainan, Guangdong, Nanning in Guangxi, Xiamen in Fujian, and other places. [Effects] Aromatically transforms turbidity, harmonizes the middle and stops vomiting, releases the exterior and relieves summer heat. [Indications] Used for damp turbidity obstructing the middle, epigastric stuffiness and vomiting, summer-damp exterior syndrome, early stage of damp-warmth, fever and fatigue, chest tightness and discomfort, cold-damp closed summer heat, abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhea, sinusitis and headache.