One of the first oils I used in aromatherapy 15 years ago was lemon. I had a recipe in my aromatherapy book for cooking, the label of my lemon essential oil however, stated “not for ingestion”. Now I know this could have been for a couple of reasons. The first might have been the lemon oil was only synthetic, just a chemical cocktail designed to smell lemony. The second reason might have been an organic lemon was not used. Lemon oil is distilled from the rind so if any pesticides/fungicides are on the rind they will become highly concentrated in your lemon essential oil and would be harmful if ingested. I believe more and more if you can’t eat it don’t put it on your skin! I only use Young Living’s Lemon essential oil which is food safe. We drink it in our water, put it in smoothies and I love to put it on my feet to keep the skin soft.
Lemon essential oil is antiseptic, antitumoral (because of the limonene content), an immune stimulant (increases white blood cells). It is helpful for skin issues like acne and can have antidepressant effects. Studies in Japan found that when lemon oil was diffused in an office setting it resulted in 50% fewer errors. Jean Valnet M.D. conducted many studies on the effectiveness of lemon oil to kill many bacteria when diffused including meningococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Pneumococcus, diphtheria and tuberculosis. Lemon oil is a very powerful essential oil, but it must be a therapeutic grade to fight these bacteria.
We use Young Living lemon oil in a capsule to fight colds and flu. At the first sign we take a clear gel cap filled with 3-5 drops of lemon oil and repeat every 4 hours to combat a cold.
We use our lemon oil for a great cough syrup as well – I mix 10-15 drops of Young Living lemon oil into a 4 ounce bottle of agave nectar. For a cough or scratchy throat we take 1 tsp of this. For an even more powerful cough syrup (not for kids under 6, add 1 drop of Thieves essential oil blend to the teaspoon and mix in well.
Young Living Lmon essential oil 15ml Wholesale $9.75 Retail $12.83
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