learn about lemon

This essential oil powerhouse is cold pressed from lemon rinds to preserve its delicate nature and potent properties. Lemon is known as a powerful aromatic, topical, and internal cleanser and can also be used to cleanse the air, uplift mood, and enhance the flavor of desserts and main dishes.

PRIMARY BENEFITS
• Cleanses and purifies the air and surfaces
• Naturally cleanses the body and aids in digestion when added to drinking water*
• Supports healthy respiratory function*
• Promotes a positive mood when diffused

USES
• Take internally to assist with seasonal respiratory discomfort.*
• Add Lemon oil to a spray bottle of water to clean tables, countertops, and other surfaces. Lemon oil also makes a great furniture polish; simply add a few drops to olive oil to clean, protect, and shine wood finishes.
• Use a cloth soaked in Lemon oil to preserve and protect your leather furniture and other leather surfaces or garments.
• Lemon oil is a great remedy for the early stages of tarnish on silver and other metals.
• Diffuse to create an uplifting environment.

DIRECTIONS FOR USE
Diffusion: Use three to four drops in the diffuser of your choice.
Internal use: Dilute one drop in 4 fl. oz. of liquid.
Topical use: Apply one to two drops to desired area. Dilute with dōTERRA Fractionated Coconut Oil to minimize any skin sensitivity.  Avoid sunlight or UV rays for up to 12 hours after applying product. Statements with asterisks refer to internal use. All others refer to aromatic or topical use.

Experienced essential oil peeps were asked how they use Lemon essential oil.  Here are just a few (out of almost 300!) of their responses ...

• I clean our microwave with couple drops of lemon in a bowl of water, microwave for 2 minutes and easily wipe away crud. It's the best! Safe, easy and smells great!
• It's too long of a story, but melted green crayon in the very nice RV carpet. I had nothing to lose, since if I didn't get it out, I would have to have new carpet installed. Maybe 50 QTips and a bottle of lemon oil later, it looked like new! Miraculous!
• I love to diffuse 2 drops lemon, 2 drops bergamot, and 2 drops wild orange for a nice clean citrus uplifting smell. Perks up the mood.
• I'm diffusing it today to help purify the air after my dogs decided to roll in the neighbor's trash! Did I mention it was full of shrimp shells!!??! Can you say Ewww? A few showers for the dogs with diluted Protective Blend Cleaner Concentrate and lemon in the diffusers, it smells like a whole other house! 
• Glass cleaner: distilled water, vinegar and lemon. My mirrors and Windows have never looked so fabulous
• I add a couple of drops of Lemon oil to my mop bucket. Just boiling hot water and lemon oil to mop floors brings them up streak free and it smells delicious.
• I use lemon peppermint and lavender under my feet and on my chest for a good night sleep!
•  Great for taking off labels and glue. Spritz counters with lemon and water vinegar mix. Drink in my water and green smoothie. Just treated all my wooden spoons with it on a cotton ball. Kitchen smells great! 
• I put 2 drops of lemon in my first glass of water each morning (as soon as I get up, before eating). It's a mini-daily cleanse. 
• This morning I removed sealant (?) that was smeared on the side of my tub since the day it was installed. For 3 years I've been scrubbing it with bleach and abrasive cleaners when all it needed was 2 drops of lemon on a cotton ball.
• Love diffusing lemon and eucalyptus, tastes great in water, jazzes up vinaigrettes and takes sticky tape and tags off quick.
•  I like adding a few drops of lemon in my glass water bottle! Also, last week I used 4 drops lemon,4 drops wild orange & 1 T. liquid Castile soap in my mop bucket. The whole house smelled lovely by the time we were done cleaning!
• Used it this morning for the bottom of my trash can with baking soda and then I put a few drops on my wrists with my perfume( essential oil blend) and inhaled it - oh does it help my mind and mental health!!!!!
• Diffuse lemon in my kitchen to get rid of food smells! Love it alone or with a drop of peppermint.
• Hubby's greasy hands! He used to have to use such a harsh chemical cleaner to get the grease off, now he washes his hands with soap & water first, then we drop 2-3 drops of lemon in his palm and he rubs it all over his hands. It is like magic 
• Being short I don't clean the top of stove hood as much as I probably should... same with the top of my refrigerator. Lemon oil in a spray bottle works like like magic!!! It cuts through the crud super fast!!
• Lemon and olive oil bring my wood furniture to life! Drink in my water daily! Love it in my Guacamole with cilantro oil! When life gives you lemon make everything with it and then the lemonade!
• Use it in a spray bottle along with water and eucalyptus and spray it on my dog. Gnats, fleas, and ticks have had to find another home. Just be sure not to get near the eyes. To do the head Area, I spray it on my hand and rub it on
• We sometimes use Lemon essential oil to clean the dry erase board at work. Great to just diffuse as well.
• I use it for sugar scrub! I get some rough spots on my hands and started using lemon! My hands are smooth, clean and smell great!
• Every day I have at least one hot lemon water ... 3-5 drops with slight teaspoon sugar and hot water. I ALMOST like it better than my fancy coffees!
• I add it to my front load washer when I've left laundry in there a little too long (oops!!) no more stinky clothes!
• I put a couple drops of lemon oil and vinegar in the diffuser at night as we are going to bed. In the morning the air is fresh with no hint of vinegar in the air just clean.
• I add the oil directly to the glass shower door , rub it around with my fingers , let it sit for 20 min or so while I clean the rest of the bathroom .then I use a microfiber cloth and rub a bit , then I rinse off .
• I use I to clean our Berkey water filter, its stainless steal. Makes it shine beautifully and I don't have to worry about chemicals near our water. Ironically, the berkey distills all the water I use to make homemade cleaners with essential oils!
•  When cutting back my Rosemary plant, the sap that won't wash off with soap and water comes off instantly with lemon! 💕🏼
• Just used lemon essential oil when I realized that my dinner called for lemons & i didn't have any. Lemon drops worked great!
• I like to add lemon oil to my wash. It help take the funk out of towels that have been sitting damp in a hamper all week. 
• I use it to clean my faucets.... super shiny. Add a couple of drops to my polish rah. Good as new! I also add a couple of drops to steaming hot water as I mop up my hard wood floors. Boy oh boy -- smells great!!
• My son was drawing a picture on his pumpkin before carving and made a mistake. I put some lemon eo on a cottonball and it came right off!
• I use it to get the sharpie off my skin after a competitive sporting event in minutes - that used to take me literally a week of scrubbing with soap and water!
• Vinegar, baking soda and a few drops of lemon are the best toilet cleaner ever.
•  Lavender and lemon in diffuser at bedtime!!

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