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Lavender Aromatherapy using lavender essential oil

August 4th, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

Although many of the essential oils used in aromatherapy are not widely known, everyone knows lavender. It’s a familiar scent which has been called a “medicine chest in a bottle”, since it’s useful for cleaning wounds, dabbing onto burns, easing itches, and easing migraines and muscular pain.

Lavender is the safest, oldest, most well known healing plant. Throughout history it has been used as a medicine, cosmetic, herb and an aromatherapy oil.

Lavender is actually a memory of the mint family. It has been cultivated throughout the world for thousands of years. Lavender is very appealing to the senses, which is why it has been used in perfumes, balms, cosmetics and topical applications. Plus it also has anti-inflammatory and disinfectant properties that are quite useful. Regardless of what type of lavender you use, it is also nice to know that it blends well with other essential and carrier oils.

What Lavender Aromatherapy Is Used For

Lavender aromatherapy is said to remove indecisiveness, the pain of emotional conflict and to also bring about a sense of rationality. Numerous studies have also shown that lavender aromatherapy also has a positive impact on the nervous system so it is good for treating excitability, panic, nervous tension, agitation and for promoting peaceful sleep.

Using Lavender Aromatherapy

The flower-petals from lavender yield nectar that is used in flavoring such things as honey, sugar and herbs. It can also be blended with black tea to create lavender tea. However, the most popular use is in lavender aromatherapy.

Lavender has both antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties. Lavender aromatherapy can also be used to soothe head-aches, ward off insects and calm itchy incest bites. It has also been known to help people who have problems sleeping, relaxing or are generally restless and thus need something to help them calm down.

So, as you can see, lavender aromatherapy is able to balance, regulate and soothe both the body and the mind. Therefore a lot of people like to add it to their bathwater or sprinkle it on their pillows before going to sleep at night since it will help them to have a peaceful, relaxed night of sleep. Lavender itself is an analgesic, anti-microbial, antidepressant, antiseptic, anti toxic, etc. For this reason it can be used to treat hypertension, water-retention, convulsions and other spasmodic ailments.

If you surround yourself with lavender aromatherapy then it can bring about an unexpected sense of harmony in your life. There are many ways in which this can be done. You can use incense or candles placed around your home. There are also lavender sachets that you can purchase to place in your closets and drawers. Plus, as aforementioned you can put drops of lavender on your pillows before going to sleep. Of course, you can also place drops of lavender aromatherapy essential oil on light rings, aroma lamps, diffusers and potpourri.

Lavender Essential Oil - relaxing and therapeutic too

February 23rd, 2008    Subscribe To Our Feed

For many years lavender essential oil has been used in the production of perfumes and for aromatherapy treatments. The lavender scent has a calming quality which helps to reduce anxiety and aid in relaxation - it’s great when you’re feeling stressed.

The oil comes from the distillation of flower spikes from specific lavender plants. It is one of the more popular and widely used essential oils in the world today. This oil is used in many commercial products to help with numerous skin ailments.

Lavender essential oil is also used to help relieve the pain of migraine headaches when breathed in as a vapor or diluted and rubbed on the temples or other pressure points. When lavender essential oil is added to a vaporizer, the oil can help treat cough and respiratory infections. Another interesting use for lavender essential oil is a mosquito repellent.

When worn as a perfume or added to lotions or hair products, this oil will naturally repel mosquitoes and other pesky insects. Before the invention of mosquito repellant, lavender essential oils were all that people had to rid themselves of these insects which explains why it is included in the commercial repellants today.

First Aid Use

There are many holistic first aid uses for lavender essential oil.  Diluted or undiluted, the oil may be used as an antiseptic and pain reliever when applied to minor burns, stings and insect bites. It is used for the treatment of sunstroke and sunburn.

When lavender essential oil is added to chamomile, it is an effective treatment for eczema. Lavender essential massage oils are effective for the treatment of muscle and joint pain, and chest rubs can provide relief of asthmatic and bronchitic spasms. This oil is also used as a treatment for head lice. Undiluted oil on a comb will eliminate nits.

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin have found that lavender essential oil may play a role in the reduction of advanced mammary tumors in lab rats. Researchers are constantly looking into potential breast, liver, ovarian, pancreatic and prostate cancer treatments with the involvement of lavender essential oils.

France is highly known for its many perfumes and emollients which are derived from and with lavender essential oil. There are certain areas of France that are covered with acres and acres of lavender. Lavender from this area of the world is highly fragrant and tourists flock to these areas yearly. It is no wonder that with all of its properties and fragrance, that lavender essential oil is the most popular of the essential oils.

Relax Away Anxiety With An Aromatherapy Candle

September 27th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Aromatherapy is wonderful to relax away stress and anxiety. One of the easiest ways to get the benefits of aromatherapy is with an aromatherapy candle.

If you’re not familiar with aromatherapy, the use of essential oils in aromatherapy offers a wide range of health and mental benefits, using aromas to stimulate areas of the brain that control moods and directly increasing the transfer of chemicals that make people happy and relaxed. For a  particularly stressful day, an anxiety aromatherapy candle may be just the trick. Using essential oils to stimulate the Limbic System (part of the brain that controls moods and emotions), these candles can ease a frantic mind and make a person feel relaxed.

One of the common complaints about candles used to be that the aromas would for the most part be burned off instead of dissipating into the atmosphere, really stunting their benefits or erasing it completely. However, new materials are being used today that make an anxiety aromatherapy candle just as efficient at releasing aromas as oil burners and vaporizers. For example, Kosher Soy wax is a high quality wax that allows essential oils to dissipate into the atmosphere slowly instead of burning. Coupled with the romantic aura of using candles, an anxiety aromatherapy candle will even the most stressed people feel relaxed and motivated.

Of course, the health benefits of an anxiety aromatherapy candle are not limited to just the psychological effects of altering emotions. Many essential oils, a key ingredient to aromatherapy, include natural antiseptics, and as they are released into the air, these essential oils help purify the air and stop the spread of harmful germs. Irritating allergies would not do much for a person’s health or mentality, so these essential oils go through an advanced refining process that irons out all but a tiny fraction of harmful traces. Other types of aromatherapy may irritate sensitive allergies, but with essential oils the likelihood is almost nonexistent.

Coming in classic scents like lavender and citrus, an anxiety aromatherapy candle can suit anyone’s desires. These cost a little more than traditional candles, but an 8 oz. anxiety aromatherapy candle will still only cost $10 to $15. Besides, a candle is the least of what a person gets. With essential oils as a key ingredient, these candles will help relax a person and purify the air. If cost is an issue, these candles are not too difficult to make, requiring only fifteen minutes of time and a few dollars per candle, making them affordable for everyone to acquire.

In any case, everyone can use a break from everyday stress. These candles make perfect gifts, and their quality is topnotch. For a candle that cleans the air and relaxes the mind, an anxiety aromatherapy candle will make sure stress is never an issue again.

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