Using Essential Oils to Improve Health Conditions
Why Use Essential Oils?
Essential oils have been used by most ancient cultures to not only improve how things smell but to also help with common health issues. Today the use of essential oils is called aromatherapy and experts in aromatherapy are called aromatherapists. Aromatherapy is considered a natural remedy and one that can be done easily at home.
Aromatherapists use essential oils in a variety of ways to improve common health issues like nausea, coughs, nasal congestion and even menstrual cramps. Essential oils can also improve physical appearance helping with skin conditions like acne and even hair loss. Finally essential oils can improve moods, fight exhaustion and even help with flagging libidos.
The following are articles about specific essential oils, how these essential oils can help with health conditions and how to use them appropriately.
Rosemary Essential Oil
Rosemary essential oil has a sharp herby scent instantly familiar to all cooks. Rosemary essential oil is popular as it helps with coughs and may improve memory. It also has a surprising use as a natural and gentle way to kill lice.
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Peppermint Essential Oil
Peppermint essential oil probably has the most well-known scent. Healthwise, this essential oil is a headache fighter and can instantly improve nausea. It’s also a stimulant and can help with exhaustion and tiredness.
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Eucalyptus Essential Oil
Eucalyptus essential oil is a well known cough aid and is actually used in many commercial products. But it can also repel insects (like mosquitoes) and can kill bacteria when used appropriately.
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Clary Sage Essential Oil
Clary Sage essential oil can help with many female health issues such as PMS and menopausal symptoms. Clary Sage essential oil can also aid with day-to-day depression and may even improve sexual problems.
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Ginger Essential Oil
Ginger essential oil can, like the root itself, help with nausea, vomiting and other digestive problems. You can also mix it up into a massage oil and massage it into sore muscles to help with muscle pain.
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Geranium Essential Oil
Geranium essential oil has a flowerly scent and is popular in the perfume industry. But like Clary Sage it can help with female health issues such as PMS and menopausal issues. It can also improve the look of cellulite and may fight depression.
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Ylang Ylang Essential Oil
Ylang Ylang essential oil also has a flowery smell and is associated with romance. Some will actually use it to improve sexual problems. Ylang ylang oil can also help with hair growth.
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Lemongrass Essential Oil
Lemongrass oil is not one a lot people of heard of, but is has a surprising number of health benefits. Lemongrass essential oil can improve the appearance of acne, improve skin in general and help fight depression.
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Lemon Essential Oil
Lemon essential oil has a familiar smell and is a great antiseptic (kills bacteria). But it’s also great for the skin, improving acne and cellulite. It’s also naturally uplifting and helps with depression.
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Sandalwood Essential Oil
Sandalwood, like other essential oils, is an antiseptic and kills off many of the bacteria that makes us sick. Sandalwood essential oil can also help with acne and can help you relax after a long day.
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Cedarwood Essential Oil
Cedarwood has a woodsy smell making it more popular among men who want to use essential oils. Cedarwood will help with coughs and may improve skin issues.
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Cinnamon Bark Essentail Oils
Cinnamon bark essential oil is popular with some aromatherapists for its spicy, familiar scent and its health benefits. Cinnamon bark essential oil can help fight nausea and vomiting and improve libidos (it’s an aphrodisiac). Some aromatherapists also find cinnamon bark essential oil can help with painful menstrual cramps.
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Nutmeg Essential Oil
Nutmeg essential oil has very similar health benefits to cinnamon essential oil. It has a slightly different scent, making it more popular with some aromatherapists. Nutmeg essential oil can help with digestive problems and fights fatigue.
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