Familiar to cooks, this culinary seed tastes like a combination of cloves, cinnamon and pepper, but is actually a small berry-like pepper. It has a sharp, yet warm and spicy aroma, with a clove-like scent.  Allspice offers a wide range of therapeutic properties. Can be useful as an aid to the digestive and respiratory processes.  Allspice is reputed to have outstanding analgesic, anesthetic and muscle relaxant properties, making it useful in treatments for rheumatism, arthritis, and muscle cramping.  In the emotional sphere, allspice is used for depression, nervous exhaustion, tension, stress and neuralgia. 
It blends well with ginger, geranium, lavender, orange, patchouli and ylang ylang.

Ingredient In: Kadence, Vitality

Therapeutic Properties:   anesthetic, analgesic, antioxidant, antiseptic, carminative, muscle relaxant, rubefacient, stimulant and tonic.

Affinity For: helpful for the digestive system, respiratory system and as a muscle relaxant.

Application: reflex point area on feet; on the chest or abdomen, diluted well with massage oil

Aromatic: warming oil

Cautions: Allspice oil should be used in low dilutions as it has been found to irritate the mucus membranes and to cause skin irritation.