Green Mandarin
Sourcing and Harvesting of Green Mandarin
Green Mandarin oil is sustainably sourced in Brazil. The doTERRA network of Brazilian citrus farmers uses the income from their green mandarin harvest to cover farming costs for the year. Later, their red mandarin harvest (from the fully ripened fruit) is mostly for profit. This creates a sustainable, steady income throughout the year for small and large scale growers, reduces green waste, and yields two beautiful essential oils with unique chemistry.
Mandarin trees need to be thinned while the fruit is still young and unripe. Approximately 60-70 percent of the green fruit is removed from the tree during this thinning process. In the past, this unripe fruit was discarded or left on the ground to decompose, as the fruit too tart to be enjoyed. However, a unique essential oil is contained in these young, unripe fruits. The cold-pressed green rinds yield a fragrant, uplifting oil distinct from that of fully ripened mandarins (which is known as Red Mandarin essential oil). Green Mandarin offers a wider range of benefits than most other citrus oils and may be preferred for cosmetic use.
Green Mandarin is high in Monoterpenes and Limonene. These two big chemical constituents give the bright, fresh aroma of green mandarin which is effective for soothing strong emotions such as anger, grief, and shock. It can also be sedating and calming to the nervous system while promoting courage and quiet strength.
Fun Fact
The mandarin tree is cultivated worldwide for its sweet, juicy fruit, which are often sold as clementines or mandarin oranges. Red Mandarin essential oil comes from the rinds of the fully ripened fruit. Green Mandarin comes from fruit harvested prior to ripening. Despite the fact that the oil is distilled from unripe fruit, Green Mandarin’s aroma is less sour than most citrus oils.
Emotional Benefits
Green Mandarin is all about pure potential, excellent tonic to aid individuals to return to childhood delight and simplicity. Its bright and cheerful aroma helps all to remember the inviting excitement they once felt about life. In adulthood individuals often feel trapped or limited by their own belief system. This oil reminds individuals that they have direct access to pure potential and boundless opportunities, it encourages all to experience joy in the journey and to never stop becoming. When an individual is feeling weighed down by emotional scars, self doubt, fear or failure, green mandarin prompts them to go back to a time before they were encumbered by this baggage. It reminds them to reconnect with their inner child whose heart was open and fearless. It reassures fear is temporary and an abundant possibilities await those who dare to dream. Green mandarin reminds us of wonder and hope.
Negative emotions that green mandarin helps with if feeling limited, or trapped, fearful, doubtful, burdened.
Positive properties green mandarin can bring in: feeling of excitement, and wonder, hope, being fearless, innocent, delighted. Suggested uses: aromatically smelled from the bottle, on hands, apply to navel or over heart and wrist, couple drops in your water.
Application Methods
Topically
Aromatically
Internally
Common Primary Uses
Nausea
Calming
GERD
Skin (Toning)
Soothing
Create a bright and energized environment by diffusing the sweet, refreshing aroma of Green Mandarin throughout your home or workplace. Add three to four drops in your diffuser. It can also be taken internally to support the nervous system.*
Promote healthy skin and hair by incorporating Green Mandarin into your beauty routine. Add a few drops to water or witch hazel for a mild skin toner and clarifier.
The limonene found in Green Mandarin makes it a highly cleansing oil. Make your own counter spray by adding 10 drops of Green Mandarin to a spray bottle filled with water to clean the surfaces of your kitchen.
Diffuse Green Mandarin in your home to purify the air and eradicate unpleasant odors. Add three to four drops in your diffuser. Green Mandarin blends well with Basil, Spearmint, Sandalwood, Lavender, or any of the citrus oils.
Protect your body from environmental threats by taking Green Mandarin internally. Take one to two drops in a veggie cap to help support healthy immune function and response.*
Create your own customized perfume blends with Green Mandarin and a few other oils. You can try blending it with Sandalwood, Lavender, Spearmint, or citrus oils to experience the positive, uplifting emotional benefits.
Incorporate Green Mandarin in your cooking as a natural food preservative or flavoring in recipes calling for a subtle citrus flavor.
Properties
Anticoagulant
Anti-Inflammatory
Anti-Microbial
Antispasmodic
Antitumor
Antiviral
Expectorant
Laxative
Sedative
Other Possible Uses
This oil may help with cellulite, circulation, constipation, diarrhea, digestive system disorders, dizziness, fat digestion, fear, flatulence, gallbladder (gallstones), heartburn, insomnia, intestinal spasms, irritability, limbs (tired and aching), liver problems, lymphatic system congestion (helps stimulate drainage), obesity, parasites, sadness, stomach (tonic), stress, stretch marks (smooths when blended with lavender), swelling, and water retention (alleviates edema).
Oils that Blend Well with Green Mandarin Oil
Recipes
Ingredients
2 cups full fat coconut milk
2–3 drops Green Mandarin oil
½ cup mixed berries
Instructions
Prior to making yogurt, refrigerate coconut milk for 24 hours.
Add coconut milk into a medium bowl.
Add in essential oil drops and stir together.
Store in fridge for up to a week.
Add mixed berries into yogurt and enjoy!
2 drops Green Mandarin - combined with Turmeric disrupts inflammation that coincides with weight gain
2 drops Turmeric
2 drops Frankincense
2 drops Slim & Sassy
Diffuser Blends
Father’s day Blend
2 drops Bergamot
2 drops Green Mandarin
2 drops Rosemary
Attack the Day Blend - to help give that momentum to carry out your daily task and bring forth your ideas that you want to do for the day, your life and so forth.
2 drops Pink Pepper
2-3 drops Green Mandarin
2 drops Douglas fir
Joyful Blend
3 drops Green Mandarin
3 drops Black Spruce
Day at the beach
5 drops of Green Mandarin
3 drops of Lime
1 drop of Wild Orange
Detox for the liver and kidney
1 to 2 drops of green mandarin with lemon twice a day
apply topically over liver or kidneys
drop under the tongue or in a shot glass of water in the morning and during the day
Lack of energy or mental fatigue
Apply to palms and cup over nose and inhale
For anxiety, depression, gas, or heart burn
Apply under the tongue daily or add to the water
Roller ball recipe Liquid Light
for times when it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel
o 10 mL roller bottle
o 15 drops Adaptiv
o 15 Copaiba
o 5 Pink Pepper
o 5 Frankincense
o 10 Green Mandarin
o top with FCO and apply over heart, back of neck or on pulse points.
Additional Research
GERD: When administered orally, the limonene in green mandarin significantly reduced symptoms of GERD (Gastroesophageal refulx) - study Sun, 2007
Skin: Limonene and other chemical constituents in green mandarin were found to aid in tissue regeneration and reduced inflammation in the skin - study d'Alessio et al., 2014; Kummer et al., 2013
Anti-tumor: d-limonene in green mandarin found to inhibit cancer cell growth of several cancer types - Elegbede et al., 1984; Maltzman et al., 1989; Uedo et al., 1999
Resources
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