CITRUS BERGAMIA Risso ( Citrus aurantium L. ssp. Bergamia Engl. ) Bergamot tree essential oil available in 10 ml bottle. Phytosun arôms Essential Oils are 100% pure and natural, Botanically and Biochemically Defined.
Organic Bergamot (Citrus Bergamia) Essential Oil has calming, sedative , central nervous system, anxiolytic and antidepressant properties. It is neuroprotective (in prevention of the accumulation of glutamate), antidepressant and melatoninergic. It is an anti-bacterial and anti-mycoplasma oil that can be used in food preservation. It is also an analgesic (linalool, linalyl acetate), an antispasmodic, a carminative, a digestive, laxative, an anti-inflammatory, an antifungal, but it is necessary to respect the doses recommended by your doctor or pharmacist.
This essential oil is traditionally used in the following cases:
Calming, sedative action of the central SN, anxiolytic and antidepressant type depression, anxiety, stress; Dilute 5% bergamot essential oil in wheat germ vegetable oil, then apply this mixture along the spine and on the solar plexus 2 times a day for 1 week.
Monoterpene esters : linalyl acetate (30 - 40%)
Monoterpenes : limonene (30-40%), alpha-pinene and beta-pinene, gamma-terpinene (6-10%)
Monoterpene alcohols : nerol, geraniol, linalool (7-15%)
Coumarins, furocoumarins : bergapten (0.15-0.35%) in the non-volatile fraction
Some essential oil suppliers have in their catalog essential oils of bergamot without furocoumarins, obtained by steam distillation of the essential oil of bergamot initially obtained by cold pressing of the zest of the fruit. This technique makes it possible to rid the essential oil of the components of the furocoumarins family.
In the citrus tribe, bergamot stands out, not only because it is a funny phenomenon full of sparkling and charming, but also because we wanted to attribute several places of birth and equally numerous parents. Indeed, some say that it comes from the west: they claim that it was Christopher Columbus who discovered the bergamot tree in the Canary Islands, then brought…
Read the article on the blogAn essential oil is an odoriferous liquid, ranging from fluid to thick, with a colour that varies according to the plant of origin. It is secreted by specialised cells. It is found in different parts of the plant: the leaves (such as peppermint and basil), the flowers (such as lavender and ylang ylang) and the wood (Atlas cedar, white sandalwood),…
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