Essential oil is natural oil that consist of many and complex substance. Therefore, synthetic essential oil cannot substitute natural aromatique oil. Natural or pure essential oil is got from plans. To make a little of essential oil be necessaried a lot of plans. It is needed 5 ton of roses to make 5 kg rose oil. As the demand of essential oil is higher, big companies make synthetic essential oil. So, make sure that the essential oil you buy is nature. I recomend this store to buy a good aromatique oil.
This is the important thing when you use essential oil. Remember to dissolve essential with nabati oil. Please read very important before use it.
Essential oil can evaporate easily. Eventhough it can stay for a long time, a bad storage can decrease the benefit. Heat and light be able to ruin the component in it. That's way we ought to put it in a dark bottle and be store in refrigerator.
Many way to use essential oil :
a ) Rub essential oil (must have been dissolved with nabati oil) at some location on your skin. If this is the first time you use it, after the first caress you have to wait 10-14 minutes before you use it again. Essential oil can be danger if you not avoid contact with eyes and ears. When you use several types of esential oil, use it separately. This gives time to your body to respon an increase the benefit of it.
b) Massage Oil
Essential oil for massage oil need to be diluted in pure base oil such as olive, almond or another vegetable oils. It's better if the bottle vegetable oils has 'unrefined' or 'cold pressed' label. If isn't, it's certain to be highly refined product extracted by high presure, intense heat and possibly petroleum derived solvents. Don't use baby oil because it is amineral oil that derived from petrolum.For a full body massage you will need + 30ml oil.
CAUTION : maximum concentrate of essential oil is 3 %
FORMULA :
5 x essential oil (drops) = % x base oil (ml)
e.g 1 drop lavender, blend percentage 0.5 %, How many ml is the base oil needed?
Answer : {5 x 1}ml = 0.5 x base oil
10 ml = base oil
So, we need 10 ml base oil for 1 drop lavender with blend percentage 0.5%
Easy Measures
| Essential Oil (drop) |
Base Oil (ml) |
Blend Percentage (%) |
| 1 |
10 |
0.5 |
| 1 |
5 |
1 |
| 2 |
5 |
2 |
c) Aromatic Bath
Use essential oil to stay submerged. Essential oil cannot dissolved with water therefor it must be diluted with vegetable oil such as sweet almond. The ideal temperature for the water is around 850 - 940 F
( 290 - 340 C ).
Epsom salts bath ( Magnesium Sulphat) plus essential oil are good for bath. The grins are coarse therefor it's more suitable for the bath. These can be used for relaxing during stress. Dilute epsom salth bath in a few pints of boiling water and 5-10 drops of essential oil to your bath ( 2000 dm3 of hot water). The aromatherapy massage oil can be massage onto the skin an hour or two after done epsom salt bath.
Don't do Epsom Salts Bath if you have high presure or a heart contdition. Elderly or very frail people should use 225gr of Epsom salt to start with, gradually increasing as the ath becomes better tolerated.
d) Inhalation
Inhalation can help relieve cold and flu symptoms, sinusitis, coughs, hay fever and other respitory ailments. Sprinkle a few drops of essential oil on the palm of hand, handkerchief or tissue then inhale it deeply.
Steam inhalation is a great dicongestant. Give 5-10 drops of essential oil into 500ml near-boiling water. Drape a towel over your hand and the bowl to form a 'tent'. Inhale it for about five minutes but no longer than ten.
e) Compresses
A compress is a useful way to trat mucular pain, sprains and bruises as wll as reducing pang and congestion in internal organs. There are two methods of compress, such as cold compress and hot compress.
Cold compress is used for recent injuries such as sprains, bruises, swelling and inflammation , headaches and fever. Hot compress Hot compress is used for old injuries, muscular pain, toothace, menstrual cramp, cystitis, boils and abscess. Make sure you have used the right compress of treating your pain.
To make a hot compress, add about 6 drops of essential oil into 500ml of hot water (as hot as you can comfortably bear). Place the fabric over the area to be treated, wring out the excess. Cover it with a piece of clingfilm, then lightly when it has as cool as the body temperature; renew at intervals as required.
To make the cold compress do it the same way as hot compress, but with very cold, preferably icy water.
Each compress should be applied for 2-3 minutes.
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