Lavender (Lavandula Angustifolia) is an excellent all rounder.
It’s a well known herb for relaxation and sleep, but did you know it also has pain relieving properties, helps with stomach cramps, aids circulation, helps your respiratory and immune system, lowers blood pressure AND is an insect repellant!
These are just a few qualities. If used alone, you can also use it on bites, stings and spots. It’s also known as a cicatrisant, which means it promotes skin healing.
Sweet Orange (Citrus Sinensis) is a true tonic and is known as the smiley oil because of it’s uplifting properties. It helps with anxiety, low mood and any stress related condition.
Like Lavender, it can help lower blood pressure. Even though this oil is uplifting, it’s also calming and can help with sleep and relaxation, promoting peace and tranquility.
Other qualities of Sweet Orange are help with digestive issues, particularly heartburn and dyspepsia, helps the immune and respiratory system and has anti-inflammatory properties.
Roman Chamomile (Anthemis Nobilis) is soothing, calming and relaxing. It has sedative and pain relieving properties as well as helping with the nervous system.
Other qualities of Chamomile are anti-septic, cicatrisant (skin healing, like Lavender) and good for the digestive system, particularly dyspepsia and nausea, plus it aids liver function.
The difference between Essential oils and fragrance oils;
Essential oils are pure plant oils, usually extracted by steam distillation from flowers, leaves or bark, depending on the plant or tree.
They are easily absorbed by our skin and mucous membranes and transported around our body. Our skin allows them access into our bodies as they are natural extracts. They work holistically (for the whole), on mind, body and spirit. This is how they provide their therapeutic and healing properties, unlike fragrance oils, which are mainly synthetic and don’t provide us with any therapeutic benefits.
Pure Essential oil blends can be used in a variety of ways.
1) Diffuse – Add approx. 6 drops to water in an oil burner or use in a diffuser.
2) Massage – Add 3 drops to 10ml of your chosen carrier oil.
3) Steam inhalation – Great before bed or for fast relief of tension & stress as it gets into the bodies system quickly! Add approx. 5 drops to a bowl of hot (not boiling) water and breathe the steam deeply with a towel over your head or use a face steamer. Remember to keep eyes closed!
4) Bath – Add approx. 8 drops to a relaxing bath.
6) Skincare – Follow advice for massage or add a couple of drops to any un-fragranced lotion.
Precautions;
For external use only
Keep out of reach of children
Store out of direct sunlight, preferably in a cool place
Do not apply undiluted to skin
In case of contact with eyes, rinse thoroughly with cool water.
Avoid in first 20 weeks of pregnancy
It’s a good idea to perform a patch test before any skin applications
