Pracaxi Oil → Skin & Hair Care Ingredients

Extracted from the pods of the Pracaxi tree in the Amazon Jungle, Pracaxi oil is called “miracle oil” for its high ability rebuild the skin tissue, Pracaxi oil is one of the highest sources of Behenic acid of all plants known.
It also possesses powerful antibacterial, antifungal and antiseptic properties and helps alleviate redness and itching, making it perfect for irritated and blemished skin.
Not well known outside the Amazon forest region, Pracaxi oil is one of the most extraordinary ingredients we have been blessed to know.
With its extraordinary capacity of cell renewal Pracaxi oil has became a highly prized ingredient in skin care formulations intended to fight skin aging.
The oil is effective for stretch marks, fever blisters, speeding wound healing as well as for combating hyper-pigmentation caused by skin rupture and hormonal imbalance, treatment of skin spots, severe acne, wrinkles and scars.
When applied to the hair, Pracaxi oil helps moisturize, soften and smooth the hair and promotes shine besides helping to avoid hair loss.

Pracaxi has sparked the interest of scientists and formulators of natural body care products in South America. In the Amazon region it is used for skin spots, and scars. The Indians also use a tea made from the bark on their bodies after bathing and then sun dry themselves. This forms a thin film covering their bodies believed to help fight the effects of aging. It is also used by the Indians to stop bleeding. In a clinical study researchers reported that it demonstrated strong antifungal activity in vitro against 11 common skin fungi and yeasts.

Seed oil of P. macroloba is used in cosmetic industry and may have positive effects on wound healing.92
The oil is known to have the highest content of behenic acid, C21H43COOH, in natural products (10-25%),51 while most fruits or nuts contain less than 1%.27,48 Besides, the saponin (104) isolated from the seeds exhibited high larvicidal activity with LC50 = 18.6 μg mL-1.

Pracaxi oil is an extraordinary oil with several cosmetic, therapeutic and medicinal properties.

It is widely used on the treatment of hyperpigmentation and scars besides improving the appearance of stretch marks, it acts as an inhibitor of melanin biosynthesis, being used on the treatment of melasma and sun and age spots (with Acai, Brazil Nut, Pataua and Tucuma Oils)

It is often used to treat erysipelas, a skin infection usually caused by bacteria. In the forest it is used to treat snake and scorpion bites and as a mosquito repellent.

Pracaxi is very popular for treating hair, it makes it brighter, easier to comb, and helps to avoid hair loss.

No wonder Pracaxi has been commonly referred as “The Miracle Oil” !!

PROPERTIES:

Strong antibacterial, antiseptic, antifungal, anti-parasitic and anti hemorrhagic

Highest source of Behenic acid (6 times higher than that of peanut oil)

Strong moisturizing properties, easy to use, absorbs fast

Inhibitor of melanin biosynthesis (used on the treatment of melasma and sun and age spots

APPLICATIONS:

Scars

Melasma

Age and sun spots

Stretch marks