Lemon oil

Lemon oil – the natural means improving the blood circulation reducing the arterial pressure strengthening walls of vessels, promoting dissolution of stones in kidneys and a gall bladder, normalizing work of digestive tract, regulating lipidic exchange, increasing immunity, promoting removal of slags from an organism, accelerating the healing of wounds softening, bleaching and smoothing skin, eliminating dandruff, deleting a wart, strengthening nails.

Form of release and structure

Lemon oil – the essential oil received by way of cold pressing of a peel of fruits of a lemon; the liquid which is growing turbid when cooling, saturated color, light yellow or yellow with a greenish shade, a characteristic lemon smell and acute, bitterish taste (on 10 ml in bottles of dark glass, 1 bottle in a cardboard pack).

In 1 bottle: essential oil of a lemon of 100% – 10 ml.

Active ingredients of essential oil: (+) - limonene – to 80-90%, α-and γ-терпинен, α-and β-pinene, α-terpineol, terpinen-4-ol, myrcene, цимен, citral, a terpinolene, гераниаль, neral, octanal, окнанол, linalyl ester, нонаналь, phellandrene, rhodinal, деканаль, геранилацетат, neryl acetate, α-гумулен, β-karyophyllene, β-бисаболен.

Indications to use

• Viral infections: flu, chicken pox, measles, herpes, viral hepatitis, parotitis;
• Catarrhal diseases: feverish states (for decrease in high temperature), bronchitis, Qatar of upper respiratory tracts, cough;
• Infectious diseases: infections of uric ways, diseases of a throat and nose (laryngitis, quinsy, stomatitis, inflammation of gums), pulmonary tuberculosis;
• Stomach ulcer, nausea, vomiting, locks, stones in a gall bladder and kidneys, cirrhosis, pancreatitis;
• The increased arterial pressure, vegeto-vascular dystonia, nasal bleedings, hypostases, varicosity (without inflammations and nodes), anemia;
• Diabetes mellitus, urine - and zhelchekamenny diseases;
• Adynamy, fatigue, adaptation to new climatic conditions, decrease in intellectual working capacity, sleeplessness, alarm, excitement;
• Dizzinesses, frequent headaches (including migraine), rheumatic pains, neuralgia, arthritis, atherosclerosis;
• Harmful chemical and radiation (in small doses) impacts on an organism;
• Advanced age;
• Trophic ulcers, cuts, burns, stings of insects;
• Callosities, outgrowths and warts (it is applied as means to removal);
• Cellulitis and excess weight.

Contraindications

• Allergic diseases;
• Bronchial asthma;
• Pregnancy;
• Children's age up to 3 years;
• Individual hypersensitivity to means components.

Route of administration and dosage

• Massages – - bases add 4-7 drops of Lemon oil to 10 ml of vegetable oil; for carrying out a refleksomassazh and at therapy of mycoses use radio and "transport" oils in the ratio 1:1;
• Bathtubs – 7-10 drops which are previously mixed with emulsifier (^1/4-1/3 glasses of cream, serums, milk, solution of table or sea salt);
• Rinsings – on a glass of water of 3-5 drops of oil;
• Inhalations – in an inhaler of 4-5 drops of oil;
• Aromatherapy – in an aromalampa of 2-6 drops of oil;
• Enrichment of creams, tonics, masks – 2-3 drops of oil on 5 g of a basis;
• Removal of warts – undiluted essential oil is applied on a surface of warts several times a day;
• Strengthening of nails – several drops of oil apply on nail surfaces in the morning and in the evening (for 20-30 min.) for 1 week.

Side effects

Use of Lemon oil can cause irritation of sensitive skin.

Special instructions

Because oil raises a photosensitization of epidermis and shows overt phototoxic effect, it should be applied on skin not less than in 1 hour prior to reception of solar bathtubs.

It is not recommended to apply to an aromatherapy at hypotonia.

Medicinal interaction

Information on interaction with medicines is absent.

Terms and storage conditions

Essential oils should be stored in the place, dark, unavailable to children, in densely corked (without air access) bottles from dark glass, at a temperature which is not exceeding 8 °C.

Period of validity – 3 years.