What is the effect of tea tree oil? Uses of tea tree oil
Tea tree oil has long been used as a natural remedy for various health related problems. Let’s explore the benefits of tea tree oil for babies with Bach Hoa Xanh!
What is tea tree oil?
Tea tree oil is extracted from the leaves and twigs of the tea tree whose scientific name is Melaleuca alternifolia, native to Australia.
This essential oil contains natural antibacterial properties that help fight many infections. Using tea tree oil is a fairly common and effective treatment for infections in young children.
Tea tree oil is often confused with Melaleuca oil, an essential oil distilled from the Melaleuca tree. However, these two essential oils have quite a few differences.
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What is the effect of tea tree oil on children?
first Helps with antibacterial
Thanks to its strong antibacterial properties, tea tree oil has the ability to kill harmful bacteria, as well as prevent germs that cause many dangerous diseases such as staph infections in children.
2 Helps wounds heal faster
Not only does it heal wounds, but tea tree oil also helps the healing process in young children faster, protecting them from harmful infections.
Moreover, giving your baby this essential oil after suffering from diseases such as boils, chicken pox (chicken pox), rashes… will help fade scars.
In addition, thanks to its ability to stimulate blood circulation, tea tree oil also improves blood circulation in the injured area, accelerating the growth of new cells and tissues, helping wounds heal faster.
3 Health promotion
Tea tree oil also helps promote baby’s health by increasing the ability to absorb nutrients. Thereby, helping the immune system work more effectively, protecting the baby from many different diseases.
4 Stimulates perspiration
Young children can experience health problems due to the accumulation of toxins in the body. Tea tree oil will stimulate the baby’s body to sweat, clean the pores, remove toxins, reduce the amount of excess water and salt in the baby’s body.
5 expectorant, effective cough treatment
Mothers can use tea tree oil when their baby has a cold, cough, stuffy nose, bronchitis… to reduce the symptoms of the disease by applying the oil to the chest before the baby sleeps or massaging the baby’s feet, helping to keep the baby’s feet healthy. warm the body when the baby has a cold.
6 Pain relief
Thanks to its strong anti-inflammatory and antibacterial properties, tea tree oil helps soothe the symptoms of sprains, sore muscles, and aches and pains in young children.
7 Reduces itching, swelling and pain caused by insects
Because tea tree oil contains pain-relieving stimulants, mothers can apply a little of this essential oil on the itchy, painful swelling caused by mosquitoes and insects for babies.
Also, to prevent your baby from being bitten by mosquitoes, apply a few drops of diluted tea tree oil to various exposed areas of your baby’s skin.
Some things to keep in mind when using tea tree oil for babies
With the uses and some notes shared in the above article, please use tea tree oil carefully to enhance and protect your child’s health!