Tea Tree (Melaleuca) essential oil 5 ml - doTERRA
Tea Tree (Melaleuca) essential oil 5 ml - doTERRA
Tea Tree // Melaleuca alternifolia
Tea Tree essential oil, often referred to as "melaleuca," consists of over 92 different compounds and offers amazing topical applications. Australian Indigenous people have used tea tree leaves for centuries. They crushed them into a paste and applied it directly to the skin for its cooling effect. It is most widely known for its cleansing and purifying properties. Its use results in cleaner and more well-maintained nails and skin, and it also contributes to maintaining healthy facial skin. Tea tree is often used to soothe and calm occasional skin irritations.
Primary Benefits
- Known for its cleansing and rejuvenating effects, it provides revitalizing freshness to the skin.
- Tea Tree (Melaleuca) essential oil possesses beneficial properties that help reduce the appearance of skin imperfections.
- It has a beneficial effect on hair, skin, and nails.
The Secret to Flawless Skin
Uses
- For occasional skin irritations, apply 1–2 drops of Tea Tree essential oil to the affected area.
- Add one or two drops to your facial cleanser to enhance its cleansing properties, or apply it to your face after shaving.
- Apply to fingernails and toenails after showering to cleanse and give your nails a healthy appearance.
- Pair with red cedar essential oil and apply as an invigorating aftershave oil blend.
Directions for Use
Cautions
Possible skin sensitivity. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. Avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas.
Sourcing
Melaleuca, or tea tree, is native to Australia. It thrives in sunny climates and moist soil. In Australia, tea tree grows from spring, through summer, and into autumn.
Certain areas of Kenya also have similar conditions for its growth as Australia, so tea tree also grows abundantly there. By sourcing Tea Tree essential oil partly from Kenya, we support smallholder farmers in the country's rural regions while continuing to obtain the highest quality essential oil.
Tea tree is a shrub-like, evergreen tree. The essential oil made from it is extracted from the leaves by steam distillation. Originally, it was used by the Indigenous Australians for health purposes, and then at the outbreak of World War II, many soldiers in the Australian army carried a small bottle of Tea Tree essential oil with them to war.
The Australian tea tree plantation that sources doTERRA is the natural habitat of kangaroos. The trees bear fruit from spring to late autumn, and harvesting only takes place during the winter months to extend the fruiting period as much as possible. Harvesting can be done on the same trees year after year, as the trees begin to regenerate three to six weeks after harvesting. Thanks to sustainable harvesting practices, the Australian tea tree plantations have continuously been able to enhance the integrity and productivity of the same land for 18 years.
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