10ml Lime Essential Oil
Due to its astringent properties, Lime Essential Oil is often used as an aid for relieving aches and pains. One of its most common areas of use is teeth. When used topically, lime oil can treat skin diseases and irritations like acne. Because of its antibacterial abilities, lime soothes inflamed surfaces.
- 10ml Lime Essential Oil
- Botanical Name: Citrus aurantifolia
- Common Method of Extraction: Cold Pressed/Expressed
- Part Typically Used: Citrus Rind (Peel)
- Colour: Light Green With a Hint of Orange/Yellow
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Top
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
- Aromatic Description: Fresh, citrusy, sweet, slightly tart
- Lime Oil Uses: Acne, asthma, chilblains, colds, dull skin, flu, varicose veins. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 56-66.]
- Major Constituents: a-Pinene B-Pinene Sabinene Myrcene Limonene y-Terpinene Terpinolene Octanal Nonanal Tetradecanal Pentadecanal Trans-a-bergaptene Caryophyllene B-bisabolene Geranial Neryl acetate Geranyl acetate a-Terpineo Linalool
Safety Information: Cold pressed Lime Essential Oil is phototoxic. Steam distilled Lime Oil is not phototoxic. Tisserand and Young recommend a dermal maximum of 0.7% for the cold pressed oil to avoid the risk of a phototoxic reaction. They precaution to avoid topical use of Lime Oil, regardless of method of distillation, if it has oxidized. Reading Tisserand and Young's full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 87, 336-338.]
