Packaged in a convenient and smooth roll-on applicator, Tea Tree (Melaleuca) Touch delivers the purifying benefits of Tea Tree essential oil – often referred to as Melaleuca essential oil – diluted in Fractionated Coconut Oil. Tea Tree (Melaleuca) Touch can be used to cleanse and purify the skin and nails and to promote a healthy complexion. Melaleuca is ideal to soothe occasional skin irritations and to use after shaving or on the bottoms of feet.
Possible skin sensitivity. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. Avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas.
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Melaleuca, or Tea Tree, is native to Australia. It thrives in sunny conditions and moist soil. In Australia, Tea Tree grows during spring, summer, and autumn.
Parts of Kenya provide similar growing conditions to those of Australia, allowing Tea Tree to flourish here as well. By also sourcing some of our Tea Tree from Kenya, we support smallholder farmers in rural areas of the country while still acquiring the best quality essential oil.
The tea tree is evergreen and shrub-like. The essential oil comes from steam distilling the leaves. It has traditionally been used for health purposes by Aboriginal Australians, and at the beginning of WWII, many soldiers in the Australian Army carried a small bottle of tea tree essential oil with them.
Kangaroos run wild in the Australian tea tree plantation that supplies doTERRA. The trees grow from spring through the autumn, with harvesting only done during the winter months to prevent loss of growing time. The same trees can be harvested every year because they begin to re-grow 3 to 6 weeks after harvest. Due to the sustainable harvesting process, the Australia plantation continues to increase the health and productivity of the same fields of tea trees after 18 years of operation.
One of doTERRA’s core Co-Impact Sourcing principles is Environmental Stewardship – promoting energy-efficient technologies, renewable energy, and waste minimisation. Here’s how this is affecting the areas we source Tea Tree (Melaleuca) essential oil:
You will find your Quality ID on the bottom of doTERRA single essential oil bottles purchased after May 2016. The Quality ID will contain a series of six or seven numbers and one letter.