The Essentials

Aromatic essential oils (the concentrated aromatic oil of the plant) may lift mood and ease tension.

Bitter glycoside syringin shows mild anti-inflammatory activity in lab studies.

Polyphenol (protective plant compounds) antioxidants that help protect your cells.

Yās-e banafsh is native to the Balkans, but it has perfumed the courtyards of Tehran and Isfahan for centuries. Persian and Anatolian traditions used the flowers and bark as a gentle cooling fever remedy, milder than Cinchona bark, while the aromatic water served as a mood-lifting tonic.

Known to botanists as Syringa vulgaris.