Lemongrass Pure Essential Oil (10ml)

Name: Lemongrass, Cymbopogon citratus/flexuosusManufacturer: Natural by NatureSize: 10 mlConcentration: 100% concentrated and pureSurprisingly intense radiant energy, which has an uplifting, invigorating and revitalizing effect on your whole beingAbout Lemongrass Essential Oil: To breathe in this scent is like a cool, energizing shower – a secret aid if you have trouble getting started in the morning. The perfect air freshener and a real pick-me-up, lemongrass is amazingly diverse, combating anything from headaches and digestive upsets to sports injuries and jetlag.Description of Aroma: This is a sweet, fresh, green citrus scent, pleasantly sharp and lemony with a slightly rosy fragrance. Generally considered finer than citronella.Ruling Planet: None.Properties Beneficial To The Mind, Emotions And Spirit: Psychologically refreshing and stimulating, lemongrass can lift your spirits and help get you going again. This oil is the ideal remedy to combat drowsiness, irritability and morning grumpiness, and may help you overcome tiredness on a long trip. Reviving and energizing, it is particularly useful if you are mentally exhausted or having trouble concentrating. Its ability to stimulate the left brain helps in the logical thinking process which can bring about fresh thoughts and ideas if you are feeling blocked.The aromatic influences of this oil are psychic awareness and purification. Lemongrass tea is said to develop psychic powers. Of Interest: Native to Sri Lanka and south India, lemongrass is widely cultivated in tropical regions. It has a very long history of traditional use in Indian medicine, for example, it is made into tea as a remedy for gastric upsets. Listed in the Indian pharmacopoeia, it is a traditional antidote against infectious diseases, fevers and cholera. Known locally as ‘choomana poolu’, referring to its red grass stems, it is also known as Indian melissa oil or Indian verbena, although it is not the real oil of verbena as this can be ten times more expensive. According to folklore, if you plant lemongrass in your garden it will repel snakes, due to its powerful etheric properties.This grass is related to other oil-producing plants, such as lemon verbena, citronella grass, ginger grass, palma rosa and vetiver, and also many food-producing grains and grasses – a family of plants showing amazing diversity and adaptability. After harvesting, which takes place three or four times a year, the grass is left on the ground to increase the oil content. Approximately 2,000 tons of oil are distilled around the world each year, and it takes about 33 pounds of grass to produce 1 pound of oil. The exhausted grass is used to feed cattle. The Cymbopogon flexuosus oil is produced in the East Indies, however the West Indies reputedly make a finer quality of oil from the citratus variety. Research has shown that lemongrass is more effective against staphylococcus infection than either penicillin or streptomycin. It also decreases pain by reducing the amount of pain sensations that reach the brain, and by numbing the nerve endings.Lemongrass is used in medicine, as culinary flavouring, in soaps, perfumes and detergents, in veterinary medicine and in the pharmaceutical industry. It is also added to more expensive oils, adulterating these to make them go further and be more cost effective.Properties Beneficial To The Physical Body: Lemongrass is an intensely powerful antiseptic, fungicide, bacteriacide and disinfectant that helps fight the spread of infection. It is also an effective painkiller and can be applied to ease the discomfort and reduce swelling of arthritis, pulled ligaments, sports injuries and general body aches and pains. Its ability to boost the parasympathetic nervous system aids recovery from illness, and its purifying and tonic effect is diuretic and stimulating for the lymph drainage system. It is also reputed to regenerate connective tissue and …