Ginger essential oil is used to treat more than a dozen different mental and physical conditions. It was proven to be very powerful in reducing nausea and several find it to be quite helpful during a migraine attack. Ginger oil can work wonders for your stomach when you aren’t feeling well, and is known for the…
Essential Oils from A-Z
Are you looking to learn more about one particular essential oil? How about that ever popular Lavender, or Frankincense essential oil?
This collection of articles is dedicated to individual essential oils and their main therapeutic uses and properties. You'll need different essential oils for different purposes, but at times those purposes overlap. As an example, you could use both Lavender and/or Helichrysum to treat a minor wound. Which one you'll choose can depend on which one you have handy in your home, or which one you're more familiar with and confident in its effectiveness.
I hope that on your journey with essential oils, you'll come to know certain oils and how they work for you and your family. Each essential oil is an individual match to the person, so I hope to help you get to know each oil individually, so you can pair and match them to your favorite humans.
13 Benefits and Uses For Geranium Essential Oil
Geranium essential oil (Pelargonium graveolens) is a wonderful staple essential oil in your medicine cabinet. If I had to summarize it in one word, it would be “balancing”. Geranium is perhaps most commonly known for balancing the mind and sorting out emotions to help you relax and have that stress-free feeling after a long day…
Myrrh Essential Oil Benefits
Myrrh essential oil is maybe not the most widely used essential oil (yet?), but it is definitely one with a vast history! It has been known to be an essential ingredient in religious rituals, and it is also being used in medication, aromatherapy and cosmetics. As a short summary, Myrrh is used to aid blood…
Hemp / Cannabis Essential Oil Benefits
Cannabis essential oil is not intoxicating, and does not contain THC. It is made from the Cannabis sativa plant, its flowers and upper leaves. Cannabis essential oil benefits include pain relief, sleep aid, relaxant, and skin balancing. As with every essential oil, I truly believe you have to find the botanical that works for you,…
How To Use Helichrysum Essential Oil
Helichrysum, also called the Everlasting Flower or “Immortelle”, is a plant classified under the Sunflower Family. These plants naturally grow in dry, rocky and sandy grounds in Mediterranean areas and Asia. The Mediterranean climate and fertile land effectively cultivates the everlasting flowers immortelle (lat. Helichrysum), increasingly referred to as “dry gold”. It is no surprise…
Top 5 Lemon Essential Oil Uses and Benefits
What Is Lemon Essential Oil? Lemon essential oil is well-known as a substance that takes care of toxins from any part of the body. Its most common uses are to rejuvenate energy, purify skin, stimulate lymph drainage and it even acts as a bug repellent. Lemon oil may be used in aromatherapy. Its aroma though does…
Sandalwood: History, Uses, Present Status and the Future
Sandalwood essential oil is a luxurious and costly oil, but it is a worthwhile investment due to its wonderful properties. It has a long history of use as a traditional medicine in the Indian healing science known as Ayurveda. Many essential oils have been used for thousands of years in several cultures for medicinal and…
What are the Uses and Benefits of Frankincense Oil?
Frankincense essential oil is a best-seller at many popular essential oil brands, and a well-known part of many essential oil starter kits. There’s great history and mystery to this oil, and I’d like to show you: What Frankincense essential oil is best used for; How to use Frankincense safely; Discuss the different types of Frankincense;…
Tea Tree Oil Uses And Benefits
Tea tree oil is maybe something you’ve seen showing up on the news lately. It has become a popular health remedy because of its skin care capabilities, some even referring to is as “Medicine in a Bottle”. It has been known to help with a number of different conditions. It originally comes from a plant…
Top 10 Lavender Essential Oil Benefits
Lavender essential oil is by far one of the most favorite essential oils to use by many aromatherapy fans. It’s certainly one of my most loved oils and I have it on hand always! With multiple health and beauty benefits, including pain relief and helping with hair care, among others makes it a favorite with so many….
