TEA-TREE(Melaleuca alternifolia)
Tea tree oil comes in an amber-colored bottle. Oils are light sensitive, and the dark bottle protects the tea tree oil from oxidizing and becoming less effective. The bottle comes with an easy-to-use dropper and is convenient to carry. Tea tree oil can help fire up and enhance your body’s immune system. Regularly massage tea tree oil into the bottom of your feet or diffuse the oil in the air for best results. Tea tree oil can also help treat colds, coughs and bronchitis. Massage the oil into your chest or the bottoms of your feet or infuse a couple drops into hot water and breathe in the steam. Tea tree oil can be used as a skin cleanser. Use just a drop with your regular cleanser or apply lightly on blemishes and acne breakouts. Tea tree oil can also be used to help treat athlete’s foot and other fungal infections. For athlete’s foot, apply the oil to your feet, place a few drops in your shoes or soak your feet in a warm bath with a few drops of the oil and sea salt. Topically, it can be used to treat small cuts or wounds and skin infections but should be diluted with carrier oil — such as jojoba or almond carrier oils. And yes, Tea tree oil can be used to get rid of head lice! Simply add a few drops to water and soak your hair and scalp with it. Then soak combs, brushes and anything that touches your hair. You can also massage your scalp and hair with the oil directly.
