What is Pranarôm Lemongrass Essential Oil 10ml used for?
Lemongrassessential oil has anti-inflammatory and anti-herpetic properties on HSV type 1. It inhibits viral replication when incubated for 24 hours at a concentration of 0.1%. It is a sedative, vasodilator and hypotensive essential oil. The citrals it contains are anti-cancerous and active on skin tumors.
This herbaceous plant grows in tropical regions. It grows in dense clumps, with strong roots, narrow, lanceolate, ribboned leaves and branching, lightly scented peduncles (1.5 m high). The essential oil of the strains yields the famous "West Indian Oil". Cymbopogon citratus (= Indian verbena) is also known as lemongrass, and is sometimes confused in supplier catalogs.
Lemongrass essential oil has shown promising results in the treatment of herpes simplex type 1. Its anti-herpetic properties help inhibit replication of the virus responsible for herpes, which can help prevent outbreaks and reduce symptoms associated with this skin infection.
Lemongrass has powerful antibacterial properties, making it a valuable ally in the fight against bacterial infections. Its active compounds, such as citral, geraniol and limonene, help inhibit bacterial growth, including antibiotic-resistant strains like multi-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA).
Studies have shown that Lemongrass essential oil has anti-cancer properties, notably by inducing apoptosis (programmed cell death) in cancer cells. Its active components, such as citrals, have cytotoxic effects on human cancer cell lines, making it a potential treatment for certain types of cancer.
In addition to its main properties, Lemongrass essential oil has other health benefits, including:
- Sedative and Nervous System Calming: Helps soothe and relax the nervous system, promoting relief from stress and anxiety.
- Febrifuge: Helps reduce fever by promoting perspiration.
- Insect repellent: Its lemony fragrance acts as a natural repellent against mosquitoes and other insects.
- Anti-inflammatory: Helps reduce inflammation and associated pain.
- Anti-allergic: The citrals present in Lemongrass essential oil have anti-allergic properties.
- Vasodilator and Hypotensive: It helps dilate blood vessels and lower blood pressure.
- Mucolytic and Lipolytic: Helps clear the respiratory tract and promote the breakdown of fats in the body.
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How to use this essential oil
Antiviral and herpes-type anti-inflammatory action; mix 1 drop of lemongrass essential oil, 1 drop oftea tree essential oil and 1 drop ofravintsara essential oil in 7 drops ofblack cumin vegetable oil. Apply 2 drops of this preparation to the fever blister 6 times a day.
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Precautions for use
- Avoid diffusing or inhaling this essential oil.
- Do not use in bath water
- Dermocaustic in its pure state, dilution required
- Caution in cases of prostatic hyperplasia
- Risk of enzymatic inhibition and therefore of drug interactions (ask your pharmacist for advice).
- Not recommended for animals
- Essential oil is contraindicated for pregnant women (risk of abortion) and nursing mothers.
- Caution for people with autoimmune diseases, epilepsy, asthma, Parkinson's disease or the elderly, as well as for neurosensitive individuals.
- Risk of neurotoxicity that may induce epileptic seizures at high doses
- Do not swallow
- Recommended for cutaneous use only
- Forbidden for internal use
- For adults only
- Risk of drug interactions with essential oils containing sesquiterpenes in excess of 10%.
What is its composition?
Lemongrass essential oil contains monoterpene aldehydes, monoterpene alcohols, sesquiterpene aldehydes, monoterpene hydrocarbons and sesquiterpene hydrocarbons.
Main molecules: Neral, geranial
Distilled part: Aerial part
Presentation
Pranarôm lemongrass essential oil comes in a 10ml bottle.
Our advice and expert opinion in pharmacy
We recommend lemongrass essential oil in the following cases:
- Neurovegetative dystonia
- Cellulite
- Liver failure
- Flu
- Herpes (local application)