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The Power of Essential Oils

April 5th, 2010    Subscribe To Our Feed

The power of essential oils is essentially unknown to many people who use them daily. This is a scary thought considering the potency of essential oils and the ability that they have to cause minor, and sometimes major, problems in people who are using them. While many uses of essential oils are essentially 100% safe, such as the aromatherapy uses of essential oils in which the oils do not come into contact with the body. Massaging with essential oils is also mostly considered to be harmless although there are certainly ways to cause damage by either using undiluted essential oils or by using diluted ones at a too-concentrated level or simply by using them too often. Essential oils have an extremely strong scent, which is why they’re used for aromatherapy purposes, but the strength of their scent means that the concentration level of what’s inside is extremely high. A lavender sprig might not make you break out in hives, whereas applying lavender essential oil directly to your skin might very well cause a rash as a result.

The bottom line is that essential oils are extremely powerful things; caution should always be used when working with something that is as concentrated and as powerful as essential oils. Always do allergy tests on yourself, and then wait a few days before deciding that your skin is not reacting to the essential oil, and even then, do not think that you can apply it as much and as often as you’d like. It is not unheard of to develop a skin rash in the face of frequent application of a particular essential oil. Always dilute the oils in carrier oils and always use them sparingly to avoid developing an allergic reaction.

On the other hand, the potency and power of essential oils makes it such that essential oils have extreme healing power and an incredible ability to change your state of mind or to relax or stimulate your brain. It is precisely because they are so strong that they can make such a marked difference when it comes to altering something in your body. A regular hand lotion might smell nice when you apply it, but within minutes, the scent is essentially gone, and the benefit of using the lotion is essentially limited to the effect it has on your hands in terms of moisturizing them. Essential oils work entirely differently. Their potency makes it such that you will be enjoying their scent for hours after using them; this sort of longevity is one of the main factors in bringing about a more permanent change in your mental state, which is, ultimately, what most people are looking for.

Essential oils have the power to change your state of mind and your state of thinking; they can change the state of cleanliness in your home or change the way that you feel when you walk into your bedroom or into your office. Essential oils can be used as aphrodisiacs (much more potent than candles and much safer than incense) and come in so many scents that everyone is absolutely certain to find just the right scent for the occasion and the room that they had in mind. Essential oils have the power to heal as well as having the power to change your thinking; they’ve been known to cure athlete’s foot and high blood pressure as well as menstrual cramps and arthritis pain. Their uses are many and so varied that using them for a few years won’t even begin to initiate you fully into the world of essential oils; there’s a lifetime of discovery ahead of you.

Top Six Essential Oils and their Beneficial Properties

January 3rd, 2009    Subscribe To Our Feed

Probably the most popular essential oil is lavender. lavender has many of the versatile qualities of tea tree oil and of mint oils while also being perhaps the most pleasant-smelling essential oil. What this means is that it’s doubly popular; anything that is effective, but also smells or taste wonderful, is going to win out over something that is effective but has an unpleasant smell or taste. lavender is used for relaxation, for antibacterial properties for insect bites and for keeping the home fresh, especially for room sprays and for linens.

tea tree oil is another of the top six oils. tea tree oil is easily the most versatile oil when it comes to having a wide variety of uses, but it also has a somewhat unpleasant smell in its undiluted form, making this oil second to lavender essential oil. tea tree oil can be used for anything from repelling insects to treating gout. It can also be used for decongestion purposes and can be used to clean out wounds because it has ant-fungal and anti-bacterial properties. tea tree oil is extremely potent and should always be used with caution for the first few times that you use it in order to make sure that you are not allergic to it or that someone in your house is not.

Other popular essential oils come from the mint family. Arguably, peppermint is the most commonly sold essential mint oil although there are many other varieties of mint that are used for similar properties. peppermint is used most notably for relaxation, both physical and mental and can also be used to calm the stomach (although doctors do not generally recommend that essential oils be ingested). Some people even use mint essential oils as a breath freshener, a drop being the equivalent of chewing gum for an hour. Do this with caution though as it can produce a burning sensation and will undoubtedly make your eyes water with its potency.

jasmine also is a hallmark of the top lists of essential oils. This potent flower is most commonly used as an anti-depressant scent. jasmine also has many properties that make it a very useful essential oil for women who are pregnant or post-partem; women who’ve recently delivered a baby find jasmine to be very helpful in relieving symptoms of depression and generally feelings of being overwhelmed. Experience practitioners may use jasmine to intensify labor contractions during childbirth.

chamomile tops the list of calming essential oils, although the above-listed lavender comes in at a close second. Many who find lavender to be too strongly scented use chamomile. Another benefit chamomile has over lavender is that chamomile is considered safe for ingestion, and indeed chamomile absolutely tops the herbal teas section of any store because it has a calming, sedative effective, and, in addition, it is very effective against indigestion—and gentler than mint essential oils used for the same reason. chamomile can also be used to relieve premenstrual symptoms and is effective, for some people, for the treatment of acne and other skin abnormalities.

rose essential oil is one commonly overlooked, but that’s a real shame because its benefits are many. rose is known to have slight effects on many varied complaints, ranging from reduced libido to sore throat. In a nutshell, rose can do almost anything, but in a gentle way that makes the experience a much nicer one, especially for those of you new to the fabulous world of essential oils. Best to start with the gentle before heading on the graduate level of essential oils like tea tree.

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Aromatherapy Lavender Flower Lotion

October 18th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

To make this lavender Flower Lotion you will need the following ingredients:

5 Tbsp lavender water
5 Tbsp Witch Hazel
5 Tbsp lemon Juice, strained 2-3 drops lavender essential oil

Instructions:

Pour all the ingredients into a bottle, close it with a cap or cork, and shake it vigorously. Shake well before each use.
Makes about 3/4 cup.
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