Copaiba Essential Oil User Guide with 30+ Uses, Benefits & FAQ

Copaiba essential oil helps support your cardiovascular and musculoskeletal systems and your skin. It's also known for enhancing the effects of other oils, calming properties, and ability to soothe the digestive system.

Table Of Contents

How Copaiba Essential Oil Is Made
Benefits of Copaiba Oil
How to use copaiba essential oil
Frequently Asked Questions about Copaiba Essential Oil:
Don't See A Question You Have?
My personal testimonial using copaiba essential oil
Copaiba Summary… Is It Worth Using?
Where to Buy High-Quality Essential Oils

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How Copaiba Essential Oil Is Made

Copaiba essential oil is steam distilled from the copaiba resin tapped from Copal trees (copaifera reticulata, copaifera langsdorfii, copaifera officinalis, or copaifera mltijuga) located in the northeastern Brazil and Ecuador regions of South America.

Benefits of Copaiba Oil

For the longest time, I assumed I did not need this oil in my collection until I received it in my Essential Oil Starter Kit and actually started using it (yes, I've bought several kits – they are the best bang for your money when you're using the oils all the time, especially if you want another diffuser!).

Copaiba oil contains sesquiterpene constituents, including β-caryophyllene, copaene, trans-a-bergamotene, a-cubebene, y- and β-elemene, and β-cubebene.

Reduces inflammatory response
Soothes joint discomfort
Supports your body's digestion
Reduces skin blemishes
Supports cardiovascular functions
Supports immune functioning
Assists your body's overall wellness

Copaiba's aroma in the diffuser also helps to elevate your mood, reduce your nervous tension, calm your stress, and help you unwind in anxious moments.

10+ Scientific and Medical Studies Featuring Copaiba Essential Oil

Copaiba essential oil may be a suitable preservative replacement for the synthetic additive butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT)
Acne may be easily treated with diluted copaiba essential oil
Significantly reduces the number of inflammatory infiltrates in the lung tissue of asthmatic mice, indicating that it has an effective in vivo antiasthmatic effect.
Research showed promising results in reducing the parasite burden in the spleen and liver using copaiba essential oil.
It may provide antifungal properties, specifically inhibiting the growth of Aspergillus flavus and Candida parapsilosis
Alleviates anxiety, based on several indicators in subjective, physiological, and EEG measurements.
Low doses of copaiba oil, cashew shells, and castor may improve the rumen fermentation of grazing animals.
Copaiba essential oil may have adverse effects on Army Worms.
Reduces pain and inflammation: studies have shown that copaiba oil may block the detection of painful stimuli by sensory neurons
Reduces the appearance of acne and wrinkles: copaiba oil significantly improves the surface area of skin affected by acne when compared to a placebo
Has calming effects: copaiba oil may have similar effects to diazepam in studies with rats

How to use copaiba essential oil

Historically, copaiba balsam essential oil has been used throughout the Amazon to help people heal and support their bodies in overcoming injuries. In traditional Peruvian medicine, a few drops of copaiba essential oil are added to a spoonful of honey and swallowed to help support and boost the body's immune system. It's a valuable essential oil that deserves its own space within your critical oil stock.

There are three main ways to use copaiba oil: aromatically in a diffuser or on diffusing jewelry, applied topically diluted on your skin with a carrier oil, or internally as a supplement.

A carrier oil can be any cold-pressed, seed-based oil (ideally organic and unrefined). This includes most cooking oil, like coconut oil, avocado oil, and olive oil. Personally, we LOVE using sweet almond oil, grapeseed oil, and the V6 Carrier oil (made by Young Living). This is the best way to dilute your essential oils for topical use.

15 Member-Favorite Uses for Copaiba Essential Oil

Historically, copaiba has been used to help your body by soothing painful joints and muscles, supporting skin health, comforting your breathing, supporting your nerve functioning, and cleansing your digestive system.

Add one drop per ml of carrier oil to a roller bottle (like these) to help support your body healing itself after injury (my favorite is 3 drops each of copaiba, lavender, and frankincense essential oils)
Add a drop of copaiba essential oil to your favorite facial moisturizer to help keep your skin clear and reduce the appearance of blemishes
Diffuse copaiba to help calm your emotions, especially during anxious moments
Make your own DIY perfume using copaiba essential oil and diluting it in your favorite carrier oil, or dripping a few drops on diffusing jewelry
Add copaiba to your favorite unscented bath and shower gel base to create a body wash or bubble bath that helps you unwind and relax
Unwind before bed by diluting a drop of copaiba essential oil and your favorite carrier oil, rubbing it on your wrists, chest, neck, and feet
Create your own room spray with 40 drops of copaiba essential oil in a 4 oz glass spray bottle filled with 1 oz witch hazel, a pinch of Himalayan salt, and the rest of the way with distilled water
Bring copaiba essential oil with you while you're on the go by adding 5-10 drops of copaiba essential oil to a 10ml roller bottle filled with your favorite carrier oil
Dilute copaiba essential oil and rub it on your chest to help support and soothe your breathing
Make your own DIY ache relief roller blend: Blend 8 drops cedarwood with 4 drops CBD, 3 drops black pepper essential oil, and 3 drops clove essential oil, add to a 10ml roller bottle, filled the rest of the way with your favorite carrier oil. Roll on areas of your body that are sore or aching.
Dilute 1 drop to 5ml in a roller bottle to swipe on your baby's jaw to reduce teething pain
Add to your mouthwash or toothpaste to support oral wellness
Dilute at least 50% in a roller bottle to soothe bug bit discomfort
Diffuse to help calm your pet's nervous tension
Diffuse, wear in diffusing jewelry, or apply topically (diluted) to help calm from stressful moments

I personally LOVE wearing diffuser necklaces and occasionally wear diffusing bracelets. You can find my favorite beautiful diffusing jewelry at Drops of Joy. Or check out our guide to diffusing jewelry.

20 DIY essential oil diffuser blends featuring copaiba essential oil

Cozy Living Room: 3 drops orange essential oil, 2 drops Thieves essential oil blend, 2 drops copaiba essential oil, and 1 drop peppermint essential oil
Feeling Zen: 3 drops of each orange essential oil, Stress Away essential oil blend, and copaiba essential oil
Grounding: 3 drops copaiba essential oil, 2 drops each of lavender and frankincense essential oils
Cleansing: 3 drops copaiba essential oil, 3 drops rosemary essential oil, 1 drop each of peppermint and clary sage essential oil
Changing Seasons: 2 drops each of copaiba, lemon, lavender, and peppermint essential oils
Happy Vibes: 3 drops copaiba essential oil, 2 drops each of lavender and blue tansy essential oils, and 1 drop of Thieves essential oil blend
Fall Spice: 2 drops copaiba essential oil, 1 drop each of clove and cinnamon essential oils
Bright Unwind: 2 drops each of copaiba, lemon, and black spruce essential oils
Calm The Kids: 3 drops lime essential oil, and 2 drops each copaiba and cedarwood essential oils
Candy Hearts: 4 drops each tangerine and lemon essential oils, 2 drops of spearmint essential oil, and 1 drop of copaiba essential oil
Sleepy Time: 2 drops each lavender, copaiba, and cedarwood essential oils
Mood Lifter: 2 drops each copaiba and bergamot essential oils, and 1 drop of ylang ylang essential oil
Carmel Apple: 2 drops each bergamot, lime, nutmeg, and copaiba essential oils
Beach House: 3 drops Stress Away essential oil blend, 2 drops each copaiba and grapefruit essential oils
Be Still: 3 drops copaiba essential oil and 2 drops frankincense essential oil
Ouachita National Forest: 3 drops cypress essential oil, 2 drops copaiba essential oil, 1 drop basil
Freshly Fallen Snow: 3 drops cardamom essential oil, 2 drops copaiba essential oil, 1 drop clove essential oil
Midnight Blossoms: 2 drops each of jasmine, neroli, orange, copaiba, and sandalwood essential oils
Island Breeze: 2 drops each lime and bergamot essential oils, 1 drop of copaiba essential oil
Superior National Forest: 2 drops each kunzea and copaiba essential oil, with 1 drop of peppermint essential oil

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4 ways to use copaiba in recipes and supplements

Add a drop of copaiba vitality to a tsp of honey in a mug of warm water as a tea to relax or help soothe the digestive system
Place a drop each of copaiba essential oil and peppermint essential oil in a capsule filled the rest of the way with olive oil, and take with a meal, to help soothe your digestive system, or promote your body's natural response to injury or irritation
Dreamsicle Ningxia Drink Supplement: 2 oz Ningxia Red, 1 drop each of orange, lime, tangerine, copaiba, and lemon vitality essential oils
Add to your Thieves Tea recipe for additional throat soothing

Frequently Asked Questions about Copaiba Essential Oil:

What's the difference between Copaiba and Copaiba Vitality Essential Oils

Absolutely nothing aside from the label printed. They are 100% the exact same oil that may be used in the exact same ways interchangeably. Young Living adopted the Vitality label in 2015 to remain legal with the FDA and FTC’s marketing requirements that state a supplement cannot be labeled as topical and oral at the same time.

This means because I could potentially make an income from the sale of essential oils, I legally cannot discuss using them in cooking, baking, drinks, or any oral supplement form if I am using the same bottle to discuss using in a diffuser or used through topical application on your skin.

To reduce confusion and stay in the eyes of the law, Young Living separated their labels to compliantly discuss all the benefits essential oils can provide in all use capacities.

How should I store copaiba essential oil?

Essential oils are potent and should be handled with respect, and kept out of reach of children.

To maximize the longevity of your oil, be sure to store them in amber glass bottles, in a cool dry space void of direct sunlight.

Is copaiba essential oil safe to use during pregnancy?

Typically, no. There are much gentler essential oils to use during pregnancy if you need them (like frankincense).

Is copaiba essential oil safe for babies, toddlers, or children?

By itself, it should be avoided in children under 6 and diluted more than normal for children between 6 and 12.

I have personally used it in heavily diluted DIY blends on my children when they were 2 with positive results (1 drop per 5ml carrier oil).

Please consult with your medical professional who is knowledgeable in essential oils before using them on any child, and avoid using it with babies.

Can you be allergic to Copaiba Essential Oil?

There are a few reasons why you would experience an allergy-like reaction to essential oils. Usually, this is caused by not diluting the oil you’re applying (or not diluting it enough) or an emotional response. Please refer to our essential oils and allergies article for more in-depth information.

Is copaiba essential oil safe for animals?

Yes! Copaiba essential oil offers many benefits for animals. We have it mentioned over in our oils for dogs post, and highly recommend you purchase a reference guide specifically for animals.

If you're using essential oils around your family pets, be sure to allow them to access out of the room and into a room where you're not diffusing. This way they're able to escape when they feel they've had enough. Please also consider picking up a reference guide specific to using essential oils with animals. There are also reference guides specific to Young Living's oils too.

Should you use copaiba if you're taking medication?

Based on my research, I have not found any specific medication contraindications for using copaiba.

If you have a medical condition, please consult with your health team before using essential oils.

I do have an article dedicated to known medication contraindications for essential oils and medicine that I highly recommend you check out… in addition to having a lengthy conversation with your local aromatherapist, herbalist, naturopath, or pharmacist. Please note that my medicine post is not an exhaustive list, and only contains info based on my personal research thus far.

How often should you use copaiba essential oil?

Whether or not to use copaiba oil is also a personal question. This depends on what you’re using it for and how experienced you are using it.

For beginners, I recommend only diffusing for 30 minutes at a time, then giving your body an hour break. If you diffuse too much, you could end up lightheaded.

Personally, I have a diffuser running most of the day intermittently (using the intermittent setting on our diffuser). Or I’ll wear a piece of diffusing jewelry with 3 drops of oil on it throughout the day (those 3 drops usually last a few days). Check out our article about diffusing essential oils safely for more info.

What essential oils make good copaiba alternatives?

Copaiba has similar aromatic value and benefits to Balsam of Peru, myrrh, frankincense, or turmeric essential oils.

What is the difference between copaiba and CBD?

CBD comes from the cannabis plant, which has been illegal to own and use for many years as part of the war on drugs. Recently, it's become legal to use in most places around the US, providing it has no THC in it. However, CBD is still ILLEGAL for military members to possess or use it, even without the THC content.

CBD is highly controversial but provides many benefits that overlap with copaiba essential oil. The CBD industry is wildly unregulated, and many counterfeit CBD products are being marketed with incorrect information, including being THC-free.

Copaiba is a decent replacement for CBD, though they do have some differences so copaiba isn't going to be as impactful as CBD, depending on what you're using it for. They both have cannabinoids in them and interact with your body's cannabinoid receptors, but the cannabinoids are different.

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My personal testimonial using copaiba essential oil

I never saw the need for copaiba essential oil because I've always had frankincense around, but one day my toddler son was teething really bad, so we decided to add copaiba to his teething roller. We used 2 drops each lavender, frankincense, and copaiba in a roller bottle filled the rest of the way with sweet almond oil. After rolling it on his jaw, it worked on his teeth pain insanely fast.

Shortly after his teeth felt better, he ran around and collided with the corner of a wall, so we rolled the same roller over where he hit and was surprised to see how happy he was almost instantly. A few minutes later, I tripped over a toy and knocked my leg and arm into the same corner, instantly bruising and tender. I tried out his roller on my bruises, surprised to feel the warming sensation from the oil blend and how quickly it worked on me, too, taking away the pain almost instantly.

After that, copaiba oil now has a permanent place in our home.

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Copaiba Summary… Is It Worth Using?

With numerous ways to use copaiba essential oil, it will surely help you with skin, musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, digestive, and immune wellness.

While I would have never thought to purchase copaiba essential oil if I hadn't received it in a starter kit, it has definitely earned a place in our oily wellness toolkit.

If you haven't tried copaiba oil yet, pick up a bottle and see what you think. It's definitely worth giving a try.

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