Indigenous to Australia, today major eucalyptus countries are China, Portugal, Spain, Chile, and South Africa. E. globulus trees can grow up to 70 meters tall with a wide and majestic canopy. In Australia, aboriginal people often used eucalyptus leaves for steam baths. In folk medicine, inhalation of the oil was used to loosen up mucus and ease respiratory congestion. The seeds were sent to France in 1857 and then planted in Algiers where the trees' roots dried the soil, eliminating the risk. of malaria. As a result, the tree was cultivated all across Europe where the risk of malaria was high. In traditional herbal medicine, the oil was taken internally to treat flu, fever, asthma, bladder infectious diseases, rheumatic pain, and diabetes; externally, it was applied to wounds, acne, ulcers, bleeding gums, stomatitis, and gonorrhoea. Today, 1,8 cineole-rich eucalyptus oils are commonly used in medicines for soaps, gargles, disinfectants and inhalations.