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 vaporize.
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 – vaporizer, massage
- Rheumatic pain – massage, bath
- Digestive system – vaporizer, massage
- Tension and stress – vaporizer
- Poor circulation – bath, massage
- Varicose veins – use with orange and grapefruit, massage, footbath
- Immune problems – inhalation, massage, bath, vaporizer
Cautions
- Do not take internally.
- If you have sensitive skin – do a patch test first.
- Do not use before going out into the sun.
