Tangerine Essential Oil (Citrus Reticulata)

In Chinese culture, the tangerine fruit established its name as an emotional cleanser, as it was often used to keep negative emotions at bay. During spring when most people were bubbling with joy and embracing the spring-cleaning bug, the tangerine fruit was freshly picked and placed in every room to set the tone and encourage positivity.

Much can be said about the oil today. Tangerine essential oil plays on the emotions to dispel irritability, mood swings, frustration, and bursts of anger.

Cold-pressed from the peel of the fruit, tangerine oil is useful for digestive issues, including constipation, flatulence, and bloating.

Properties: sedative, anti-depressant, anxiolytic, diuretic, stimulant, antispasmodic, antimicrobial, antiseptic, tissue regenerative, carminative, anti-inflammatory, digestive, stomachic

Aroma: Orange-like, citrusy-sweet, fruity; fresh

Perfumery Note: Top

Blends with: neroli, juniper berry, lavender, lime, geranium, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, cedarwood, petitgrain, bergamot, sweet basil, clary sage, frankincense, orange, cardamom, carrot seed, niaouli, patchouli, chamomile

Specific benefits of tangerine essential oil:

Adds to the aesthetics of your skin
Tangerine essential oil contains skin regenerative and antiseptic properties, which are ideal for controlling acne, cleansing the skin; minimizing the appearance of spots, scars, and stretch marks.

Look and feel great in your own skin by adding this citrusy-sweet aromatic oil to your skincare regimen. Your radiant skin will roar. When you add a few drops of tangerine oil to our clear skin blend, you kick things up a notch and take your skincare regimen to the next level.

Relieves stomach discomfort and uneasiness
An upset stomach isn’t fun, especially when you have places to go. Tangerine oil is a great digestive and carminative. Are you always bloated? Do you often suffer from indigestion after a sumptuous meal? Tangerine oil removes the discomfort from your day by quieting your upset stomach so that you can continue with your day’s activities.

Soothes nervous tension
Make a distressing situation less intense and grueling on your psychological health. If you’re tense, irritable, and stressed, tangerine essential oil is a great option to soothe nervous tension.

Instead of constantly wearing a frown, tangerine essential oil relaxes the face and, more importantly, give your mental and emotional health a break.

Helps insomniacs sleep
Toss and turn no more in bed, but sleep like you’ve never before. This sweet-fruity volatile oil gets you to wind down and silences restlessness.

Its rich limonene content boasts sedative and relaxant actions to ensure you get the slumber of your life. With a healthier sleep pattern, you’ll have more brain power and alertness to overcome the demands of a bustling day. Tangerine essential oil works great with our sweet dreams blend.

Wakes up sluggish circulation
Get blood flowing properly in the body, especially if you work jobs that require standing or sitting for an extended period of time.

Tangerine oil also works against fluid retention, which wards off swelling in various parts of the body. As fluid retention does cause weight gain, encouraging blood flow through the use of tangerine might even help you shed a few pounds.

Spiritual awareness
Are you prone to slipping into a dark place where your emotions reek of negativity? The lively, cheerfulness of tangerine can pull you out.

Tangerine essential oil endorses courage, cheerfulness, and creativity. When you feel overwhelmed and entrapped by the shackles of the mind, the oil’s uplifting embrace is liberating.

With tangerine’s aromatic influence you are spontaneous, emboldened, and ready to break free from the cage you’ve placed yourself in.

When you tap into creative energy and positive vibration, your life is instantaneously imbued with fun, laughter, and a booming imagination. If you’ve lost that innocent spark that you once had as a child, tangerine essential oil brings you back to moments of lightheartedness. 

How to Use Essential Oils

Biological Activities and Safety of Citrus spp. Essential Oils

Frazzled Nerve, Pick-me-up Blend

• 10 drops of PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL
• 10 drops of ROSEMARY CT. CINEOLE ESSENTIAL OIL
• 5 drops of tangerine essential oil
• 3 drops of LAVANDIN ESSENTIAL OIL (Lavandula x hybrida)

Add all the oils to your diffuser or according to the manufacturer’s guidelines. An alternative is to enjoy a nervous restorative and stimulating massage by combining your essential oils in 30 ml of extra virgin olive oil. Use to massage the chest and back region.

For pregnant women, use with caution by using fewer drops of essential oils. A single drop of each oil in a teaspoon of olive oil goes a long way. Best practice is to use after the 3rd trimester. Alternatively, stick to the diffuser option.

Avoid using if epileptic or prone to convulsions.

Scar Reduction Face Serum

• 2 drops of HELICHRYSUM ESSENTIAL OIL
• 1 drop of tangerine essential oil
• 1 drop of FRANKINCENSE ESSENTIAL OIL
• 5 ml of rosehip essential oil

Combine your oils together. Use twice daily. Recreate this blend as often as needed.

Stomach Upset and Indigestion Blend

• 5 drops of GINGER ESSENTIAL OIL
• 2 drops of tangerine essential oil
• 1 drop of SWEET FENNEL ESSENTIAL OIL
• 2 drops of PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL
• 5 ml of sweet almond oil

Combine your oils together and use to massage the abdomen. This blend isn’t safe for pregnant and breastfeeding women.

Therapeutic Benefits of Tangerine Essential Oil

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