Sweet Orange
SCIENTIFIC NAME
Citrus sinensis
BIOTANICAL FAMILY
Rutaceae
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN
North America, Australia, Brazil, Israel, and South Africa
PLANT PART
Fresh fruit rind
NOTE
Top
EXTRACTION METHOD
Cold pressed
AROMA
Fresh, citrusy, sweet but sparkling and sharp
GC/MS REPORT
Monoterpenes: Limonene (95%)
NOTES ON CHEMICAL COMPONENTS
Limonene's known therapeutic properties include: analgesic, antibacterial, antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, anxiolytic, immunostimulant, and skin healing and penetration enhancer.
THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS
Nervous system - helps relieve nervousness, anxiety, insomnia. Musculoskeletal system - helps relieve muscolar aches and joint pains, swollen tissue. Digestive system - relieves cramps and spasms, good for treating constipation, flatulance, and irritable bowel. Skin care - beneficial in soothing dry skin and acne; regenrative nature good for aging skin.
EMOTIONAL/ENERGETIC QUALITIES
Antidepressant; uplifting; brings vitality, joy, hope, light-hearted approach to life; jumpstarts creativity.
ADMINISTRATION METHOD
Bath, topical application (diluted), and inhalation
ETNOBOTANY LORE AND ANCIENT PARTICLES
There are several culivars within the species Citrus sinensis - the three most common are navel, Jaffa, and Valencia. The tree (and its fruit) is much smaller than the bitter orange one and less hardy. The orange tree is believed to be native to the Himalayas and southern China. In the sixteenth century, Protuguese explorers introduced the fruit to Europe and Columbus brought the tree to the Americas; it was primarily grown in Florida and West Indies. In ancient China orange dried peels were used to treat coughs, colds, and anorexia. Today the oil is used extensively in food flavouring and coloring; orange wax - a by-product of orange oil processing - is used in perfumery. d-limonene redistilled from the oil is used in the plastics industry and quick drying inks.
SAFETY
Non-toxic, non-irritant, and non-sensitizing; it is not considered phototoxic
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