10 Natural Essential Oils And Their Uses

What are the best natural essential oils and what do they do? In this article, we’ll introduce you to some sweet natural essential oils and outline how to get the best out of them.

You might be new to essential oils, but essential oils are not a new thing. Indeed, in Eastern cultures they’ve been used for thousands of years, with their usage going right back to antiquity. The ancient Egyptians and Jews used to make their own natural essential oils – they would soak their plants in oil before filtering it into a linen bag.

Natural essential oils are still so popular because they are rich in anti-inflammatory, anti-microbial and antioxidant agents. Combined, they can boost your health and they come in pretty handy for when you need help with household chores. For example, some essential oils make for ace natural disinfectants.

If you’ve heard all about them and want to start using them yourself, here are 10 natural essential oils and their uses:

Tea Tree Essential Oil

Derived from the Melaleuca plant, tea tree essential oil is notable for its fresh scent. It’s been referred to as a “medicine cabinet” in a bottle because it’s just so good. It’s rich in anti-bacterial, ant-fungal, and anti-inflammatory properties, and is therefore used to treat pretty much any tropical disease.

It comes in dead handy whenever you’re in a foreign land and find yourself stricken by disease. However, despite its super health benefits, tea tree oil must not be taken internally. Doing so could cause all kinds of nasty symptoms, including vomiting, hallucinations, confusion, rashes and fatigue.

Instead, you need to dab it on any affected areas of your skin.

Chamomile Essential Oil

You’ve no doubt already tried chamomile tea, or at least know someone who drinks it regularly. Chamomile tea helps with mood, keeping us calm and relaxed.

Chamomile essential oil works in the same way, and has the same benefits. It’s perfect for those who dislike the taste of the tea. Add a few drops to your pillow and you’ll find yourself drifting off to sleep and waking up calm, relaxed and content.

Clove Essential Oil

Clove essential oil is another really old essential oil that has been used to treat oral problems for years. It can relieve toothache, treat gum disease, and alleviate canker sores. It’s essential to have around your home, as these oral problems can afflict anyone at any time – and they’re SO painful!

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus essential oil is a bit of an acquired taste, thanks to its somewhat pungent aroma. For some, its smell can be overpowering. If you can get past it, this natural oil is just the ticket to treat aching muscles, boils, wounds, burns and insect-bites. It’s just like having your own personal nurse around the oil, and should be an essential essential oil (sorry) in your medicine cabinet.

Rosemary Essential Oil

You can add a few sprigs of rosemary to your dishes, and you can also use rosemary essential oil to lift your spirits. Yup, rosemary is just that versatile and potent.

While most people do indeed use rosemary essential to lift their mood and enhance their memory, this natural essential oil can also soothe headaches, ease muscle pain and calm respiratory problems. This is thanks to its antioxidants, as well as its anti-inflammatory agents.

Rosemary essential oil has other uses too: You can massage it into your scalp, diluted in carrier oil, such as sweet almond oil, and it will stimulate hair growth. Excellent!

Lemon Essential Oil

Lemon essential oil smells as sharp as the fruit itself, so if you like that aroma we’re sure you’ll love this one, too. To make lemon essential oil, you need to cold-press the lemon peel – as opposed to the inner fruit.

Once you’ve made it, you’ll reap plenty of happy benefits. Lemon essential oil is often added to body lotions, face scrubs, soaps and scented candles because it’s known to boost mood, and improve health and beauty. It can also help you to get a better nights sleep, and thanks to its detoxifying properties it cleanses out your system, leaving you feeling fresher.

Peppermint Essential Oil

Who doesn’t love the sweet aroma of peppermint essential oil? Peppermint tea is a mood-booster, and the peppermint in your toothpaste helps with oral health. And you’ll find peppermint essential oil in a number of body care products, as well as ice cream. It’s versatile and its effects are strong and lasting.

Other things peppermint essential oil can help with include aching stomachs, bad breath, and heartburn And just like peppermint tea, it can also reduce symptoms of depression and it helps to calm you down after a bad day where nothing went right.

However, you should be careful not to use too much of it, as excessive use can cause headaches and heartburn.

Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender has a strong, recognisable scent that not everyone likes. If you love it, we recommend that you add lavender essential oil to your cupboard. Like peppermint essential oil, it helps with your mood, and can lift your spirits whenever you feel gloomy or irritable.

Lavender essential oil can also fight insomnia, reduce stress and even soothe headaches. It proves its worth around the house, too, during balmy summer months when you’re witnessing an invasion of mosquitoes. Applied to your body, it repels the insects, thus preventing the nasty little biters from leaving you with a bite!

Grapefruit Essential Oil

Grapefruit essential oil, like lemon, comes from the citrus family. Its effects are similar to lemon, but it’s nice to vary your scents every now and then. A natural antiseptic, you can use it to clean your hose.

Frankincense Essential Oil

Frankincense was given as a gift to the baby Jesus – and for good reason. This wondrous natural essential oil is most often added to baths, where it helps us to relax and wind after a long day. It’s great for a bit of pampering and “You” time.

The essential oil speeds up the healing process when it comes to cuts and bites, and can also treat depression.

Stay happy and healthy!

from Beauty And Tips Magazine