promotes wound
healing, speeds up cell regeneration, and has a keratolytic
(skin-softening) effect.
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Myrrh's essential oil is a strong antiseptic and fights viral
and fungal infections. A salve containing it effectively treats
eczema, bruises, infection, athlete's
foot, and difficult-to-heal wounds. Myrrh also reduces the
swelling of infection and can even hasten the healing of infections
by increasing the production of while blood cells.
It is used on varicose veins, chapped, cracked, aged skin,
candida (thrush), and herpes blisters. Its moisturizing properties
work well to treat dry hair. A remedy for mouth and gum diseases,
it's found in gargles, mouthwash, and toothpaste.
It activates the immune system, so lozenges or a syrup containing
myrrh is good for coughs, colds, and flu. There is some evidence
that it helps to regulate an overactive thyroid and that it
increases menstrual flow. It also works as an aphrodisiac.
Lemon Oil
Lemon essential oil is extracted from the
citrus limonum (a.k.a. Citrus Limon) from the Rutaceae family
and is also known as cedro oil (which refers to terpeneless
oil) and is pressed from the outer rind of lemons and is used
in specialized skincare products.
Lemon oil acts as a very mild bleach, which enables it to
brighten dull skin color and calm redness in irritated and
inflamed skin.
It is also a natural astringent, antiseptic, and bactericide
with the ability to stimulate the white corpuscles that defend
the body. The essential oil is used to regulate and control
fluid accumulation and to bring balance to fluids in skin
cells. Lemon also balances the pH of the skin by counteracting
acidity on its surface.
Lemon oil has a sharp, fresh smell, is pale greenish-yellow
in color and is watery in viscosity.
The typical composition of Lemon oil is made up from a-pinene,
camphene, ß-pinene, sabinene, myrcene, a-terpinene,
linalool, ß-bisabolene, limonene, trans-a-bergamotene,
nerol and neral.
It is non-toxic, but can cause skin irritation and sensitizing
in some individuals, and since it is a photo-toxic oil, should
not be used (even in low dilution) before being exposed to
the sun.
Therapeutic properties of lemon
oil
The therapeutic properties of lemon oil for skincare are antibiotic,
diuretic, astringent, antiseptic and febrifuge.
Lemon oil can be very beneficial to the circulatory system
and it is useful in helping to clear up acne, cleaning greasy
skin and hair, as well as removing dead skin cells whilst
fighting against skin infections.
Pure lemon oil can cause phototoxicity and should not be
applied before being exposed to the sun, and although the
concentration is low in our products, we would not recommend
that you expose your skin to the sun when using the Problem
Skin Moisturizing.
Lavender Oil
Lavender oil is one of the most useful and
safe of all the oils. It has strong antiseptic properties,
it is a cytophylactic, (stimulates cell growth), a sedative,
and a calminitive.
Burns
It is one of the most effective treatments
for burns. It can be used undiluted on burns, where its effect
is soothing, helping to reduce pain, and inflammation. It
will reduce the formation of scar tissue and promote rapid
healing, at the same time greatly reducing the risk of infection.
Cuts and wounds
Lavender can be used undiluted on the skin
for the treatment of minor cuts and wounds reducing the formation
of scar tissue. It was extensively used during the World War
I in field hospitals for treating wounds. It is also helpful
as a treatment for insect bites
and sunburns.
Muscular aches and pains
Lavender is very useful for relieving most
muscular aches and pains including rheumatism. It is often
combined with other oils such as rosemary, and applied by
massage of the affected
Infections
Lavender is most useful for many types of
infections especially sinusitis, catarrhal coughs, sore throats,
congestion.
Skin conditions
Many forms of skin infection respond well
to Lavender oil, dry skin, oily skin, acne, eczema, dermatitis,
psoriasis and Lavender is cultivated in Europe , especially
in France , Austria and the United Kingdom ( Norfolk ). It
is also grown in Tasmania . The plants growing at higher altitudes
yield the most therapeutically effective oil. Lavender plants
have oil-producing glands, which are found at the base of
star shaped hairs which are found on the leaves stems and
flowers.
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