Extra Potent Essential Oil Pure Manuka Oil High Triketone 40+ Content East Cape Te Araroa New Zealand

Manuka Oil 100% Pure East Cape Te Araroa 10ml/0.34 oz. Located at the tip of New Zealand's North Island, Te Araroa is a rugged and sparsely popuilated area with breathtaking views. The population is primarily native Maori, and harvesting Mānuka leaves for oil extraction is one of their main sources of income. These Mānuka leaves are harvested manually from naturally regenerating trees that are never sprayed with pesticides or fertilizers. The Maori have used Mānuka Oil for centuries as traditional healing oil. Mānuka is the name given by the Maori to Leptospermum scoparium, a native tree of New Zealand. It grows at widely varying altitudes and climates and in areas subjected to wild, windy, and wet conditions. Given the seasonal high humidity and temperatures of the East Cape one would expect the trees to suffer from a number of bacterial and fungal diseases. However, the East Cape Mānuka trees are always healthy and even thrive in adverse conditions. We now know that this resilience is due to the mānuka oil stored in their leaves, which protects the trees against all sort of bacterial and fungal attacks. In fact, leaves of Mānuka trees that grow on the East Cape region are known to contain the highest levels of triketones of any Mānuka found in New Zealand. Our oil is extracted from these leaves by low temperature steam distillation without the use of chemicals. Advances in steam distillation now allow us to supply an oil with at least 40% Triketones. Mass market mānuka oils generally contain 20-25% triketones.