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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.

Aromatherapy For Depression

December 22nd, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Aromatherapy for depression of the minor, temporary sort can be very effective.  Scents do alter out moods by triggering past memories and making us breathe deeper and thus get more oxygen into our bodies. 

An aromatherapy massage is good for uplifting any mood, depressed or not.  But with the clinical depression that never goes away, you need to see medical help of all kinds.  And, most importantly, you need to take a deep look at yourself and your lifestyle.

Part of clinical depression is not being able to sleep properly, if at all.  Aromatherapy can help you relax and get drowsy to sleep, whether it’s a few drops of lavender oil on your pillow or soothing aromatherapy bath.  So, in that way, aromatherapy for depression can help a depressed person get badly needed rest.

When you combat depression, you need to look at everything in your life, from what you eat to who your “friends” are.  In order to lift the weight of depression, you will need to eat healthy food, exercises regularly, don’t take events so seriously and to allow yourself a treat, like a few drops of aromatherapy oil in the bath. 

You also need to keep track of what others tell you or what you tell yourself - find ways to relieve everyday stress. If your job is literally giving you nightmares, see what you can do to either change that job or better cope with it.  If you have a partner who is unsupportive and even verbally abusive, leave them. 

If your own thoughts are abusive, you can leave, then, too and practice thinking good things about yourself.  It takes a lot of practice, but it can be done, even if you can do it for only ten minutes a day, the good thoughts will sink down into your subconscious beliefs.

Although you shouldn’t rely on aromatherapy for treatment for depression - it’s a clinical condition and you need to be treated by a doctor, you can use aromatherapy too, and it can make a difference.

Aromatherapy products for every need

August 8th, 2007    Subscribe To Our Feed

Although essential oils have been popular for decades among alternative health and complementary medicine enthusiasts, the past decade has seen an explosion of aromatherapy and essential oil products.

Many people buy an essential oil product out of curiosity - or are given a product as a gift - and then are amazed at the effect the product has.

You can find products to heal (essential oil blends to relieve the pain of arthritis and other chronic illnesses), as well as products to change your mood - to relieve stress, and insomnia.

To fragrance your home, essential oils have been formulated into sticks, and blocks, of incense that many people burn throughout the course of the day to try and lower their stress level and create a mood.

A newer entry into the aromatherapy products that burn category is aromatherapy candles.  There is still some debate among therapists as to the effectiveness of candles because candles, through their creation process, mix the essential oils with wax and other compounds and this dilutes the oil.  But candles are fast becoming a very popular aromatherapy product and are also being used by some therapists in their treatments.

If you want a more pure essential oil experience then you need to get an aromatherapy diffuser. 

A diffuser takes the pure essential oil and turns it into a scented vapor that can be distributed in a designated area.  There are diffusers small enough to use in a car and there are diffusers big enough to cover an entire room.  Whatever your need, the diffuser is a great way to get the most from your aromatherapy essential oils.

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