BITTER ORANGE ESSENTIAL OIL

Description : Orange essential oil is extracted from the rind of the sweet orange (Citrus sinensis). This is done by a method called cold pressing, which uses pressure to squeeze the oils from the rind. Sometimes, the leaves and flowers from the orange plant can be used as well. Essential oils are concentrated oils that are derived from plants. Several types of oils are produced from citrus species, including oranges, lemon, and grapefruit. So, knowing that, what exactly are the benefits associated with orange essential oil? And how can you use it? In this article, we’ll answer those questions and help you understand how to use orange essential oil safely. Research has shown that some essential oils may have specific health benefits.

Constituents : Thin

Common Names : Seville orange oil, Bitter orange peel oil, Sour orange oil

Uses : It is distilled from the peel of the fruit. It has a lively, fruity, sweet aroma much aromatic than sweet orange. The bitter orange or Saville orange tree is an aromatic plant and tree with a variety of fragrances. The glossy, bright-green foliage has a green fragrance and scent when distilled into petitgrain essential oil. Its fleshy white flowers are extracted into absolute, essential oil, and floral water, such that the orange blossom expresses the full diversity of its palette of scents. The fruit is an orange citrus fruit with bitter juice and a peel covered with oleiferous pockets filled with fragrant compounds. Grown in alongside bergamot trees. The fragrance of the essential oil is very like that of the fruit, citrusy and bitter.

Orange essential oil has a variety of uses. These can include too:

• Lift your mood or reduce stress
  
• Treat skin conditions such as acne
• Reduce pain or inflammation
• Relieve stomach upset
• Use as a natural household cleaner
• Add a pleasant scent to a room or to products like perfumes and cleaner
• Give flavor to a variety of foods and beverages

Benefit : The oil finds application in providing relief from dull skin, colds, constipation, gums, flatulence, flu, slow digestion, mouth, and stress. It is useful bronchitis, constipation, colds, dull and oily complexions, flu, nervous tension, flatulence, palpitations, slow digestion, spasm, poor circulation, water retention. It is used in high class perfumery & other fragrances, stomach aches and loss of appetite.