coniferous essential oils fight atopic skin diseases (when applied to the skin in low concentrations), mitigate stress by lowering levels of cortisol (when inhaled), and reduce symptoms of asthma (ditto). The major components of hinoki oil are camphor, turpenes, pinenes and humulenes, limonenes and sabinenes, depending on the season and the part of the tree sampled. The sabinenes seem particularly helpful for treating asthma, the terrines for fighting bacterial infections and stress.
