Take time to shop around and do the math. Essential oils can be purchased at a health food store, organic grocery store, New Age gift shop, mainstream drugstore, bookstore, perfumery, or natural cosmetics store.
There are quite literally hundreds of retailers, distributors and manufacturers worldwide who offer Internet shopping or auctions. It’s a good idea to [...]
Before purchasing essential oils, it helps to know how to read labels and advertising unique to this industry. Manufacturers are not deliberately deceptive but understanding labeling of essential oils is tricky. You don’t need a post-doctoral degree in chemistry, pharmacology, or general medicine, but there are a few catch phrases that can help you identify [...]
Essential oils are categorized myriad ways – alphabetically, botanically, aromatically, chemically, according to ailment, physical body systems, or chakras, among others. Health, well-being and beauty are about balance, and ill-health and discomfort are about imbalance, or opposing forces.
In the most primary sense, energy is both positive and negative and these two forces balance each other. [...]
There are more than 3,000 essential oils, of which approximately 300 are used in aromatherapy. Of those, there are 101 major essential oils traded on the global market. Only the professional aromatherapist or seasoned amateur would use all 101, rarely. The average arsenal of essential oils contains approximately one or two dozen individual oils and [...]
Here is a guide to how to prepare and use essential oils for inhalation, with some of the best essential-oil combinations.
Best Method to Prepare Essential Oils For Inhalation
Inhaling the oils with warm steam in a small space means you get maximum benefits in minimum time. It is ideal for treating coughs or colds, or for [...]
Inhaling Essential Oils
When you breathe in the aroma of an essential oil it affects you in many ways. Firstly, the smell itself is instantly recorded in the limbic area of the brain, where we also store memories and emotions. This is why a whiff of antiseptic can make you think of being in hospital and [...]
Whether essential oils are thick and oily or thin and watery, they share a common chemical characteristic: oil and water don’t mix. Essential oils, even if they are clear and runny, will only blend well with fatty oils or alcohol.
The primary way to dilute essential oils is in a carrier oil, sometimes called base oil. [...]
* Always store essential oils in a coot dark place out of your children’s reach. The safest bottles have a dropper insert which will prevent a child from accidentally swallowing any essence should he get hold of it. Pipette bottles are not safe to use with children around.
* Do not use a candle burner in [...]
Essential oils give pleasure with their wonderful smells, improve health and well-being with their magic ingredients, and can be used in dozens of ways throughout your home. And no matter how you use them, they don’t need any special equipment or fancy preparation. It can be as simple as unscrewing the bottle and breathing in.
To [...]
The biggest surprise with essential oils is that they are not oily at all. The majority are light liquids that don’t dissolve in water but evaporate instantly when exposed to the air. They come in many shades: patchouli oil is plum-colored, chamomile is clear blue, violet is forest green, sage is pale lime, sandalwood a [...]