Eucalyptus (P) Stimulatinganti-viral.. eases respiratory ailmentssoothes Sore Muscles and sunburn pain anti-bacterial properties inhibit spread of infection when used in a Diffuser
Frankincense Meditative.. tightens and tones skin anti-aging.. stimulates cell regeneration sooths and calms nerves treats Urinary Tract Infection.. anti-bacterial
Geranium, Rose Regenerates and rejujinates skin cells and tissue.. anti-cellulite.eases stress.. balances hormone problems during Menopause..relieves PMS
Did you know that essential oils have multiple uses? It is true! You can purchase good quality essential oils and use them to scent your home, disinfect and freshen your laundry, use them for healing purposes and add them to your first aid kit. Believe it or not, there are several different types of essential oils that you can use when you need to treat a fall, scratch, bite or burn quickly. Here is a look at some of the most popular essential oils to add to your first aid kit today. Read more...
* Clary Sage is used in aromatherapy in preference to Sage (Salvia Officinalis) because Sage can be quite toxic. Clary possesses the positive effects of Sage without the danger. One should avoid the use of alcohol while using ClarySage because the combination can bring on severe Nightmares. Clary produces a heightened state akin to euphoria and relaxation. It is used in treating Asthma, and during convalescence of the flu. It is used in abdominal massage for digestive problems. (Source: A-Z Aromatherapy by Patricia Davis) * Most valuable uses: Muscular fatigue, menstrual problems, PMS, Fertility, exhaustion, Insomnia, Menopausal problems, calming, stress, depression, cramps, excessive Perspiration. * Therapeutic properties: Antiseptic, calmative, tonic, emmenagogue, anti-infectious, anti-spasmodic, anti-sudorific, Aphrodisiac, Nerve Tonic, nervine, estrogen-like * Main chemical components: Linalol, Linalyl Acetate, Germacrene, Ceranyl acetate * Contraindication: Avoid during Pregnancy.
(Source: Essential Aromatherapy: A Pocket Guide to Essential Oils & Aromatherapy by Susan Worwood Valerie Worwood) Read more...
Have you ever walked into a home and been struck by how great the house smells? You may wonder whether the owner sprays air fresheners, or burns candles all of the time. More often than not, essential oils are being used. Essential oils are wonderful for the home and they can actually do a lot more than give your home a great scent. Essential oils can also be used for first aid and cleaning, too.
Using essential oils as an antiseptic: You can go to your local grocery store and purchase expensive antiseptic and disinfectant sprays for your home, or you can go the natural way and use essential oils. When you add essential oils to vinegar, you have just created a great way to ward off germs. This method has actually been used for centuriesway before you could buy those sprays in stores. Some of the essential oils that you can look into for this purpose include poppy, pine, peppermint, tea tree oil, rosemary and eucalyptus. Read more...
Like it or not, homes can be full of bad smells, germs, and dirt. The first products people usually turn to are strong chemical solutions.
These aren’t particularly healthy, and can have unpleasant odors of their own. Perhaps a better type of product to reach for is essential oils.
Essential oils can be used for many different household problems. Tea tree and lavender oils are considered to be highly effective anti-bacterial essential oils. A few drops of either can be added to water to rinse any area you want to disinfect.
These can include sinks, countertops, and bathrooms. You can make an antiseptic spray by putting the water with essential oils in it into a spray bottle. Spray it around bathrooms, kitchens, and sickrooms.
Sometimes, you don’t mind so much using the chemical cleaners. You just want a fresher, more natural smell to linger when you finish. If this is the case, you can make a rinse to use following regular cleaning. To make the rinse, add four drops of any essential oils you like to a pint of water. Then, simply rinse the area with this after you have cleaned. You can use essential oils like pine, lavender, wintergreen, rosemary, orange, or any others you like. Read more...
Have you had a massage lately? If you haven’t, then think about aromatherapy. Like the name suggests, the room will be filled with the scent of oils used to heal the body of a number of ailments.
Aromatherapy is part of the treatments known as alternative medicine. It does not replace traditional medicine but is used to relieve the symptoms of some more common complaints like:
The belief of many ancient medical practices is that the body is constantly trying to reach homeostasis (a state of balance). The use of natural substances like plants, flowers, herbs and fruits can aid in that balanced state. Aromatherapy, like other alternative medicine techniques, stresses natural over chemical to heal the body.
That said, aromatherapy itself uses extracts created from various plants, flowers and herbs. Absorbing these smells through the nose can ease the symptoms of the complaint. Aromatherapy massage takes that one step further and allows the extracts to seep into the skin to affect changes in the body as well. Read more...
If you are ill, you should generally turn to a physician for help. However, in many countries, essential oils are used in the mainstream medical community. So, if you still need help after seeing your doctor, you can use essential oils to help you heal.
The first thing to remember when using essential oils for healing is that you need to buy only the certified therapeutic grade oils. These oils are purer and more concentrated. They will cost more, but if you buy the cheaper oils they will have little healing effect.
People have been using essential oils to nourish and soothe their skin since the time of the ancient Egyptians, at least. For awhile, chemical products were coming on the market every day. People went almost completely away from using essential oils. In recent years, it seems that they’re back.
With the resurgence of the use of essential oils, people are finding ancient answers to common problems. Several different essential oils have been used for simple cleansing. Some of these are sweet basil, lemon, lemongrass, neroli, juniper, and peppermint.
Any of these oils can be put in by a few drops in a mild soap. Acne is a distressing skin condition that is related to overproduction of sebum in the skin cells of the face. Essential oils have long been used to help the condition. Geranium, chamomile, tea tree, and lavender oils are among those employed. Read more...
People have been using essential oils to nourish and soothe their skin since the time of the ancient Egyptians, at least. For awhile, chemical products were coming on the market every day. People went almost completely away from using essential oils. In recent years, it seems that they’re back.
With the resurgence of the use of essential oils, people are finding ancient answers to common problems. Several different essential oils have been used for simple cleansing. Some of these are sweet basil, lemon, lemongrass, neroli, juniper, and peppermint. Any of these oils can be put in by a few drops in a mild soap. Acne is a distressing skin condition that is related to overproduction of sebum in the skin cells of the face. Essential oils have long been used to help the condition. Geranium, chamomile, tea tree, and lavender oils are among those employed. Read more...
‘Man skin care’ would seem like an alien topic to some men. It would have been even more alien a few years back. However, more and more men are now realising the importance of man skin care (and hence you see markets flush with man skin care products too). Even though the male skin is very different from that of a female, ‘man skin care’ is very similar to the skin care for women.
‘Man skin care’ too starts with cleansing. Water soluble cleansers are preferred. Cleansing helps remove the dirt, grease and pollutants from the skin and helps in preventing pore clogging. The inherent oily nature of male skin makes cleansing an important part of man skin care procedure. Cleansing should be done at least once every day, even better if it is done twice a day. Using soap on the face is discouraged. Read more...
Skin care is not a topic of recent times; it has been in practice since ancient times, when herbal skin care was probably the only way to take care of skin. However, skin care has transformed in a big way. Herbal skin care routines have been replaced by synthetic/chemical-based skin care routines. The herbal skin care recipes which once used to be common place are not so popular today (and even unknown to a large population). This transformation from herbal skin care to synthetic, can probably be attributed to two things – our laziness (or just the fast pace of lives) and the commercialisation of skin care. Even herbal skin care products have been commercialised. These commercial herbal skin care products have to be mixed with preservatives in order to increase their shelf-life, hence making them less effective than the fresh ones made at home. However, it seems that things are changing fast and more people are now opting for natural and herbal skin care routines. But still, none want to make them at home and hence the commercial market of herbal skin care products is on the rise. Read more...
Need a relaxing massage? You have probably seen or heard of, (or perhaps even had) a massage, but have you ever had one before using aromatherapy and essential oils? If you have not, then you are in for a real treat. Massages that are based on the principles of aromatherapy not only relax your mind, but will relax your whole body, too. These massages are bent to be a total well being experience.
Essential oils can be added in varying amounts with carriers to create the perfect recipe for a massage. The other interesting thing about using essential oils is that the scents are highly personalized, meaning you can pick and choose the ones that you like the best. All oils have their own unique properties, too. If you are feeling stressed, you can use oils that are especially good at alleviating stress. If you need a mental boost, there are oils for that purpose, too. Read more...
There are so many great uses for essential oils. If you are new to the world of essential oils, then you will be surprised at all the ways that you can use these wonderful natural ingredients. One of the best uses for essential oils is to improve your health. Yes! Essential oils can help you keep up with your active and healthy lifestyle. Here is a closer look at how these oils can help you.
Did you know that essential oils are great for not only helping your environment smell wonderful, but also to help improve your health? There are literally hundreds of different kinds of essential oils that you can buy. These are made from natural plant materials that are pressed or steamed to create the oil. Most essential oils are made from various parts of different plants, including the petal, bark, root or leaves. Some grasses, fruits and even seeds and seed pods are used to make essential oils, too. Each of these oils are unique in that they do have healing properties. This makes it easy to find an essential oil to suit all of your health needs. Read more...
Essential oils are wonderful. They are natural, easy to use and can really spice up your life! In fact, people have been using essential oils for centurieslong before you could walk into a pharmacy to purchase expensive medications. People from all over the world have discovered wonderful uses for these great essential oils. If you have never tried essential oils before, then it is time you learn what you can do with them.
You may think that essential oils are only for people that use them in spiritual ceremonies, or for people who shun traditional medical care. This is not true. Essential oils can do so much more for you that they are certainly worth a try. Here is a look at three great uses for essential oils. Read more...
Have you ever found one product that does it all? Something that is so great, you can use it to heal your body, give you a relaxing feeling at bedtime, clean your laundry and make your house smell great? If not, then you have not discovered the amazing power of lavender. Lavender is an essential oil that can help with many of your needs.
Lavender is a little purple flower that often grows wild. You have probably seen and smelled it before. It is a beautiful flowerand the beauty of this little flower extends way beyond its looks. When made into essential oil, these flowers can give you a boost in many ways in and around your house. In fact, when you know the meaning behind the name, you will see that it really says it all. The word lavender comes from the Latin word lavare, which means to wash. Lavender gives off a wonderfully clean scent in both flower form and oil form. You will see many people love to grow lavender around their home for its scent alone. Read more...
If you are like most people, you have probably at least heard of eucalyptus. You dont have to live in Australia to know that this tree produces bark and leaves that are very beneficial to both the koalas living in them and to humans, too! Eucalyptus has natural healing affects that you just cant get with many man-made remedies. In fact, this plant is just as effective to ward off colds and congestion as the expensive stuff you buy in your pharmacy.
Why does eucalyptus work so well? Like many plant materials, it has healing properties all of its own. You might be surprised to learn that the leaves from this tree are very similar to the rubs and creams you can buy for your chest when you have a cold. It smells very similar, too. It can help fight off the symptoms you get when you have the cold and flu. Plus, it is natural and safe to use around children. Read more...
Most of the dirt that gets into our homes hitchhikes on our shoes. Remove them at the door, and you might spend less time cleaning. But taking footwear off at our house exposes another problem: stinky sneakers.
To solve it, I’ve made sachets filled with absorbent clay cat litter scented with an assortment of essential oils. I place a sachet in each sneaker and leave it there overnight. Below is the formula that my boys like; I prefer more lavender myself. You may reuse the sachets for as long as the scent lasts.
Stir the oils into the cat litter in a glass jar, cover, and let the mixture age for a week. Fill the socks with the sachet blend and close them with the rubber bands.
Tea tree oil is a wonderful and very helpful and effective product. No other essential oil on the market can quite live up to tea tree oil. Even if you are not an essential oil expert or a fanatic about aromatherapy, you can make good use of tea tree oil. Tea tree oil has been used around the world for centuries because it does work.
What is tea tree oil? Tea tree oil is grown primarily in the South Pacific and Australia. Tea tree oil actually comes from a green, leafy shrub and not a tree at all. The shrubs produce a soft, white bark and fragrant flowers in warm weather. Tea tree oil is produced usually by a steaming process and can be used for medicinal purposes as well as for cosmetics and for other purposes. When you go to your local whole foods store or health food store, you will probably purchase tea tree oil in very small amber colored bottles. It is ready to use in most cases, unless you choose to dilute it with a carrier or water. Read more...
Aromatherapy is appealing. The essential oils you can purchase are endless and they all have their own unique smells and scentsfrom the pleasing to the pungent. Mixed together in the correct way, these essential oils power up to become great tools to heal the mind and the body. If you are just starting out in the world of essential oils, then you may find yourself confused about how to use aromatherapy in the proper way. Here are some basic dos and donts tips for the beginner.
What you should DO:
Before you even start using essential oils for aromatherapy, you should certainly have a clear understanding about this alternative form of healing. Take the time to do research and learn what it can and cannot do for you. Aromatherapy should never replace regular medical care, but instead is should serve as complimentary healing, especially for serious medical conditions. Read more...
Healing Our World Net, Inc. is a non-profit corporation in good standing - Entity ID number: 2009-000575270.
Newsletter Subscription
Fill out the form below to sign up to the HealingOurWorld.Net newsletter and we'll drop you a line when new articles come up. As a thank you for joining our newsletter, we'll also send you Alternative Medicine: The Ins and Outs of Non-Traditional Healing eBook - at absolutely no cost!
* Do you have a website? If so, a simple link to our site would help us spread healing. And, we'd be happy to link back to you! Just Contact Us with your site info!
* Support a charity! There are many charities & humanitarian initiatives which need our support. Check out our list of top charitable organizations HERE
I’ve looked up at the night sky and beheld the stars so intimately close, it was as if my grandmother had made them for me. How rich, how sumptuous, I thought. In that moment I saw God in His creation. I could as easily have seen Her in the beauty of a rainbow, the grace of a deer bounding through a meadow, the truth of a father’s kiss. But for me the sweetest contact with God has no form. I close my eyes, look within, and enter a deep soft silence. The infinity of God’s creation embraces me. We are one. ~Michael Jackson
Like it or not, homes can be full of bad smells, germs, and dirt. The first products people usually turn to are strong chemical solutions.
If you are ill, you should generally turn to a physician for help. However, in many countries, essential oils are used in the mainstream medical community. So, if you still need help after seeing your doctor, you can use essential oils to help you heal.
People have been using 
