Limonis aetheroleum

Essential oil extracted from lemon peel using a special process.

Listed in Ph.Helv., the Swiss Pharmacopoeia.

ESCOP: not processed

HMPC: not processed

Commission E: not processed

Empirical medicine: appetite stimulant, digestive stimulant, odor-correcting agent, mild skin irritant as an embrocation, also for venous diseases and flu-like infections, also contained in throat lozenges, e.g. ^Carmol® throat lozenges.

see also under Pericarpium Citri

1. https://www.awl.ch/heilpflanzen/citrus_limon/zitrone.htm
2. Blaschek W (2015) Wichtl tea drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice. Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft Munich. S 183-185
3. Montag A (2023) Plants and skin. Springer-Verlag GmbH. P. 351 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-63014-3_7