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Personal Use
Reserve Batch
This Wheat Bran CO₂ extract was sourced in 2021 and cellared with intention—unopened, kept cool and dark, and protected from oxidation every step of the way. Thanks to its naturally high tocopherol (vitamin E) content and the integrity of CO₂ extraction, it remains aromatically and therapeutically vibrant today.
In fact, CO₂ extracts—especially those rich in antioxidants—often age more gracefully than essential oils when stored with care. This is a rare, well-preserved batch: deeply restorative, energetically intact, and available now in limited quantity.
This is not your average wheat germ oil—it’s the bran. Earthy. Sweet. Subtle. It moves quietly but with power, like a balm the skin has been waiting for. The scent is soft and warm, with a faint cereal-like sweetness touched by a whisper of green—almost like oat and hay had a baby and steeped it in sunlight.
Stillpoint’s Wheat Bran CO₂ Extract is pressed from the outer layer of organically grown Triticum vulgare—the protective husk that guards the grain. This select CO₂ extract preserves the full fatty acid matrix: rich in linoleic acid, tocopherols, tocotrienols, alkylresorcinols, and phytosterols—compounds the skin drinks in like a memory of wholeness.
Unlike refined carrier oils, this CO₂ is thick, deeply emollient, and therapeutically intact. There’s no fluff or filler here—just raw, cellular-level nourishment.
Therapeutical Applications
Therapeutical Applications
Wheat Bran CO₂ extract isn’t just a skin conditioner—it’s a full-spectrum repair oil. Its rich matrix of tocopherols, phytosterols, and unsaturated fatty acids make it one of the most reparative, antioxidant-rich plant lipids in your apothecary.
1. Skin Barrier Repair + Nourishment
This extract may restore damaged or compromised skin, supporting barrier function and reducing trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL). Especially helpful for eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, and post-procedure care, its lipid profile mirrors the skin’s own structure—offering deep compatibility and absorption.
This extract may restore damaged or compromised skin, supporting barrier function and reducing trans-epidermal water loss (TEWL). Especially helpful for eczema, dermatitis, psoriasis, and post-procedure care, its lipid profile mirrors the skin’s own structure—offering deep compatibility and absorption.
2. Anti-inflammatory + Soothing for Reactive Skin
Wheat Bran CO₂ contains phytosterols and alkylresorcinols, both known for their anti-inflammatory and anti-irritant effects. May help soothe itching, redness, or hypersensitivity, especially in reactive skin or after sun exposure.
Wheat Bran CO₂ contains phytosterols and alkylresorcinols, both known for their anti-inflammatory and anti-irritant effects. May help soothe itching, redness, or hypersensitivity, especially in reactive skin or after sun exposure.
3. Antioxidant Protection + Anti-aging
Naturally high in tocopherols (vitamin E) and tocotrienols, this extract may protect skin from oxidative stress, environmental damage, and premature aging. It’s particularly useful in formulations aimed at restoring radiance and elasticity.
Naturally high in tocopherols (vitamin E) and tocotrienols, this extract may protect skin from oxidative stress, environmental damage, and premature aging. It’s particularly useful in formulations aimed at restoring radiance and elasticity.
4. Circulatory + Cellular Regeneration Support
The bran of wheat is rich in circulatory-boosting compounds that may enhance oxygenation and cell turnover in mature or stagnant skin conditions. It’s excellent in serums for dull, devitalized, or congested skin types.
The bran of wheat is rich in circulatory-boosting compounds that may enhance oxygenation and cell turnover in mature or stagnant skin conditions. It’s excellent in serums for dull, devitalized, or congested skin types.
5. Scarring + Post-Trauma Repair
May assist in reducing the appearance of scars, stretch marks, or surgical incisions, especially when used in synergy with Rosehip CO₂, Helichrysum, or Tamanu. Its thick, rich nature makes it ideal for nighttime treatment oils or balms.
May assist in reducing the appearance of scars, stretch marks, or surgical incisions, especially when used in synergy with Rosehip CO₂, Helichrysum, or Tamanu. Its thick, rich nature makes it ideal for nighttime treatment oils or balms.
Traditional Use
Long before science named tocopherols or ceramides, people knew that wheat’s outer shell held healing. In herbal medicine, the bran—the protective husk of the grain—was soaked, infused, poulticed, or steeped to soothe skin inflammation, rashes, and dryness.
In ancient Roman and Greek baths, wheat bran was added to water for cleansing, softening, and calming the skin. The emollient soak was believed to clear irritation and promote a healthy glow, especially after sun exposure or skin trauma.
In European folk medicine, warm bran compresses were placed on sore joints or inflamed skin, especially for cracked hands, windburn, or winter eczema. Wheat bran porridge was also applied as a poultice for infected wounds or boils, believed to draw out heat and promote healing.
In traditional Persian medicine, wheat bran was infused into healing salves for ulcers, skin injuries, and dry scalp, often combined with cooling or demulcent herbs like violet or marshmallow.
While wheat as a food often takes the spotlight, it’s the bran—the overlooked edge—that offers deep topical nourishment, especially in cases of inflammation, dryness, or cellular imbalance.
This is grain as medicine, not meal.
Botany
Triticum vulgare, commonly known as wheat, is an annual grass in the Poaceae family and one of the oldest cultivated crops in human history. Originally native to the Fertile Crescent, wheat has been domesticated and grown for over 10,000 years across nearly every continent, serving as a global staple food and medicinal grain.
The bran—used for this CO₂ extract—is the outer layer of the wheat kernel, surrounding the endosperm and germ. It’s mechanically separated during milling and is known to be the most nutrient-dense portion of the seed, rich in fatty acids, vitamins, phenolic compounds, and antioxidants.
Botanical Name: Triticum vulgare
Family: Poaceae
Common Names: Wheat, Common Wheat
Plant Type: Annual cereal grain
Part Used for Extraction: Bran (outer seed coat of the grain)
Growth Habit: Upright, slender stalks with long, narrow leaves and dense grain-bearing spikes
Flowering Season: Early to mid-summer
Harvest Time for CO₂ Extraction: Late summer to early fall, after seed heads are fully matured and dried
Physical Characteristics:
Family: Poaceae
Common Names: Wheat, Common Wheat
Plant Type: Annual cereal grain
Part Used for Extraction: Bran (outer seed coat of the grain)
Growth Habit: Upright, slender stalks with long, narrow leaves and dense grain-bearing spikes
Flowering Season: Early to mid-summer
Harvest Time for CO₂ Extraction: Late summer to early fall, after seed heads are fully matured and dried
Physical Characteristics:
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Stems: Hollow, jointed stems (culms)
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Leaves: Long, thin, parallel-veined leaves
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Seeds: Small, tan-to-golden grains tightly packed in elongated spikes
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Bran: Thin, fibrous layer encasing the grain, rich in lipids, phytosterols, and phenolics
Native Habitat + Growth Conditions:
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Native To: Middle East, Central Asia
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Preferred Soil: Fertile, well-drained loam
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Sunlight: Full sun
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Climate: Grows in temperate climates worldwide, adapted to seasonal rainfall and dry harvest conditions
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Ecological Notes: Wheat supports global food webs, providing grain for humans and fodder for livestock; the bran, though often discarded, holds deep nutritional and healing potential
Energetic Botanical Signature
Wheat Bran is the boundary layer—the protective shell that cradles life without hardening against it. It teaches the balance between containment and permeability, holding in what nourishes while keeping out what harms.
As a botanical, it reminds us that the medicine often lies in what is overlooked—the husk, the edge, the skin. This is a plant that remembers wholeness, not by force, but by structure. Its energy is rebuilding, soft-shielding, and quietly resilient.
It teaches: Repair doesn’t need to be loud. It needs to be complete.
