Description
- 100% pure Lemongrass essential oil.
- Botanical Name: Cymbopogon citratus / Cymbopogon flexuosus
- Common Method of Extraction: Steam Distilled
- Part Typically Used: Grass
- Color: Pale Yellow to Vivid Yellow
- Consistency: Thin
- Perfumery Note: Top
- Strength of Initial Aroma: Strong
- Aromatic : Fresh, lemony, earthy.
- Lemongrass Oil Uses: Acne, athlete’s foot, excessive perspiration, flatulence, insect repellent, muscle aches, oily skin, scabies, stress. [Julia Lawless, The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Essential Oils (Rockport, MA: 1995), 56-67.]
- Major Constituents: Geranial Neral Geranyl acetate Geraniol (+)-Limonene
Safety Information: Tisserand and Young caution that a drug interaction may occur if using drugs metabolized by CYP2B6 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 0.7%. 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), 334-335.]
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