Blue Lotus Uses and Benefits

doTERRA Touch® Blue Lotus combines Fractionated Coconut Oil with Blue Lotus extract, a precious substance that’s been widely celebrated throughout history in Egyptian and Asian cultures. Also known as Egyptian lotus or blue water lily, the blue lotus flower is notorious for its mysterious, mystical persona. A truly pure Blue Lotus extract is incredibly rare, but through specialized extraction methods and a new, sustainable sourcing partnership, Blue Lotus is a permanent treasure in the doTERRA collection.

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What Does Blue Lotus Smell Like?

Blue Lotus Touch is distinctly floral, smelling sweet and almost green. The unique aroma makes for an enchanting personal pure-fume. Simply roll on the neck and wrists and bask in its enchanting scent. Tranquil and peaceful, Blue Lotus Touch is also ideal for massage and meditation.

What Is Blue Lotus Touch Used For?

Squalene, the main chemical constituent in Blue Lotus, plays a part in your body’s innate ability to keep skin soft and moisturized. Plus, the Fractionated Coconut Oil in Blue Lotus Touch adds even more rich, hydrating topical properties. Benzyl alcohol, another major constituent found in Blue Lotus, supports a clean, healthy scalp when applied topically. These constituent properties make Blue Lotus Touch a fabulous choice for skin and hair care.

A beautiful side benefit to any topical application of Blue Lotus is the lingering aroma, which offers benefits of its own.

How Do I Use Blue Lotus Touch?

1. Personal Aroma: Roll doTERRA Touch Blue Lotus onto your neck and wrists prior to a night out for an elegant, calming personal aroma. Combine the scent with your favourite doTERRA roll-on like Jasmine or Magnolia to create a personal fragrance that is uniquely you.
2. Daily Moisture: To encourage hydrated, soft-looking skin, apply Blue Lotus Touch to the face or hands routinely.
3. Skincare: Apply doTERRA Touch Blue Lotus to targeted areas as part of your morning or evening skincare routine to promote a healthy-looking, radiant complexion.
4. Hair and Scalp Care: After showering, apply Blue Lotus to the scalp and hair to lock in bonus moisture.
5. Meditation and Yoga: Apply doTERRA Touch Blue Lotus to pulse points or crown of the head before meditating or practicing yoga for a tranquil, peaceful aroma.
6. Massage: Roll doTERRA Touch Blue Lotus onto your feet or back as part of a relaxing massage

Fun Facts

• The blue lotus is often referred to today as a water lily—a symbol representing long life, health, honour, and good luck.
• For ancient Egyptians, blue lotus flowers signified immortality because they resprouted after long periods of drought.
• Egyptian paintings represent the blue lotus as a sacred and even magical flower. Blue lotus flowers were even sprinkled over King Tut’s body before he was entombed.
• In China, the blue lotus was historically a religious symbol and an emblem of femininity.
• In Buddhism, the blue lotus flower symbolizes both wisdom and enlightenment as represented in the way the flower blooms out of muddy water.

What is Blue Lotus?

Also known as Egyptian lotus or blue water lily, the blue lotus is a captivating blue-purple flower with a bright yellow center. It grows best in small ponds in high humidity. Sourced in Asia, the rare blossoms are collected by local families early in the morning when the delicate petals are fully open to the sun.

Learn more at Behind the Bottle: Sourcing Blue Lotus.

What is Blue Lotus Extract?

Similar to doTERRA Jasmine, doTERRA Blue Lotus is not steam distilled to produce an essential oil. Instead, solvent extraction is used on the delicate blossoms to produce Blue Lotus extract. Solvent extraction methods can be particularly useful when processing delicate floral raw materials like blue lotus flowers. It’s also used when distillation simply cannot properly extract the aromatic compounds, like in the case of tonka beans or vanilla beans.

Are Lotus Flowers Hallucinogenic?

Blue lotus flowers are known for their ability to induce lucid dreaming; however, doTERRA Blue Lotus poses no hallucinogenic side effects or dangers whatsoever. The extract doesn’t contain the constituents associated with hallucinogenic effects and is safe for aromatic and topical uses.

What Essential Oils Blend Well with Blue Lotus?

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