Description

100% pure Melissa essential oil.
Botanical Name: Melissa officinalis
Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
Part Typically Used: Leaves and Flowers/Buds
Color: Yellow
Consistency: Thin
Perfumery Note: Top/Middle
Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong
Aromatic : Fresh, lemony, herbaceous
Melissa Oil Uses: Anxiety, depression, hypertension, insomnia, migraine, menstrual cramping, indigestion, nausea, asthma, bronchitis, coughing, insect repellent, eczema, fragrancing. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 173.]
Major Constituents: Geranial Neral 6-methyl-5-hepten-2-one B-Caryophyllene Citronellal Geranyl acetate Aesculetine

Safety Information: Tisserand and Young precaution that Melissa Essential Oil can pose a drug interaction hazard and that there is a risk of teratogenicity. They precaution against topical use in children and infants under age 2 and for those with hypersensitive/diseased/damaged skin. They recommend a dermal maximum of 0.9%. Reading Tisserand and Young’s full profile is recommended. [Robert Tisserand and Rodney Young, Essential Oil Safety (Second Edition. United Kingdom: Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2014), 350-351.]