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The Ingredients of Anointing Oil

The history of anointing oil goes back thousands of years. Its ingredients and use are mentioned in detail in the first books of the Bible. Essential oils from pure plant extracts are blended together to make anointing oil. Your anointing oil does not need a strong aroma to be used.

  1. Pure Myrrh

    • Myrrh is the gum that flows from the cut bark of a gum tree. This light yellow oil smells slightly moldy, rather bitter, but also pleasant. Pure myrrh is just right as an ingredient in anointing oil due to the stimulant and anti-depressant properties it contains that helps promote spiritual well-being.

    Olive Oil

    • This essential oil reaped from the olive tree is a key ingredient in anointing oil. Olive oil is mentioned numerous times in the books of the Bible as an important source used in anointment. It was used to anoint the sick, to represent adoration, and in the anointing of spiritual leaders.

    Frankincense

    • The gum resin from the leafy deciduous tree Boswellia Thurifera is known as frankincense. The substance is derived from slitting the bark of the tree and allowing the gum resin to flow. After a period of about three months the substance hardens enough to scrape and gather to be pressed and distilled into the essential oil. Yellowish in color, this oil is sweetly aromatic and has stimulant properties necessary for anointing. It is often used in aromatherapy as incense.

    Sweet Cinnamon and Cassia

    • You may associate cinnamon with its culinary uses, but the sweet spice and its close relative cassia can be turned into oils often used for anointing. Roughly pounding the bark of certain evergreen trees produces the essential oils. The intense scent of sweet cinnamon and cassia combined with pure myrrh, frankincense, and olive oil leads to the aromatic essence in anointing oil.

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