Litsea Essential Oil
Clearer Skin, Calmer Mind, Brighter Mood
Litsea, Litsea cubeba, also known as May Chang, comes from a small tropical tree with fragrant lemony scented leaves and flowers. The essential oil is steam distilled from the small fruits shaped like peppers, from which the name "cubeba" is derived. Its scent, a bright blend of citrus and soft evergreen, resembles lemongrass but is sweeter and more delicate.
Litsea essential oil is a gentle astringent that works beautifully for oily or acne-prone skin. It helps balance sebum production, cleanse and tighten pores, tone the skin, and brighten dull complexions.
When added to massage oils, Litsea can improve circulation, ease muscular tension, and provide comforting support during cold and flu season.
With natural antiseptic, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, and antimicrobial properties, it also supports the skin’s healing process.
Skin Benefits of Litsea Essential Oil
Litsea offers a wide range of topical benefits, especially for those dealing with excess oil, blemishes, or irritation:
- Helps reduce acne-causing bacteria, calm flare-ups, and ease redness.
- Balances excess oil, tightens pores, and leaves the complexion more refined.
- Promote a clearer, more even tone
- Helps calm redness, itching, and irritation from conditions such as eczema.
- Helps reduce odor-causing bacteria while providing a clean, fresh scent.
Hair Care Benefits
Litsea’s refreshing citrus-herbal profile makes it a wonderful addition to hair and scalp care. Its natural astringency helps balance scalp oil production, reduce buildup, and refresh oily or limp hair. It also helps add shine and vitality, and its antifungal and antibacterial properties support a healthier scalp environment.
Aromatherapy Properties
Litsea’s aroma is bright, uplifting, and energizing—yet calming to the nervous system. It is beloved for its ability to lighten emotional heaviness and restore clarity. It may help:
- Enhance Mood: Often called the Oil of Tranquility, it reduces feelings of depression, anxiety, fear, and irritability while fostering emotional positivity.
- Relieve Stress & Anxiety: Its gentle sedative activity helps lower tension and may reduce cortisol levels.
- Improve Focus & Energy: The lively, citrus fragrance combats mental fatigue and helps sharpen concentration—ideal for workspaces or study areas.
Pregnancy and Children: We do not provide information on the safety of essential oils during Pregnancy or for use in Children because the available information is very ambiguous and often contradictory. If you’re interested in using essential oils during pregnancy or with young children, please do your own research and consult your doctor, midwife, or health care professional before use.
Precautions: If you are pregnant, nursing, taking medication, have a medical condition, or have any medical concerns regarding yourself or your family, consult a qualified, licensed health professional prior to use. For external use only. Keep away from eyes and mucous membranes. Keep out of reach of children.
