Aromatherapy for Depression

Try these easy home remedies for depression to help lift your spirits and lighten your load

Using aromatherapy for depression really can help lift your mood, especially in partnership with other happiness-boosting activities such as exercise and healthy eating.

If you're sad, tired, irritable or just generally not yourself, these natural remedies for depression might be just the pick-me-up you need.

Aromatherapy home remedies for depression can help ease that awful sense of being "stuck" that often comes with depression. They're also useful for relieving some of the various symptoms of depression.

For example, aromatherapy depression home remedies can help...

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Tension Tamer Bath Salts

Summer Rose Bath Salts

Happy Aromatherapy Bath Oil

Stress Relief Massage Oil

ease anxiety
relieve tension
reduce stress
calm fear
quiet restlessness
soften irritability
relieve insomnia
boost low energy
improve poor concentration

Aromatherapy won't "cure" depression, but it does trigger a positive emotional and physical response by stimulating your body's limbic and endocrine systems, which are important in regulating depression. Click here to learn how aromatherapy affects mood.

It's best to use aromatherapy for depression to support other treatments if your depression is severe or unmanageable. Please do not use information from Easy-Aromatherapy-Recipes.com to diagnose or treat a medical or psychological condition. Click here to see full disclaimer.

Best Essential Oils for Depression

Benzoin, bergamot, chamomile, cinnamon, clary sage, cypress, frankincense, geranium, ginger, grapefruit, helichrysum, jasmine, juniper, lavender, lemon, lemongrass, orange, palmarosa, patchouli, peppermint, petitgrain, pine, rose, sandalwood, spruce, vanilla, vetiver, ylang ylang

Aromatherapy for Depression
Make Your Own Aromatherapy Inhaler

This portable little aromatherapy inhaler is great because you can carry it in your bag or keep it in your desk (keep an extra one in your car - it's great for road rage!) and use it whenever you need a lift.

Pour a teaspoon of coarse sea salt in a very small dark glass or PET plastic bottle and add one of the following blends:

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Dead Sea salt

Bergamot essential oil

Chamomile essential oil

Grapefruit essential oil

Lavender essential oil

Marjoram essential oil

Neroli essential oil

Orange essential oil

Petitgrain essential oil

Rose essential oil

Rose Geranium essential oil

Sandalwood essential oil

Ylang Ylang essential oil

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Mood Lifter for Irritable Depression

10 drops Bergamot essential oil
5 drops Grapefruit
4 drops Sweet Orange
1 drop Geranium essential oil
1 drop Ylang Ylang essential oil

Comforting Blend for Grief-Related Depression

10 drops Rose Absolute or Rose Otto essential oil
4 drops Sandalwood essential oil
4 drops Neroli OR Petitgrain essential oil

Soothing Blend for Anxious Depression

8 drops Lavender essential oil
8 drops Grapefruit essential oil
2 drops Marjoram essential oil
1 drop Chamomile essential oil
1 drop Geranium essential oil

To use, take three long, slow, deep breaths of the aroma. If you're really stressed out or miserable, take a short break, then take three more deep breaths. You can do this up to three times.

When the scent in your aromatherapy inhaler fades, just add in another batch of the essential oils, give the bottle a shake and you're good to go again.

Another great option is to make the above blends into a bath or body oil. Simply add the essential oils to 2oz (1/4 cup) aromatherapy carrier oil of your choice.

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Natural Remedies for Depression

In addition to using aromatherapy, you can also use natural remedies for depression and sadness. Native Remedies carries some good herbal and homeopathic remedies.

Sadness, Grief, Weepiness MelancholyLift Homeopathic remedy improves emotional balance, reduces sadness & lifts mood

Depression, Insomnia, OCD, Anxiety MindSoothe Herbal remedy reduces "the blues", promotes balanced moods & positive attitude

Sadness, Irritability, Anxiety Mood Tonic Homeopathic remedy relieves sadness, temper outbursts, anxiety & mood swings, balances serotonin

Seasonal Affective Disorder SAD Sooother Homeopathic remedy relieves SAD, promotes a positive attitude & increased energy levels

Postpartum PureMother Flower essence promotes confidence & calm, supports natural mothering instincts & bonding

Children & Teens MindSoothe Jr. Herbal remedy promotes emotional balance in children, encourages motivation & healthy self-esteem

What Next?

Look through the bath oil, bath salt and massage oil recipes. There's a lot of aromatherapy home remedies for depression that can help! Here's a sample for you to check out... Choose one or two depending on the symptoms that are bothering you the most and give them a try - it really can't hurt!

Tension Tamer Bath Salts

Happy Aromatherapy Bath Oil

Stress Relief Massage Oil

Summer Rose Bath Salts

Aromatherapy Diffuser Recipes

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Aromatherapy for Depression - The Search Continues!

Use the search box below to find more home remedies for depression.

Just type the word "depression" (without the quotes) into the search box, click on the search button, and every page on this site that contains the word Depression will appear. You can also do this to find aromatherapy recipes using any of the essential oils for depression.