One of the most popular scents amongst essential oils, just a few drops of a citrus essential oil can bring fresh, and invigorating scents into your space.
Citrus oils are extremely versatile and can be added to homemade cleaning recipes, DIY beauty recipes or be diffused for their health and wellness benefits. This range of essential oils has many such as helping to boost energy levels, fighting the winter blues and helping to rid your home of a variety of viruses and bacteria. Some of the most popular citrus oils in aromatherapy today are orange, lemon, grapefruit, lime, and bergamot essential oils. These oils are well known for their positive and uplifting properties and are a great replacement for store-bought air fresheners which are often laden with chemicals. All of these oils are refreshing and uplifting, perfect for helping with stress relief, or simply for creating a wonderful happy, positive environment.
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All oils extracted from the citrus peel are considered top notes and tend to evaporate quickly. They are usually extracted through a process called cold pressing, but steam distillation is another method of essential oil extraction that is also used. While most lemon and lime essential oils tend to have phototoxic properties when steam distilled these citrus oils are not phototoxic.
Here are some of the main benefits found in citrus
- Boosts Mood
Citrus oils are a wonderful way to enhance mood they work on the brain’s chemicals and hormones helping to improve the mood.
- Natural Protection
Citrus oils contain antioxidant properties that help neutralize free radicals and also help to relieve stress on the immune system.
- Natural antibacterial properties
Citrus oils are well known for their ability to help kill germs and fight against pathogens. They are often used in homemade cleaning products due to their natural antibacterial properties.
- Helps Support The Immune System
Can help boost the immune system making them a perfect addition to your diffuser during cold and flu season.
- Chemical Free Air Freshener
Rid your space of unpleasant smells easily with any of the oils listed below simply by adding the oil to a spray bottle with water.
- Clean Surfaces
Keep the surfaces of your kitchen, bathroom & other areas of your home clean, and fresh. Lemon essential oil is well known for its ability to help clean up sticky messes.
- Help Reduce Stress, Anxiety and Irritability
Many citrus oils have the ability to help reduce stress, anxiety and irritability. Bergamot and orange essential oil are well known for their mood and emotion-balancing properties.
- Energy Booster
Feeling low on energy? Citrus oils can help to boost both physical and mental energy levels. Simply add a few drops of Grapefruit oil to your diffuser or a single drop to a tissue and inhale the scent for an energy boost.
- Helps Support the Respiratory System
Diffusing oils such as lime essential oil can help ease colds and coughs and also help to eliminate germs in the air, improve mood, and boost immunity.
- Versatility
Citrus oils are extremely versatile and useful to have around the home. They can be used in a variety of ways. When creating a recipe that uses citrus you can easily substitute citrus oils for each other as many share the same properties and will still smell wonderful.
List of citrus oils
- Orange essential oil, Wild or Sweet (Citrus sinensis)
- Lemon essential oil (Citrus limon)
- Lime essential oil (Citrus aurantifolia)
- Grapefruit essential oil (Citrus paradisi)
- Bergamot essential oil (Citrus bergamia)
- Petitgrain essential oil (Citrus aurantium)
- Tangerine essential oil (Citrus reticulata)
- Mandarin essential oil, Red or Green (Citrus reticulata)
- Bitter Orange essential oil (Citrus aurantium)
- Blood Orange essential oil (Citrus sinensis)
- Yuzu essential oil (Citrus junos)
