A-to-Z List Essential Oils for Coughs:

  • Allspice (Pimento Berry) Oil

    Allspice (Pimento Berry) Oil

    (Pimenta dioica)

    Aroma Description: Allspice Essential Oil smells sharp yet is sweet with a spicy, cinnamon and clove-like aroma.

  • Angelica Root

    Angelica Root

    (Angelica archangelica)

    Aroma Description: Cool, Exotic, Fresh, Rich, Peppery, Woody, Rich Earthy, and Herbaceous with peppery top notes and clean spicy, musky back notes.

  • Balsam, Peru

    Balsam, Peru

    (Myroxylon balsamum)

    Aroma Description: Sweet, fresh, earthy, balsamic.

  • Bergamot

    Bergamot

    (Citrus × limon)

    Aroma Description: Bergamot Essential Oil smells citrusy and possesses a beautifully complex aroma with underlying floral and bitter characteristics.

  • Black Spruce

    Black Spruce

    (Picea mariana)

    Aroma Description: Black Spruce Essential Oil smells fresh, crisp, woody and earthy.

  • Cajeput

    Cajeput

    (Melaleuca cajuputi)

    Aroma Description: Cajeput Essential Oil smells fresh and campherous with a slightly fruity characteristic.

  • Camphor

    Camphor

    (Cinnamomum camphora)

    Aroma Description: Strong, penetrating, fragrant, fresh, woody, somewhat eucalyptus-like aroma due to its high cineole content

  • Canadian Fleabane

    Canadian Fleabane

    (Erigeron canadensis)

    Aroma Description: Complex, with resinous, earthy base notes, with a mild sweet anise middle note

  • Cedarwood, Atlas

    Cedarwood, Atlas

    (Cedrus atlantica)

    Aroma Description: Woody and sweet. Atlas Cedar Oil is a bit sharper than Virginian Cedarwood Oil. The aroma is reminiscent of artificial mothballs.

  • Cedarwood, Virginian

    Cedarwood, Virginian

    (Juniperus virginiana)

    Aroma Description: Astringent, Balsamic, Slightly sweet, woody. It strongly resembles the aroma of cedar chests and closets.

  • Chamomile, German (Blue Chamomile)

    Chamomile, German (Blue Chamomile)

    (Matricaria chamomilla)

    Aroma Description: Sweet, fruity and herbaceous.

  • Cistus

    Cistus

    (Cistus × cyprius)

    Aroma Description: Strongly herbaceous and balsam/resinous with sweet, honey-like undertones

  • Copaiba Balsam

    Copaiba Balsam

    (Copaifera officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Copaiba Balsam Essential Oil smells sweet, woody, resinous and earthy.

  • Cubeb

    Cubeb

    (Piper cubeba)

    Aroma Description: Cubeb Essential Oil smells warm, sweet and slightly peppery.

  • Cypress

    Cypress

    (Cupressus sempervirens)

    Aroma Description: Cypress Essential Oil smells fresh, herbaceous, woody and slightly coniferous in aroma.

  • Eucalyptus

    Eucalyptus

    (Eucalyptus globulus)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, medicinal, woody and earthy.

  • Fennel

    Fennel

    (Foeniculum vulgare)

    Aroma Description: Earthy, Exotic, Fresh, Pungent, Strong, Sweet

  • Fragonia

    Fragonia

    (Taxandria fragrans)

    Aroma Description: Possesses a beautiful, underlying citrus, floral and slightly woody character similar to eucalyptus oil

  • Helichrysum

    Helichrysum

    (Helichrysum italicum)

    Aroma Description: Helichrysum italicum is also called curry plant because its leaves has a strong curry-like smell.

  • Hyssop

    Hyssop

    (Hyssopus officinalis subsp. officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Hyssop Essential Oil smells fresh, earthy, fruity, woody, slightly sweet and camphorous.

  • Inula

    Inula

    (Dittrichia graveolens)

    Aroma Description: Camphoraceous, Earthy, Fresh, Medicinal, Rich, Slightly floral, Slightly sweet

  • Lemon Balm

    Lemon Balm

    (Melissa officinalis)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, Herbaceous, Lemony

  • Myrrh

    Myrrh

    (Commiphora myrrha)

    Aroma Description: Warm, earthy, woody and balsamic

  • Peru Balsam

    Peru Balsam

    (Myroxylon balsamum var. pereirae)

    Aroma Description: Ssweet, fresh, earthy and balsamic.

  • Pine

    Pine

    (Pinus sylvestris)

    Aroma Description: Crisp, fresh, woody, earthy, balsamic, sweet, woody, forest like aroma

  • Rosewood

    Rosewood

    (Aniba rosaeodora)

    Aroma Description: Sweet, woody, fruity, and floral.

  • Sandalwood

    Sandalwood

    (Santalum album)

    Aroma Description: Sandalwood Essential Oil smells rich, deep and sweet yet is delicate, woody and floral.

  • Star Anise

    Star Anise

    (Illicium verum)

    Aroma Description: Sharp, anise and licorice-like aroma.

  • Styrax Benzoin Absolute

    Styrax Benzoin Absolute

    (Styrax benzoin)

    Aroma Description: Rich, warm, slightly woody, creamy and has vanilla-like characteristics.

  • Thyme

    Thyme

    (Thymus vulgaris)

    Aroma Description: Cool, fresh, lemony, slightly citrus, slightly floral, soft, herbaceous and slightly medicinal

  • White Camphor

    White Camphor

    (Cinnamomum camphora)

    Aroma Description: Fresh, intense, woody. Its aroma is somewhat eucalyptus-like due to its high cineole content.

  • White Fir

    White Fir

    (Abies concolor)

    Aroma Description: Balsamic, Coniferous, Cool, Fresh, Resinous, Woody