It takes 3,000 lemons to produce a kilo of essential oil. Lemons are high in vitamins A, B and C. Lemons are produced in a number of countries. Our lemon oil is from California. Lemon oil is phototoxic and, therefore, should not be use on skin exposed to direct sunlight.
Properties – hemostatic, vermifuge, astringent, antiseptic, anti acid, antimicrobal, bactericidal, cicatrizent, diuretic, diaphoretic, febrifuge, stimulates white corpuscles, tonic. (SEE GLOSSARY, click on your browser's back button to return to this page.)
Principal Constituents – Pinene, limonene phellandrene, camphene, linalol, acetates of linalol and geranyl, citral and cintonellal.
Comments: So what does all this mean? Check out the Glossary. But, to summarize, Lemon is good for brittle nails, herpes, insect bites, colds and flu, fever reducer, acne, throat infections, strengthens the immune system, good for nose bleeds, good general tonic to the digestive system.
