Organic Tea Tree Essential Oil 10ml

INCI / LATIN / TYPE:  Melaleuca alternifolia oil SHELF LIFE: 5 years EXTRACTION: Steam distillation  PART OF PLANT: Stems and leaves COUNTRY OF ORIGIN: South Africa INFORMATION AND USES: Tea tree oil is most well known for its anti-microbial properties. Case studies show that it is highly effective against wide spectrummicroorganismss. Tea tree oil is high in terpinen-4-ol which has proven to be an anti inflammatory. Tea tree oil can soothe the pain from throat infections – if you put one or two drops into warm water and gargle the water for about 20 seconds. Tea tree is known to assist with acne – Tea tree oil can be used on the skin in dilutions of up to 5%. Because Tea tree has a very strong medicinal odor, it may be difficult to blend with Tea tree oil, but Tea tree oil has so many good properties that it can be used on its own in dilution, however, blending Tea tree oil with other complimentary oils (like lavender) works well. References: Lang, G. and Buchbauer, G. (2012) A review