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Eucalyptus oil

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Last reviewed: 09.08.2022
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Flavored oils were considered a gift of the gods from time immemorial. And nowadays it is quite difficult to find a branch of human life where this valuable product is not used. Eucalyptus extract was also used. Without its unique characteristics, it is problematic to present treatment of colds and infectious diseases, but it turns out that this is not the limit of its capabilities.

If you carefully read this article, there should not remain a single doubt about the unique healing properties that the nature of eucalyptus hood has endowed with, and its wide range of uses is simply amazing. A small cold and an extract from the leaves of this exotic tree will put it on its feet. Therefore, such a medicinal product must be in the medicine cabinet of any self-respecting hostess.

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Indications of the eucalyptus oil

Every day, this unique product opens up new facets of its demand. And it's not just medicine. The product is actively used in everyday life, cosmetology, but here, mainly, the question of the medicinal properties of the plant product is raised.

Indications for use have a fairly wide range:

  • Healing of various wounds, burns, eczema and cuts.
  • Kupirovanie pain symptoms of various genesis:
    • Muscle (myalgia) and articular (arthralgia) pain. 
    • Headache.
    • Relief of pain symptoms in an inflammatory process affecting the nerve processes
  • Prevention and treatment of radiculitis, rheumatism, and other pathologies of rheumatoid nature.
  • Kupirovanie consequences of injuries, bruises.
  • Therapy of colds and infectious diseases affecting the otolaryngological area of medicine.
  • Treatment of diseases associated with inflammatory or infectious lesions of the lower respiratory tract.
  • Prevention and / or removal of pediculosis (lice).
  • Migraine therapy.
  • Treatment of fresh wounds of skin, including infected lesions.
  • Treatment of pathology of pelvic organs, including gynecological problems.
  • It is effective in case of dermatological diseases and allergic pathology: it eliminates itching (with allergy or from an insect bite).
  • Treatment of certain diseases associated with damage to the peripheral or central nervous system. Different neuralgia. 

Release form

This natural drug product is obtained by hydrodistillation. The form of release is a bottle of various volume (10 ml, 15 ml and 20 ml), made of glass of dark shades. The liquid is oily, brownish-green in color.

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Pharmacodynamics

Eucalyptus extract is a natural herbal product with excellent septic and expectorant effect. Due to the unique composition of nature, the product shows the following properties:

  • Antibacterial characteristics.
  • Anti-protozoal properties.
  • Eucalyptus extract is an excellent anti-inflammatory drug.
  • Virulocidal (antiviral) qualities.
  • Antihypoxic - improving the utilization of circulating oxygen in the body, increasing resistance to hypoxia (oxygen deficiency).
  • Antifungal properties.
  • Expectorant qualities.
  • Mucolytic characteristics - the ability to dilute sputum, and facilitate its removal from the lung tissue.

In the case of local therapy, the drug shows good anesthetic characteristics, characterized by soothing irritation, antipruritic parameters. It shows good results with local relief of pain symptoms, has a calming effect on the nervous system. 

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Pharmacokinetics

To date, there is no data on the level of binding of aromatic components to blood plasma proteins. The pharmacokinetics of the agent has not been studied. 

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Dosing and administration

Therapy with this drug should be started only after carrying out special tests - tests for the presence of an allergic reaction of the patient's body to the constituent components of the drug. To do this, a small amount of diluted agent is applied to the ulnar fold. If after six to eight hours the reaction is not manifested, you can start therapy.

The main recommendations, the method of application and dose of plant extract:

  1. In case of internal, oral administration, it is recommended to start from two to five drops of the substance diluted in half a glass of clean water. If necessary, the dosage can subsequently be adjusted. The drug is preferably administered into the body after eating. These procedures are recommended to be carried out three to four times throughout the day.
  2. If the treating doctor prescribes inhalation with the use of eucalyptus extract, about 15 drops of extract are taken per glass of clean water. The procedures are carried out once or twice during the day (in the morning and immediately before going to bed). When performing inhalation using an aromatic incubator, the amount of the substance used is reduced to three drops.
  3. The doctor recommends rinsing the mouth and the larynx, then, to prepare the solution, you should take a ratio similar to that for inhalations: up to 15 drops per glass of water. These procedures are recommended to be carried out three to four times throughout the day.
  4. If the doctor prescribes local lotions or lavage in the case of therapeutic treatment of female genital diseases (inflammatory), a similar solution should be prepared: in a glass of clean warm water dilute about 15 drops of eucalyptus extract.
  5. Massage procedures are carried out using the eucalyptus extract (ten drops are taken), which is diluted with the oil-base taken in the amount of 10 ml.
  6. Used and therapeutic baths, which are two to four drops of extract with the addition of 10 ml extract - base. 

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Use of the eucalyptus oil during pregnancy

Bearing a child is a special period in the life of any woman, and very sensitive to various external or internal effects. Therefore, the use of any medicines is rather limited. Use during pregnancy is allowed, but only for external use in the form of lotions, rubbing. It can also be used to treat colds as inhalations, but all procedures should be prescribed only by a qualified specialist. The procedure is also carried out only under its direct control.

The use of the product during the baby's breast-feeding period is also allowed only on the prescription of the attending physician, and with the permission of the pediatrician.

 

Contraindications

Even the most unique and seemingly harmless product has its limitations in use. There are also contraindications to the use. This medication is not prescribed in the case of:

  • Increased individual intolerance of one or more components that make up the composition.
  • With bronchial asthma.
  • Presence of allergic manifestations on substances related to eucalyptus extracts.
  • At atrophic manifestations, appeared on the mucosa of the ENT organs and lower respiratory tract.
  • If at the moment the patient has pertussis.
  • Do not mindlessly combine the use of a product and other aromatic oils, various homeopathic preparations.

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Side effects of the eucalyptus oil

No matter how harmless the drug is, mostly all of them have a side effect on the human body, which is able to give and response. There are side effects of the substance. They are insignificant, they are very rare, but they can not be said about them. The use of the drug can give such side effects:

  • Irritation of skin surfaces of a local nature.
  • Burning layers of the epidermis and mucous membranes of the respiratory tract.
  • Anaphylactic reactions of the body.
  • Manifestation of bronchospasm.
  • Redness of the skin.
  • Dryness of mucous membranes, which in many ways causes burning and irritation of tissues.

Overdose

Even a natural product is still a medicine and its thoughtless application can lead to negative consequences. Overdose can cause:

  • Headache.
  • Arrhythmia.
  • Disturbances in the digestive system (dyspepsia) and liver function.
  • Nausea.
  • Allergic reaction to constituent agents.
  • Defeat the kidneys with toxins.

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Interactions with other drugs

Any combination of a base component with other chemical compounds can cause an unpredictable reaction, so physicians carefully study the interactions of eucalyptus extract with other drugs. It is known, for example, that in combination with such extracts as lavender, cedar, rosemary and Lemongrass, there is a mutual strengthening of their properties. Other, more extensive information, to date, no longer exists. It is only with great caution to use extracts with other homeopathic preparations.

Storage conditions

To prolong the effectiveness of the therapeutic product, it is necessary to strictly observe the storage conditions:

  1. Temperature values in the storage location should not be higher than 20 о С.
  2. The storage place should not be accessible to the sun and children.
  3. Store it in a vial of dark glass.
  4. Do not allow the concentrated product to enter the mucosa and skin.
  5. In the initial use of a preliminary test for susceptibility. 

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Special instructions

Properties of eucalyptus oil

The medicinal product considered in this article has a natural origin. It can be called simply a storehouse of unique opportunities. What are the properties of the eucalyptus extract, which needs only a few drops to get the expected therapeutic result.

  1. Suppression of vital activity and reproduction of viruses.
  2. Cupping and disinfestation of pathogenic bacteria. It is statistically confirmed that just a few drops of the sprayed drug are sufficient so that about seventy percent of staphylococci are destroyed. What makes it an excellent disinfectant for moistening living or working premises.
  3. Regression of inflammatory processes.
  4. Elimination of the simplest microorganisms, which are the causative agents of many diseases.
  5. Destruction of strains of pathogenic fungi.
  6. Increases the body's immune forces, directly affecting lymphocytes.

The ability to:

  1. Dissolve phlegm and intensify expectoration of exudate.
  2. Manifestation of analgesic characteristics of local action.
  3. Soothing effect on the components of the nervous system.
  4. The ability to prevent the progression of oxygen starvation.
  5. At high doses of application, an irritating effect of a local character is observed, with small doses, on the contrary, a distracting, soothing effect.
  6. There are some factors that allow us to talk about the prevention of malignant neoplasms. But it is not yet possible to confirm this fact unambiguously.
  7. The use shows spasmolytic and diuretic characteristics, high wound healing effect.
  8. After great physical exertion has a relaxing effect on the human muscular system.
  9. Has a positive impact on the emotional background of people, raising mood and suppressing the manifestations of neuralgia. A person loses drowsiness, fatigue goes away, the brain becomes active.

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Benefits of eucalyptus oil   

For the first time you smell the eucalyptus, you catch the coniferous component of the fragrance, but this plant does not belong to the coniferous plants, it belongs to the myrtle family. The large-scale properties of this plant allow it to be used in many areas: from cosmetology and medicine to household chemicals. The use of the remedy is indisputable and immense: it is the lollies from the cough on its basis; and domestic or household deodorants; refreshing mouth, chewing gum; and medicines of wide systemic application.

Even in times of contact fighting, the aborigines of Australia used the leaves of this plant to heal stab wounds, even fairly severe injuries.

Advantageously, eucalyptus extract is used for foliage of globular eucalyptus, it is most effective in the treatment of diseases caused by pathogenic viruses and pathogenic bacteria. But other varieties of this tree are also great. For example, the lemon subspecies of eucalyptus is more effective in healing burns and wounds, treating damage to the skin.

Specificity of extracting eucalyptus makes it difficult to select other odors associated with it. The most acceptable combination is the joint use of eucalyptus oil with flavored substances with a pronounced expression of terpenes. In this light, the eucalyptus tandem with such extracts as lemon, orange, lavender, rosewood extract, bihardia, geranium, cedar, venereolia, petit grane, vetiver and rosemary extracts is acceptable.

The use of eucalyptus extract, as an independent fragrance, and in combination with other smells, greatly affects the emotional sphere of a person. After a hard day's work, these scents allow you to quickly recover emotionally, recovering from an unpleasant stressful situation. Allow to activate the immune reserves of the body. The effect of this aroma activates the work of the brain, stimulating mental activity, exacerbating thinking. Productivity of work increases significantly.

Eucalyptus extract is an aroma of intellectuals. Such aromatherapy perfectly suppresses fatigue, normalizes sleep, eliminates apathy.

Application of eucalyptus oil    

The field of use of essential oils is quite extensive. In the life of modern man it is rather problematic to find a sphere in which they do not apply. Widely claimed and the substance obtained from the leaves of eucalyptus. The most active use of eucalyptus oil is observed in the field of medicine. Due to its numerous healing properties, it is effectively used in remedial therapy for colds and infectious lesions of both upper and lower organs of the respiratory system. Its application shows excellent healing results in case of damage to the skin surfaces obtained in various ways: burns, injuries, cuts, including ulcers or erosions, which are indicators of a dermatological disease. Effective use of eucalyptus extract in gynecology, for example, with erosion of the cervix. It is also actively used in dentistry for the relief of inflammatory processes occurring in the oral cavity, as well as for infection of the mucosa, for example, with stomatitis.

Eucalyptus with a good result is also used as an antipyretic agent (grinding using the extract), as well as inhaling its vapors makes it possible to restore breathing, to stop coughing attacks, to maximally withdraw the mucus collected in pulmonary tissues, preventing stagnant phenomena. 

This substance is a good painkiller, which is applied on a problem area with a small layer to relieve the pain symptoms: a couple of drops applied and rubbed into the skin of the temporal part are easy enough to get rid of the headache.

This flavored substance is used for preventive purposes. "Fumigating" them with a room can achieve quite a good sanitation, thanks to the high antiviral and antimicrobial characteristics of this product. This is especially true in the period of peak illness of the population with influenza or other viral diseases.

The agent has found its application in cosmetology, although its relevance in this field is not as large as in medicine. In this area, its high effectiveness in combating inflammatory processes and infectious lesions of the skin is mainly used. Primarily, this is the cupping and removal of furunculosis, acne, herpes. In the case of minor frostbite or burn, you can use it to resuscitate and restore the skin.

In cosmetology, they are used as a bleaching agent, as well as for deodorizing the body. It is effective in the treatment of allopecia (problems with increased hair loss), as well as in the case of dandruff.

Has found a means of its niche in everyday life. It turned out to be an excellent repellent, that's why it is demanded and accepted practically in every medium manufactured by the industry to fight insects (it has deterrent properties). In everyday life you can use it and as a deodorizing room smell.

If clothes are contaminated with resin extract (for example, pine branches), the preparation in question is effective for cleaning from such contamination.

Inhalations with eucalyptus oil   

Inhalations, in the treatment of colds and infectious diseases that affect the organs of the human respiratory system, have a number of advantages over other methods of treatment. First of all, such a procedure has a local effect, and also, due to direct impact on the focus of pathology, the therapeutic effectiveness of treatment manifests itself much faster. Aromatized vapors in the process of inhalation with eucalyptus hood allow to speed up the excretion of mucus from the respiratory tissues, protecting the respiratory organs from dangerous stagnant phenomena.

But before proceeding with the procedure, it is advisable to check the patient's body for the level of sensitivity to eucalyptus oil by performing the test specified above. If there is no reaction, you can start treatment.

How to properly administer the inhalation? If there is a special apparatus in the house or a visit to the fizkabinet is planned in the nearest polyclinic, then the problem is solved. But if there are no such conditions, then at home you can do with improvised means. To do this, it is necessary to boil water in a kettle or a saucepan. After boiling in boiling water, introduce a few drops of eucalyptus oil, bend your head over the saucepan and cover yourself with a blanket or towel, making a kind of bath. Inhale flavored fumes for at least 10 minutes.

The process can be slightly upgraded. From a dense cardboard or other suitable material, twist the funnel, cover the pan with a large diameter, and breathe through the smaller hole, breathing in with your mouth or nose, which is more necessary.

Eucalyptus oil from the cold   

Runny nose is a rather unpleasant symptom, bringing a lot of uncomfortable sensations and from this you want to get rid as quickly as possible. For this purpose, eucalyptus extract from the common cold is perfect. The phytoncides contained in the agent perfectly cope with microbes, viruses and pathogenic flora that "occupies" our body. It is on the ethers that the main responsibility for the treatment lies.

The aromadendrene and flalandrant entering into the aroma air composition, being in contact with oxygen, are converted into ozone, a powerful bactericidal drug, by chemical changes. Therefore, the use of this drug in inhalations, instillations and washings of nasal sinuses can effectively fight inflammatory and infectious diseases that have affected the tissues of the nasal cavity.

To enhance the effectiveness of the solution, it is possible to prepare such a mixture:

  1. Take a glass of warm water.
  2. Pour half a tablespoon of sea salt. This component can be replaced with a decoction of chamomile, taken by volume twice as much.
  3. Here also enter a tablespoon of chlorophyllipt - this drug can be found in any pharmacy.
  4. Add a couple of drops of eucalyptus extract.

The resulting composition wash the nasal sinuses three times throughout the day. Such therapy is considered the most effective in rhinitis of any severity. Mostly, there were no complications of such treatment.

Suitable in this situation and aromatherapy, using which you need for a few minutes before going to bed breathe a couple of means, a little warmed up in a water bath. It will be enough to do this procedure four to five days.

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Eucalyptus oil for hair

Another niche for the effective use of a natural product is the ability to use for hair. The main problems that will help to solve the drawing from this plant are the tips of the tips, a weak hair bulb, dull gloss, weak growth, and generally lifeless unattractive hair. Washing the head with the application of the product will perfectly remove the unpleasant symptoms in the case of dandruff (the process of rapid death of epidermal cells) or with itching of the scalp.

It is enough to introduce into the shampoo five drops of the drug to get the necessary efficiency. Continuous use of such an enriched shampoo will strengthen the cascade of hair, make it bright, shiny, naturally healthy, remove dandruff and itching.

The same effect can be achieved by using several drops of the drug while rubbing it into the scalp, in parallel, massaging for twenty minutes. Massive movements at the same time must be cautious and soft, not aggressive. This procedure will improve blood circulation, and enrich the cells of the epidermis with oxygen.

Perfect fit and mask, combining several different essential oils. For example, together with eucalyptus, perfectly combined with extract of tea tree, olive or almond tree.

Here are some recipes for masks that are suitable for a fatty hair type:

  1. Introduce into the vessel two droplets of the drug, four drops of oils of rosemary and thyme. Mix and add infusion or broth of St. John's wort and oak bark.
  2. High efficiency in restoring the vitality of the hair shows such a composition: take a couple of drops of a variety of agents (lemon and globose), enter into them five milliliters of jojoba and sasankva aroma. Stir and add five drops of bee and rosemary oil.

Keep the prepared composition in a bottle of dark glass and in a cool place (the bottle can be wrapped with lightproof paper). First, the healing composition is rubbed smoothly into the scalp, then the comb is dispersed along the entire length of the hair. On the head put on a knot, and on top a warm hat. The mask is kept on the head for about half an hour, after which it is washed off with warm water. Do this procedure preferably once or twice a week, with a strong fall is allowed every two days. Duration of therapy is about a month. Treatment, if necessary, can be repeated after two weeks of interruption.

A wonderful preventive result can be obtained by brushing your hair daily with a comb with frequent teeth, on which are deposited a couple drops of eucalyptus oil. Leave it for 30 minutes, wrapped in a head with teflon and a warm towel, after which it is good to wash your hair.

A reward for all the efforts made will be a wonderful healthy hair!

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Eucalyptus oil in the nose

In addition to the above-mentioned inhalations, with a runny nose and swelling of the nasal passages, it is effective to bury in the nose or lubricate the ointment on its basis with mucous nasal passages. Here are some acceptable and effective compounds, but it should be noted that the relief of rhinitis is a troublesome and time-consuming task, and in order to shorten the duration of therapy, one can not do without an integrated approach to treatment.

  1. We prepare this composition: melt two tablespoons of petroleum jelly in a water bath and introduce aromatic oil drops: eucalyptus and tea tree - five, mint three. Thoroughly mix and lubricate two to three times a day nasal passages.
  2. You can use a natural concentrated product, it is enough to bury one or two drops in the morning and before going to bed so as not to leave the infection no chance of development.
  3. Effective and aerosol dispersions diluted. About 20 drops of the product and the same amount of tea tree extract are taken 100 g of vodka. Everything is mixed and sprayed in the room every two hours.

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Eucalyptus oil for colds

Outside the window, cold and dampness are the best time for colds and infectious epidemics. In this difficult period for our body, this remedy can become a true helper and protector, with cold - this is therapy, and prevention, activation of the body's defenses.

In this situation, the extract from the leaves of the eucalyptus tree will be effective in any hypostases.

  1. Sanitation of living and working premises by means of irrigation and aroma lamps using eucalyptus oil.
  2. Instilling, washing and lubricating the nasal passages.
  3. Inhalation, which can be carried out as a separate oral and nasal cavity, and together. Various nozzles are used for this.
  4. With a strong cough, rubbing is practiced. The ointment is applied to the chest or back and, massaging lightly, is rubbed into the skin. This procedure helps improve breathing, accelerate the outflow of mucus from the lungs.
  5.  Pleasant and useful hot baths, in the water of which is added 6-8 drops of eucalyptus oil. Conduct in them five to seven minutes and the effectiveness of therapy is assured.

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Eucalyptus oil from cough   

Coughing is a concomitant symptomatology of almost every catarrhal disease affecting the upper respiratory tract. Therefore, the remedy is applied from a cough similarly, as with the common cold itself. It can be rubbing, inhalation, baths using this etheric extract. The eucalyptus tree esters warm the tissues, dilute the mucus and activate its output, purifying the lungs and bronchi.

Such procedures allow minimizing irritation of the mucous membrane, which makes it possible to eliminate coughing attacks.

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Eucalyptus oil for children

Little children suffer from colds, perhaps, much more often than adults, but the remedy for children in the treatment of cold can not be used earlier than when they reach the age of two. Such medicine inside the kids is given only for the doctor's prescription and the daily dosage should not exceed one drop. That the kid has not refused a medicine, it is better to mix it or him with a small amount of honey and to allow to wash down warm tea.

Another method of therapy is to moisten a few swabs of cotton or gauze in the extract and spread out over the room where the little man sleeps or plays.

Good and inhalation, but keep nepseudu in one place for 10 minutes is quite difficult. In this case, a hot bath is suitable, it is enough to drop just a few drops of eucalyptus oil into the water and its pairs will do their thing.

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Bath with eucalyptus oil

Healing baths have been popular with people since ancient times. I took my niche in therapy and bath with eucalyptus extract. The options in this case are quite diverse:

  1. Basic - in the hot water to enter six or eight drops of aromatic product and soak about 7 minutes, breathing in pairs. This procedure will calm the "loosened" nerves, improve breathing, reduce the abnormal temperature.
  2. You can use 200-300 g of sea salt along with the agent, which will activate the body's defenses, as well as sanitize the entire skin.
  3. If you are concerned with muscle and joint pain, often causes migraine, an effective base bathroom with 3-4 drops of rosemary extract will be effective.

Some recommendations for the procedure:

  1. The water temperature should be in the range 38 - 40 o C.
  2. The duration of the procedure is 15-20 minutes.
  3. One treatment course - 10 - 15 baths.
  4. After the procedure, it is advisable to drink tea with a slice of lemon and a spoonful of honey - this will consolidate success and increase effectiveness.
  5. It is better to take a bath in the evening, then lie down in a warm bed and have a good rest.

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Eucalyptus oil from fleas   

Home favorite lives in many houses and apartments, pleasing with the presence of the owners, but they are not at all pleased with the presence of fleas in the house. It is unhygienic, uncomfortable and dangerous in terms of health. In this situation, the eucalyptus extract from fleas will come to the rescue. It is enough to sprinkle it, updating it daily, a few droplets in all the rooms, where there is an animal. Two weeks and the house is sanitized from these parasites.

Eucalyptus oil inside

Use a natural antibiotic is very careful, especially if you need to take the medication inside. There are a number of prohibitions and recommendations that should not be neglected:

  • Do not combine it with other homeopathic remedies.
  • Do not take during pregnancy, lactation and children under 2 years of age.
  • Prior to the appointment, a sensitivity test is required.
  • One-time insert the extract inside no more than two drops three times a day.
  • Drink better with a liquid with sourness (tea with a slice of lemon), preferably with honey or a slice of bread.

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Treatment with eucalyptus oil

Amazing properties of this natural product are used in many branches of human life. Multifaceted and treatment with eucalyptus extract:

  • The use of the aroma lamp allows "fumigating" the living area with eucalyptus extracts, which makes it possible to sanitize the space. The same effect is obtained when unfolding in the room pieces of cotton wool, soaked in aromatic oil.
  • Therapeutic inhalations are indispensable in the treatment of diseases of both the lower and upper respiratory tract.
  • Douching with some pathologies of a gynecological nature.
  • Rinse for sanitation of the mouth.
  • Saunas and baths with this unique product show excellent therapeutic results.
  • It is also used as a prophylaxis for repelling mosquitoes, other parasites. Three drops on the hair or any cosmetic means - this is enough to protect yourself from bites.

Eucalyptus oil in gynecology

I found my application in gynecology. Thanks to a tandem of anti-erosion properties of this plant product and the ability to quickly eliminate inflammation, syringes with a solution based on eucalyptus extract allow to stop various endometritis and adnexitis (inflammatory processes affecting the uterus and appendages of a woman), block the progression of thrush, destroying the pathogenic flora that provokes its development. The use of this product of nature is equally effective for both the acute phase of the disease and its chronic course.

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Eucalyptus essential oil

The homeland of this exotic tree for us is Australia and Tasmania, where the healing properties of the leaves of the plant were known and used by the aborigines for a long time. But to get the product in the form of an oily liquid began relatively recently. The ethereal eucalyptus oil is a clear product obtained by steam distillation, followed by condensation of vapors, which makes it possible to obtain the desired medicinal product from the existing distillate. This method of processing is called hydrodistillation. The raw material for obtaining extracts are young shoots and leaves of fast-growing species of eucalyptus: rod-shaped, lemon, ashy and globular. Having processed a ton of raw materials, you can get about three to five kilograms of the product.

The liquid turns out to be easily mobile, not having color, or slightly colored in yellow shade. This product is provided with a sufficiently characteristic and easily recognizable odor.

To date, in the composition of the essential oils of this "tree of life", as it is called by local aborigines, about forty different components have been recognized. And it is the agent that is responsible for their unique healing properties. The basis of the product is cineole, occupying approximately 60-80% of all components. It is she who dictates the main therapeutic characteristics of the drug. In addition, the product includes flavanoids, aldehydes, various tannic chemical compounds, organic acids.

To date, the peoples of many countries located in the zone of the tropics and subtropics, use the leaves of this plant in their kitchen dishes as a seasoning. In many countries this plant is specially cultivated for medicinal purposes or used in park design. Planting it in the swampy terrain, the population decides immediately two problems: draining the land and destroying the malarial mosquito - the carrier of a dangerous disease.


 

Shelf life

Any ethereal extract has a short shelf life, I will introduce my naturalness. In this case it is 12 months.

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Attention!

To simplify the perception of information, this instruction for use of the drug "Eucalyptus oil" translated and presented in a special form on the basis of the official instructions for medical use of the drug. Before use read the annotation that came directly to medicines.

Description provided for informational purposes and is not a guide to self-healing. The need for this drug, the purpose of the treatment regimen, methods and dose of the drug is determined solely by the attending physician. Self-medication is dangerous for your health.

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