Lemon essential oil organic
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Description
Description
A guide to Lemon essential oil
Lemon essential oil is cold-pressed from the fresh peels of organic Citrus limon, capturing a vibrant, sparkling scent and a powerful breadth of wellness benefits.
Renowned in aromatherapy and green cleaning for its purifying, energizing, and clarifying effects, this oil is a must-have for your daily routine, from skin care to emotional lift and home hygiene.
Key Benefits & High-Intent Features
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Uplifting & Energizing: Bright, zesty aroma instantly boosts mood, clears the mind, and enhances mental focus and alertness. Diffuse or inhale for a natural lift and to reduce stress or fatigue.
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Cleansing & Detoxifying: Naturally purifying—supports lymphatic drainage, liver detox, and immune function. Used in massage blends for lymph and water retention, or as a gentle remedy for bloating and mild digestive complaints.
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Antibacterial & Antioxidant: Powerful natural cleanser—used in home-made cleaning sprays, air purification, or to support wound healing and minor infections. Beneficial for DIY surface disinfectants and laundry fresheners.
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Skin Clarifying & Brightening: Tightens pores, tones skin, and helps clarify oily, acne-prone, or dull complexions. Rich in antioxidants and vitamin C (as found in the peel), this oil brightens and revitalizes skin, and may reduce the appearance of scars or age spots (always dilute and avoid sun exposure).
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Hair Health: Cleanses greasy hair, enhances scalp clarity, and revives shine—blend a drop or two into your shampoo or scalp treatment.
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Digestive & Immune Support: Supports digestive comfort and overall vitality—gargle with diluted lemon oil for sore throats (do not ingest essential oil unless specifically certified food-grade and with professional advice).
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Home Cleaning & Freshening: Adds a crisp, fresh scent to natural cleaning, deodorizing, laundry, and air freshening blends. Deters germs and bacteria naturally.
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Astringent & Cooling: Helps cool heated skin, soothe sunburns, and relieve itching or inflammation (when blended in carrier oil).
How to Use Lemon Essential Oil Organic
Aromatherapy:
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Diffuse 4–8 drops for a clean, invigorating environment and mental clarity.
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Blend with peppermint, eucalyptus, or lavender for custom air-purifying mood blends.
Topical (Always Dilute!):
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Skin Care: Add 1–2 drops per 10ml carrier oil, cream, or toner for clarifying and brightening oily or congested skin—always patch test and avoid sun exposure on treated areas for 12+ hours (phototoxicity risk).
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Massage: Use in lymph-draining, circulatory, cellulite, or muscle blends.
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Scalp/Hair: Blend a few drops into shampoo for added scalp freshness and shine.
Home:
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Add to homemade cleaning sprays, laundry rinse, or room deodorizers for powerful grease-cutting and odor control.
Safety & Precautions:
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Cold-pressed lemon oil is phototoxic; avoid sun exposure on skin areas treated within 12-24 hours after use.
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Always dilute before using on skin; not for undiluted or internal use unless advised by a professional.
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Keep out of eyes, mucous membranes, and away from children and pets.
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Store in a cool, dark place to preserve freshness.
Product Details
| Feature | Description |
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| Botanical Name | Citrus limon (Lemon) |
| Extraction Method | Cold Pressed |
| Parts Used | Fruit peel |
| Aroma | Fresh, clean, sweet, sharp citrus |
| Main Actives | Limonene, Beta-Pinene, Gamma-Terpinene |
| Quality | 100% Pure, Organic Essential Oil |
Bring home the radiance of Lemon Essential Oil Organic from eOil.co.za—your natural spark for energy, clarity, and sparkling clean living.
Brighten your world, lift your day, purify naturally—classic lemon, organic and pure.
IDENTIFICATION
quality: 100% pure and natural; FCF (FUROCOUMARIN) FREE (the natural chemical compounds responsible for sensitization of the skin to sunlight have been removed)
This lemon essential oil is safe to use in your Aromatherapy, your skin care synergies and natural perfumes with NO PHOTOSENTIZING effects. Lemon FCF can be used up to 15% in natural perfumes (IFRA)
NCI name ; Citrus Medica Limonum (Limon) Peel Oil
CAS number ; 8008-56-8; 84929-31-7
SKU code ; EO-LEM-0010
EXTRACTION METHOD ; Cold Pressed Essential Oil
PARTS USED ; Peels
ORIGIN ; South Africa | India
COMMON NAMES : Limon, Limoun, Limone
APPEARANCE : Pale yellow to slightly greenish yellow colored liquid
ODOUR NOTE : Intense, lemon-fresh, zesty, tangy odour
QUALITY : 100 % pure and natural organic whole essential oil.
Active ingredients: limonene ;β-pinene ; γ-terpinene. Expression of peels, followed by distillation to separate coumarins from essence.
Approx. Shelf Life: 3 years
STORAGE CONDITION ; Store in a cool dark place
Citrus Lemon (Citrus Limon - Limonum)
One of the most polyvalent oils
With its Antiseptic and detoxifying qualities, lemon essential oil helps purify the skin, or the ambient air. It acts as a fat-burning accelerator and fights water retention. Bright, crisp, tonic and refreshing, This Lemon essential oil is known to neutralise the Eberth bacillus, responsible for typhoid fever (Salmonella enterica typhi) and the staphylococcus bacteria in 5 min, the Klebs-Löffler bacillus (that causes diphtheria) in 20 min.
Attention: may be Photosensitizing (May irritate the skin when exposed to the sun. Always dilute and avoid direct sunlight after use)
USE FOR
Massages & body care
- Body massage use 1 to 6 drops essential oil for 10 ml carrier oil (0.5 to 2 % concentration) ++
- Face care use 1 to 3 drops essential oil for 10 ml carrier or base (0.5 to 1 % concentration) ++
- Body & Hair care use 2 to 6 drops essential oil for 10 ml carrier or base (1 to 2 % concentration) ++
Diffusion
- Ultrasonic Diffusers for air purification, use 10 mn 3 times a day. +++
- Spray Add 5 drops of essential oil for 10 ml of vegetable glycerine and add water +++
Others
- Cooking add to make your own aromatized syrup, to prepare pancakes, cakes and cookies, jams and compotes. Add in sauces for fish, coconut milk… +++
- Homecare add to homemade cleansing products +++
For more detailed information, please go check this LINK TO Instructions of use essential oils page
DO NOT USE UNDILUTED and seek medical and specialist advise when in doubt
SEE OUR PAGE ON PRECAUTION - HOW TO USE ESSENTIAL OILS SAFELY
REPORTED BENEFITS
Reported benefits & properties:
- Antibacterial
- Antiseptic
- Antiviral
- Tonifying: Contains Vitamin P-similar (help absorb vit. C, decreases the permeability of capillaries and increases resistance), supports skin cells youth
- Natural immunity stimulating
- Combat fatigue and Exhaustion
TRADITIONALLY USED FOR
Traditionally used:
- In DIY cleaning and purifying products
- To fight nausea or motion sickness
- To help prevent epidemic spreads (colds, flu, gastro…)
- In homemade creams to help fight skin aging
- To help with circulatory legs problems, varicose, heavy legs, …
- To improve brittle nails
- Included in oily hair serums
- Added to oily and acne prone facial creams, masks and scrubs
- In fighting adipose skins and cellulite
SOME RECIPES - SYNERGIES
- Lemon Energizing Diffuser: Mix 4 drops lemon, 3 drops peppermint, 2 drops rosemary in your diffuser.
- Lemon Citrus Perfume: Blend 6 drops lemon, 4 drops sweet orange, 2 drops grapefruit in 10 ml jojoba oil.
- Lemon All-Purpose Cleaner: Combine 20 drops lemon, 3 drops tea tree, 250 ml distilled water, 250 ml white vinegar in a spray bottle.
- Lemon Nail Strengthener: Mix 4 drops lemon, 3 drops lavender, 30 ml sweet almond oil, massage into nails and cuticles.
- Lemon Fresh Room Spray: Add 10 drops lemon, 6 drops eucalyptus, 100 ml distilled water in a spray bottle.
BLEND WELL WITH
- Air sanitizers in Diffusers: Ravintsara, Pine, Sweet Orange, Grapefruit, peppermint
- Breathe well, in diffusers: Niaouli, Eucalyptus radiata
- Skin, Hands, and Nails: Rose geranium, Lavender, Pine, Tea tree, Palmarosa, Rosemary
Bad breath Synergy
a few drops to gargle and rinse. you can either swallow or spit after 30 seconds of gargling
- 10 drops of Peppermint essential oil
- 5 drops of cardamom essential oil
- 10 drops of Lemon essential oil
- 50 drops of olive carrier oil
CAUTION
Do not use during the first 3 months of pregnancy / breastfeeding
Keep out of reach of children and pets.
As a general rule, always perform a skin patch test before using your essential oils for the first time.
Due to the natural origin of our products, some ingredients may contain trace proteins or allergens, especially in unrefined oils.
We strongly recommend performing a patch test on a small skin area 48 hours before full use to check for sensitivities.
Always dilute essential oils appropriately and follow our recommended usage guidelines to ensure safe application.
If you experience any irritation or allergic reaction, discontinue use immediately and consult a healthcare professional
For more detailed information, please go check this LINK TO Instructions of use essential oils page
DO NOT USE UNDILUTED and SEEK MEDICAL AND SPECIALIST ADVISE WHEN IN DOUBT.
SEE OUR PAGE ON PRECAUTION - HOW TO USE ESSENTIAL OILS SAFELY
Lemon essential oil organic
