Myrtle

Species name:  Myrtle,Green (Myrtus communis).

Myrtle is an essential oil known to help combat addictive behaviors, and help people quit smoking, especially when blended with bregamont and clary sage essential oils. 

It is said to be beneficial for use in persons who have personality disorders, destructive tendencies, cutting behaviors, and to calm hyperactivity.

Home Remedies using Myrtle Essential Oil:

Used in meditative and aromatherapy, myrtle essential oil has shown good results as a type of oil to have emotionally cleansing properties. 

Myrtle essential oil is particularly good for removing oil from skin, cleansing pores, and revitalizing skin redness and irritation. 

Normally known as being therapeutic for oily skin, it is a good conditioner for all types of skin and it is also good for combination skin which is oily in the "T-zone" and dry elsewhere.

Benefits of Myrtle Essential Oil:

Myrtle is very effective in treating hemorrhoids to reduce swelling, pain and itch.

Myrtle is good as a mild sedative, helps people sleep, and is not irritating. It does not cause sensitizations. For these reasons, it is particularly effective in treating the elderly and young children. 

It is particularly good for conditions such as asthma, COPD, chronic bronchitis and emphysema.

Myrtle green essential oil can be used to soothe inflamed hemorrhoids, treat all ailments of the respiratory tract, and combating self destructive tendencies as well as battling addictions including cigarette smoking.

Myrtle can be used in a carrier oil, or a blend for massage, diluted and applied topically, used in vapor therapy with a diffuser, simmer pot or added to a steamy bath.

Side Effects of Myrtle Essential Oil:

All users should conduct a skin patch test to rule out sensitivity to myrtle before beginning to use it, and consult with a qualified herbologist if you have questions.