Recently Palo Santo wood has become more and more sought after as in essential oil. Palo Santo, or also known as "Holy Wood" has been used to make oil for hundreds of years. It has been known throughout South America as Holy wood and the oils produced from this wood had the power to cleanse the air of bad spirits, but more predominantly, negative energy.

In the last 50 years Palo Santo wood has been known for its beautiful color and its use in furniture, flooring and decking. The use of Palo Santo wood as flooring has created some of the most stunning rooms in the world giving that room a beautiful smell that comes from the oils in the wood that remain with it for life. Palo Santo flooring beauty is two-fold. It is beautiful to the eyes, and beautiful to the nose, pleasing 2 senses at once.

Recently Palo Santo has seen popularity on the world stage for it oil that can be produced from it. The uses for the oils from Palo Santo wood are wide ranging. Reports have included it being used for its anti-bacterial properties, its ability to enhance immunity, to reduce pain, to induce bone healing, but primarily for its ability to relax the mind. The oils from Palo Santo wood just simply have the ability to put you at peace.

The oil from Palo Santo wood contains high levels of limonene, which is a monoterpene compound that has been found to have chemo-preventive and chemo-therapeutic effects against a number of different types of cancer. It is also used medicinally for aromatherapy to counteract panic attacks and anxiety, as a respiratory remedy for cough, colds, and asthma, for headaches and migraines, and in massage therapy for pain and inflammation of the muscles and joints.

Palo Santo wood is very exotic and rare wood. In many parts of the world there is too little to of it to safely harvest it. Paraguay is one of the few countries that has plenty of supply. If you are interested in obtaining large quantities of this wood you can contact Cope Hardwoods. They are an exporter out of Paraguay that can get large quantities of this exported to anywhere in the world.