Eucalyptus Oil - Eucalyptus Globulus

This is another oil that can be used for a lot of things, native in Tasmania Eucalyptus tree leaves were used by the Aboriginals for dressing wounds.

Eucalyptus oil is strongly antiseptic and is often used as an inhalant to clear the sinuses and give relief from colds, flues, bronchitis, catarrh and asthma.

If used as a massage oil it has an anti-rheumatic effect and helps soothe muscle aches, applied directly to the skin it will remedy burns and insect bites.

A few drops of Eucalyptus oil added to a bath will relax and balance moods.