Extracted from Melaleuca, tea tree essential oil is one of the well known essential oils, with many people swearing by its magical healing powers. It has a light spicy, acrid smell and is pale in color with a watery viscosity. Tea tree essential oil is extracted from the leaves and twigs by steam distillation with a yield of about 1.8%

Mentioned below are a few healing powers of tea tree essential oil-

• Tea tree oil is vital for the immune system, because it serves as an immune-stimulant and step-ups the body’s ability to repel infections, besides being used to revive mind and body after shock.
• It is used effectively to ward off infections and is active in three varieties of infectious organisms; viruses, bacteria, and fungi.
• It aids in cold sores, gingivitis, influenza, glandular fever, and catarrh.
• It is effective to clear asthma, sinusitis, coughs, bronchial congestion, whooping cough, and tuberculosis.
• If you are suffering from lice, using this oil every second day for twelve days, applied neatly to the scalp for 40 minutes, can help you get rid of them.
• It is also used to clear cystitis, vaginal thrush, and genital infections on the skin, besides acne, abscesses, herpes, burns, cold sores, diaper rash, blemishes, athlete’s foot, oily skin, warts, sunburns, infected wounds, and even dandruff from the scalp.
• You can use it as a mouthwash for gum infections, throat infections, mouth ulcers, tonsillitis, while garlic eaters claim it lessens the smell of garlic on the breath.
• Massage with tea tree essential oil before an operation, may help to strengthen the body and lessen post-operative shock.

Tea tree essential oil blends and mixes well with vegan ingredients like clary sage, geranium, rosemary, thyme, lavender, nutmeg, rosewood, clove, and lemon.

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