Category Essential Oils

The Truth About Stress and Essential Oils

Aromatherapy essential oils are the highly concentrated essences of aromatic plants. The oils are found in different parts of the plant such as the flowers, twigs, leaves and bark, or in the rind of fruit. For example, in roses it is found in the flowers, in basil it is in the leaves, in sandalwood in the wood, and so on.

Essential oils have numerous uses but one of the most popular today is aromatherapy. Each of the organic essential oils used in aromatherapy can be used either alone or in combination to create a desired effect. Before using pure essential oils as part of an aromatherapy treatment, it is important to understand the effect that the oil(s) have, and how aromatherapy works.

Aromatherapy is the art of using these oils to promote healing of the body and the mind...

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Aromatherapy Essential Oils For Travel Healthcare

Essential oils can actually be used when traveling. They may aid in a wide number of travel related problems such as jet lag, sun burn, travel sickness, and insect bites.

Going on holidays and vacations means traveling which is so much fun, however, plenty of health problems may come up during traveling. Aromatherapy can be used for minor health problems. Many essential oils assist in relieving travel symptoms which include sun burn, insect bites and sickness. With just a little knowledge and practice, a number of minor health problems can be prevented from ruining a vacation.

Essential Oils for Curing Travel Sickness

Whether travel sickness occurs in a car, on a plane, or on a boat, ginger and peppermint essential oils can be used...

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Liver Cleanse With Essential Oils

The liver is the largest organ in the body and has over 700 known functions. Its most important role is the regulation of the body’s metabolism which is partly accomplished by toxin collection and removal. The liver can become overworked by exposure to an excessive amount of toxins.  Some examples of toxins are pharmaceutical drugs, chemicals in the air and water, environmental toxins, and over-processed foods containing many unnatural chemicals. An overloaded liver becomes congested and sluggish, and rather than removing toxins from the body, they now become trapped in the liver and eventually spill over into the bloodstream causing other organs to malfunction and eventually liver failure...

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Hemp Seed Oil

Some Useful Tips On Hemp Seed Oil

In this article you will find useful tips on hemp seed oil and hemp seed oil facts. Hemp seed oil comes from the hemp seed and it has been traditionally used in lubricants, paint, ink manufacture, gasoline and plastic products. It is also used in the manufacturing of skin care merchandise, pure soaps, shampoos and detergents. In recent years, hemp seed oil has been recognized as natures most balanced oil for human nutrition with the right three to at least one Omega three to Omega six ratio required by the human body. It is quickly absorbed and simply digested.

To get hemp seed oil for use as a meals, hemp seeds are chilly pressed in an oxygen free environment...

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THE ABC’s OF PRODUCING ESSENTIAL OILS

An essential oil by definition is a concentrated, hydrophobic liquid containing volatile aroma compounds from plants.  A hydrophobe is a molecule that is repelled from a mass of water.  Other names for essential oils are volatile oils, ethereal oils, and aetherola; a very simplified definition is the oil of the plant from which it was extracted.  Essential means that the oil carries a very distinctive scent of the plant from which it was obtained.

Most oils are obtained by the process of distillation.  In this process the flowers, leaves, bark, roots, seeds, wood, and peel of the plant are put in a distilling apparatus then placed over water.  The water is heated and the steam goes through the raw plant matter, vaporizing the volatile compounds...

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Topical Pain Relief Made From Essential Oils

Topical pain relief made from essential oils is available in roll on and as a message butter from Valley High Herbal Remedies.

Not much of a big fan of those over the counter pain relievers that are most often being prescribed by doctors? Well if you lead a very active lifestyle which makes you prone to suffering from body pains from time to time then you must surely be used to regular pain relievers. However, given that a lot of people are not exactly fans of these regular pain relievers that can be bought at drugstores, there are those who started offering all-natural alternatives that are believed to be more effective compared to regular pain relievers.

All-natural essential oils have always been very popular when it comes to massages and other wellness treatments as it is safe for just...

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Healing Naturally With Essential Oils

Aromatherapy is simply the healing of ailments naturally.  Healing naturally with essential oils uses the bodies own healing abilities triggered by the smell of certain chemical compounds contained in essential oils from plant.
More and more people are concerned about the safety and side-effects of prescription drugs and medications. And with the health care debacle going-on in the United States Congress, and the high cost of health care generally, people are searching out alternative forms of healing. One type of alternative medicine that is gaining popularity is aromatherapy.

Essential oils are the essence of a plant, distilled down and concentrated. The essence can be extracted from the leave, flowers, or even the whole plant and turned into an oil...

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Benefits of Using Essential Oils

The use of essential oils in aromatherapy has become a popular choice for many people seeking to relax and improve their health. My question is, do you know the benefits of using essential oils? This type of oil is used to aid in the healing of physical and psychological conditions. The oil is extracted from various parts of a plant and the aroma is used as treatment for a particular ailment. It is the only therapy that utilizes the sense of smell. Pure essential oils are all-natural and do not contain any manmade chemicals.

When used in aromatherapy, essentials are inhaled and enter the body through the nasal passages. Signals are directed to the brain and affect the emotions by affecting the limbic system, which also controls the major functions of the body...

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Beneficial Therapeutic Essential Oils Use

People are oftentimes confused with the use of fragrance oils versus the essential oils use. You may think that they are just the same when in fact there is really a big difference between the two. Fragrance oils do not offer the therapeutic benefits that essential oils offer. Essential oils came from real plants while fragrance oils have artificial substances which are the reason why they don’t have the best effects to its users sometimes.

Essential oils have many different uses because of the therapeutic benefits that they offer. Some of their uses are as follows:

They can serve as an air freshener. Buying commercialized air fresheners can only sometimes make your house smell like a bathroom and no one really cares to be reminded of this smell...

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Everyday Uses For 3 Essential Oils

Essential Oils are easy to use and very effective for treating everyday ailments and conditions. Here are everyday uses for 3 3 essential oils that are my favorite oils and some easy applications to start you off…

Lavender – is the “must-have” essential oil. It is highly regarded for its skin healing properties and excellent for general soothing and calming.

If you only have one bottle of essential oil in your home – Lavender should be it!

Inhale lavender for an overall calming effect.
Rub a few drops on sunburned skin to ease pain.
Rub a drop on your palms and breathe in deeply to help with hay fever.
2-3 drops on a rash will stop itching and heal your skin.
Drop lavender on a cut to stop the bleeding and speed healing.

Peppermint – is one of the most effective essential oils for treating...

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