Orange Oil Organic

100% pure organic essential orange oil (Citrus x sinensis)Origin: Italy, certified organic cultivationProduction: Cold pressingScent: Fresh, fruity, enveloping warm and balancing, sweetEffect/Application: "Fruits of all citrus species are cooling." In European medicine, oranges were used to relieve nervous tension, melancholy, and heart problems. Orange oil is used in pharmaceutical preparations as a stomachic (stomach remedy), as a fragrance for cosmetics and perfumes, especially in eau de cologne, as well as in soaps and cleaning products, and as a flavoring in the food and beverage industry. It is reported that orange oil is used as a fragrance in waiting rooms and treatment rooms in many clinics to reduce anxiety [Lehrner et al. 2005]. Orange oil is the most produced essential oil worldwide (15,000 tons per year)!Orange oil primarily affects the psychological level; it has relaxing, uplifting, antidepressant, and anxiolytic properties.It also has a laxative effect for constipation, antifungal properties for oral thrush, stimulates the lymphatic system and detoxifies in cases of edema, and stimulates the heart and circulatory system.Orange oil is used for bronchitis, colds, flu, palpitations, chills, and stress-related complaints.Caution: Orange oil may be slightly photosensitizing.Source: Wabner, D., Beier, C., Demleitner, M., Struck, D., 2012 Aromatherapy: Fundamentals, Mechanisms of Action, Practice, 2nd Edition, Elsevier GmbH, Munich