citrals - antihistaminic, antiseptic, bactericide, cancer-preventive, fungicide, herbicide, perfumery, sedative.

Traditional Uses: Anti-infectious, antiviral, antiseptic, expectorant, anti-inflammatory, digestive stimulant. Natural insect repellent.

Skin: oily skin and acne.

Respiratory: bronchitis, chest and nasal congestion, bronchial catarrh

Immune: colds, influenza, herpes simplex (topically).

Digestive: digestive stimulant

Nervous Brain/Mind: stimulating in minute quantities but sedating and calming at normal strength.

Safety Data: high possibility of skin irritation due to the highly reactive nature of citral. Blend to 1% or less. Blend with equal parts citrus oil (high in monoterpenes: d-limonene, alpha-pinene) to "quench" the irritant effect of the citral.

The first report on this oil is recorded in 1918. Interest in the antimicrobial potential of this species of plant was first recorded in 1942 during the Australian Phytochemical Survey

SOURCE: Sheppard-Hanger Sylla, THE AROMATHERAPY PRACTITIONER REFERENCE MANUAL, Tampa, 1998

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