Copaiba Oil & Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils Keynotes Guide

Copaiba Oil

Copaiba oil is steam distilled from the gum/resin of Copaifera officinalis, a wild tree native to Brazil and other parts of South America. Once tapped (similar to how maple syrup and rubber are extracted), the copaiba resin is distilled to produce a clear essential oil that has a soft, subtle, yet expansive woody scent with a subtle, herbaceous, sweet note at its center.

Traditional medicinal uses of copaiba include: pain; inflammation; bacterial and fungal infections; tumors; fibromyalgia; lupus; multiple sclerosis; respiratory congestion; sinusitis; bronchitis; tuberculosis; stomach ulcers; stomach cancer; chronic diarrhea; hemorrhoids; constipation; cystitis; kidney weakness; urinary incontinence; arthritis; psoriasis; dermatitis; wounds; rashes; herpes; insect bites; boils; acne; nail and skin fungal infections; skin cancer.

Dr. Berkowsky’s experience with Copaiba oil, “Being that copaiba is a wild Amazon jungle oil, its scent behavior reminded me of a nature program I once saw which showed monkeys, upon the approach of a jaguar, scrambling up trees into the cover and safety of the canopy. Once the jaguar left the area, the monkeys reappeared on the jungle floor and resumed their normal activities.

When I first received this oil, its scent was at its lower point. However, as the days passed and I interacted with it on an I-Thou, soul to soul, level and it physically warmed up in the quiet of my lab, its scent projection became progressively more robust. It seemed as if the oil needed physical warmth, a sense of safety and soul-to-soul acknowledgment before it trusted enough to reveal the beauty of its inner mystery.

From this experience with the oil, I began to use it in blending for individuals who are somewhat introverted and prone to feelings of vulnerability. The copaiba individual withdraws when she (or he) is among people she does not know. She is reflexively introverted when among strangers. She needs to feel nurturing warmth and soul-to-soul acknowledgment before she will emerge from the shelter of her introversion.”

During this class, he not only discusses Copaiba oil in detail, but also introduces a chapter from a new SPE desktop reference guide, Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils Keynotes Guide: A Desktop Reference (publication date: by the end of 2026). The result is an understanding of how to use the reference guide for preparing effective Spiritual PhytoEssencing blends.

What is this book?
As you know, Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils has 122 complete chapters, each dedicated to one essential oil. These chapters are lengthy, generally between 20 and 30 pages each. Times have changed for the worse. People’s attention spans have shortened and they have less free time. No question, if you want to make a deep-acting, soul-level healing blend, these chapters are definitely what you want to turn to, so as to get the most in-depth understanding of the inner nature of the essential oils you are considering for someone’s customized essential oil blend. These chapters will enable the blend you ultimately prepare to mirror the person’s inner soul nature with much greater accuracy.

However, if your goal is simply to create situational blends, such as for someone who has been recently traumatized, is grieving, going through a very stressful period, or suffering from a serious illness, then Berkowsky’s Synthesis Materia Medica/Spiritualis of Essential Oils Keynotes Guide: A Desktop Reference is the most time-efficient way to do so. Instead of 20 to 30 page chapters for each oil, a Keynotes Guide oil chapter is only 2 pages long. Instead of full length sentences to read, the Keynotes Guide chapters are written primarily in bullet points format. The Keynotes Guide is intended not only for individuals in their own homes, but also busy health professionals with high-volume practices. The Keynotes Guide will enable you to make SPE blends in a fraction of the time it would take using the in-depth chapters.