Why the Limonene
in Orange Oil Can Provide a POWERFUL Boost to Your Immune System (and Why
Orange Oil is Especially Recommended for Creative Folks)
Who doesn't love the smell of a freshly peeled orange?
Sweet and warm, the scent instantly energizes and refreshes.
Cold-pressed from the skin of oranges, orange essential oil has long been
used in Chinese medicine to treat coughs and colds. The Romans also recognized
the benefits of oranges and used orange water to cure hangovers.
Oranges are more than just a tasty snack. In fact, orange
essential oil is 70 times more concentrated than a single orange
and can spark your creativity, enhance your ability to fight off colds
and flu, and may even prevent cancer!
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These days, orange oil is perhaps one of the best oils to diffuse in the
air during your workday because it can help you feel energized as you accomplish
all your tasks.
But orange oil is so versatile that it can be used for your body, your mind,
and even your home!
Orange Oil: Everyday Uses for Excellent Health
Orange essential oil for your body:
- Aids digestion and detoxifies your system
- Eases constipation
- Relieves water retention
- Stimulates your adrenals
- Promotes circulation
- Combats cellulite
- Increases your absorption of vitamin C
- Supports your immunity to fight colds and flu
- Strengthens and rejuvenates your skin
Orange essential oil for your mind:
- Reduces stress, nervousness and tension
- Energizes and fights lethargy and fatigue
- Treats depression during menopause
- Induces sleep when combined with lavender
- Promotes creative thinking
- Moves energy out of your head and into your heart
- Encourages right brain functioning
Orange essential oil for your home:
- Cleans and disinfects
- Removes stains, especially from counter tops
- Is an effective degreaser
Limonene and Orange Oil: Potent Anti-Cancer Ingredient
Besides being such an effective mind and body healer, new research has shown
that limonene, a component that makes up greater than 90% of pure orange
oil, has amazing anti-cancer properties.
The limonene (also known as d-limonene) in orange essential oil can be
effective in fighting melanoma, liver, breast, lung, and pancreatic cancers.1
For skin cancers, people use limonene topically; it can also be taken internally
as an effective natural cancer treatment and preventative.
How to Use Your Orange Essential Oil
Here at Body ecology, we recommend Forever
Young Essential Oils for their commitment to the highest standards and
quality. Even though you may not know it, essential oil brands (including
those sold in health food stores) can label their products 100% pure, while
extending them up to 50% with other chemicals (some of them cancer-causing).
Forever Young Essential Oils are unique because they are third-party E.O.B.B.D.
(Essential Oils Botanically and Biochemically
Defined) tested for 100% purity. You can immediately tell their
quality by smelling the deep, rich scent.
We asked Dana Young, founder of Forever Young, for some suggestions on
how to use Orange oil. Here are his suggestions:
Anti Cellulite Treatment: Mix 5 drops each of Orange,
Rosemary
and Cypress
essential oils into 8 ounces of a carrier oil, like organic unrefined sweet
almond oil and apply to affected areas.
Air freshener: Add a few drops to purified water and spritz in the
air.
Topically: Use neat (without a carrier oil) directly on skin or source
of pain.*
Massage: Mix 2 to 4 drops into your favorite lightly scented unrefined
organic oil (like coconut oil or almond oil) for therapeutic and energizing
benefits.
Orange Essence Tea: Mix 2 to 4 drops with 1 teaspoon of honey for
a delicious citrus tea.*
* Dana Young tells us that Forever Young's pure essential oils are formulated
so that many of them can be applied directly to your skin, used in tea, capsules
or in cooking. As with anything else, we believe the principle of uniqueness
applies, so use common sense in trying any new food, supplement or essential
oil.
If you choose to use essential oils neat (without a carrier oil) or ingest
them, be sure that you are using a 100% pure essential
oil such as Forever
Young's Orange Essential Oil.
Get Energized in Mind and Body with Orange Oil
Orange oil is versatile and pleasing to use on a regular basis whether you
are trying to stay healthy, engage your right brain to think 'outside the
box,' or just to clean your countertops.
Try orange oil today and you'll soon experience all the benefits oranges can
provide!
Sources:
Brudnak, Mark, "Cancer-Preventing Properties of Essential Oil Monoterpenes
D-Limonene and Perillyl Alcohol,"
http://www.positivehealth.com/permit/Articles/Cancer/brud53.htm
Crowell, Pamela, "Prevention and Therapy of Cancer by Dietary Monoterpenes,"
Journal of Nutrition. 1999;129:775-778. http://jn.nutrition.org/cgi/content/full/129/3/775S
Other Sources:
Orange Oil, Forever Young Essential Oils
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