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	Essential Oil Properties Your guide to essential oil uses and properties... learn how to use essential oils every day Essential oils have so much to offer. They're wonderful for balancing your spirits, healing your body and enhancing your environment. Use them for pain relief, depression, cleaning, skin care and a hundred other things. (Try making some of the aromatherapy recipes here - it's easy, fun and very rewarding!) Essential oils are powerful botanical substances, and it's important to know some basic information about essential oil properties and safety precautions for using them. Quick Overview - Essential Oil Properties Essential oils work in three major ways to support your well-being: They kill viruses, bacteria and fungi in the air and on your skin, helping you stay healthy and germ-free. They help reduce pain, inflammation and swelling, easing your aching muscles and joints. They sedate your nervous system, relaxing and loosening tight, tense muscles, calming your nerves and quieting your mind. Each essential oil has its own special strengths and properties. So each essential oil is especially suited for a certain job. For example... Lemon, Tea Tree and Cinnamon are powerful antiseptics (germ killers) and are perfect for use in home cleaning products. Sandalwood, Frankincense and Ylang Ylang rejuvenate skin and help reduce wrinkles - perfect in formulas for aging or devitalized skin. Check out the Essential Oil Use Chart, which gives you the best essential oils for problems ranging from acne to weight loss, plus aromatherapy recipes. How to Use Essential Oils Safely How to Do a Spot Test Put 1 drop of the essential oil into 15 drops of carrier oil (rice bran oil is probably your best bet) and rub it into your upper chest. If you show no reaction after 12 hours, it's likely safe to use it. Always dilute essential oils when applying them to your skin (in a bath or massage oil, for instance.) The one exception to this rule is lavender - it's safe to apply lavender 'neat' (undiluted) in the case of cuts, burns, scrapes, bug bites and such. Pregnant women need to be careful about using essential oils. Only some essential oils are considered to be safe when used in small, well-diluted amounts: cardamom, coriander, geranium, ginger, grapefruit, lavender, lemon, lemon verbena (also called melissa,) lime, neroli, palmarosa, petitgrain, spearmint and ylang ylang. If you're highly allergic or have extremely sensitive skin, do a spot test before using essential oils. Essential Oil Properties Click on the links below to get detailed information on each of the most common essential oil properties, uses and safety precautions. Benzoin Bergamot Carrot Seed Cedarwood Chamomile Cinnamon Clary Sage Cypress Eucalyptus Frankincense Geranium Ginger Grapefruit Helichrysum Jasmine Lavender Lemon Lemongrass Marjoram Orange Palmarosa Patchouli Peppermint Petitgrain Pine Rose Rosemary Rosewood Sandalwood Tea Tree Thyme Vanilla Vetiver Ylang Ylang Buying a Starter Set of Essential Oils New to this whole aromatherapy thing? Here's some links to help you buy your first oils, based on Valerie Ann Worwood's suggestions in The Complete Book of Essential Oils. Happy blending! Rose Geranium Rosemary Thyme Lemon Clove Lavender Tea Tree Peppermint Chamomile Eucalyptus Or try a sample size starter kit for an easy, inexpensive way to begin. Got questions? Head over to the aromatherapy chat page and post your question. One of the friendly folks who hang out here will surely have an answer. Or jump right in - check out some related pages and then GET MIXING!!! The links below are an easy way to begin your aromatherapy adventure. How Aromatherapy Works How to Mix Essential Oils Essential Oil Use Chart Ask Your Aromatherapy Question Share Your Favorite Essential Oil Aromatherapy Recipes Homepage from Essential Oil Properties Using the Search Box Looking for recipes containing a certain essential oil? Use the Search Box below. For example, simply type in "lavender" (without the quotes) and hit Search. Every page on this website that includes the word Lavender will pop up. Poke through them and decide which recipe to try next. Happy hunting!	Is Essential Oil Quality Important? In a word, YES! Here's why... An essential oil is the super-concentrated essence of a plant. If the plant is coated with pesticides or has absorbed contaminants through the soil or water then that contaminant is super-concentrated in your essential oil. And that pesticide can enter your cells at a microscopic level just like the essential oil. BAD for you! If you're looking for safe, clean essential oils, I recommend dōTERRA, who does 6 types of quality testing on every batch before releasing them to the public. If a batch doesn't meet standards, they throw it out. Learn more about buying essential oils. Essential Oil Profiles Click on the links below to learn more about properties, safety and blending of some popular essential oils. Benzoin Bergamot Carrot Seed Cedarwood Chamomile Cinnamon Clary Sage Cypress Eucalyptus Frankincense Geranium Ginger Grapefruit Helichrysum Jasmine Lavender Lemon Lemongrass Marjoram Orange Palmarosa Patchouli Peppermint Petitgrain Pine Rose Rosemary Rosewood Sandalwood Tea Tree Thyme Vanilla Vetiver Ylang Ylang 10 Favorite Recipes Natural Hair Dye Homemade Lotion Aromatherapy for Beginners Homemade Floor Cleaners Homemade Face Cream Body Scrubs Tea Tree Facial Wash Essential Oil Use Chart Aromatherapy Carrier Oils Essential Oil Perfume
Basics How Aromatherapy Works Essential Oil Basics Carrier Oil Basics Buying Essential Oils Mixing Essential Oils 5 Oils Toolkit Bath Bath & Body Oil Recipes Bath Salt Recipes Bubble Bath Recipes Herbal Bath Recipes Milk Bath Recipes Shower Steamers Body Body Butter Recipes Body Scrub Recipes Facial Recipes Lotion Recipes Massage Recipes Perfume Recipes Soap Making Hair Hair Dye Recipes Shampoo Recipes Conditioner Recipes Hair Loss Recipes Hair Remedies Health Acne Colds & Flu Depression Pain Stress Weight Loss More Remedies Home Candle Recipes Cleaning Recipes Diffuser Recipes Gift Basket Ideas Touch Points About Me Contact Me Facebook Community Inspirations Helpful Links The Complete Book of Essential Oils really is a "complete" resource with more than 600 recipes covering... 10 basic essential oils (and how to use them) Work, travel & play Face, body & hair Babies, children, women, men & the elderly Home, garden, pets & holiday celebrations Cooking with essential oils This is just a high-level look at the chapters. Click on the book cover at Amazon.com to see the table of contents - you'll be amazed at the amount of information. I love this book - it's a terrific reference you'll use again and again (I know I do!) Check it out! Starter Kits Buy a sample size starter kit for an easy, inexpensive way to begin. Chakra Kit Favorites Kit Lovers Kit Rose Kit A fun, low-risk way to play with essential oils without breaking the bank. Take a look!

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