Bergamot,
Bergamot oil is truly an uplifting essential oil.
Blend it with quality organic massage base oil and enjoy the power of its refreshing properties to bring some balance back into your energies and spirit.
The scent of the oil is basically citrus, yet fruity and sweet, with a warm spicy floral quality and is reminiscent of Neroli as well as Lavender oil.
The colour of the essential oil ranges from green to greenish-yellow and the oil has a watery viscosity.
The flowers will vary in shade of colour from red to lavender.
The fragrance of this fresh essential oil is a favourite in aromatherapy and is great for creating a more relaxed and happy feeling.
The Oil is extracted from a tree which was native to South East Asia, but it was introduced to Europe and particularly Italy during the development of the spice trading era. It can also be found in the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Tunisia and Algeria.
The tree can grow up to four meters high, with star-shaped flowers and smooth leaves, bearing citrus fruit resembling a cross between an orange and a grapefruit, but the fruit is more pear-shape. As the fruit ripens it may range in colour from green to a rich yellow.
The Bergamot oil is one of the most widely used in the perfumery and toiletry industry and forms, together with Neroli and Lavender, the main ingredient for the classical 4711 Eau-de-cologne fragrance.
It is used to flavour Earl Grey tea.
The name is derived from the city Bergamo in Lombardy, Italy, where the oil was first sold.
The oil is extracted by expression from the rind of both ripened and unripened fruit, which yields about 0.5 % volume by weight.
Personally I prefer to use Bergamot in oil burners / vaporizers.
When you are looking for an oil to help with depression, Seasonally Affected Disorder (SAD) or generally feeling of being just a bit off, lacking in self-confidence or feeling shy, consider Bergamot oil.
It also has superb antiseptic qualities that are useful for skin complaints, such as acne, oily skin conditions, eczema and psoriasis and can also be used on cold sores, chicken pox and wounds.
It is said to have a powerful effect on stimulating the liver, stomach and spleen and has a superb antiseptic effect on urinary tract infections and inflammations such as cystitis and is respected for fighting oily skin, acne, eczema, as well as cold sores.
With Burners and vaporizers the oil can be used in vapour therapy. The Bergamot Essential Oil can be used for reducing the overwhelming stress of depression, anxiety and the feeling of being fed-up, stress tensions, fear and hysteria as well as respiratory problems, colds and flu and PMS. and SAD.
Blend it with a suitable massagae oil or use in the bath?
This wonderful essential oil can be used as a blend with a good massage oil, or diluted in a bath to assist in relieving stress, tension, SAD, PMS, skin problems, compulsive eating, postnatal depression, colds and flu, anxiety, depression, feeling fed-up and anorexia nervosa.
Blended in a base organic cream Bergamot Essential Oil can be used for wounds and cuts, oily skin, scabies, eczema, acne, cold sores as well as chicken pox.
Bergamot blends particularly well with other essential oils such as black pepper, clary sage, cypress, frankincense, geranium, jasmine, mandarin, nutmeg, orange, rosemary, sandalwood, vetiver and ylang-ylang.
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