Based on the name, wonder if the gel is an extract from an ancient medicinal oil from the plant Vetiver (Tamil)? The medicinal properties of this plant are well known since ancient times and are chronicled in ayurvedic practice and ballads of India.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysopogon_zizanioides http://ayurvedicoils.com/tag/vetiver-oil-in-ayurveda