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Essential oils - tips for easy blending

June 18th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Blending essential oils is lots of fun, and it can mean that you get precisely the therapeutic results you want.

Here are some tips to get you started:

1. Set aside some time to create your essential oil blend; ensure that you have some privacy, so that you can think, and smell, and focus on what you’re creating;

2. Wash bottles and other utensils so that they’re clean. Never put a new blend into a bottle which contains another blend - oils become rancid over time;

3. Write down your blends in an aromatherapy notebook. This notebook will become very valuable. For example, you may mix a backache or sleep blend for a friend, which the friend loves. When she asks you for some more of the blend months later, you’ll know you have all the details in your blending notebook;

4. My preference is to add the essential oils first, and then add the carrier oil - choose a method which works for you;

5. Label each blend as soon as you create it. I’ve left bottles to label “later” and then forgot exactly which blend it was;

6. All your blends will evolve. A blend may smell considerably different in 24 hours, and will have settled into mellowness within a couple of weeks.

Clary Sage eliminates the blues

June 17th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Image via WikipediaClary sage has a wonderful sweet, herby aroma. It’s been used as a healing herb for centuries, and in the form of clary sage essential oil, it’s effective for stress and tension.

Researchers report that clary sage oil regulates the pituitary gland, and it’s recommended for imbalances of the menstrual cycle. For menstrual pain, dilute a couple of drops into a tablespoon of any carrier oil, and rub it onto your tummy.
Benefits of this oil on the body are: beneficial in menstrual and circulatory problems, as well as for varicose veins.

Clary sage gives you a wonderful sensation of relaxation, and is useful in overcoming depression.

Aromatherapy Quit Smoking Products

May 4th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

You need to quit smoking.  You HAVE to quit smoking.  Not only is the news screaming this at you daily, there are the stern looks from your doctor and the tortured cry of your wallet as the price of your smokes goes ever higher.  But every time you try to quit, you hit the problem all nicotine addicts hit sooner than later – withdrawal symptoms.  You are desperate enough to try anything guaranteed to help you quit smoking.  What about aromatherapy quit smoking products like inhalers or oils?

They Only Work If You Let Them

You can take patches, inhalers, gum and still light up.  So what’s the problem?  You.  Perhaps that’s not PC to say, but it’s true.  You are the one who decided to smoke and you are going to be the only one who will never light up again.  Aromatherapy quit smoking products can help calm you down and distract you from the crippling agony of nicotine withdrawal.  They will make you a living hell to be around, so much so that even your doctor will probably say, “Oh, God, here’s a cigarette!  Just leave me alone!”

But this phase passes.  It will take a few months, but they lessen and then go away.  The best aromatherapy quit smoking product I’ve seen is the partner of a smoker literally dunking the cigarettes in tea tree oil, then sticking them back in the pack.  This partner was lucky that the smoker really did want to quit.  Otherwise, I’m sure a homicide would’ve happened. 

Why Do They Sell, Then?

Aromatherapy quit smoking products are designed to help you smell better and to calm down the people you are living with.  Also, the theory is, if you can’t smell cigarette smoke, your cravings will lessen.  This does help some smokers not to smoke.  Some are only tempted to smoke when they smell their usual brand being lit up, but are fine any other time.  Since cigarette smoke clings to every molecule known in the universe, it is next to impossible to eliminate cigarette smoke when you are first trying to quit.  That is when sticking an aromatherapy quit smoking product up your nose (literally) will help you best. 

But you have to be the one who turns to an aromatherapy quit smoking product – or any other quit smoking method – rather than lighting up.  Sadly, there is still no aromatherapy quit smoking product that can stop you from ever lighting up again. 

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