Essential Oil Benefits

The information contained on this page is intended to provide a review of the healing properties of therapeutic essential oils. While every effort has been made to provide accurate information, you and your licensed health care practitioner must take full responsibility for the use of the information on this page. We and/or the manufacturer cannot be held responsible for any adverse outcome that arises from the use of any of these essential oils in a program of self-care or under the care of a licensed practitioner.

Bergamot
Botanical Name: Citrus Bergamia
Main uses: Purifying; balancing; calming; relieves anxiety, nervous tension and stress; promotes restful sleep; mood uplifting; refreshing; improves mental clarity and alertness. Cooling; helps reduce cellulite; disinfectant.
Precaution: People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil when using. Avoid direct exposure to sunlight for several hours after applying to the skin. Use small amounts.

Cajeput
Botanical Name: Melaleuca cajuputi, m. leucadendron, m. minor
Main uses: Improves circulation; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages. Relieves aches and pains.

Cedar Wood
Botanical Name: Cedrus atlantica
 Main uses: Improves mental clarity; promotes dreaming; aids meditation; loosens tight muscles; lessens pain.

Chamomile
Botanical Name: (German) Matricaria chamomilla, M. recutica; (Roman) Anthemis nobilis, Chamaemelum
 Main uses: Calming; promotes restful sleep; mood uplifting; lessens pain, eases menstrual discomfort; soothes, inflammation; healing to the skin. Improves digestion; soothes the intestines; acts as euphoric; soothes insect bites.

Clove Oil:
Main uses: Known for antibacterial and antifungal qualities. Clove oil has been known to relieve headaches and toothaches. Improves digestion, relieves gas, opens sinus and breathing passages. It's been called an "aphrodisiac", mentally stimulating and helps improve memory.
Precaution: People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil when using. Use small amounts.

Eucalyptus
Botanical Name: Eucalyptus globulus
Main uses: Improves circulation; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; mood uplifting; refreshing; reviving; energizing; improves mental clarity and alertness; relieves aching and sore muscles; lessens pain; disinfectant; cooling; insect repellant.

Fir Needle
Botanical Name: Silver Fir: Abes alba; Grand Fir: Abies grandis
 Purifying; removes lymphatic deposits; calming; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; mood uplifting; refreshing; reviving; improves mental clarity; encourages communication; lessens pain.

Lavender
Botanical Name: Lavandula angustifolia
 Main uses: Calming; lessens tension; relaxes the muscles; promotes restful sleep; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; purifying; lessens pains; healing to the skin, especially for bruises, cuts, wounds, burns, sunburns, scars, sores, insect bites and injuries. Improves digestion; soothing to the intestines; helps reduce cellulite; gently removes fluid retention; mood uplifting; balances mood swings; disinfectant; repels insects.

Lemon
Botanical Name: Citrus limon
Main uses: Purifying; cleansing to the tissues; reduces cellulite and obesity; calming, relaxing, reduces stress; promotes restful sleep; mood uplifting; refreshing; reviving; improves mental clarity, alertness and memory; encourages communication.
Precautions: Use small amounts. Avoid direct sunlight for several hours after applying the oil. People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil.

Lemongrass
Botanical Name: Cymbopogon citratus
Main uses: Balancing the nervous system; calming; reduces stress; promotes restful sleep; mood uplifting, reviving; improves alertness. Improves digestions; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; reduces inflammation and swollen tissues; tones skin; repels insects.
Precaution: Precaution: People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil when using. Use small amounts.

Marjoram (Sweet & Spanish)
Botanical name: Majorana hortensis; Thymus mastichina
Main uses: Warming; improves circulation relaxing; calms nervous tension; promotes restful sleep; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; relaxes tense muscles, relieves pain; helps reduce inflammation and spasms; eases menstrual discomfort. Improves digestion; disinfectant.
Precautions: Tends to slow down reflexes. Avoid driving or doing anything that requires full attention after using. Use small amounts.

Orange
Botanical name: Citrus aurantium
Main uses: Purifying; calming; reduces stress; promotes restful sleep; mood uplifting; relieves emotional tension and stress; improves mental clarity and alertness. Cooling; helps reduce cellulite; relieves spasms.

Peppermint
Botanical name: Mentha piperita
Main uses: Vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; mood uplifting; refreshing; reviving; stimulating; improves mental clarity, alertness, memory and ability to concentrate; encourages communication; increases physical strength and endurance; relieves pain and inflammation; eases menstrual discomfort.
Precaution: People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil when using. Use small amounts.

Pine
Botanical name: Pinus sylvestris
Purifying; removes lymphatic deposits from the body; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; mood uplifting; refreshing; reviving; improves mental clarity, alertness and memory. Helps reduce cellulite; stimulates the adrenal glands; promotes vitality; lessens pain, disinfectant.
Precautions: Pine oil has a strong diuretic effect on the kidneys and can also irritate the skin. Use small amounts with care.

Rose Oil
Botanical name: Rosa centifolia
Purifying; mood uplifting; aphrodisiac; calms emotional shock and grief; balances the female hormonal and reproductive system; regenerates skin cells. Calm; reduces stress; lessens pain and inflammation. 

Rosemary Oil
Botanical Name: Rosmarinus officinalis
A warming oil that improves circulation and digestion.  Removes lymphatic deposits out of the body. Stimulates the nerves and its vapors open sinus and breathing passages. It is "mood-uplifting" to people who tend to have a lower metabolism. Stimulates the ears, adrenal glands, metabolism. Rosemary can be used to relieve aches and pains and as an insect repellant. Caution: Rosemary should not be used by people prone to epileptic seizures. Add Rosemary Oil to a coarse washcloth and scrub cellulite-prone areas. It's a natural diuretic that works with steam and heat to release the body of excess water and toxins. It's a big spa secret treatment!

Spearmint
Botanical name: Metha spicata
Vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; mood uplifting; refreshing; reviving; stimulating; aphrodisiac; improves mental clarity; alertness, ability to concentrate and memory; encourages communication; increases physical strength and endurance; relieves pain and inflammation; eases menstrual discomfort. Cooling; improves digestion; increases the appetite; relieves flatulence; freshens the breath and the intestines; repels insects; soothes itching skin. 
Precaution: People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil when using. Use small amounts.

Thyme
Botanical name: Thymus aestivus
Main uses: Heating; improves circulation; purifying; vapors open sinuses and breathing passages; mood uplifting; stimulating; improves mental clarity and alertness; increases physical strength and energy; relieves pain, inflammation and spasms; disinfectant. Relaxes the nerves; improves digestion; cleanses the intestines; helps eliminate cellulite, waste material and excessive fluids from the body; induces perspiration; repels insects; kills lice.
Precaution: People with dry or sensitive skin may require additional carrier oil when using. Use small amounts. Avoid Thyme if you are prone to epileptic seizures.

Carrier Oils
Almond Oil: For skin and hair care; moisturizing. A good source of Vitamin D. Suitable for all skin types. Especially for dry or irritated skin.

Apricot Kernel Oil: For skin care; moisturizing. Rich in essential fatty acids, Oleic and Linoleic acid. Spreads easily on the skin. Helps regulate moisture and restructure of skin. Nourishing and revitalizing. Good for baby skin, dry and mature skin. 

Avocado Oil: Skin and hair care; moisturizing; purifies the skin. For massage blends, mix about 20% avocado oil with another carrier oil before adding the essential oils. Avocado oil is very nourishing to the skin and contains vitamins A and E and especially large amounts of vitamin D and potassium. The avocado has the highest protein content of any fruit.

Castor Oil: Acts as a humectant by attracting and retaining moisture to the skin. In combination with other vegetable oils, it makes a wonderfully emollient, hard bar of soap. Used in herbalism is compresses for fibrous tissue, the enhance immunity and for liver detox. NOT SULFATED (aka Turkey Red, chemically altered and not appropriate for therapeutic aromatherapy.) Appropriate for treating eczema and dry skin. Use 10% in combination with other carrier oils.

Grapeseed Oil: For skin and hair care. Contains Vitamin E and Steroids. Emollient and moisturizing. Recommended for body hygiene cream, lip balm, hand and regenerative products for mature, damaged and stressed skin, notably around eyes.

Jojoba Oil: For skin and hair care. Moisturizer. Helps to reduce stretch marks. Can be used as a suntan oil for those who tend to burn easily. For massage blends, it is best to mix approximately 50% Jojoba Oil with another carrier oil. For Skin & hair care uses, Jojoba oil can be applied without being diluted.

This information is collective. 

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