Eucalyptus & Tea Tree

The health benefits of Eucalyptus Oil are well-known and wide ranging, and its properties include anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, decongestant, deodorant, antiseptic, antibacterial, stimulating, and other medicinal qualities. Eucalyptus essential oil is colorless and has a distinctive taste and odor. Eucalyptus essential oil is obtained from fresh leaves of the tall, evergreen eucalyptus tree. The tree, scientifically classified as Eucalyptus Globulus is also known as fever tree, blue gum tree or stringy bark tree, depending on where it is located in the world.Eucalyptus is native to Australia and has spread in the past few centuries to other parts of the world including India, Europe and South Africa.

Tea tree oil has become a popular natural ingredient in all kinds of shampoos, face soaps and ointments because of its amazing healing powers.This skin miracle comes from Australia, where over 300 species of tea trees naturally grow.Aboriginal tribes in Australia have known of the tea tree's healing qualities for thousands of years.Australian aboriginals have known the secret to healthy glowing skin for centuries. They used tea tree oil to soothe skin and to heal cuts.They boiled the leaves of the tea tree to make tea and antiseptic poultices that treated cuts, wounds, and skin infections.One legend even describes a magical lagoon where native people bathed to heal their burns, cuts, and skin disorders. Tea trees surrounded the pool, and the fallen leaves created a natural healing bath.Tea tree oil is an excellent treatment for acne.