What is LCA Organic Grapefruit Essential Oil 10 ml used for?
LCA Grapefruit essential oil regulates appetite. It's ideal for slimming diets, as it helps curb snacking cravings . Grapefruit essential oil is a digestive stimulant, nervous system tonic, hair loss fighter, astringent, air antiseptic, detoxifier, liver and kidney drainer, diuretic and depurative.
It contracts and stimulates tissues. It is therefore very useful in the care of oily skin. Grapefruit essential oil also has a diuretic action that promotes slimming by eliminating water retention problems. It also combats hair loss.
It has many virtues, including
- Air antiseptic: a powerful disinfectant when diffused in the air, thanks to its bactericidal and antiviral properties. It can be used to purify ambient air or disinfect a room.
- Neurotropic: stimulates and increases blood pressure, making the autonomic nervous system more receptive and responsive. Be careful, however, not to use it with Lavender Fine essential oil, whose calming function is the opposite.
- Hepatic detoxifier: regulates liver function, calming digestive problems, nausea and the after-effects of difficult nights out.
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How to use this essential oil
- Grapefruit essential oil is photosensitizing, so don't apply it to the skin before exposure to the sun.
- It is also irritating and dermocaustic in its pure state, so dilute it 20% in a vegetable oil before applying to the skin (20% essential oil with 80% vegetable oil).
As a vapour:
- For pregnant women over 3 months, and babies and children over 3 months, diffusion is an authorized method of use.
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Precautions for use
Grapefruit essential oil is reserved foradults andadolescents.
It can be applied diluted to the skin. Ingestion and inhalation are authorized, but diffusion is the preferred method of use.
Finally, due to its high limonene content, this essential oil is allergenic and presents a risk of nephrotoxicity when ingested in large doses over long periods.
What is its composition?
Botanical name: Citrus Paradisi
Part of plant extracted : Zest
Production process: Complete steam distillation
- Monoterpenes (90-98%): limonene, trace mercaptan
- Monoterpene aldehydes (1.5%): citrals, citronnellal in particular
- Monoterpenols (1.4%)
- Coumarins and furocoumarins
- Trace esters and sesquiterpenes
100% pure chemotyped essential oil (free from other related essential oils) 100% integral (not bleached, not deterpenated, not rectified...) 100% natural (not denatured with synthetic molecules).
Presentation of LCA Organic Grapefruit essential oil
10 ml bottle.
Our advice and expert opinions
How to use LCA Organic Grapefruit essential oil:
- Bloating, difficult digestion, indigestion, nausea: dilute in a vegetable oil and massage into the stomach and soles of the feet. Use internally after consulting a therapist.
- Liver overload: dilute in a vegetable oil to massage the liver area. Use internally after consulting a health professional.
- Oily hair, hair loss: dilute 2 drops of grapefruit essential oil in shampoo.
- Cellulite, heavy legs, poor circulation, water retention, varicose veins: dilute in a vegetable oil to massage the legs, starting from the feet.