The health benefits of lemon oil can be attributed to its stimulating, calming, carminative, anti-infection, astringent, detoxifying, antiseptic, disinfectant, sleep inducing, and antifungal properties. These benefits of lemon oil include its ability to treat stress disorders, fever, infections, asthma, over weight, insomnia, skin disorders, hair disorders, stomach problems and tiredness.

Health benefits of lemon oil include the following:

• Stress: Lemon oil is calming in nature and therefore helps in removing mental fatigue, exhaustion, dizziness, anxiety, nervousness and nervous tension. It has to ability to refresh the mind by creating a positive mind-frame and removing negative emotions. It is also believed that inhaling lemon oil helps in increasing concentration and alertness. It can therefore be used as a room freshener in offices to increase the efficiency of the employees.
• Insomnia: Usage of lemon oil ensures good sleep and helps those suffering from insomnia.
• Immune System: Lemon oil has high vitamin content and therefore it helps in increasing the immunity of the body. It further stimulated White Blood Cells and thus increases your ability to fight diseases. Lemon oil also improves the circulation in the body.
• Fever: Lemon oil is effective against infectious diseases such as fever, malaria and typhoid.
• Stomach Disorders: Since lemon oil is carminative, it is used in treating various stomach problems including indigestion, acidity, stomach upsets, cramps, etc.
• Skin Care: Lemon oil is a good remedy for the increasing the luster of dull skin. It is astringent and detoxifying in nature, and rejuvenates dull skin. Its antiseptic properties help in treating pimples and various skin disorders. Lemon is also recommended for oily skin.
• Hair Care: Lemon oil is also effective as a hair tonic. Many people use lemon oil to get strong, healthy and shinning hair. Lemon oil is also used for removing dandruff from head.
• Over Weight: Lemon juice is very helpful in reducing weight.
• Tiredness: Lemon oil is refreshing and stimulating and increase the circulating. It is helpful in removing mental as well as physical tiredness.
• Asthma: It is believed that lemon is also useful for treating asthma.

Other benefits of lemon include the following:

• Cleaners: Lemon is a good cleaner; therefore it is used for cleansing the body, metal surfaces, etc. It is also a disinfectant and hence it is used for cleaning surfaces such as butcher’s knife and block that can get contaminated easily.
• Soaps and Cosmetics: Lemon juice and lemon essential oil is used in soaps, face wash and many personal care and skin care cosmetics due to its antiseptic nature.
• Perfumes: Lemon oil has a distinct refreshing aroma which makes it a good ingredient for perfumes. Many scented candles contain lemon oil. It is also uused in potpourris.
• Drinks: Lemon oil is used in various artificial drinks concentrates to give them the taste of lemon juice.

Lemon oil blends well with many other essential oils including lavender essential oil, rose oil, neroli essential oil, sandalwood oil, geranium essential oil, ylang ang essential oil, tea tree essential oil, etc.

Further Reading:
List of Essential Oils

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Ranae  - Administrator   |2009-11-19 01:25:47 Is it okay to ingest Essential Lemon Oil (Organic), on a regular basis? Reply 0   0

sukhwinder singh  - white or grey hair   |2009-11-07 05:56:29 Lemon oil is good for white hair or reduced this black to grey hair,which lemon oil is good for this.Also what age will be affected for this iam 30 yr old ,may be it will be helps me for this problem Reply 0   0

sukhwinder singh  - white or grey hair   |2009-11-07 05:52:57 Lemon oil is effective for white or grey hair.May be possible it chnges the colour of hair from white to black or reduced this problem, and which lemon oil can i use for this function. Reply 0   0

karen McWhorter  - Is lemon oil alkalizing in drinking water?   |2009-10-11 23:28:23 I know that lemon juice in drinking water [1 teaspoon in 8 oz. of water] is alkalizing. Does anyone know what the ratio would be for lemon oil? Is lemon oil as good for alkalizing as lemon juice? Reply 0   0

herblady  - Lemon ph   |2009-09-16 12:01:37 Lemon is in fact acidic 2.4-.36 pH when applied externally... however it is alkaline producing when used internally... skin pH is 5.5 so adding lemon to a product for your face to make sure it is acid...which is what protects us externally... is good... and drinking it to produce an alkaline environment internally for health 7.0 or above is excellent as well. Reply 0   0

Dorothy  - lemons   |2009-09-01 19:28:43 Lemons is an alkaline-- its definetly not acidic-- for this reason lemon is great as a drink as it alkalines the body & apart from alkalining the body its also very rich in Vitamin C. Ive never used lemon oil though, but do believe that the same benefits would apply & maybe more so due to its concentrated form. The reason why base oils is used is because essentail oils is highly concentrated & can be dangerous if 2 much applied -- the skin is breathing and everything applied to the skin must also be processed by our organ-- all essential oils not properly used can have dangerous implications.. Back to lemon-- I reckon that all diseases comes from an acid imbalance in the body-- 2 much acid is detremental to your healt and still we consume food everyday thats acidic (meat, potatoes, oils, fats, cheeses, coffee, etc) Apart from just our eating habits, everyday stress also contribute further to the forming of acid.. Therefore I would recommend to everyone to at least drink warm water with fresh lemon squeezed into it in the morning and throughout the day--- ist very refreshing, energising and cleansing-- it also alkaline the body--- make sure you use ample lemon in your salads cooking--- Drink plenty water (cold/warm) with lemon squeezed in it--- This is a very healthy habit--- In stead of ordering a coffee or tea when at restaurant-- why not ask the waiter for warm water --topped with a little cold water (to make it drinkable) and a few skices of lemon in it--- iTS GREAT & ITS FREE Reply 0   0

jimmy santos  - does lemon oil cure acute gout?i   |2009-06-23 08:07:54 i have a very high uric acid and it seems my body retains it.would lemon oil cures and washes away the uric acid in my body? Reply 0   0

Ben   |2009-07-22 23:19:21 Yes, you should squeeze a fresh lemon juice and drink it in water all day long. I drink about 2.5 liters of water/day. Also, lemon juice in warm water and a bit of honey upon rising in the morning.....will get you started on the right track....... Take the time....it is worth it, you are worth it. Remember to wash the lemons well prior to cutting them. Reply 0   0

brenda campbell  - lemon oil   |2009-05-02 04:24:11 I would like to know do you take lemon oil, and how.do you mix it with water or juice. Reply 18   0

Tenisha Monkana  - Lemon Oil Babay   |2009-05-24 03:11:22 You mix water and lemon oil of corse Reply 2   0

Tess   |2009-02-06 07:59:40 I have been told that lemon oil will help heal shingles. Is this true and if it is, how do you use it. Also by mixing peroxide and lemon oil togather does help cure shingles. Thanks Reply 4   0

shah  - what is lemon oil   |2009-01-01 02:18:10 this page contain very latest information .i am very happy to get this information about lemon oil . but first time i see the name oil lemon but one question iaskeed from you tell me what is lemon oil and are it easily available everywhere or not once ithanks to all of you to give me new information about lemon and continue this struggle .i like too much this website. Reply 5   3

kailisha  - jattan   |2008-12-17 17:04:38 is lemon oil good for the face, and if yes do it burn the face for a few minutes. also can you use it on a black woman permed hair for dandruff. Reply 18   1

amy  - good for face?   |2009-09-01 09:43:53 I just purchased some lemon oil and the directions specified that it is not safe to use directly on the face, however, unless mixing w/ a base oil or I think w/ water. I assume a base oil is something like olive oil or something not categorized as an essential oil. Since lemons are more acidic I would assume this could be potent if used in too big of portions so just be cautious....and, its probably best used on acne. Reply 0   0

Seth  - Face   |2009-09-07 20:12:54 Lemon is alkaline. That is why it helps with acne, etc. because it dries it out. Too much and you are burning your face. The point of the lemon oil for skin problems is to cut the grease, kill bacteria and unblock the pores. Same with the dandruff problem. It is an antiseptic for the bacteria. You can mix it with rose water (Google it). Reply 0   0

Jamila Ali  - Lemon juice for the face   |2009-10-22 00:10:03 When I was a teen I had extremely oily skin. I used lemon juice from fresh lemons to cleanse my face (like an astringent) this worked well. It did burn sometimes but kept my skin dryer then if I had not used it. My skin never had acne or bumps it is still beautiful today at 55yrs old. Only thing aging has naturally dryed it and I don't need lemons anymore. Reply 0   0

Seth  - H2O2 + Lemon Juice   |2009-09-07 20:17:03 Hi, I am wondering if anyone has had experience with Lemon Juice (or Lemon Oil in water) and H2O2 as a beverage. 4 drops of 35% Peroxide per 8 oz. juice. I prefer the taste of cool water with lemon juice (concentrate) with no sugar/honey and it is a good opportunity to put some peroxide in. Reply 0   0

gina  - sensatizing to skin   |2009-09-23 23:03:41 Lemon oil can make your skin sensative to sun, so after application, wait about 4 hrs before going out into sun. I forgot this one time after applying to a blemish and when I went outside, that area turned into a red hot splotch (lots of blood vessels came to the surface and enlarged). I like to dilute it with olive oil for face and scalp treatment. Also look at rosemary for your hair and scalp. Reply 0   0

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