Aromatherapy

Aromatherapy Recipes for Physical Balance

• Insomnia cure Aromatherapy Recipe

  
  Ingredients:
  10 drops Roman Chamomile essential oil
  5 drops Clary Sage essential oil
  5 drops Bergamot essential oil
  
  Directions: Recipe the oils well in a clean dark-colored glass bottle. Add 1-2 drops to a tissue and place inside your pillow to aid you to fall asleep.
  
  If you prefer to make a diffuser recipe that you enjoy during the hour before bedtime, make a recipe with a ratio of 2 drops Roman Chamomile to 1 drop Clary Sage to 1 drop Bergamot and add to your diffuser.
  
  Lavender can also help provide relaxation and drowsiness, but using more than 1-2 drops can have the opposite effect.
  
  

• Headache Curing Aromatherapy Recipe

  
  Recipe for headache massage oil:
  
  Recipe 1:
  4 drops Lavender essential oil
  5 drops Peppermint essential oil
  
  Recipe 2:
  3 drops Roman Chamomile essential oil
  3 drops Neroli essential oil
  5 drops Marjoram essential oil
  
  Directions:Add 20 ml of carrier oil and massage the oil into your forehead, temples, neck and up into the base of your skull and scalp. Breathe it in deeply and slowly.
  
  Headache relieving aromatherapy bath:
  
  3 drops Chamomile essential oil
  3 drops Lavender essential oil
  2 drops Marjoram essential oil
  1 drop Thyme essential oil
  1 drop Peppermint essential oil
  
  Directions: Fill bath tub with luke warm water. Add and mix essential oils to the water. Soak, inhale it and relax for atleast 20 minutes.
  
  

• Aromatherapy Recipe for Bruises

  
  Ingredients:
  8 drops Helichrysum essential oil
  30ml (1fl oz) Sweet Almond carrier oil
  
  Directions: Mix well Helichrysum essential oil into the carrier oil. Apply lightly to bruises 1-2 times a day.
  
  

• Balm for Cuts and Scrapes

  
  Ingredients:
  90ml (3fl oz) Sweet Almond carrier oil or Calendula carrier oil
  1 ounce grated beeswax
  40 drops Lavender essential oil
  40 drops Tea Tree essential oil
  4 ounce wide-mouth jar
  
  Directions: Place the beeswax in a microwave safe bowl and melt in the microwave. In a pan, slowly and gently heat your carrier oil. Pour the warm carrier oil into a bowl, add the melted beeswax and then stir very well. Add the Lavender and Tea Tree essential oils and stir well again. Close the jar and leave it for cooling before using it.
  
  

• Arthritic Joints Aromatherapy Recipe

  
  Ingredients:
  60 ml (2fl oz) Sweet Almond carrier oil
  20 drops Roman Chamomile essential oil
  5 drops Black Pepper essential oil
  
  Directions: Mix well, all the oils together and store in an airtight dark-coloured glass container. Gently massage onto arthritic joints using a small amount of oil.
  
  

• Children Cut Recipe

  
  Introduction:
  Sometimes our little ones get an injury and its fear far greater than the injury itself. For these times when your little one is crying hard but the injury is minor, have him/her help you make this easy recipe. It gets them involved in learning first aid, also helps take their mind off the injury, and the Lavender recipe helps calm them and kill a few germs.
  
  Note: This recipe isn't intended for serious cuts/scrapes or injuries.
  
  Ingredients:
  1 Cotton Ball
  Witch Hazel (astringent) - enough to saturate the cotton ball
  1-2 drops Lavender essential oil
  
  Directions: Depending on the age and abilities of your little one, have him/her help you by saturating a cotton ball with Witch hazel. Then, apply one drop of Lavender essential oil to the saturated cotton ball. Have your little one smell the "Children's Cut Recipe." Since Lavender oil helps in bringing calm, the aroma can be soothing. Then, apply the recipe to the minor cut/scrape or allow your little one to do it. Apply a band-aid if necessary.
  
  

• Menstrual Cramps Aromatherapy Recipe

  
  Ingredients:
  30ml (1fl oz) Sweet Almond carrier oil
  15 drops Peppermint essential oil
  10 drops Cypress essential oil
  5 drops Lavender essential oil
  
  Directions:Mix well all the essential oils together with the carrier oil in a clean container and apply it on the affected area.
  
  

• Stuffy Nose Aromatherapy Recipe

  
  Ingredients:
  15 drops Eucalyptus essential oil
  13 drops Pine essential oil
  2 drops Peppermint essential oil
  
  Directions: Recipe all the essential oils together in a clean dark-colored glass container, preferably one with an orifice reducer (a built-in dropper insert). Apply 2-3 drops to a cotton ball and inhale occasionally to help clear a stuffy nose.