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Lemon Essential Oil: Why Is It a Household Necessity?

By BC Olvido | Update Date: Dec 29, 2016 01:28 PM EST

Lemon Essential Oil is one of the most popular essential oil available. It holds a powerhouse of health and cleaning benefits which makes it ideal for personal and household use.

Lemon Essential Oil 101. Lemon Essential Oil's main component is D-limonene, which is found in all citrus oils. Citrus oil's clinical properties include anti-oxidant, anti-bacterial, weight loss, anti-cancer, antiseptic, anti-depressant, and immune stimulating, to name a few.

Lemon essential oil is extracted from the lemon peel. It takes roughly 45 medium-sized lemons to make 15 ml of pure essential oil. This makes one drop of essential oil very concentrated considering that 1 ml would roughly be equivalent to 3 lemon peels.

Benefits of Lemon Essential Oil. Lemon essential oil is one of the most popular essential oils on the market. This is primarily because it has so many associated health benefits.

One of lemon oil's best-known benefits is for cleaning and purification. This is both internally and externally. Lemon oil can be directly ingested for internal cleaning and purification and it can be used in do-it-yourself home cleaning products.

Lemon essential oil will also help with digestion and weight loss. Several studies have suggested that drinking lukewarm water with lemon first thing in the morning will improve cardiovascular health, maintain healthy weight levels, and can also improve digestion.

How to Use Lemon Oil. Lemon essential oil can be ingested directly if it is pure and food grade. Lemon oil with water and honey or directly in a vegetable capsule. But while lemon oil will improve the user's health, this should also be taken sparingly since one drop is highly concentrated.

Lemon oil can also be mixed with witch hazel and water or a carrier oil to make household cleaning products. Lemon oil will not only kill germs and disinfect, it can also whiten tiles and clothes naturally. This is evidently a safer alternative to using commercially-sold bleach and detergent which is filled with chemicals.

Lemon oil market. The citrus oil market is highly dependent on ingredients and its application. Raw lemons need to be grown and in season. As for the application, it would also depend on what the particular product is marketing.

The global citrus market remains to look promising, particularly for lemon oil. It is one of the bestselling products for various essential oil companies and it is in high demand for oral health and household cleaning supplies.

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