Lemon

Exercise Performance:

[AROMATHERAPY] This systematic review of randomized controlled human studies showed that inhalation of pure lemon essential oil improves repeated high-intensity exercise performance by increasing power output and reducing blood lactate levels

Cognitive Performance:

[AROMATHERAPY] This controlled human study showed that inhalation of pure lemon essential oil significantly improved focus, mental task performance and memory by activating delta and theta brain waves in the prefrontal cortex, anterior cingulate gyrus, hippocampus, and insula.

Dementia:

[AROMATHERAPY] This randomized controlled animal study showed that inhalation of pure lemon essential oil helps prevent and even reverse age-related cognitive decline (dementia) by increasing neural synaptic density in the brain—particularly in the hippocampus—as well as enhancing nerve growth factors like BDNF, and increasing synaptic plasticity (which reflects the ability to learn new things).

Mood:

[AROMATHERAPY] This double-blind randomized controlled human study showed that inhalation of pure lemon essential oil significantly enhanced positive mood, and did so even more than even lavender essential oil (which itself has significant mood enhancement properties), regardless of the participants’ expectations or previous experience with aromatherapy.

Stress:

[AROMATHERAPY] This randomized controlled animal study showed that inhalation of pure lemon essential oil reduces stress more than any other essential oil, by modulating the serotonin and dopamine receptors in the brain.

Depression:

[AROMATHERAPY] This randomized controlled animal study showed that inhalation of pure lemon essential oil significantly reduces depression levels.

Bad Breath:

[TOPICAL ORAL] This randomized controlled human study showed that gargling water with pure lemon essential oil effectively cured halitosis (bad breath) by eliminating the bacteria and sulfur compounds that are responsible for bad breath, while also further improving oral health by increasing the pH of the mouth.

Wound Healing / Infection:

[INTERNAL / TOPICAL] Multiple randomized controlled human and animal studies like this one have shown that topical and internal use of pure lemon essential oil is effective for accelerating the healing of both external and internal injuries, and for keeping them from getting infected due to potent antibacterial properties

Disinfectant:

[TOPICAL] This in-vitro and in-situ study is one of many that have shown that pure lemon essential oil is a highly effective natural disinfectant when applied to surfaces or foods, due to its antimicrobial, antibiofilm, insecticidal, antifungal, and preservative effects.

Food Preservative:

[TOPICAL] This in-vitro and in-situ study showed that pure lemon essential oil is a highly effective natural food preservative.

Mechanisms of Action:

Lemon essential oil has a variety of different bioactive components that act in a myriad of different ways. Examples are that it enhances delta and theta brain waves, improves neuron density and plasticity in the brain, influences serotonin and dopamine receptors, and has antibacterial, antibiofilm, insecticidal, antifungal, and preservative effects. 

Recommendation:

CPTG-Certified Pure Lemon Essential Oil by doTERRA.

• Sourced From: Directly from their natural habitats, Italy (click here to learn more about how doTERRA sustainably sources the purest, potent, and effective oils on earth directly from their natural habitats)

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