What are Essential Oils ?

Essential oils are concentrated compounds extracted from plants, herbs or from flowers in form of liquid. These extracts (essential oils) are then used in aromatherapy and naturopathy. These liquid extracts has higher levels of active ingredients than the actual plants.

There are various process of obtaining liquid extracts from plants it can be distillation, cold press or via super critical What are Essential Oils?

Essential oils are concentrated compounds extracted from plants, herbs, or from flowers in the form of liquid. These extracts (essential oils) are then used in aromatherapy and naturopathy. These liquid extracts have higher levels of active ingredients than the actual plants.

There are various processes of obtaining liquid extracts from plants it can be distillation, cold pressor via supercritical fluid extraction method.

How to use Essential Oil?

Essential oils are mostly used in aromatherapy. Now here question rises what is aromatherapy?

Aromatherapy is an ancient traditional method used by alternative medicinal practitioners where by using a  diffuser container, oil droplet, spray, or breathed in via steam machine. In doing this the pleasant smell of Essential oil stimulates our body, mind and can provide relief in respiratory disinfection and decongestion. When pleasant smell reaches our brain it removes stress and helpful in obtaining mental peace.

Then essential oil can be used as massaging, in bath also. Massaging the oil can boost blood circulation and makes the body energetic.

Note:- Directly essential oil applied on skin may cause allergies and skin issues. So before using essential oil it is always necessary to dilute the essential oil in the carrier oil ( Like in almond oil, olive oil, coconut oil etc). After dilution only we can use the essential oil for massaging.

Even after dilution we have to check allergic reaction before applying to the skin for that we can rub a small amount of diluted oil under the forearms and see after 24-48 hours if no allergy arises than can be used on another area of the body.

Maximum five percent dilution of essential oil in carrier oil is marked as safe.

Taking essential oils by mouth via swallowing or ingesting is highly risky can affect the liver and kidney.

Benefits of using Essential oils.

1:- it is helpful in nausea.
2:-it reduce anxiety, stress, and depression
3:- It is helpful in muscular aches and body pain
4:- In headaches or blood circulatory is highly beneficial
5:- it is helpful in alopecia and treats hair loss issues.

There are almost more than 90 types of Essential oils available in the market but in practice, only 10-15 oils are highly used
1:- Basil:- it improves the concentration and relieves headache and migraine
2:- Citronella- It is useful in eczema
3:- Jasmine:- It is beneficial in depression, childbirth, and libido
4:-Kashmiri Lavender:- It relaxes body and mind and helpful in peace sleep also used as an antiseptic for minor cuts.
5:-Lemon Grass:- It relieves the stress and depression and improve the mood.
6:- Orange:- it relieves constipation and improves digestion
7:-Patchouli:- itis helpful in various skin issues like acne, dermatitis, dry and cracked skin.
8:- Peppermint:- It is helpful in improvising digestion and boost energy
9:- Rose:- it improves the mood and helpful in reducing anxiety.
10:- Rosemary:- it is helpful in hair growth, boost memory, and reduce muscular pain.
11:- Tea tree:- it boosts immunity and fight against infections.
12:-Turmeric:- is best skin rejuvenator, used as an anti-aging, it also relieves inflammation.
13:- Ylang Ylang:- it is best used in skin issues, headaches, and nausea.

In the market now there are a lot of essential oil brands are available so it is difficult to choose the right essential oil brand.
For choosing the right essential oil always kept 3 points in mind
1:- Essential oil must be pure and extracted from natural plants only. no additives or synthetic oil should be mixed in it. And mostly named as botanical name.
2:- There are various method of extracting the essential oils some mixed any compound then extract so choosing the chemical-free extraction process oil is also important like cold press, supercritical fluid extraction, or via distillation way
3:- Brand Reputation before purchasing is also an important factor to choose with.

Note:-

There are some limitations for using an essential oil like skin allergenic person, sensitive skin, the person having nausea issues from the smell, Asthmatic, During pregnancy and lactating period it is good to avoid using essential oil. And after massaging with essential oil immediately going out in sunlight may cause sunburn.

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