• Botanical name: Melaleuca alternifolia
• Plant origin: Tree, leaves
• Extraction method: Steam distillation
• Aroma: Sharp, medicinal
• Odor intensity: Very high
• Evaporation Rate: Top note

Tea tree essential oil is an antibiotic, antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, diaphoretic, expectorant, immune stimulant, anti-parasitic, anti-infectious, decongestant, and anti-inflammatory.

Tea tree essential oil has strong anti-inflammatory and antiseptic properties which easily penetrate the outer skin layers to treat insect bites, cuts, burns, acne, infected wounds, bruises, boils, scabies, lice, hives, poison ivy and oak, and sunburn. Tea tree essential possesses analgesic properties that can be applied to sprains, arthritis, bunions, bursitis, eczema, gout, carpal tunnel syndrome, and hemorrhoids. It also assists cold sores, herpes, nail infections, asthma, bronchitis, acne, and blemishes. It also acts as an immune stimulant, helps with athlete's foot, reduces dandruff, ringworm, upper respiratory infections, varicose veins, and parasites.