Bergamot benefits and harms

Bergamot benefits and harms

The bergamot peel contains valuable essential oils used in the perfumery and cosmetics industries, as well as in traditional and folk medicine. The plant oil contains bisabolic, bergapten, limonene, terpineol, nerol, linalyl acetate.

Application

Traditional medicine recommends the use of bergamot as a sedative, as well as a remedy that relieves spasms and dilates blood vessels. Infusions are used for problems with digestion and for diseases of the liver and biliary tract, for diseases of the nasopharynx, throat and oral cavity. A decoction based on the peel of bergamot is used in aromatherapy and is brewed as a tea.

It is used as an external agent for the treatment of various skin inflammations and infections, as well as a cooling and soothing agent for relieving stress conditions in sensitive skin. Bergamot is a good antiparasitic and antihelminthic agent that also helps against many fungal diseases. From the raw materials of the plant, medicines are prepared for vitiligo (white spots on the skin) and alopecia (baldness).

In cooking, bergamot is used to flavor various dishes, desserts, sweets, mousses, cocktails, spirits and more. It is used to make the famous aromatic Earl Gray tea.

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