Essential Oils and Background

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I really didn’t know a lot about essential oils until the start of the pandemic. Then, I started investigating alternatives to hand sanitizers and other stuff when there was a shortage of all the things.

I have learned a lot and have become a fan. Honestly, I love the different scents and any benefits I get are just gravy!

I am going to share some of what I have learned about various essential oils this month.

Health Benefits of Orange Oil

Orange essential oil is best known for its disease-fighting ability and talent for producing euphoric feelings. If you’ve ever come across a “joy blend” or “happy mix” of essential oils, it probably contains orange oil as the main ingredient.

Orange oil cleanses and purifies. You’ve probably heard about using orange oil to clean wood furniture, floors, and more. A bonus to using this amazing, anti-bacterial, antiviral, and anti-fungal natural essential oil for cleaning is that you get to sniff up the delicious, uplifting aroma of oranges while removing dirt and conditioning the wood items in your home.

Orange oil comes from the peels of an orange, and its aroma can seem overly sharp or sweet to some. This oil balances nicely with warming cinnamon or nutmeg, in the same way that you might enjoy sipping an orange spice tea to wind down after a busy and hectic day.

Benefits of Clove Oil

Like the other warming spices, ginger, nutmeg, and cinnamon, clove has stimulating properties. You might call this essential oil another “giver of life” due to its especially powerful anti-carcinogenic profile and ability to rid the body of free radicals. Compounds present in clove essential oil that are known to kill viruses, bacteria, and fungi. These include eugenol, thymol, carvacrol, and cinnamaldehyde.

Add clove oil, along with other warming spices, and/or citrus, to your diffuser. This can cleanse the air of pathogens and prevent and heal sickness. This is another member of the “thieves” blend that is said to have helped gypsies ward off deadly illness during the time of the plague. Other key players in this germ-fighting combo include lemon essential oil, rosemary oil, cinnamon oil, and eucalyptus oil.

Long before there were dental schools and Novacaine shots, clove oil was used in dental applications to ease toothache pain due to its analgesic properties. To see this in action for yourself, rub a drop of clove oil on your lips to feel the unusual, tingling, and numbing sensation. This powerful essential oil is still used in dentists’ offices today.

In addition to being numbing, this oil attacks pathogens. This makes it ideal for mitigating mouth infections and helping skin wounds to heal.

If you’d like to deliver a burst of vitality to your home or office space while clearing the air of harmful pathogens and delivering immune-boosting benefits and even raising libido, then choose clove oil to add to your aromatherapy repertoire.

Benefits of Cinnamon Oil

Cinnamon may be best known for its role in delicious desserts… but did you know that this spice is a powerhouse of health benefits? If you like the smell of cinnamon and want to take advantage of its positive effects on your body and spirit, then put this essential oil into your aromatherapy rotation.

A little goes a long way with cinnamon essential oil. So you only need a few drops to get the full healing benefits. Add cinnamon oil to your essential oils diffuser and enjoy the instant grounding effects that it has on emotions. In the same way that peppermint cools, cinnamon is a warming spice, and that goes for the oil as well. The warming spices stimulate the body systems, which means increased mental activity, improved digestion, immune-boosting, and more.

More amazing benefits of cinnamon: it’s antibacterial and antiseptic, making it a mainstay if you’re someone who diffuses essential oils to rid the air of your home or workspace of airborne pathogens. The popular “thieves blend” handed down from the time of the plague includes cinnamon essential oil as a key ingredient in staving off harmful and even deadly germs and bacteria.

Baked apple desserts will always be a crowd-pleaser. But what would this comforting treat be without the signature warm, spiciness of cinnamon, balanced with tangy lemon? Yes, cinnamon and lemon combine perfectly, not only in baked apple recipes but also in your favorite aromatherapy diffuser blends.

Here is a lovely diffuser recipe.

Orange Spice Diffuser Blend

Enjoy this spicy orange aromatherapy blend for those times when you need warming from the outside in. Brings an uplift in mood, increased energy levels, and an overall feeling of happiness and wellbeing.

Pour approximately 6 ounces of distilled water into your diffuser. Into this add:

5 drops sweet orange oil
3 drops cinnamon oil
2 drops clove oil

Loving Life — The Reboot!

Dominique

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