This warm, cheerful essential oil can be used to help promote a positive outlook and complement harmony, courage and emotional balance. It has a range of cleansing, healing and tonic properties that support general body and skin care and repair. And an uplifting, fresh aroma that makes it popular in natural cleaning blends. Blends well with: most essential oils.
- Harmonising Atmosphere: Blend with any essential oil to create an harmonic atmosphere, particularly where a group of people are gathered. Blend with Geranium to enhance communication and understanding between people, or with Lavender and Cedarwood for relaxation of the body and mind.
- Calm: A few drops of Orange Sweet added to an AromaStone and dispersed into the bedroom overnight supports gentle relaxation of body and mind, good to counter fear and nightmares. If diffused during the day it promotes healthy emotional balance and harmony between people living or working together. Add 10 drops to your diffuser. Repeat as required.
- Mind Tonic: Add 5-10 drops to a diffuser to create a refreshing and uplifting atmosphere that promotes a positive outlook and balanced emotions.
- Emotions: The scent of Orange Sweet may help to balance emotional sensitivity, especially in woman during pregnancy and the phases of the menstrual cycle. Add 10 drops to a diffuser. Repeat as required.
Traditional Uses
For thousands of years the orange has provided both food and medicine. A valuable medicinal herb, the orange originated in India and by the Middle Ages was a favourite with Arabian physicians and in Chinese medicine. It was also used extensively in perfumery. The bittersweet oil is reported to to stimulate digestion and relieve flatulence. The oil's calming properties have also been used to help reduce heart rate, to encourage sleep and to calm the mind.
Warnings
Add milk prior to dispersing in the bath as contact with heat makes orange sweet more reactive with the skin. For sensitive skin, avoid use in the bath. Safe for use during pregnancy or around children when diffused. If ingested, drink milk. Avoid eyes, flush with water. Keep out of reach of children.