When you are ready to begin taking essential oils in order to help out with your seasonal allergies, you are going to want to make sure that you are taking the ones that are going to help you out the best rather than the ones that would work on another health condition. This chapter will explore some of the best essential oils to help out with allergies so that you can start to feel your best.

 

1. Eucalyptus

Suffering from allergies can be a pain, especially when you are having a lot of trouble breathing and getting in the oxygen that your body needs. This is where this essential

oil is going to be able to help you out. You just need to take a bit of this and you will find that your respiratory system is going to open up again because of this essential oils ability to reduce inflammation. So how does this all work?

In a person who does not have allergies, the airways to their lungs are going to be nice and open. The lungs will be able to take in the oxygen with ease back and forth. There will not be any issues to worry about because there is plenty of room for the air to get where it needs to go and all of the parts of the lungs work so that the rest of the body is able to get the oxygen that it needs. When you are going through an allergy attack, this is not going to continue to happen. Instead of having airways that are nice and wide open for the air to get through, they are going to start closing up and getting smaller. This is because the reactant, or the thing that is causing you to have the allergies such as pollen, is irritating the airways and causing them to go through inflammation. The air has a smaller area to go through and so it feels like it is very painful and difficult to breathe.

When you take the eucalyptus oil, you will find that it is much easier to breathe. This is because the essential oil is effective at reducing the inflammation that you are feeling and instead lets you feel like you can breathe normally. If you are someone who finds that it is really hard to breathe when summer comes along, it is best to give this oil a try.

 

2. Clove Oil

The next oil that is on our list is clove oil. This one is going to work a little bit differently than the one that was listed above, but it is still going to be able to help you with some of the issues you have concerning allergies.

This essential oil is going to be good as an anti-microbial and an anti-inflammation agent and so it is good at reducing the symptoms of these that come from allergies.

First, it is going to be a good one to work in order to prevent the inflammation that can occur. Instead of taking it like the first one in order to reduce the inflammation that you already have, you will be able to take this one ahead of time, like when you know you will be somewhere that will cause the allergies to flare up, you will be able to take it and be fine.

 

3. Peppermint

So what all is peppermint able to help you with. It is common that the nasal passages that the nasal passages are going to get all stuffed up and smaller when you are dealing with allergies. This means that the nose can feel all stuffed up and like you can’t even breathe through it. Even if you are able to breathe through the throat still, it can be really uncomfortable to try and not use your nasal passages like you are used to doing.

Just using a bit of peppermint is the key that you are going to need to use in order to make sure that you are feeling your best all of the time. It is as simple as grabbing a little bottle of essential oil of peppermint and then taking a few sniffs. The concentrated form of peppermint essential oil is strong enough that you will only need to take a few whiffs of the product in order to make yourself feel better. Do not use it for too long because it is so strong that it might start to cause some more irritation to that area than you would like.

 

4. Lavender

In terms of your allergies, lavender is a good oil to use in order to stop inflammation in the lungs and to reduce the histamine reactions that you are having to the allergies. Not only are you going to need to worry about your body reacting with inflammation when you have allergies, you also have to worry about your histamines being activated and making the issue so much worse. It can cause even more inflammation so that you are having even more troubles with breathing and with the allergies.

When you use the lavender oil, you will be able to avoid both of these problems and so you are able to get on with other things rather than dealing with allergies. How does lavender do this? It is able to help because it is able to calm you down. Often when you are getting upset about the allergies, whether it is because you know the season is around and you are worried about how you react or you are going through a reaction because the allergies are already upon you, you will find that the whole thing is going to become worse. When you take in a bit of lavender, you will find that your body will be able to relax a little bit and feel so much better in the long run.

 

5. Lemon

Having the smell of lemon oil all around your house can be a great thing. Even if you do not deal with allergies all that much, the lemon is going to make your home smell so much better plus it is a good way to brighten up your mood no matter how sad or down you might be. This all alone is going to make you feel better, but there is so much more that you can do with this oil.

There are a few different ways that lemon oil is going to help you to fight off your allergies. With this lemon oil, you will be able to relieve any of the respiratory issues that you are going through, it can improve your immunity so that you are able to fight off the allergies much better, and then you will also find that it works as an antibacterial and is good at relieving respiratory inflammation.

 

6. Roman Chamomile

There are many things Roman chamomile is able to help you out with in terms of allergies. We will look at each one in more detail, but basically it helps with easing inflammation that you are feeling, to relieve headaches, to relax, and to be an anti-inflammation.

To start is that it can help with easing the inflammation. If you are already dealing with inflammation because allergy season snuck up on you without any warning, roman chamomile is going to be able to help you out. Also, if you take it ahead of time when you know that you will be outside or in another situation where you might be exposed to the things that cause allergies, you will be able to avoid the inflammation at least a little bit.

When you are dealing with headaches or being stressed out from the allergies, the roman chamomile will help out a lot because it is going to make you calm down and feel so much in the process.

One thing to keep in mind is that you should not use chamomile in order to help with a ragweed allergy. If you are suffering from this, pick another essential oil because the chamomile comes from the same family as the ragweed and is going to make the reaction worse compared to better. There are many other options that you can choose to go with that will work out much better.

 

7. Frankincense

This is another oil that you might try out if you would like to get relief right away from your stuffy nose or from issues with inflammation in your breathing passages.

Frankincense is also a good choice if you just need to calm down and relax and will work like lavender in helping you out with both of these issues. It is a strong oil that can work wonders for your allergies as well as other parts of your health. The oil that used to be reserved for kings and royalty can now help you to deal with your allergies.

 

8. Cypress

Cypress is a disinfectant and an antispasmodic. This means that it is going to help keep your body clean of any infections that might come when it has to do with allergies. This can help to keep your immunity strong because it is not fighting off something else when the allergies come to call. When the immune system is nice and strong and it is not worrying about other things, you will be better equipped to deal with the allergies and you might not notice them as much as you did before.

One of the best things that cypress is able to do is to relieve any breathing difficulties that you may be having do to the allergies or from the breathing passages being blocked up. It is also good at suppressing a cough if you happen to get one while you are dealing with the allergies. This is also an essential oils that you should try out when you are suffering from a cold.

 

9. Ginger

Now you have an excuse to enjoy ginger all of the time or to get the smell of ginger to go all through your home. Ginger is the last essential oil on our list that can be used in order to help you to deal with your allergy symptoms.

This oil is going to work as a stimulant, expectorant, and an analgesic. It is able to decrease the symptoms that you might be feeling in your respiratory system including issues with coughing, wheezing, and constricted breathing. It is also very helpful with any of the upset stomachs or digestive issues that you are having so it is easy to use this oil with any of the other issues that you are dealing with.