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9 Reasons You Should Stockpile Lemon Essential Oil (Got A Wood Stove? Try No. 5)
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With its fantastic, fresh aroma and multiple uses, lemon essential oil is truly a favorite oil. I use it for everything from boosting my mood to clearing my head to deodorizing my home and keeping those pesky bugs off of my window screens.
Lemon essential oil is extracted from the fresh rind of the fruit from the citrus tree. Like all citrus species, lemon trees are evergreen, producing several crops of fruit in a year. The fruit’s peel is full of tiny sacs that contain the essential oil, and the fresh aroma is intensely fruity, tangy and citrusy, with wonderful light, fizzy top notes.
The History Of Lemon
Lemon was used by the ancient Romans for upset stomachs and to sweeten the breath. In southern European countries such as Spain and Italy where lemon trees have thrived for centuries, the fruit was, and still is, regarded as a cure-all, especially for fevers and infections. Later, it was also used by the British Navy to prevent scurvy and is now used all over the world for almost everything.
Lemon essential oil is not only stimulating and invigorating but also is a natural astringent, deodorizer, diuretic, antiseptic and bug-deterrent.
Source: http://www.offthegridnews.com/how-to-2/9-reasons-you-should-stockpile-lemon-essential-oil-got-a-wood-stove-try-no-5/
