Tea tree essential oil LE CHATELARD 1802

TEA TREE ESSENTIAL OIL 10 ML BIO.

Latin name: Melaleuca alternifolia

Distilled organ: leaves

Manufacture: traditional distillation with water vapor. It takes 100 kg of tea tree leaves to get 1 to 2 liter of essential oil.

Composition:
Melaleuca Ericifolia leaf oil.

Origin: Australia / South Africa / Zambia / Kenya.

Botanical: The tea tree is a tree with thorns, always green and has a bark shaped strips or straps. It can grow up to a height of 5 m. Its narrow, lanceolate leaves arranged alternately along the stem are bright green. The tea tree is covered with white flowers, very fragrant, spikes, which are reminiscent of cotton flowers. Belonging to the botanical family of myrtaceae, such as clove or eucalyptus, it enjoys generous sunshine as well as wetlands. Australian natives used these leaves to make poultices that they applied to wounds to treat infections. At the start of the Second World War, the Australian government offered a bottle of tea tree essential oil in every Australian Army and Navy pharmacy kit. Nowadays, we rediscover this essential oil and it is particularly increasingly used by the medical profession in addition to treatments or research including fight against bacteria resistant to synthetic antibiotics. How far has this leaf, wrongly taken as a tea leaf, gone? So, do not hesitate, the essential oil of Tea tree is a must-have essential oil of aromatherapy!

What does an essential oil of TEA TREE OR TREE TREE look like? Appearance: limpid mobile liquid / Color: colorless to greenish yellow / Odor: aromatic, woody and terpenic.

The essential oil of tea tree is essential in the medicine cabinet. The tea tree is an extraordinary anti-infective. Mycoses, bacteria, viruses ... Nothing resists him!

Its properties:
- Antibacterial: the essential oil of Tea Tree is highly bactericidal (destruction observed from a concentration of HE of 1%), but also bacteriostatic. Its spectrum includes microorganisms resistant to antibiotics.
- Antifungal
- Anti-inflammatory
- Antiparasitic
- Antiviral: Tea Tree essential oil is active on many viruses, including HSV (herpes) and Influenza (flu).
- Antifungal: destroys the fungi that cause the following fungal infections: candidiasis, athlete's foot and onchomycosis
- Radioprotective: it limits the appearance of burns and soothes feelings of warming due to radiation therapy sessions.
- Cardiac tonic
- Fortifying
- Immuno-stimulant
- Sanitation
- Decongestant venous and lymphatic
- Purifying
- Tonifying

Recommended use: All routes of use are permitted even if the dermal route is to be diluted due to irritating skin compounds.
Dermal route: preferably diluted in a carrier vegetable oil. Ability to apply pure except on sensitive skin (test with a single drop at the bend of the elbow).
- Acne, 1 drop on each button Morning and evening after washing until acne disappears.
- Fungus mycosis: 2 pure drops on mycosis: 3 times a day until disappearance of mycosis.
- Infected wound: 1 drop on wound, 3 times a day until the wound has disappeared.
- Acne: dilute 1 to 2 drops in the day cream and the cleansing milk.
- Hair: dilute 1 to 2 drops in the rinsing water to make the hair shine.
- Oily skin: dilute 1 to 2 drops in the day cream, in the cleansing milk, in a tonic lotion
- Herpes: apply a pure drop except on sensitive skin (in which case dilute a drop in a teaspoon of vegetable oil) directly on the button.
- Gingivitis: dilute 1 to 2 drops in toothpaste or make mouthwash
- Insect bite: dilute in a vegetable oil. 1 drop in a teaspoon (or pure if the skin is not too sensitive)
- Angina, sore throat: 2 to 3 drops diluted and agitated in warm water, gargle.

In massage:
- Venous congestion: dilute to 20% in a few drops of a carrier oil (ie 2 ml of essential oil and 8 ml of vegetable oil). For a local massage.
- Infections of the genital sphere (cystitis, herpes, mycosis, vaginitis): application by the cutaneous way, to 20% in a support oil, with which one massages the lower abdomen.
- Bronchitis: cutaneous use, in massage diluted to 20%, along the spinal column
- Influenza: cutaneous use, massage diluted to 20% in a vegetable oil (back, limbs, chest)
- Otitis: 5% massage in a carrier oil (4 to 5 drops in a teaspoon of vegetable oil) behind the affected ear. It is important not to enter the ear.
- Radiotherapy: dilute to 20% in a carrier oil and apply to the area treated with radiotherapy (ie 2 ml of essential oil and 8 ml of vegetable oil).

In diffusion or olfaction or inhalation:
- Sinusitis: vaporization and inhalation
- Rhinopharyngitis and colds. : Inhalation.

Inhalation: 1 to 2 drops in a bowl of hot water.

In diffusion for the disinfection of the premises and to boost the immune defenses

In domestic use, the essential oil of tea tree is recognized for these antiseptic properties because, it promotes the disinfection of the grounds, cleans the surfaces to be cleaned and the linen.
- To clean the linen: Add 10 drops of Tea Tree essential oil to 50 ml of your laundry preparation.
- Cleaning the surfaces (sink, bathroom ...): 5 to 10 drops of essential oil of Tea tree + 1 tablespoon of baking soda on a sponge.
- For household floors or sanitary: Add 10 drops of tea tree essential oil to 50 ml of your laundry preparation.

Contraindication :

- Do not use in pregnant or lactating women

- Do not use in children under 6 years

- People with epilepsy must seek medical advice before use (high-dose epileptogenic risk).
- The essential oil of Tea tree is irritating for the skin, so it must be diluted in a vegetable oil before any cutaneous application (20% of essential oil with 80% of vegetable oil).
- This essential oil presents a risk of contact dermatitis. Test it before using it regularly.
- Keep Tea Tree essential oil away from light, as oxidation of paracymene may cause skin irritation.
- Orally, do not over-dose the essential oil of Tea Tree. In case of overdose, it can cause temporary confusion and loss of motor coordination.

- To note its action cortison-like.

Note: It is best to test the essential oil before use (two drops in the elbow for at least 24 hours to check that there is no reaction).

Please note that this information does not constitute a medical opinion. They are given for information purposes. For any use for therapeutic purposes, consult an aromatherapy doctor, or ask the advice of your doctor before any use (especially in case of medical treatment, epilepsy, asthma, hypersensitivity ...).
The information on this website does not replace the opinion of a health professional.