10 Ways to Uses Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon essential oil is one of doTERRA’s top sellers because it has so many uses and benefits! I use Lemon most often for green cleaning. It has powerful cleansing properties which is why it is the main ingredient in many of my DIY cleaning products.

1. Take doTERRA Lemon internally to support digestion, immunity and the respiratory system. Dilute one drop lemon oil with 4 fl. oz. of liquid.
2. I clean my floors with lemon essential oil, vinegar, hot water and a little bit of soap. Mix all ingredients into a large bucket to clean the whole house. 
3. Lemon essential oil is cleansing for the skin and can reduce the appearance of skin imperfections. Add a few drops to your facial moisturizer. But be careful to only use Lemon on the skin in the winter time or when you are not planning to be in the sun. Lemon is a photosensitive oil and you should avoid direct sun exposure for 12 hours after application.
4. Clean the grease off your hands or the sticker off a glass jar with a few drops of Lemon. Add Lemon to a soap mixture or try sugar and coconut oil for a exfoliating scrub.
5. Diffuse Lemon in the kitchen to purify the air and to help get rid of bad odors.
6. Mix Lemon, water and soap for an all purpose cleaner. 
7. Dilute lemon with a carrier oil and rub on the bottoms of the feet to support the immune system. 
8. Mix olive oil with a few drops of lemon for the perfect wood or leather polish! 
9. Diffuse Lemon get rid of bad odors and to promote an energized, uplifted mood. 
10. Use Lemon oil for baking and cooking! I use lemon for curries, guacamole, beer and cocktails. I also love to make lemon bars!

And the list goes on…

Green Cleaning

Lemon essential oil is cleansing and purifying because it has antiseptic properties, making it the perfect ingredient for non toxic cleaning!  Cleaning products you buy at the grocery store often times have harsh chemicals that can be toxic for your family. This is why I got rid of all of my old cleaners and make everything myself! Essential oils make green cleaning so easy! Most ingredients you will find laying around your house… vinegar, soap, baking soda etc. Add a few drops of this, a little of that and you have a safe cleaner for your home! One of the recipes I use most often is a non toxic floor cleaner. 

Floor Cleaner

• 1 Tbsp castile soap
• 1 cup vinegar
• 15 drops Lemon
• hot water

Window and Glass Cleaner

• 2 cups water
• 1/3 cup vinegar
• 1/3 cup rubbing alcohol
• 10 drops Lemon 

Internal Use

Lemon can not only be used for cleaning the house but it can also cleanse our bodies, internally. By adding a few drops of doTERRA Lemon essential oil to your water, you are naturally cleansing the body. There are so many essential oils out there and the majority of them are not safe to ingest. I only recommend using doTERRA essential oils internally. 

Lemon has so many internal benefits because of the main constituent called limonene. According to research, limonene may help support healthy cellular function, the immune system, the lung and respiratory systems, the gastrointestinal system, a healthy metabolism, and a healthy colon and liver. 

The reason we can ingest doTERRA’s Lemon essential oil is due to purity and sourcing. doTERRA’s Lemon oil comes from the peel or the rind. The lemon peels are cold pressed releasing the essential oil for collection. doTERRA sources their lemons from Sicily, Italy where families have grown lemons for generations. 

Research on cardiovascular benefits from Lemon essential oil

A recent study performed by Korean scientists examined the effect of lemon essential oil and isolated limonene (the primary constituent of lemon essential oil) on a model of cardiovascular health. Their findings showed that lemon essential oil provided the highest cardiovascular benefit, even more than limonene alone. This suggests that other, more minor constituents of lemon essential oil are at least partly responsible for the observed positive cardiovascular effects. The authors of the study went further to conclude that lemon essential oil improved measures of cardiovascular health due to its powerful antioxidant properties. These findings, though not conclusive, indicate the need to further investigate the potential cardioprotective effects of lemon essential oil.