Vetiver Essential Oil, also called khus oil, is extracted from the vetiver plant, a clumpy, green grass native to India that can grow five feet high or more. Vetiver oil is quite fragrant, with a distinctive sharp and earthy scent you may recognize from men’s cologne.
The soothing and cooling effects of vetiver essential oil are said to calm and pacify all sorts of inflammation. It is considered good at providing relief from inflammation in both the circulatory and nervous system.
The essential oil of vetiver is a well-known sedative. It is being used to sedate nervous irritations, afflictions, convulsions and emotional outbursts such as anger, anxiety, epileptic and hysteric attacks, restlessness, and nervousness.