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Lime Oil /Organic Lime Essential Oil

Bella Mira Essential Oil : Lime Essential Oil                                    

Country Of Origin: USA/Mexico

Certification: Organic Pressed Peel/Distilled

Classification: Citrus Aurantifolia essential oil

Other Names: linden essential oil, mexican lime essential oil, key lime essential oil, bartenders lime essential oil, west indian lime essential oil

Found in Blends: Inner Peace, Fresh Citrus, Migra-ease, Serenity, Composure, Faith, Accepting,  Muse

Interesting Facts: The English name “lime” must not be confused with its homonym meaning “calcium oxide” (a building material produced from limestone, calcium carbonate), which is related to loam or slime and derives from an Indo-European root LEI- with general meaning “smear, glue” (cf. German Lehm “clay”).

Lime trees grow spontaneously in England and many parts of Europe, and can live a very long time, the longest living tree is recorded to be over 700 years old.

A particular Greek myth speaks of a time when the gods, Zeus and Hermes, decided to pay a visit to the land of mortals to see if they were behaving themselves. In disguise, they knocked on many doors and found that no one would give them shelter, eventually, they came to the house of Philemon and Baucis who welcomed them. To reward them of their generosity, Zeus granted them their wish to remain together forever after they died and transformed Philemon into an Oak tree and Baucis into a tilia (lime tree) so they could be side by side. It is common to find that oak trees and limes grow close to each other.

In Celtic time right up to the middle ages, the lime tree was considered sacred and it was common for judicial cases to be heard while the court sat under a lime tree as it was said to inspire fairness and justice.
Lime trees were planted by royal decree along many roads to ensure that the harvest of its flowers was plentiful, as it was used a lot for its medicinal properties.
Sitting under lime tree was said to cure epilepsy and other nervous illnesses.

Lime Essential Oil Uses: organic lime essential oil has a much longer shelf life than the pressed peel. The lime fruit is often used indiscriminately in place of lemon with which it shares many qualities. Organic lime essential oil is beneficial to use for viral infections, flu, fevers, eases inflammation, cough, cold congestion, muscle tonic, spasms, sore throat, aids cardio-vascular disease, liver pains, stomach cramps, flatulence, intestinal spasms. Organic lime essential oil makes a nice-smelling deodorant.

Lime Essential Oil Properties (Constituents): citral, limonene, β-pinene and fenchone (up to 15%). Further aroma compounds are terpineol, bisabolene and other terpenoids.

Safety Precautions: It is phototoxic, avoid direct sunlight on areas where the oil has been applied.

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