Description
Lemon Myrtle High-Quality Essential Oil
הדס לימון
Backhousia citriodora
5ml
OC
From Flowers, Leaves, and Stems
Steam Distillation
Lemon Myrtle is a species of tree in the family myrtles and is a beautiful tree when covered in flowers during the summer months which is harvest time for distillation.
The Lemon Myrtle leaves and fruit gives off a pleasant aroma of lemon fragrance when crushed. It has a huge variety of uses such as the crushed leaves repel mosquitoes, but also are used to brew a relaxing cup of tea.
The flowers are often used at weddings as centerpieces on tables. The flowers are considered to be a symbol of long life and a deep love that will last an eternity for the couple.
In Hebrew, the word for Myrtle is “Hadas” which is from the word Hadassah which is the birth name of Queen Esther. In the Bible, the Myrtle tree was treasured as a wood used to create harps, and lyres, and to build wedding gifts and furniture such as bed clothing racks and dressers.
Myrtle is one of four species used in the Lulav set that was waved during the festival of Sukkot (Feast of Tabernacles).
The four [species] at sukkot represent the four-letter Name of God, with the lulav being the [Hebrew letter] vav, which channels the divine energy into the world and man. If for no other reason, the four must be held together while waving for the Unity of the Name.
Etrog — because it is written (Psalms 104: 1): ‘You are clothed in glory and majesty.’ (The word translated as majesty is hadar. In the Torah (Leviticus 23:40), the etrog is called the fruit of the goodly tree. The same Hebrew word, hadar, is used in that context to mean goodly.)
Palm — because it is written (Psalms 92:13): ‘The righteous bloom like a date palm.’
Myrtle- HADAS — because it is written (Zechariah 1:8): ‘And he stood among the myrtle-trees (hadasim).’
Willow — because it is written (Psalms 68:5): ‘Extol Him who rides on the clouds above the willow trees [aravot], the Lord is His name.’
Lemon Myrtle does grow in Israel and the Middle Eastern part of the world. However, the Australian Lemon Myrtle is the most fragrant of all Myrtle species.
Calming, expectorant, antibacterial, astringent, coughs, bronchitis, and digestion.
The sense of smell is considered the loftiest and most transcendent sense….All other senses desire forbidden things while the nose remains ”holy”…Arizal connects the sense of smell to the month of Adar with myrtle and Myrrh. Sukkot Myrtle one of the most fragrant plants of the Lulav set that was waved in the Holy Temple”.
See Israel native Myrtle here
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