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Making Scents of Treating High Blood Pressure

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Although some alternative health practitioners advice their clients to never use essential oils to treat high blood pressure, there are certainly essential oils that can drastically change the condition of high blood pressure. The key to doing it safely is to avoid the types of essential oil therapies that involve ingesting the essential oils, especially in their non-diluted forms. This does not mean that essential oils can not be used to treat high blood pressure, it simply means that it should be used as aromatherapy, skin care, and bath scents instead of ingesting the oils themselves. A popular form of ingesting essential oils is to put a drop or two in hot water to make a tea; a smarter way to get the benefits of a particular element is to buy a tea that is aromatized with that element. For example, if you’re tempted to make peppermint tea with peppermint essential oil, take the safe route and simply buy some peppermint tea at the supermarket; this is a much safer route to ingesting herbs than by ingesting essential oils, which are extremely potent. The FDA checks tea, essential oils are not.

Beyond ingesting essential oils, there are many ways to use them on the body (not inside) and to keep them in the air around you for fringe benefits. Probably the two most popular methods for using essential oils to reduce high blood pressure are by infusing bathwater with oils and by making massage oils with essential oils. For baths, what you need is a large bathtub so that your body can be fully immersed in water, body-temperature water, and some essential oils added into the bathwater. Some of the most effective essential oils for this type of high blood pressure treatment are lemon, marjoram, rosemary, geranium, lavender and ginger. Some nice combinations are lemon and ginger or rosemary and marjoram. lavender is nice enough to be used all by itself and is best not used with other floral scents, especially musky ones like rose scents. Bathing with essential oil-infused bath water helps to lower blood pressure and increase circulation; the best time for this type of therapeutic bath is right before bedtime.

Massage is also a very effective way of treating high blood pressure by applying essential oils to the body in some way. Generally, massage oils are effective for two reasons: first because the oil is much more concentrated in essential oil than bathwater is and secondly because the massage action itself enhances the initial effect of the essential oil on its own. The synergy of the essential oil and the massage creates an effect that is better than the result of the two independently used added together. In order to make a nice massage oil, use some of the beneficial scents listed above, diluted in a carrier oil, almond is especially nice for massage as it is sweet to the skin. Once you have made your oil, massage it into your pulse points yourself, as well as your chest. An extra benefit can be gained from having someone massage it into your back as well.

High blood pressure can be helped with essential oils and aromatherapy, but the best way to get results is to combine these essential oil tactics with a healthy (low cholesterol) diet and a proper amount of exercise. Combining these three healthy elements will make your blood pressure start dropping almost immediately, and you’ll find that life is so enjoyable you won’t even want to go back to your old habits of a high animal fats diet and no exercise!

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