Orange Essential Oil – 10ml/30ml
Price range: RM25.90 through RM73.00
Product Description
This unpretentious essential oil is used in aromatherapy to create a feeling of happiness and warmth while calming nervous digestive problems. It deals very well with colds and flu, eliminates toxins, and stimulates the lymphatic system while supporting collagen formation in the skin.
Oil properties
Sweet orange oil has a sweet, fresh, and tangy smell is yellow to orange in color and is watery in viscosity. The shelf life is approximately 6 months.
Origin of Sweet orange oil
This evergreen tree has dark green leaves and white flowers and bright orange round fruit with rough skin. The trees are native to China but are now cultivated extensively in America.
Orange oil is used in many Curacao-type liqueurs and for the flavoring of food, drink, and confectionery, and when added to furniture polish, helps to protect against damage from insects.
Extraction
Orange oil is extracted from the orange peel by cold-pressing and yields 0.3 -0.5 %.
Therapeutic properties
The therapeutic properties of orange oil are antiseptic, anti-depressant, antispasmodic, anti-inflammatory, carminative, diuretic, cholagogue, sedative and tonic.
Chemical composition
The main chemical components of orange oil are a-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, limonene, linalool, citronellal, neral, and geranial.
Precautions
It is a safe non-toxic, non-irritant, and non-sensitizing oil, yet care must be taken with it since it can have a phototoxic effect. It should therefore preferably not be applied before going out into the sunlight for prolonged periods.
Uses
It is a sunny and radiant oil, bringing happiness and warmth to the mind and helps people to relax, and helps children to sleep at night. Orange oil can be used effectively on the immune system, as well as for colds and flu and to eliminate toxins from the body.
It is a good diuretic and is most useful in balancing water retention and obesity. Its lymphatic stimulant action further helps to balance water processes, and detoxification, aiding the immune system and general well-being.
For the digestive system, orange oil can help with constipation, and dyspepsia and as a general tonic. It is also useful in cases of nervous tension and stress.
Vapor therapy
In vapor therapy, orange oil can help with colds and flu, nervous tension, and stress, and helps to create a feeling of happiness and warmth, while helping children fall asleep at night.
Blended massage oil and in a bath.
