Description

100% pure Tea Tree essential oil.
Botanical Name: Melaleuca alternifolia
Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
Part Typically Used: Leaves
Color: Clear with a Yellow Tinge
Consistency: Thin
Perfumery Note: Middle
Strength of Initial Aroma: Medium
Aromatic : Tea Tree Oil is medicinal, fresh, woody, earthy, herbaceous.
Tea Tree Oil Uses: Acne, athlete’s foot, candida, chicken pox, cold sores, colds, corns, cuts, flu, insect bites, itching, migraine, oily skin, ringworm, sinusitis, sores, spots, urethritis, warts, whooping cough. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 56-67.]
Major Constituents: Terpinene-4-ol Gamma-Terpinene a-Terpinene Terpinolene 1,8-Cineole a-Terpineol p-Cymeme a-Pinene

Safety Information: Tisserand and Young indicate that there is a low risk of skin sensitization when using Tea Tree topically. They recommend a dermal maximum of 15% and precaution to avoid use of the oil if it has oxidized. 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), 440-445.]