EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS (Commonly called blue gum)

Steam distilled from leaves in Australia, China. Spain, France, Madagascar. This oil is often rectified or synthetically produced.

SAFETY: Avoid during pregnancy, lactation, or with small children. Possible phototoxicity-avoid exposure to direct sunlight or UV light source for several hours after applying oil to skin. Contains ketones, avoid with liver degeneration or siezures.

USAGE HISTORY: Established usage in local folk medicine (Australia). Used in 1800’s by British hospitals to sterilize surgical equipment. The Koala bear eats the leaves of this tree as its only food.

PROPERTIES:

• Internal-oral (in homeopathic amounts only), suppository; topical; inhalation
• Lowers blood sugar in diabetics
• Vapors open sinus and breathing passages, deepen breathing, increases resorption of mucus in respiratory tract (Expectorant)
• Relieves aches and pains (Analgesic, antirheumatic, anti-inflammatory)
• Disinfectant (Antibacterial, antiseptic, antifungal, antiviral)
• Treats deep lung infections, tuberculosis, bronchitis, diphtheria, colds, malaria, bacterial and viral infections
• Uterine and vaginal infection, urinary tract infection
• Blood thinner, increases circulation
• Insect repellant, insect bite treatment (Parasiticide, insecticide)
• Burns, herpes outbreak, lice, cradle cap, oxygenates skin cells
• Systems: Immune, integumentary, respiratory, muscular-skeletal, genito-urinary, reproductive, nervous.

PERFUME NOTE: Top note

EMOTIONAL/SPIRITUAL:

• Improves mental clarity, alertness and concentration
• Purifying to energetic environment
• Expands and opens human energy field
• Chakra: Heart, throat, brow