Living Magazine doTERRA Spring 2017 | Page 6

PARAGUAY PETITGRAIN Petitgrain comes from the leaf and twig of the bitter orange tree. do-TERRA is very specific about what we source, when we source it, how we source it, and which part of the plant we source. There are other types of Petitgrain: sweet orange, mandarin, lemon, and even grapefruit Petitgrain. So why did we choose bitter orange? It comes down to the therapeutic benefit we see. There are distinguishable differences between them. For example, mandarin is a great flavoring agent but has hardly any 6 / WINTER 2017 LIVING MAGAZINE therapeutic benefit. Petitgrain is very similar to Lavender— you might even call it the "manly Lavender" because Petitgrain's smell is deeper and herb­aceous. Comparing the chemistry of Lavender and Petitgrain, we see that Petitgrain has nearly four times less chemistry than Lavender. Petitgrain gives us the opportunity to have a more intense outcome because of the non-competitive nature of additional chemistry. —Dr. David Hill