The name Amavi comes from the Latin saying, Veni, Vidi Amavi, which translates to,

I came, I saw, I loved. This beautiful expression encapsulates the idea that life is a journey

to be experienced, and that joy can be found in even the littlest of things.

Welcome back to Essential Oil Solutions with Dutera, the podcast where you'll hear exciting,

useful, and simple everyday uses for essential oils from experts in the field.

Today's episode is brought to you by the Ongard protective blend.

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Today, we're excited to talk to you about our Amavi blend,

a deep, earthy, and mysterious combination of Buda wood, balsam fir, black pepper,

Hinoqi, and Pechuli.

If you're interested in learning more about the Amavi blend, make sure to click on the link

in the episode description.

Remember, today we're going to talk about some internal historical uses for some of these

plants, but we want to remind you that the Amavi blend is for aromatic or topical use only.

Any internal benefits discussed for the individual oils

in the blend are not applicable to aromatic or topical use. First we have Buddha Wood, which is

native to Australia. Known commonly as false sandal wood or desert rosewood, Buddha wood has been used as a substitute for the more well-known and expensive sandal wood.

The tree itself has extremely aromatic wood similar to that of sandalwood, but even with the similarities both the scent and the properties differ from sandalwood.

Buda wood was first formally described in 1848 by the botanist George Bentham, who published

the description in the book Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia

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