Remarkable Powers of Essential Oils
July 18, 2007
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Natural Repellents
Did you know that the essential oils lavender, lemon balm, peppermint, cedar oil, eucalyptus is natural insect repellents. The most effective I’ve used are clove oil and citronella; however, I don’t use them on my skin. They can be skin irritants. I do use them in natural bug repellent sprays. I use it around places where I want to keep bugs out.
A Word Of Caution
Despite, how “safe” an essential oil is I always perform a patch test with the blends I make to see if the cause a reaction they rarely do. Occasionally I’ll apply an essential oil neatly (directly to my skin) but those instances are rare. I have applied the essential oils lavender (severe burn) and tea tree oil (cut) I was washing my crystal classes when one broke and cut me deeply. I still have a tiny scar on my right hand; however, the combination of lavender and tea tree oil healed the wound quickly.
Tea Tree
Excellent First Aid
Tea tree is antibacterial and a natural antiseptic. In fact, you will find that many of your essential oils also contain antiseptic qualities. Lavender oil is used effectively on minor burns it’s calming and helps heal it quickly. Over the past fifteen years I’ve read hundred of books about the healing powers of essential oils, and have taken numerous classes. I have a cabinet stocked with numerous essential oils.
Diffusers & Natural Sprays
In fact, I make an air freshener specifically for my daughter. I apply the oil to an aroma stone and mix with a carrier oil. This gently heats up the oil and I’ll massage the oil into her skin.
Aiyana loves this bedtime ritual. I also spray her room and bedsheets at bedtime with a soothing blend. It puts her to sleep quickly, and now she has associated that smell with bedtime. Occasionally I’ll forget and she’ll ask for the ‘Aiyana Spray’ or ‘Goodnight Spray’.
Next Post: Recipe for the Aiyana’s “Good Night Spray.”
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You know, some years ago my mum had a really big bruise. So she put some drops of lavender onto some cotton wool and taped it over the bruise. The problem was that the cotton pad wasn’t big enough to cover the entire bruise so when it was taken off, there was a surprising result….
The covered area was yellow whereas the exposed area was still black/blue.
You can’t argue with that!
I wish we’d taken a photo of it.
April
April,
That is impressive.
I had a nasty burn from a grease fire it burned the tip of my thumb fairly badly. I ran upstairs and dumped lavender oil on it.
I didn’t have feeling on the tip of my thumb. I regained feeling in a few days, and it healed in a little over a week! I kept applying lavender oil to the burn daily. It was impressive!
Rene Maurice Gattefosse, a chemist, burned his hand pretty badly while working in a lab he submerged his the burned hand in lavender since that was the only liquid available. The pain was eliminated immediately and the burn healed very quickly without scaring. That happened in 1910.
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