Health Benefits of Tea Tree Essential Oil
The health benefits of Tea Tree Essential Oil can be attributed to its
properties like anti bacterial, anti microbial, anti septic, anti viral,
balsamic, cicatrisant, expectorant, fungicide, insecticide, stimulant and
sudorific.
Unlike the name suggest, the essential oil of Tea Tree is not extracted from the
plant of common tea. Neither it is synonymous to Tea Oil, which is extracted
from the seed of Tea plant. Instead, it is extracted through steam distillation
of twigs and leaves of Tea Tree, whose botanical name is Melaleuca Alternifolia.
Main constituents of Tea Tree Essential Oil are Alpha Pinene, Beta Pinene,
Sabinene, Myrcene, Alpha Phellandrene, Alpha Terpinene, Limonene, Cineole, Gamma
Terpinene, Para Cymene, Terpinolene, Linalool, Terpinenol and Alpha Terpineol.
This tree is a native to Australia and its oil was known among the original
inhabitants of Australia as an All-Cure medicine since time immemorial.
The All-Cure name given to this oil is not a bit exaggerated. The Tea Tree
oil can be used as a cure for almost all sorts of tropical infections and
diseases. You name it and it has the cure for that disease. It is invariably
found in almost all the households of Australia, particularly those having small
children. The magical healing and disinfectant properties make it a wonder-drug.
It also boosts up immunity.
No! That was not all! It has numerous aces up its sleeves which can be
covered under following general medicinal properties it possesses.
- Anti Bacterial: It is said that wherever Mother Nature
gave the diseases, she gave the cures there itself. The activity of
microbes, bacteria, virus and fungi are at their peaks in the Tropics and
hence most of the medicinal plants are found there too. Tea Tree is one such
plant. It can cure some of the ugliest bacterial infections of the Tropics.
Wounds, which are most prone to bacterial infections in this region, can be
effectively cured and protected using this oil. Although this oil is seldom
taken orally, but if so, in mild concentrations, can cure internal bacterial
infections too, such as those in colon, stomach, intestines, excretory
system and urinary system. It can also be used in treatment of Tuberculosis.
- Anti Microbial: Microbes prefer to keep safe distance
from this oil, since it is an effective anti microbial. It can kill and keep
away certain microbes (protozoa) which are responsible for causing Tropical
fevers, malaria etc.
- Anti Septic: Open wounds are most susceptible to
infection by bacteria and fungi and may result in septic or tetanus. Thus
they must be protected well in advance. For this, Tea Tree Oil can be a wise
choice as it is an excellent anti septic. It can be applied directly on the
wounds, boils, sores, cuts and certain eruptions, as well as insect bites
and stings, to protect them from infections. It is as good as any anti
biotic, but without its adverse side effects.
- Anti Viral: Viral infections are very hazardous and
re-appearing, since virus can survive under most intolerable conditions.
They can bear unimaginable heat, cold and even poison, as they develop a
protective shell called “Cyst” around them. Some viruses are intelligent
enough to develop a new cyst each time they are activated, like the Common
Cold Virus, to duck our immune system. They never die a natural death and
can live dormant (neither live, nor dead) for even hundreds of thousands of
years. They can be killed only if their cyst is ruptured using some compound
or they are subjected to extreme heat which is beyond their tolerance. The
Tea Tree Oil helps rupture this cyst in some viruses and can give protection
against them. It also helps cure viral infections like common cold,
influenza, mumps, measles, pox etc.
- Balsamic: The Essential Oil of Tea Tree has balsamic
properties, that is, it boosts health. It promotes absorption of nutrients
from food and gives protection from diseases too, thus proving beneficial
for total health.
- Cicatrisant: The Cicatrisant property of this essential
oil makes it heal wounds quicker and protect them from infections, as well
as help neutralization of the scar marks and after spots left by eruptions,
boils, pox, acne etc.
- Expectorant: Those who are suffering from cough and
cold, congestion, bronchitis and other troubles associated with cold, are
sure to get relief using this Tea Tree Essential Oil. It gives relief from
cough, cold, bronchitis and congestion.
- Fungicide: The Tea Tree Essential Oil is as effective
against fungal infections as it is against any bacterial or microbial
infections. It inhibits fungal growth and cures diseases like dermatitis,
athlete’s foot etc.
- Insecticide: It is obvious that an essential oil that
is so deadly for those adamant and hardy bacteria and viruses, will be
effective against insects too. Tea Tree Oil is an efficient insect deterrent
and insect killer. It does not let parasites and other insects like
mosquitoes, fleas, lice, flies etc. come near a person who has rubbed some
of this oil on his body. It kills internal insects and worms too, such as
intestinal worms like round worm and tape worm and others like hook worms.
- Stimulant: This essential oil has stimulating effects
on hormones secretions, circulations etc. but more prominently on immune
system. It boosts up immunity and acts as a shield against infections.
- Sudorific: Besides infections, another cause of
diseases is accumulation of toxins in the body. These toxins are either
generated by the body itself, as a by-product of various reactions, or get
inside the body somehow. Our body too, has certain mechanisms to throw away
these toxins. One of them is perspiration or sweating. It has many
advantages. It removes toxins, moistens the skin, open pores on skin and
keeps the body cool. Tea Tree Essential Oil, being a Sudorific, increases
sweating and promotes removal of toxins like uric acid. It also helps remove
excess water and salts from the body.
- Other Benefits: Gives relief from muscular pain, aches,
sprains,
Few Words of Caution: No potent threats, except that in some
rare cases it may be sensitizing to few people.
Source : www.organicfacts.net
Tea Tree Oil - 11ml
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