Tea Tree Essential Oil

Tea tree oil is extracted from Melaleuca alternifolia in Australia, and, commercial plantations began to produce large quantities of tea tree oil from Melaleuca species during the 20^th century. The tea tree is a small evergreen that likes warm climate. It is attractive and fragrant, with an exotic look. Herbalists swear by tea tree oil, made from its foliage.

Tea tree oil also known as melaleuca oil contains antibiotic, antimicrobial, antifungal, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory and antiviral properties and is often used to help battle a bacterial infection such as athlete’s foot. It has the ability to stimulate the immune system and helps to ease your cough reduce the duration of a cough. Traditional usage suggests that tea tree oil is a treatment for superficial wounds, insect bites and athlete's foot.

One of the most effective ways to use it is to blend it with other oils and massage into the chest to provide relief for a cough, cold or sore throat. Diluted with carrier oil and applied with clean cotton swab it has an antiviral effect for treating a cold sore.

Tea Tree essential Oil is used in the Athlete’s Foot, Sore Throat, Colds & Congestion, and Cough massage oil blend treatment at Oriental Massage Galway (OMG).