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Cedar oil was used as the base for paints by the ancient Sumerians. They would grind cobalt compounds in a mortar and pestle to produce a blue pigment. They could obtain green from copper, yellow from lead antimoniate, black from charcoal, and white from gypsum.

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Cedar Oil Wildcrafted Atlantic Cedarwood (700 words)
	The essential oil was one of the ingredients of 'mithridat', a poison antidote used for centuries.
	Cedar oil is considered fortifying and strengthening, being noted as a tonifier of the kidneys, spleen and pancreas.
	In a recent study, subject applied an essential oil blend of thyme, rosemary, cedar (wood) and lavender (all in a base of jojoba or grapeseed oil) to the scalp.

NDA Wholesale Cedar Leaf (Thuja) Essential Oil (422 words)
	Cedar Leaf Oil is made from the northern white cedar tree, a small-sized, averaging 12 m (40 ft) high, evergreen.
	Cedar leaf oil is composed of active essences synthesized by the secretory cells of aromatic plants through solar energy.
	Cedar leaf oil is intensely sharp and fresh with a woody camphor scent.

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