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Is lemongrass essential oil harmful to babies? Learn about its history

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The historical record of lemongrass essential oil and its development and changes, do you know about them? In fact, before 1914 China did not use this grass; it only appeared after 1913. Let's take a look below.


In 1913 (the 2nd year of Taisho in Japan), the Japanese man Kiyoshi Iwamoto transplanted a batch of lemongrass from Java to Taiwan, China, and successfully cultivated it on a large scale at the Matsumoto Farm in Miaoli, opening up the lemongrass planting industry in Taiwan, China.
In 1950 (the 39th year of the Republic of China), the output of lemongrass oil in Taiwan, China reached 360 metric tons, and increased year by year. In 1951, after the Dutch withdrew from an independent Indonesia, local lemongrass oil production was greatly affected. Taiwan, China's lemongrass oil rose to take advantage of the situation, with output ranking first in the world, and Miaoli County accounting for 80% of all Taiwan, China's output. It reached its peak in 1964, with an annual output of 3,600 metric tons. After that, due to increased production costs, exports gradually decreased, but still maintained at around 2,000 tons per year. In 1967, lemongrass oil exports to Japan accounted for 77%, India 15%, the United States 2%, Indonesia 2%, and there were also small amounts to other countries such as Spain and Italy.

In 1967, artificially synthesized lemongrass oil was invented and came out, the price of lemongrass oil fell sharply, and after that few people planted lemongrass.


Whether lemongrass essential oil is harmful to babies

During infancy, it is still best to use it as little as possible. If it must be used, it should still be diluted, since babies' physical constitution is different from that of adults. How nice it would be to set up a large mosquito net for them, which both prevents mosquitoes and protects against drafty wind. There is no need to specially buy baby products; a single-person one is fine. As long as it is tucked in well, it is completely safe, and it also does a great job of preventing all kinds of flying and crawling insects.
The history of lemongrass has now been introduced to you. Whether lemongrass essential oil is harmful to babies, after reading this article, you should know as well. So when using it, you should pay a lot of attention.

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