Topical application of essential oils offers numerous therapeutic benefits that complement healing achieved via inhalation. Essential oils contain compounds from diverse chemical families, which give them unique analgesic, anti-inflammatory, anti-spasmodic, and mucolytic properties. Essential oils are concentrated extracts that are distilled from plants for use in the healing art of aromatherapy. Many oils are 50 to 100 times more concentrated than their parent plant. Skin sensitization may occur if oils are improperly diluted or used too frequently in high doses. So safety is key.
Here are some essential oil hair care recipes, hope it be helpful for you!
Head
Use your shoulder to hold your cellphone while making calls? Or, do you ever experience intense pain inside your head that’s hard to localize or describe?
If your neck hurts due to long hour of computer work, you can try the massage oil formula below:
Pine 2 drops Ginger 1 drop Lavender 2 drops Almond sweet 10ml
Massage the neck when necessary. Pine and lavender can ease muscle pain, ginger can boost blood circulation
If you have insomnia and headache, this recipe can help relieve your symptoms:
Marjoram 2 drops Lavender 3 drops Clary sage 2 drops
This combination can relieve stress, headache and improve sleeping quality.
Face
Essential oils are great natural alternatives to chemical synthetics found in many commercial beauty products. Our face requires extra TLC since the skin is more sensitive than other parts of the body.
If you have dry skin and fine lines, you can try the moisturizer blend below, apply twice a day:
Unscented moisturizer 50m Frankincense 5 drops
Palmarosa 4 drops Myrrh 3 drops Vitamin E oil 5 drops
This formula is good for dry skin, ageing skin and wrinkles.
There are some suggestions for anti-wrinkles and improve skin elasticity.
Carrot seed 3 drops Frankincense 4 drops
Neroli 3 drops Unscented moisturizer 50ml
Carrot seed is for skin regeneration and whitening, frankincense and neroli can work on wrinkles and improve skin elasticity.
Arms & hands
If you are an avid texter, spend long hour typing and using mouse cause fingers and wrist are very tired. And it will affects forearms and hands. Try the massage oil formula below:
Ginger 6 drops Rosemary 8 drops
Lavender 10 drops Almond sweet 50ml
Ginger has analgesic property, rosemary can boost blood circulation and lavender can relieve stiff muscle. Mix the above essential oils into 50ml of almond sweet base oil. Massage when necessary.
Regarding how to relieve painful hand, Try to do hand bath with warm water for 10 minutes twice a day with the formula below:
Dead sea salt 1 table spoon Cypress 2 drops Lavender true 3 drops
Cypress can boost blood circulation, relieve muscle fatigue; lavender smells relaxing with analgesic effect.
Chest
Who hasn’t suffered from a deep chest cough? Essential oils are handy in a chest rub when battling a cold, especially since many like eucalyptus contain anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, anti-tussive, decongestant, and mucolytic properties.
Try the massage oil formula below:
Sunflower oil 20ml Cedarwood 3 drops
Ravensara 3 drops Eucalyptus radiata 4 drops
Abdomen
The abdomen is often busy absorbing and digesting food. Essential oils, like clary sage and ginger, can alleviate indigestion, menstrual cramping, and constipation. are there any essential oil is carminative and eases stomach gas?
Mandarin is carminative, black pepper can repel stomach gas, carrot seed can stimulate bile movement, which can relieve indigestion, try the massage oil blend below:
Mandarin 2 drops Black pepper 2 drops Carrot seed 2 drops Almond sweet oil 10ml
Massage the stomach in clockwise direction.
Legs
In many ways, legs are the workhorse of the body, some people’s legs are sore due to long hour of standing. If you are looking for an energetic pick-me-up, try the massage oil formula below:
Marjoram 10 drops Black pepper 5 drops Lavender 10 drops St. John’s Wort 50ml
Mix the above ingredient can massage when necessary.
Feet
Essential oils applied on the soles of feet do not magically cure colds or other ailments. Our feet sweat and boast the body’s slowest absorption rate, but it’s not a waste to use essential oils on feet. How to relieve foot muscle fatigue, pain and stink?
How to remove dead skin on the heels?
Try the scrub formula below:
Dead sea salt 10g
Almond sweet oil 10ml
Lavender 3 drops
Orange sweet 1 drop
Ho Wood 1 drop
Mix well, and massage the heel in circulation, then rinse it. Almond sweet oil can soften the skin, lavender and orange sweet can speed up skin regeneration and smells relaxation, Ho wood can cleanse the skin.
