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Emotionally it is said to be useful for
anxiety, stress, depression and for easing nervous tension.
My Australian distiller says:
"Lemon tea tree is used in natural insect
repellents for humans - we prefer it alone in a carrier oil,
but others add Tea Tree and lemongrass plus the carrier oil - all in
very small percentages, naturally. It does work, and is, from our point
of view, the use for the oil.
I personally wouldn't add the tea tree or lemongrass - the Lemon tea
tree will stand on its own. Haven't tried it with Cedarwood - we're more
producers than blenders, but we get feedback from all sorts of people.
Leptospermum petersonii is being used for
dog wash additives, but I'm not privy
to the percentages. We have had evidence that the
distillate water is extremely effective for
clearing up mange type skin problems, and helping to keep dogs
free of fleas - it is anecdotal, but a client has 35 working
cattle dogs, and will take all the distillate water we produce, and the
percentage of oil in the water would be extremely small."
Now, given the cost of shipping, I am not bringing in the hydrosol;
but my daughter the groomer is going to be trying this lovely lemony oil
on the dogs she grooms this summer. If what the distiller says about the
flea freedom is true, and I have no reason to doubt him, then I think we
have a gold mine here.
Note, further feedback from clients indicates that applying the EO to
a horse's mane and tail help keep the horseflies away. All sorts of
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