Oil from "Down Under", Tea tree oil is yellow / greenish tinged essential oil extracted from the leaves of Melaleuca Alternifolia. Tea tree oil can be used directly without any carrier oil. It is ideal to perform a patch test your skin before using it.

Tea Tree Oil Home Remedies

• Tea Tree Oil is a good home remedy for oral infections. Few drops of tea tree oil in a cup of water makes a good antibacterial mouth rinse. A drop of tea tree oil around the gum line may help prevent or reverse gum problem.
  
  
  
• The much talked about oil treats vaginal yeast infections, plantar warts, warts and insect bites.
• Tea Tree oil when rubbed on to scalp will help in getting rid of nits, dandruff and lice.
• This essential oil fights viruses, bacteria, fungi thereby boosting the immune system to ward off infectious diseases.
  
  
  
• Apply few drops of diluted tea tree oil to wounds, small scratches, scraps, minor skin irritations and cuts. It cures the affected area by penetrating the skin without leaving any scars.
• Tea tree oil is good home remedy for acne. It heals the acne scars and unclogs the pores. Single large drop tea tree oil dabbed on the pimple at the first sign may clear it up quickly.
• Add few drops of tea tree oil to your warm bath to relax and rejuvenate you. It helps to remove persistent body odor and soothe sore muscles.
• Massage few drops of undiluted oil for athlete’s foot and ring worm infections.
• Inhalation of few drops of tea tree oil is a great relief for persistent colds, flu, toothache and even whooping cough. A dab of tea tree oil around your nose will open up clogged nose soothing sinuses. Dab a drop of tea tree oil, 2 or 3 times a day at the first sign of a cold sore.
• Tea tree oil treats abscess, blisters, burns, oily skin, rashes, spots and warts.
• Use tea tree oil to cure sunburns, toenail infections and problems of smelly feet.  
• Tea tree oil properties act as immune booster helping the body to fight off host of micro organisms that lead to reduction in body's natural resistance power.
• Baby shampoo mixed with few drops of tea tree makes a nice wipe solution.
• Few drops of tea tree essential oil with olive oil can be applied to the diaper area for rashes.
• For healthy fingernails and toenails, massage a drop of tea tree oil on the nail bed and drop under the nail too.

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