6. Helps Relieve Symptoms of Bacterial Infections
Bergamot essential oil has positive effects on preventing certain bacteria from taking hold of the body. Incredibly, bergamot essential oil has even been found to be effective against bacteria that have become resistant to antibiotics.
There is a current crisis in medicine concerning the unnecessary prescription of antibiotics, and the impact that this can have on the health of a nation. As antibiotics are used in more and more cases where they are simply not needed, the body becomes more reliant on external agents and less capable of rallying its own immune system into action.
This overuse of antibiotics can lead to bacteria becoming resistant to antibiotics, and so the natural extraction of essential oils like bergamot, and their greater effectiveness in beating bacteria is something which will gain further acceptance over the coming years, perhaps more through necessity than choice.
This is unsurprising given that bergamot oil, in particular, has been proven to be beneficial in protecting people from things like meningitis and urinary tract infections.