{LEARNING ABOUT EO}: Wild Orange Essential Oil

WILD ORANGE – I LOVE wild orange. It always elevates my mood! Just add 1-2 drops on your palms, rub the palms and breathe! Another way of using Wild Orange is to add it in your drinking water – 1 drop in a glass of water (use glass bottles or ceramic, I like glass more as it doesn’t change the taste of a water/oil).

Here are a few more ways to use Wild Orange:

1. Diffuse to help uplift mood and energy levels (great to use it in the car, put a few drops on the cotton ball and place next to the air conditioning)

2. Use in a moisturizing and exfoliating sugar scrub.

3. Use in your favorite food dishes! Wild Orange is excellent in protein shakes, chocolate chip cookies, smoothies, salads and much more.

4. Use in an all-purpose spray to help clean your counters.

5. Use it as a perfume, add 1-2 drops in your lotion

6. I also love adding Wild Orange (2-3 drops for 4-5 quartered apples) in to a bowl of fruit (usually apples) and water, let sit for 1-2 minutes, and stir. This enhances the flavor and stops fruit from browning. Plus it tastes different and yummy.

7. I add Wild Orange in my home made cleaning solutions. For example, mix 3-4 drops of Wild Orange and 2 table spoons of baking soda for cleaning the top of a stove.

8. Sometimes I mix different oils in my hot bathtub and Wild Orange is one of them.

Here is a research that was done in a dental office in Austria:

Essential oils have been used as remedies for a long time in different cultures across the world. However, scientific proof of such application is scarce. We included 72 patients between the ages of 22 and 57 while waiting for dental treatment in our study. The participants were assigned to either a control group (14 men, 23 women) or to an odor group (18 men and 17 women). Ambient odor of orange was diffused in the waiting room through an electrical dispenser in the odor group whereas in the control group no odor was in the air. We assessed by means of self-report demographic and cognitive variables, trait and state anxiety, and current pain, mood, alertness, and calmness. In this study, we report that exposure to ambient odor of orange has a relaxant effect. Specifically, compared to the controls, women who were exposed to orange odor had a lower level of state anxiety, a more positive mood, and a higher level of calmness. Our data support the previous notion of sedative properties of the natural essential oil of orange (Citrus sinensis).
Source www.aromaticscience.com

How do you love to use wild orange essential oil? Please share in a comment below.

Stay happy!
Love,
Olga