Bitter Orange Essential Oil

Bitter Orange Essential Oil: Brief Introduction: -

Bitter Orange Essential Oil is derived from the peel of the bitter orange fruit through cold-press extraction. It has a fresh, citrusy aroma with a slightly bitter undertone and is widely used in aromatherapy, skincare, and natural remedies.

Botany: -

This oil is extracted from Bitter Orange that is also known as Citrus aurantium in botanical terminology. At first, bitter orange is green in color then it turns yellow and finally it turns red on ripening. This is an evergreen tree that has an existence in many parts of Africa and Asia. The oils possess many beneficial therapeutic values.

Bitter Orange Essential Oil: Introduction: -

The ripen fruits’ peel is used to extract oil from it and thus is bitter in taste. The bitter orange oil manufacturers deploy a cold-press method to derive oil. The oil so obtained appears fresh, bright orange in color with a bitter aroma that can be used for many purposes. This plant has got amazing benefits in terms of the fact that different parts are being used for the extraction of oil and are known accordingly. When leaves and twigs are used for oil extraction, it is called Neroli Oil and when bitter orange fruit’s peel is used, it is referred to as Bitter Orange Oil.

• Bitter orange oil was used as a natural tonic & carminative to treat dyspepsia in ancient traditional Chinese medicines. In fact, the bitter oranges that are dried are used to treat blood in feces, diarrhea, ptosis in the uterus, etc.
• In Homeopathy, the fruits’ rind was used to provide relief from headache, weight loss, abdominal pain, high blood pressure, and digestion-related problems.
• It was also used in herbal medicine even today as a stimulant & appetite suppressant due to the presence of synephrine as the active constituent.
• Being a native of Latin America, it was used to prepare tonic to lessen anxiety, to treat sleeping disorders, and also as a laxative.
• Brazilians made use of this oil to treat anxiety and insomnia.