Lemon Essential Oil Fact Sheet

Botanical Name - (Citrus limonum)
Part of plant used - fruit rind

Lemon oil is versatile and gives many blends a pleasant aroma. It is refreshing and uplifting and has a distinctive lemon smell. Lemon is a top note being fast to vapourise.

Emotional Applications

· gives a new fresh approach to situations

· refreshing and uplifting

· to become enlivened

Physical Applications

· Corns and warts - apply neat

· Greasy skin - steam inhalation, compress, massage in base cream

· Bronchial cough and flu - vapouriser, massage

· Rheumatic pain - massage, bath

· Digestive system - vapouriser, massage

· Tension and stress - vapouriser

· Poor circulation - bath, massage

· Varicose veins - use with orange and grapefruit, massage, footbath

· Immune problems - inhalation, massage, bath, vapouriser

Cautions

· Do not take internally.

· If you have sensitive skin - do a patch test first.

· Do not use before going out into the sun.