Aromatherapy for Hair Loss

Hair loss can be a very embarrassing encounter. However, aromatherapy for hair loss has been in use since ancient times. Various essential oils are considered to be beneficial when it comes to hair loss. These include bay cedarwood, grapefruit, jojoba oil, lavender, lemon, rosemary and chamomile. Cedarwood, lavender, rosemary and thyme have been used to treat Alopecia for over a century. Unfortunately, very few scientific studies have been conducted to evaluate their efficacy. Read more

Using Essential Oils: What You Need To Know

Essential oils have a variety of benefits including treating depression, calming the nerves and reducing anxiety. While the oils are helpful, there are several things you need to know about them.

To begin with, it is important to note that they interact with other drugs. Depending on the particular drugs that you maybe using, the oils may either reduce or increase the efficacy of these drugs. There are a variety of medical conditions, such as hypertension, for which drugs have been counteracted by a number of essential oils. It is therefore important that, before you start using essential oils to treat diseases, you consult you physicians or experienced aroma therapists. Read more

Hair Care With Aroma Oils

Do you suffer from sensitive scalp or dandruff? Then you should consider applying essential oils. The numerous hair care products and chemicals that we use damage the scalp making it sensitive. Using certain essential oils can help calm down the scalp and make your hair look healthy. Unlike hair care products which contain chemicals, essential oils are all natural and may therefore be used often. What is more, they are easily available and affordable. You can purchase them to treat a variety of hair problems including split ends, dry scalp or dry and thin hair. Read more

Aroma Anti-Depression

Depression is a condition that affects many people. It is caused by hormonal or chemical imbalance. However, there are also situational triggers which include divorce, death, retirement, health issues, financial challenges, loneliness and job loss. While some people only experience depression for a short period of time, others struggle with it for many years.

Aromatherapy is an alternative therapy that can be used to treat depression. It makes use of essential oils to improve your emotional well being. Read more

Essential Oils for Pregnancy

As with myriad other situations, essential oils have been a major accompaniment of pregnancy, a sort after insurance against the unexpected for the mother and the fetus. From the mother’s skin care and emotional wellness to the baby comfort, relaxation and proper development, name them. The wonder herbs are known to boost mother’s body immunity, especially against such ailments as influenza, conditions like stress, edema, and insomnia.

For the expectant mother, there is a wide selection of essential oils to choose from. Read more

Aromatherapy for Treating Depression

According to research, aromatherapy is very effective in treating depression, stress as well as other related disorders. In addition to helping individuals with depression relax, it is also believed to reduce stress, improve their sleeping patterns, raise their energy levels thus preventing depression from occurring. The one thing you must understand about aromatherapy is that it is only effective in dealing with mild depression. It is capable of easing mental fatigue and anxiety that the depressed individuals experience thereby helping them sleep better. Read more

Fight Your Cellulite With Aroma

Cellulite is a lumpy, dimpled fat deposit that clings maddeningly to the outer thighs, hips, and buttocks, and sometimes to the upper arms. Quite different from ordinary fat, cellulite is a repository for extra water and toxic waste, which is why it is so hard to banish. Spas and Aromatherapists treat this unattractive “orange-peel skin” and other fatty deposits with special diets, massage, and wraps with herbal infusions and essences, which draw the toxins out and encourage the elimination of water.

Before you wrap, massage the fatty area with firm, upward strokes, using the essential oil mixtures suggested below: Read more

Cellulite and Aromatherapy

1. Essential Oils: Cypress/Juniper

• 10 drops each in 4 ounces of carrier oil. Massage well into affected area.
• 20 drops each in warm bath, soak for ten minutes. Read more

Burns (Minor) and Essential Oils

Essential Oils: Lavender or Lavender/Aloe Vera Gel

Serious burns should be treated by a physician. However, for minor burns use a drop of lavender neat on burn or mix 4 drops of lavender with 1 teaspoon of aloe vera gel and spread on affected area.

Chamomile Essential Oil

Latin name Chamaemelum nobile formerly Anthemis nobilis (Roman chamomile); Matricaria recutita (German chamomile).

Effects: Soothing and harmonizing.

Aroma: Middle note.

History: Egyptian sages dedicated chamomile to the sun, because of its ability to reduce fever. Contains azulene, which has remarkable healing and antibacterial powers. There are two kinds of chamomile flowers: German, which is mild, and Roman, which is strong. Read more

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