Updated 27 January 2024
Botanical characteristics
- Kingdom: Plantae
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Magnoliopsida
- Order: Ericales
- Family: Ericaceae
- Genus: Rhododendron
- Part used: Flowering twigs
- Country of origin: Canada
Precautions for use
Caution! Labrador tea essential oil should be used with caution.
In fact, it can only be used by adults and adolescents, and certain forms of use should be avoided.
Topical application is the best tolerated form, but always with a 20% dilution in a vegetable oil.
Oral use is only possible under medical supervision.
Other precautions
Warning:
- People with asthma or epilepsy should seek medical advice before using Labrador tea essential oil.
- Consult a doctor for advice on prolonged use of this essential oil.
- Consult a therapist before using your essential oil by ingestion.
Cutaneous use:
- Labrador tea essential oil is irritating to the skin and should be diluted to 20% in vegetable oil before use.
- Children over the age of 3 can use this essential oil on their skin, but only in very diluted form and on the advice of a doctor.
Allergenic components:
Labrador tea essential oil contains biochemical allergenic components:
- Limonene (≤15%)
- Linalool (≤1%)
Note: It is best to test the essential oil before use (two drops on the crease of the elbow for at least 24 hours to check for a reaction).
Authorised users
How to use
Risks of use
Properties
- Digestive stimulant, carminative, stomachic
- Decongestant and liver regenerator
- Anti-inflammatory, analgesic
- Antispasmodic
- Anti-allergic
- Antidepressant
- Soothing for the nervous system
- Air antiseptic
Indications
- Gallstones
- Kidney stones
- Toxic nephritis
- Hepatitis
- Poisoning and liver failure
- Sleep disorders
- Insomnia
- Cirrhosis
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Stress
- Flatulence
- Infectious prostatitis and prostatic obstruction
- Inflamed lymph nodes
- Thyroid imbalance
- Allergies and skin sensitivities
Directions for use/usual dosage
- Local application: 4 diluted drops 3 times daily on the target organ to be treated.
- Oral use: 3 diluted drops 3 times daily.
- Diffusion: in combination with other EOs
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