During the holiday season we use essential oils to add relaxation, aroma, and wellbeing to your holiday home. You will certainly want to use these wonderful oils all year round, too. Learn the benefits and the many uses essential oils can add to your sensual pleasures while adding spirit and energy to your awareness.

General Uses For Essential Oils

Use as bathroom freshener by putting several drops in toilet water.

Add several drops to spray bottle for a natural air freshener.

Put several drops on the filter of your vacuum cleaner for added freshness.

Spray linens for freshness.

Put in drains to remove odors.

Shake a few drops in your bath water.

Put in shoes for natural deodorizer.

Add to shampoo for aromatherapy.

Use as a cleaner, remove labels and stickers.

5 Favorite Essential Oils

Eucalyptus Oil

Eucalyptus oil is a truly wonderful product. I bring it to the gym and use it in the steam room. It can relieve the symptoms of colds and flu, sore throat, hacking cough and stuffy nose. It helps clear the nasal passages to enable free breathing.

The oil can be mixed with other carrier oils such as baby oil, vegetable oil, jojoba oil, olive oil, or almond oil to provide massage relief to aching joints and muscles.

Eucalyptus oil has strong antiseptic and germicidal disinfectant properties and can be used as both deodorizer and sanitizer.

The oil can be used as an insect repellent for and for the relief of insect bites. The oil is used as a cleaning solvent, spot remover and penetrate.

Used in the wash it helps freshen the clothes.

Frankincense Oil

The therapeutic properties of Frankincense essential oil include: antiseptic, astringent, carminative, digestive, diuretic, sedative, tonic and expectorant.

Frankincense has a calming effect, slowing the breathing and producing feelings of serenity, this tends to bring about an elevating, soothing effect on the mind. Its comforting action is helpful for anxious and obsessions linked to the past.

It is one of the best pulmonary antiseptics available and is good for chronic bronchitis and asthma.

Frankincense oil aids women by being a tonic to the uterus and as an aid in dealing with abnormally heavy periods. The oil is a tonic to the whole reproductive system.

Frankincense essential oil is one of the few essential oils safe to use on pregnant women and with childbirth.

Frankincense oil is non-toxic and non-irritant and could be used by most people.

Lavender Oil

Lavender in essential oil form is so useful that it has often been called 'first-aid in a bottle'. It is one of the few essential oils that can be applied directly to the skin 'neat', or undiluted.

The oil is antiseptic and anti-bacterial, and can be applied directly to burns and stings, where it will cool the pain. It will stimulate blood flow to the affected area, which may aid healing.

Lavender oil rubbed into the temples can quiet a headache, even in some cases halt a migraine if it hasn't taken too firm a hold. Massaged into the neck and shoulder muscles, it can relieve tension headaches and "computer headache".

While many scented body care products such as scented shampoos attract insects, lavender essential oil is actually an insect repellent. It can be worn as perfume or added to a hair rinse to keep mosquitoes and other outdoor annoyances away.

Of course, is smells delightful and used as a perfume, it will charm any interested suitor.

Oregano Oil

Oil of Oregano will battle all your infections, viral or bacterial - For instance, sinus infections, flu, pneumonia, UTI, gingivitis, and gastritis. Use 6 drops 3 times a day for six weeks.

Oil of Oregano treats fungus infections. - Put Oil of Oregano on your nails or toe or whatever part of the body. Apply it topically or take internally.

Oil of Oregano relieves pain. - Just rub it on your sprain, contusion of your ankle, wrist, back , pulling of a muscle, elbow (tendonitis pain), and any joint experiencing arthritic pain. You can rub it on 15 minutes every hour or every 4 hours, as needed.

Oil of Oregano makes an excellent mouth wash - Swish a few drops in water. Diminishes bacteria that causes decay.

Oil of Oregano kills all the parasites in your GI tract. Use 6 drops 3 times a day for six weeks. You can also dilute the drops with water.

Oil of Oregano diminishes headaches - Rub it on your head where you have the headache. Drink plenty of water and rest, do not worry. You will feel a lot better.

Oil of Oregano treats ear infections. - Rub the oil around the ear. NOT in the ear and take 6 drops 3 times a day.

Oil of Oregano will treat Eczema - Rub Oil of Oregano on the eczema spots and take Oil of Oregano 3 times a day 6 drops, each time.

Bruises - Immediately rub it on the spot where you have bruised yourself. When you notice a bruise continue to rub it on the bruise 2-3 times a day.

Tea Tree (Melaleuca) Oil

SKIN CARE: Abscess, acne, athlete's foot, blisters, burns, cold sores, dandruff, herpes, insect bites, oily skin, rashes (nappy rash), spots, warts, and wounds.

RESPIRATORY SYSTEM: Asthma, bronchitis, catarrh, coughs, sinusitis, tuberculosis, whooping cough.

GENITAL-URINARY SYSTEM: Thrush, vaginitis, cystitis.

IMMUNE SYSTEM: Colds, fever, 'flu, infectious illnesses such as chicken pox.

Antiseptic / Bacterial Properties of tea tree oil include: Treatment of cuts, burns, insect bites, infected splinters and all kinds of wounds, especially dirty or ones which contain puss. As an antiseptic it is valuable for general skin care, spots, acne and blackheads etc.

Tea Tree"s effective treatment for ringworm, athlete"s foot, thrush (candida). It has also been used to combat fungal diseases affecting animals, fish and plants.

Viruses are the invading organisms responsible for most epidemic illnesses. As a powerful anti-viral agent, Tea Tree Oil is effective in fighting many common infectious diseases such as measles, chicken pox, flu, cold and shingles, as well as other viral complaints i.e. cold sores, and warts.

Especially important if the body is already in a weakened condition brought on by either stress, illness or the use of antibiotics or other drugs which have lowered the body's natural resistance levels. It can be helpful to those who need to build up their strength before a surgical operation or for those suffering from chronic or long standing debilitating illness.

As with any vitamin or supplement, please consult your doctor before taking. Author Beverly Terhune speaks from 35 years of living with Rheumatoid Arthritis and shares her experience, strength & hope on how to lead a healthy, substance-free life.

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