Tea Tree Essential Oil

Name: Tea Tree Essential Oil
SKU: TTO001
Availability: InStock

$8.00 – $20.00

Tea Tree essential oil benefits are:
Bodycare – as a cleanser and gentle healing agent (antiseptic) for minor burns, cuts and abrasions.
The oil is known to have anti-viral, anti-microbial and anti-fungal benefits, used to help clear acne and also dandruff.
Spiritual – Tea Tree is a warming oil which stimulates the nervous system, relieves stress and purifies.
Tea Tree oil is used world wide due to its natural anti-microbial and anti-inflammatory properties.

Dilute and apply a few drops of Tea Tree essential oil on the affected area if using to stop infection. Always try a skin test first in case of a reaction to the oil. Efficacy trials on the medicinal benefits of Tea Tree oil are ongoing.

Tea Tree Essential Oil – Melaleuca alternifolia – is an evergreen tree indigenous to Australia, often known as the Paperbark Tree.

Australian Tea Tree Essential Oil is now grown and sustainably managed in commercial plantations mainly in Northern New South Wales, central Queensland and the Atherton Tablelands where climatic conditions are ideal for this very versatile plant.

WE CURRENTLY HAVE A SUPPLY OF ORGANIC TEA TREE WHICH YOU WILL RECEIVE IN YOUR ORDER UNTIL SUPPLY RUNS OUT

The Tea Tree leaves and terminal branches are harvested initially after around 3 years growth then managed from coppice thereafter. They are chipped then steam distilled, delivering a volatile, aromatic oil of a pale yellow hue.

Early Indigenous Australians used Tea Tree oil from the leaves for healing wounds and as an anti-inflammatory agent. Then our pioneers took advantage of its medicinal qualities – as an antiseptic, as well as using the leaves for drinking from a billy as a pungent tea (hence its name). The Australian troops in the Second World War took with them in their kits, Australian Tea Tree oil to help heal their wounds.

From anecdotal evidence of Tea Tree Essential Oil use, Australian aborigines would crush the leaves from the Tea Tree and inhale the aroma to treat chest infections or sprinkle the liquid on wounds to counteract infection.

There are other Tea Tree oil products on the market which are not of the same quality as the Australian grown and processed Tea Tree. Be aware when you are purchasing your Tea Tree oil and read the label carefully. Price may be a contributing factor.

The demand for Australian Tea Tree oil is increasing and so is supply responding with the increase in sustainably managed plantations. This is due mainly to the known anti-microbial benefit of the oil and its effectiveness in sterilising large areas in hospitals and medical institutions used currently in Europe.

Store your Tea Tree oil below 30c and keep out of the reach of children.

Major plant chemical compounds: cineole