Essential oil is obtained:
- with the help of cold pressing from the rind of the still-ripe bergamot fruits;
- by means of steam treatment from leaves and flowers.
In order to produce 1 kg of bergamot oil, about 200 kg of fresh fruit are needed.
The use of bergamot oil for both healing and cosmetic purposes is made possible by its unique beneficial properties. It improves memory, concentrates attention, gives strength, relieves fatigue, stress, and also helps to raise the mood. In many eastern countries there is a belief that bergamot oil attracts money, wealth and success.
Due to its bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effect, bergamot oil treats problem skin. It eliminates pigment spots, skin eruptions, juvenile acne, narrows the pores, restores the work of the sebaceous glands.
Bergamot oil very quickly removes the inflammatory process, irritation and leaves the result for a long time. Also, this essential oil can be used as an antiviral agent for herpes.
Bergamot oil is an excellent immunoabsorbing agent. Oil provides the body with a high resistance to various viruses and infections.
It helps to lower the temperature. If you add 4 drops of bergamot oil to the bath, it will promote the treatment of urethritis and cystitis, relieving spasms and painful sensations.
Ethereal bergamot oil helps reduce symptoms of bronchitis and asthma. Oil is an effective assistant in the regulation of thyroid activity.
Bergamot oil restores appetite, heals intestinal colic, removes slag, and also is used as an antiseptic. Bergamot oil relieves inflammation in the throat, mouth, nasopharynx, urinary tract, breast. In addition, bergamot oil can be used to resist sensual mixtures, to increase sexual desire.
Oil can have an antidepressant effect on a person. When there was a nervous exhaustion, bergamot oil will definitely help. Oil has a double effect: it soothes or tones.
Traditional medicine and cosmetology offer many recipes, which contain bergamot oil.
With a sore throat, gums, take 2 drops of tea tree oil and bergamot oil, mix them 1/2 cup. warm water. With this compound, rinse your throat during the day.
To raise the mood, and to be filled with optimism will help the following recipe. Add 5 drops of bergamot, lavender, neroli oil to the aroma lamp.
In order to clean the smoky room, add 5 drops of bergamot oil, 4 drops of myrtle oil, 4 drops of oil of limetta to the aroma lamp.
For the steam room, you can prepare the following mixture. Take 10 drops of bergamot oil and mix with 5 drops of peppermint oil, eucalyptus, myrtle.
In order to make the cream more useful and effective, add bergamot oil to cosmetic products: tonics, creams, shampoos, balms, etc. (4-5 drops)
To lower body temperature, you need to do the following compress. Stir a couple drops of bergamot with 1/4 tbsp. water. Wet gauze and put on calf muscles.
You can add to the bath 5 drops of bergamot oil in the treatment of cystitis and urethritis. This method will help relieve spasms and calm the pain.
In the treatment of candidiasis, you can syringe 200 ml of warm water, which added 1/2 tsp. baking soda and 4 drops of bergamot oil.
When scabies, psoriasis, it is necessary to wipe the affected skin with a mixture of: 30 ml of almond oil with 5 drops of bergamot oil.
When herpes it is recommended to smear the sore with bergamot oil after 3-3, 5 hours.
You can make inhalations with bergamot oil.
Cold inhalation
On a piece of cloth, apply a couple drops of bergamot oil. Do inhalation for at least 7 minutes, while breathing deeply.
Hot Inhalation
In a bowl with boiling water, drip 2-3 drops of bergamot oil. Lean over the bowl, close your eyes and cover your head with a towel. The duration of inhalations is 5-7 minutes.
The work with internal organs is positively influenced by baths with bergamot oil. In a bath of warm water, add 1 tbsp. l. sea salt and 1 tsp. bergamot oil. The time of bathing is 30 minutes.
It is useful to prepare hot and cold compresses using bergamot oil.
Mix 2 tbsp. water and a couple drops of bergamot oil. Wet gauze and attach to the diseased area. Compress keep from 5 to 40 minutes.
To remove inflammation of the muscular, connective, nervous tissues, one should use grinding. To do this, mix 10 ml of massage oil with 2-3 drops of bergamot oil. This tool is recommended to rub with strong movements in the sore spot.
It should be noted that the essential oil of bergamot fruits can not be consumed in its pure form. It is better to add a couple drops of bergamot oil to vegetable oil (1 tbsp.), Jam (1/2 tsp), honey (1/2 tsp) and then only ingest. Take oil is necessary to improve the work of the heart, blood vessels, urinary system.
You can also prepare aromatic tea with bergamot. In an airtight container, drip 7-9 drops of bergamot oil, pour the tea leaves and close. Leave it for 5 days, shaking occasionally. On the sixth day you can brew tea and enjoy a unique aroma.
It is forbidden to use bergamot oil for women during pregnancy, as well as for people with epilepsy.