Greek Lemon Organic Essential Oil

Greek Lemon Organic Essential Oil

Batch:Ε1001221

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Common name: Lemon

Latin name: Citrus x limon

Botanical family: Rutaceae

Method of extraction: Expression

Plant part used to extract the oil: fruit peel

Cultivation method: Organic

Area of origin: Greece

Biochemical group: monoterpenes

Main chemical constituents: (+)-limonene, beta-pinene, gamma-terpinene

Colour: yellow

Consistency: thin

Aroma strength: medium

Perfumery note: top

Aroma: lemony and fresh, sweet, fruity, with only a hint of bitterness

Traditional Aromatherapy Uses:

• Traditionally in aromatherapy treatments lemon is associated with the following therapeutic properties: antimicrobial, antirheumatic, antiseptic, antispasmodic, astringent, bactericidal, carminative, cicatrisant, depurative, diaphoretic, diuretic, febrifuge, haemostatic, hypotensive, insecticidal, rubefacient, tonic, vermifuge.

• Qualified aromatherapists may use lemon essential oil for common complaints such as:

• skin conditions – due to the antibacterial properties lemon essential oil is often used in shower gels and hand washes
• vapourised or inhaled to aid mental alertness and focus
• aches and pains associated with conditions such as rheumatism, arthritis and gout
• cellulite and in weight loss treatments
• circulatory issues such as varicose veins, high blood pressure and arteriosclerosis preventative treatments
• support to the digestive system
• others

• How we use it:
• Inhalation / Vapourisation:
• We love to diffuse our lemon essential oil when the weather is gloomy to uplift the spirits.
• We also use it on its own or blended with rosemary essential oil to help us focus whilst working/studying/decision making to keep us mentally alert.

• Others:

• Start your day off with a refreshing morning shower – add some lemon essential oil to an unscented shower gel base. Combine with our gorgeous mandarin and/or sweet orange for a sweeter ‘happy’ aroma.

Please, also see our How to Use Essential Oils Safely page for more information

Safety considerations: Expressed Lemon essential oil is phototoxic.

Tisserand and Young recommend a dermal maximum use at 2.0% to avoid the risk of a phototoxic reaction.  If applied to the skin at over maximum use level, skin must not be exposed to sunlight or sunbed rays for 12 hours.

[Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 87, 330-331.]

Lemon essential oil, like all citrus peel essential oils with high content of (+)-limonene, can oxidise easily. We recommend that you store the bottle in a fridge and never use old, oxidised oil to avoid skin irritation.  

Please, also see our How to Use Essential Oils Safely page for more information

Examples of research and studies:

• Sedative, anxiolytic and antidepressant activities of Citrus limon (Burn) essential oil in mice.
• Fungitoxic properties of the essential oil of Citrus limon (L.) Burm. against a few dermatophytes.
• Interventions for nausea and vomiting in early pregnancy.
• Lavender, tea tree and lemon oils as antimicrobials in washing liquids and soft body balms.
• Components of lemon essential oil attenuate dementia induced by scopolamine.
• Olfactory influences on mood and autonomic, endocrine, and immune function.
• An investigation and comparison of the bioactivity of selected essential oils on human lice and house dust mites.
• Lemon oil vapor causes an anti-stress effect via modulating the 5-HT and DA activities in mice.
• Fungitoxic properties of the essential oil of Citrus limon (L.) Burm. against a few dermatophytes.
• A study of the phototoxicity of lemon oil.

 Margaret Pawlaczyk-Karlinski MSc. (Hons.), Cert. Ed., M.I.F.A., NHS reg.