Lemongrass Essential Oil

In aromatherapy, lemongrass essential oil is often used and has many benefits for those who use it. It is a tall grass that grows well in the warm climate and comes from Southeastern Asia.

Lemongrass has been used for a long time in Thai dishes, tea brews, Indian dishes, and Chinese recipes. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it is safe.

Aldehydes comprise three main parts of lemongrass and citronella essential oils, mainly used for their anti-inflammatory effects. When used in aromatherapy, lemongrass essential oil possesses stimulating, calming, and anti-depressant properties and has traits that relax and balance.

The use of Lemongrass essential oils extends miles beyond the kitchen. They are often used as an air fresheners for a variety of purposes, including:

• relieving headaches
• improving dandruff condition
• skin purification
• massage oil
• easing indigestion
• support healthy digestion used internally

The benefits of Lemongrass essential oil are vast whether they are applied topically, used aromatically, or taken internally.

Lemongrass essential oils, according to aromatherapy advocates, are used to improve biological states such as:

• Anxiety 
• Acne 
• Athlete’s foot 
• Excessive sweating 
• Indigestion 
• Muscle aches 
• Improves high blood pressure
• Antibacterial properties 
• Anti-inflammatory properties
• Relieves gastric ulcers and relieves nausea
• Ease diarrhea
• Has skin cleansing properties
• Repels insects naturally 
• Promotes positive outlook, and improves awareness
• Enhances massages activities
• Purifies air from bad odors
• Reduce musky, moist, and damp environments. 
• Promote toned, pure skin with purifying, and toning benefits for the skin

Key Constituents:

• Geranial
• Geraniol
• Neral
• Geranyl acetate

• Citrus, herbaceous and smoky. Kind of like a hay field type aroma.

Uses: 

• Get rid of the dusty, musty, dull bedroom with Lemongrass’s bright and sweet fragrance.
• Removes the stench and oily smell of your kitchen with these powerful stench kills, filling your kitchen again with a crisp, grassy, and pleasant smell after cooking.
• Replace your chemical-based air fresheners with this natural, premium essential oils. Just add ten drops into a small bottle filled with distilled water, spritz it onto tiles, carpets, furniture, linens and get rid of the odors.

Directions to use:

• Aromatherapy (Diffusions): Drip two to five drops of Lemongrass essential oils into the nebulizers or the diffusers of your choice.
• Topical use: Drip a few drops into a carrier oil and dilute it, such as Jojoba, Avocado, Argan carrier oils. The dilution with a carrier oil before application to the skin minimizes skin sensitivity. It is good to follow a 1:4 dilution ratio, one drop essential to four drops carrier ratio.
• Do not use undiluted on skin.

Any cautions? 

Possible skin sensitivity. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, nursing, or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. Avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas.

Q. Can Lemongrass essential oil be used if you are allergic to grass?

A. Lemongrass and grass are not the same plants. However, before using any of our products, we recommend that you consult with a health practitioner. We place a high value on our customers’ health and well-being.

Q. How much plant material is required to make Lemongrass essential oil?

A. Lemongrass essential oil requires approximately 750 grams (1.7 pounds) of plant material to make a 15 ml bottle.

Q. Lemongrass essential oil when applied topically? Benefits? 

A. When applied topically or cosmetically, Lemongrass Oil can eradicate or limit the growth of harmful germs due to its Citral content, which has anti-microbial effects. Lemongrass oil can reduce inflammation and limit blood flow by constricting blood vessels due to its Limonene content. 

When used in shampoos, it is thought to prevent hair loss. Lemongrass deodorant is effective, affordable, environmentally friendly, and long-lasting.

Q. When used medicinally? What are some of the Lemongrass Essential Oil benefits? 

A. When used medicinally, the analgesic qualities of lemongrass essential oil have been proven to ease muscular and joint problems produced by overexertion of muscles during exercise. It has been demonstrated to boost energy while reducing fever and headaches associated with viral diseases like the flu. 

Because it is an antibacterial, it is beneficial in lotions and creams that prevent wound infections. Alleviating abdominal pain can help with stomach aches and digestive tract spasms. It functions as a detoxifier by boosting perspiration and thereby promoting the sweating out of bodily pollutants.