Description
ESS0239 Tea Tree Essential oil
Tea Tree Essential oil, Botanical name Melaleuca Alternifolia, extract from Tea Tree's leaves by steam distillation. Tea Tree oil has a very wide range of applications, and all depend on two important inter-related facts. This oil is unusual in that it is active against all three categories of infectious organisms, bacteria, fungi viruses. It is a very powerful immunostimulant, so when the body is threatened by any of these organisms, Tea Tree Essential Oil increases its ability to respond. The immunostimulant action of Tea Tree Essential oil is perhaps its most important property, and is especially useful in debilitating illnesses, and for people who repeatedly succumb to infections or who are very slow to recover from any illness. It is valuable for colds, influenza and the infectious illnesses. If used in the bath at the first signs of a cold or flu, one of the effects is to stimulate profuse sweating, which has long been recognized in naturopathy and other forms of natural healing as a valuable response to infection. Quite often this is enough to stop a cold or flu developing and, will reduce its severity and help to prevent secondary infections. This is not suppressing the infection but efficiently fighting it.
Tea tree Essential oil is not a skin irritant, in fact, be used undiluted on the skin. However, a very few people become sensitive to this oil so those with sensitive skins should use Tea tree cautiously at first, though even as little as 3 drops in a full bath has been shown to have the anti-infectious action described above. Neat Tea tree oil an effective treatment for cold sores. Dab it on at the first burning sensation that precedes the blisters. The blisters of shingles and chickenpox can be treated in the same way. It is used in skin-washes for acne, alternating it with the oils such as Lavender Essential oil and Bergamot. It is also good for the large, inflamed and often painful spots which some women tend to get around the nose and chin in the days preceding menstruation. A single drop of Tea tree dabbed on each spot rapidly reduces the heat and pain and clears the spot up quite quickly.
Tee tree Essential oil is an effective treatment for fungal infections and athletes foot, but a more important application is in controlling the Candida organisms by reducing the rate at which they reproduce and strengthening the body's ability to resist them. Try it in inhalations for catarrh and sinusitis, in burners and vaporizers during epidemics, mixed in a protective cream for nappy rash, and also in the rinsing water for nappies as a preventative measure.'The oil include large amounts of terpineol with cineol, pinene, terpinenes, various alcohols. It has pale yellow or almost colorless and has a medicinal odour, a little like Eucalyptus.
Properties :
Antibiotic, Antipruritic, Antiseptic, Antiviral, Bacteriacide, Cicatrosant, Cordial, Expectorant, Fungicide, Insecticide, Stimulant, Sudorific.
Mind :
Refreshing and revitalising especially after shock.
Treatment :
Its most important function is to help the immune system fight off infectious diseases. A strongly antiseptic oil and sweats toxins out of the body. Indicated for influenza, cold sores, catarrh and could treat glandular fever as well as gingivitis. Its fungicidal properties help clear vaginal thrush and it is of value with genital infections generally. Also a urinary tract antiseptic, alleviating problems such as cystitis. Gives relief to genital and anal pruritus, as well as general itching from chicken pox to rashes caused by insect bites. Tea Tree Essential oil also helps to ease inflammation of the intestines such as enteritis, and tonsils. and casts out intestinal parasites.
Effect On Skin :
Very cleansing, reducing pus in infected wounds as well as boils and carbuncles. Seems to clear spots and blemishes caused by chicken pox and shingles. Useful with burns, sores, sunburn, ringworm, warts, tinea, herpes and athlete's foot. Helpful with dry conditions of the scalp as well as dandruff.
Well Blend :
Cinnamon Essential oil, Clove Essential oil, Cypress Essential oil, Eucalyptus Essential oil, Ginger Essential oil, Lavender Essential oil, Lemon Essential oil, Mandarin Essential oil, Orange Sweet Essential oil, Rosemary Essential oil, Clary Sage Essential oil, Geranium Essential oil, Myrrh Essential oil, Nutmeg Essential oil, Rosewood Essential oil and Neroli Essential oil. The note is middle.
Tea TreeEssential Oil is 100% purity therapeutic quality Essential oil, no additive, no artificial colour, no animal test.