Description
PETIT GRAIN BITTER ORANGE
Citrus aurantium ssp. amara
Native to Asia, the bitter orange tree (Citrus aurantium ssp.amara (folia)) is a member of the Rutaceae family, with spiny branches and alternate, persistent and coriaceous brilliant green leaves.
Directions
Essential oil of bitter orange can be used to help children go to sleep. Avoid using it on the skin before exposure to the sun as it is phototoxic.
Warnings
Do not use in: pregnant or breast-feeding women, children under the age of three years, persons allergic to one of the components (geraniol, limonene, linalool), subjects with asthma without the advice of an allergologist before the first use.
Recipes
Childhood nightmares (from the age of three years)
Massage 1 drop of essential oil of bitter orange and 1 drop of essential oil of true lavender, mixed with 2 drops of carrier oil, into the solar plexus and soles of the feet, before going to bed, for one week.
Nervous imbalance (children over the age of three years)
Place one drop of pure essential oil of bitter orange onto the inner surface of each of the child’s wrists and ask him/her to breathe deeply.
Devitalised skin
Add 1 drop of essential oil of bitter orange to a dose of day cream.
Greasy skin
3 drops of essential oil of cistus, 10 drops of essential oil of geranium, 10 drops of essential oil of bitter orange, 20 ml of jojoba plant oil. Apply the above mixture each morning.
Stress, anxiety
Mix 10 to 15 drops of essential oil of bitter orange in one teaspoon of powdered milk or neutral base. Pour this mixture into hot bath water (at least 37 °C).
Take 2 drops of essential oil of bitter orange on a neutral tablet, sugar cube, or in honey, three times daily.
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