Have you fallen in love with Lemon Myrtle oil yet? I remember catching up with my Mum one day, many years ago. We were walking together, when suddenly she got really excited. “There’s a Lemon Myrtle tree here!” she said. I laughed, and let her know that she was smelling me!!! I was wearing Lemon Myrtle oil on my chest that day.

Because our Young Living oils contain the whole essential oil from the plant with nothing added and nothing omitted, they smell just like the plant itself.

If you smell Cilantro oil, it smells just like beautiful coriander (cilantro) leaves. If you smell Ginger oil, it smells just like ginger root, and so on.

Lemon Myrtle oil can be mildly irritating to sensitive skin, so if you wear it on your chest for its stunning aroma, you may just need to pop a tiny bit of vegetable oil (like Young Living’s V6 oil, or coconut or olive oil) over the top if it prickles your skin.

But it’s worth it! Its aroma is so refreshing and uplifting, it’s one of my essential oil favourites.

I want to share a little bit about this amazing plant, and some of my personal favourite uses for Lemon Myrtle oil. Enjoy!

Lemon Myrtle – a “True Blue” Australian oil

Lemon Myrtle has often been described as being “more lemony than lemons”. But unlike Lemon oil which comes from the rind of the lemon, Lemon Myrtle oil comes from the leaves of an Australian native tree, Backhousia citriodora.

This tree is found in coastal rainforest areas from South East Queensland (near Brisbane), all the way up to Cairns.

It’s a bush food. The Aboriginal people use the leaves to flavour their food, and in Australia and New Zealand, our Young Living Lemon Myrtle oil is one of our culinary oils (meaning it’s compliant with Food Standards Australia & New Zealand to be promoted for use in food and drink recipes). That’s not necessarily the case in other countries, so where I talk below about how I use it in cooking, know that it’s only something we can promote in AU/NZ, not in other countries.

Because of its strong lemon flavour, Lemon Myrtle oil can be used instead of lemon in milk products, because it tastes like lemon but doesn’t curdle the way that lemon does.

And like Lemon oil, it works on an emotional level to help us feel uplifted and happy.

Anytime I need to increase my happiness quotient in my life, Lemon Myrtle oil is my go-to.

Young Living has created an oil blend called Lushious Lemon, which contains both Lemon and Lemon Myrtle oil. This is one of my 3 most favourite oils to diffuse, because it smells so incredibly uplifting and beautiful.

Lushious Lemon has also been used in one of Young Living’s foaming hand soaps.

This low-tox, plant-based hand soap sits alongside of our Thieves foaming hand soap and Lavender foaming hand soap. Although I have a different foaming hand soap at each of the water outlets in my house, I confess the Lushious Lemon is my favourite. I love the burst of aroma I get every time I use it.

A Little Bit of Science

Lemon Myrtle comes from the Myrtacea family of plants, which is the same family that Myrtle oil comes from, so it shares some of the same properties that Myrtle oil has, being very “lung loving”. But they have completely different constituents to each other, so they are like very distant cousins.

Lemon Myrtle oil is the highest natural source of a constituent called Citral, which is what gives it its sweet lemon scent.

Where Lemon oil is only 3 to 10% citral, Lemon Myrtle oil is 90 to 98% citral. Wow! That’s why it’s more lemony than lemons.

Citral comprises two different compounds, geranial and neral, which are optical isomers of each other. That means they look identical to each other, but mirror reversed (think left hand versus right hand).

Would you be surprised to learn that Lemon Myrtle is actually much closer in its chemistry to Lemongrass oil than it is to Myrtle oil? Both Lemon Myrtle and Lemongrass oil are high in geranial and neral, but where Lemongrass oil is 25 to 47% geranial, Lemon Myrtle oil is 45 to 60% geranial….so it’s like Lemongrass on steroids!

Tight Muscles and Ligaments?

Both Lemongrass and Lemon Myrtle oil have the same frequency as our ligaments, so this is where I love to use them.

Many years ago, I learned a wonderful tip from Tom Woloshyn, author of The Complete Master Cleanse. 

He uses a combination of Idaho Grand Fir and Lemon Myrtle oil on tight muscles and ligaments, and it works a treat!

It’s a great alternative to our Aroma Siez oil for muscles that are in need of some serious relaxation.

Give your Thieves Household Spray a bit of a twist

I use Young Living’s Thieves Household Cleaner for all of my cleaning needs around the home. It’s what I spritz on my benchtops, my floors, the toilets, the vanity basin, the kitchen sink, even the windows. It’s my “go-to” for everything I need to clean, and I love that it’s biodegradable and 100% plant and mineral based.

Yes, I’ll add some Thieves Kitchen & Bath Scrub to get a bit of extra shine or “oomph” if I’m working with some ground-in dirt or on my oven, sinks and vanity. 

But overall, It’s my Thieves Household Spray that is my “every day and every way” cleaning solution.

I love to add extra oils into my Thieves Household Spray to boost its aroma even more, so this is my favourite recipe:

In a 500ml glass or PET plastic spray bottle, add:

• 1 tbsp of Thieves Household Cleaner
• 6 drops of Lavender oil
• 6 drops of Orange oil
• 6 drops of Lemon Myrtle oil

Then top up with filtered water, and away you go!

Lemon Myrtle and Apple Juice Spritzer

OK, this is just out of this world! It’s my favourite refreshing drink to serve to guests, especially during the warmer months where a cool drink is so appreciated. So with Summer fast approaching in the Southern Hemisphere, this is a great drink to have on hand for those festive celebrations. In each glass, I add:

• 50% apple juice (a good quality one, that still has some pulp in it so it tastes real not fake).
• 50% sparkling mineral water
• 1 drop of Lemon Myrtle oil

I then give it a stir to mix in the Lemon Myrtle oil. You could even put a sliver of apple on the side, to make the glass look more festive.

When it’s mixed in with the apple juice, the Lemon Myrtle flavour is somewhat disguised. I have so much fun listening to my guests trying to guess what that amazing flavour is in their spritzer! (Recipe by Artemis)

Lemon Myrtle and Mango Salsa

Ingredients:

• 1 large mango, peeled
• ½ a vine-ripened tomato
• 1 small Lebanese cucumber (approx. 10cm long)
• 2 tsp of either red onion or a large red chilli (the less hot variety)

Finely dice the mango, tomato, cucumber, red onion/chilli and red capsicum. Mix together in a bowl, and add coriander leaves.

Take the juice of 1 lime, and add 1 drop of Lemon Myrtle oil to it. You can also add a drop of Jade Lemon or Lemon oil if desired.

• 2 tbsp red capsicum, chopped
• ½ cup coarsely chopped coriander leaves
• Juice of 1 lime
• 1 drop of Lemon Myrtle oil
• Optional: 1 drop of Jade Lemon or Lemon oil
  
  
  

Take 1 teaspoon of the lime juice/essential oil mix, and stir through the salsa. Taste the salsa, and add another teaspoon of the lime juice/essential oil mix if desired. The remainder of the juice can be set aside for future use.

Decorate salsa with whole coriander leaves. Serves 8. (Recipe by Artemis)

Lemon Myrtle and Dill Herb Butter

Ingredients:

• 120g of softened butter (use olive oil as a vegan alternative)
• 3 to 4 drops of Lemon Myrtle oil
• Optional: 3 to 4 drops of Dill oil
• 1 tbsp of finely chopped fresh dill if available, to give the butter a “fresh herb” look

Blend the essential oil(s) and fresh dill into the butter at low speed in a blender. Place in a sealed container in the fridge until it reaches desired consistency (not too firm, not too soft).

Your Lemon Myrtle and Dill Herb Butter can be stored in the fridge like regular butter for everyday use. Serve on top of Roast Potato or Sweet Potato, Steamed Vegetables or Grilled Fish. Serves 4 to 6. (Recipe by Artemis)

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