PRACTICAL USES OF ESSENTIAL OILS H TO P

H

HAIR, COLOR

Chamomile Roman for blonde hair, Rosemary for brunettes: 2 or 3 drops added to shampoo, conditioner, or nonchlorinated water, and then massaged into hair 1 or 2 times a week

HAIR HEALTH / HAIR LOSS

Tender Me, Forever, Chamomile Roman, Lavender, Rosemary: 2 or 3 drops added to shampoo, conditioner, or nonchlorinated water, and massaged into the scalp 1 or 2 times a week. Can be added to an Almond Oil / Jojoba Oil Carrier, massaged into the scalp and then a warm towel placed around the head, just like a salon hot oil treatment, only much better.

HEADACHES

Fairy Dust, Innocence, Harmony, Treasured, Gift, Crystalline, Beneath, Travelmate, Beginnings, Mood-Off, Circulate, Verve, Warmer, Nixi, Bay, Calamus, Marjoram, Peppermint, Rosemary, Rosewood: There are as many different kinds of headaches as there are people (most people even have more than one kind of headache). Possible causes and contributors might include circulation issues, structural misalignment, hormone imbalances, and allergies. Massage an oil from the list onto the arteries in the neck until you find what works for you; using diffused is also effective; consider carrying an essential oil inhaler.

HEART MUSCLE

Finnesse, Rhythm, Carna, Queenie, Verve: dilute and apply to the chest

HEART, PALPITATIONS

Trust, Treasured, Gift, Finnesse, Rhythm, Carna, Verve, Marjoram, Neroli, Orange Sweet, Petitgrain, Violet Leaf: apply, diluted, to chest; aroma; place on temples

HEARTBURN

Innocence, Osmosis, Abundantia, Rev Up, Peppermint Osmosis and Peppermint:—apply diluted over stomach and colon, being sure to go high up over the tip of the sternum; Innocence should be diluted and applied on chest over the thymus

HEMATOMA

Beneath, Beginnings, Cypress, Helichrysum, Lemongrass: dilute and apply to the affected areas

HEMORRHOIDS

Veinz, Sighting, Verve, Geranium: dilute well in carrier oil or KY Jelly, apply (with a Q-tip, if necessary) to affected areas

HERNIA

Beginnings, Inside: dilute and apply to the area

HERPES VIRUS

Simplee, Melissa: dilute and apply along the jaw line, along the spine and on the feet

HIVES / ALLERGIC RASHES

Innocence, Bactoplus, Valley Lily, Chamomile German, Peppermint, Yarrow: dilute in carrier oil, massage over area; 4 drops in 1/4 cup of baking soda in the bath

HORMONE BALANCE

Knowing, Harmony, Embrace, Crystalline, Beneath, Endocare, Sensuality, Animus, Abstraction, Unanimity (uptake of nutrients), Verve, Nixi, Jasmine, Melissa (sterility in women), Patchouli, Petitgrain: apply to thymus area; inside of ankles (around the bone); lower back; thyroid area; along the spine; the clavicle area; diffuse

HOT FLASHES

Harmony, EndoCare, Yarrow Green: apply these oils, diluted, around the bone on the inside of the ankles

HYPERACTIVITY

Beginnings, OxyBurst, Serenity, Turbulence, Triumphant: apply to the feet; diffuse; wear anywhere on the body

HYPOGLYCEMIA

Innocence, Faithful, Endocare, Myhart, Arise, Anethi, Coriander, Dill, Eucalyptus: apply over pancreas area on body or feet; diffuse

I

IMMUNE STIMULANT

Timeless, Opulence, Exhale, Embrace, Beary Love, Faithful, Heavenly Home, Passages, Life, Liteneasy, Silence, Rev Up, Spicecy, Hinoki, Ledum, Mountain Savory, Orange Sweet, Oregano, Saro: massage any one of the listed oils on feet and body; diffuse; use in the bath

IMPETIGO

Innocence, Valley Lily, Bactoplus, Fluster: Consider diluting the essential oils in water, rather that a carrier oil. Apply with a cotton ball, using a fresh ball frequently. Sometimes carrier oil “feeds” the organisms responsible —using water prevents that. Fresh cotton balls prevent spreading.

INSECT BITES / STINGS

Bactoplus, Purity, Basil, Lavender, Manuka, Mountain Savory, Niaouli,: tea tree apply 1 drop, undiluted, to the area

INSECT REPELLANT

Bug-Off, Purity, Citronella, Opoponax, Peppermint: dilute in water or Miracle II Neutralizer and apply, either by misting or rubbing on—do not apply using a carrier oil; avoid contact with the eyes

INSOMNIA

Trust, Visions, Chimera, Abundantia, Silence, Sanctorum, Solstice, Oxyburst, Serenity, Perseptione, Basil, Myrtle: Serenity is for the “chattering mind” type of insomnia and is excellent diffused or worn; apply any of these oils to big toes, bottom of feet, around navel and on the back of the neck; diffusing or placing on the pillow is easier and often just as effective.

IRRITABLE BOWEL SYNDROME

Osmosis, Abundantia, Rev Up, Anise, Peppermint: dilute and apply to the abdominal area

J

JAUNDICE

Rev Up, Livcare, Geranium, Rose Geranium: dilute and apply, or use in a compress, over the liver

JET LAG

Crystalline, Spirited, Genie-Us, Beginnings, Prudence, Grapefruit: apply to temples, thymus area of the chest and to the feet, always eat lightly when traveling and drink plenty of water

K

KIDNEYS

Knowing, Embrace, EndoCare, Freedom, Afloat, Mirrorme, Abstraction, Verve (Congestion), Rev Up, Bergamot, Birch (Stones), Goldenrod, Grapefruit, Ledum, Ravensara: apply as a compress over the kidneys; be sure to drink plenty of distilled water

L

LAUNDRY

OxyBurst,: anything citrus or the evergreens, any smell you especially like add a few drops to the water in the washer or place a few drops on the dryer sheet that you ordinarily use; essential oils destroy bacteria and provide a fresh clean smell

LAXATIVE

Cardamom, Hyssop, Jasmine, Tangerine: apply to the abdomen; inhale

LEAD POISONING

LivCare, Rev Up:

LEG CRAMPS (SEE RESTLESS LEG)

LICE

Faithful, Bactoplus, Tea Tree: apply often to scalp and hair, diluted with distilled water making the mixture as strong as can be tolerated; wash combs and bedding

LIGAMENTS, TORN

Healme, Circulate, Relaxation, Warmer, Birch, Fir Siberica, Lemongrass, Peppermint, Wintergreen: dilute and apply to the affected areas; consider layering one oil on top of another

LIVER CLEANSE & SUPPORT

Knowing, Fairy Dust, Travelmate, Freedom, Livcare, Rev Up, Guardianz, Abstraction, Angelica, Carrot Seed, Celery Seed, Goldenrod, Grapefruit, Helichrysum, Ledum, Lemon, Lime, Rosemary: dilute and apply to liver area and along the spine; add to redmond clay and water, soak the feet

LUNG (SEE RESPIRATORY)

LUPUS (AN AUTO-IMMUNE DISORDER)

Timeless, Faithful, Osmosis, Life, Beginnings, Prudence,: lupus is an auto-immune disorder—please see that section

LYME DISEASE

Faithful, Bactoplus, Manuka, Oregano, Rosemary, Tea Tree:

LYMPHATIC CONGESTION

Timeless, Embrace, Beary Love, Beneath, Faithful, Endocare, Heavenly Home, Carna, Liteneasy, Mirrorme, Rev Up, Oxyburst, Abstraction, Fluster, Verve, Birch, Lemon, Orange Sweet, Ravensara: diffuse; dilute for massage or apply to lymph drainage areas of the body; excellent in the bath

M

MASSAGE

Innocence, Sensuality, Finnesse, Melody, Animus, Valley Lily, Relaxation, Warmer, Levitate, Optimism, Eucalyptus, Peppermint: dilute with your favorite carrier oil; massage is good for tired muscles and circulation but since essential oils absorb readily and rapidly into the skin on contact, there is really no need to work them in

MEMORIZATION

Crystalline, Mind In, Genie-Us, Arise, Saro: Inhale; apply to wrists and forehead

MEMORY LOSS

Crystalline, Mind In, Genie-Us, Arise, Basil, Bay, Clove, Coriander, Ginger, Lemon, Lime, Rosemary, Saro, Spanish Sage, Peppermint: inhale or diffuse; be sure that the diet includes a wide variety of vitamins and minerals from whole food sources

MENIERE’S DISEASE

Beginnings, Endocare, orange sweet, grapefruit: place essential oil, diluted with carrier oil, on the feet and on the mastoid bone behind the ear

MENOPAUSE

Harmony, EndoCare: dilute and apply to chest, abdomen, and feet

MENSTRUAL SYMPTOMS

Innocence, Treasured, Hope, Silence, Confidence, Unanimity, Nixi, Marjoram: apply on abdomen and back; in a bath;

MENTAL CONFUSION

Mirage, Knowing, Mind In, Transpose, Genie-Us, Livcare, Rev Up, Oxyburst, Arise, Levitate, Basil, Violet Leaf: inhale; diffuse; apply to wrists, forehead and back of the neck

MENTAL ALERTNESS

Spirited, Mind In, Genie-Us, LivCare, Divinity, Afloat, Rev Up, Confidence, Unanimity, Arise, Levitate, Basil, Cardamom, Howood, Peppermint, Violet Leaf: inhale; diffuse; apply to wrists, forehead and back of the neck

MERIDIAN BALANCING (SEE THE CHAPTER ON EASTERN HEALING PHILOSOPHY)

METABOLISM

EndoCare, Travelmate, LiteNeasy, Levitate, Oregano, Pine: dilute and apply to throat and thymus area; diffuse; inhale; add to bath

MIGRAINE

Fairy Dust, Harmony, Trust, Treasured, Beneath, Faithful, Travelmate, Freedom, Beginnings, Mood-Off, Healme, Serenity, Warmer, Birch, Grapefruit, Peppermint, Rosemary: apply to the back of neck (a few drops in a bowl of water, then soak a washcloth, wring out and place at back of neck); apply to underside of big toe just below the fleshy part; diffuse; smell, carry a cotton ball, soaked with Mood-Off, in purse or pocket; try

Faithful for headaches

MISCARRIAGE (SEE THE CHAPTER ON WOMEN AND CHILDREN)

MOLD / MILDEW

Faithful, Mold-Away, Purity, Oxyburst, Manuka: place a few drops in a squirt bottle, spray into the air or directly onto walls, windowsills, any place mold grows in your house

MONONUCLEOSIS

Faithful, Endocare, Beginnings, Purity, Rev Up, Clary Sage: use in tub; dilute and apply to bottoms of feet; soak feet; carry an essential oil inhaler

MORNING SICKNESS

Travelmate, Osmosis, Animus, Grapefruit, Orange Sweet: place a drop or two of oil behind ears; inhale

MOTION SICKNESS

Travelmate, Osmosis, Mood-Off, Peppermint: apply to feet, temples, and wrists; place on palms of hands, hold to nose and breathe deeply

MOUTHWASH

Faithful, Mint-Tee, SpiceCy, Relaxation, Confidence, Wintergreen, Spearmint: dilute and rinse the mouth for a few seconds

MUSCLE RELAXANT

Exhale, HealMe, Circulate, Silence, Relaxation, Warmer, Cajeput, Peppermint, Opoponax: dilute with carrier oil and massage the affected areas

MUSCLE SPASMS

Exhale, HealMe, Circulate, Relaxation, Fluster, Warmer, Manuka, Marjoram, Myrrh, Niaouli, Peppermint: dilute with carrier oil and massage the affected areas

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS

Crystalline, Neutrality, Divinity, Afloat, Warmer, Frankincense, Peppermint, Sandalwood: dilute and apply to the bottoms of the feet, the spine, and/or the chest; add 1 or 2 drops to the bath; diffuse; inhale

N

NAUSEA AND VOMITING

Travelmate, Abundantia, Mood-Off, Osmosis, Basil, Cardamom, Lavender, Ginger, Orange Sweet, Peppermint: apply over stomach and colon; apply behind ears; place on cotton ball (in purse, etc.) and sniff frequently

NERVE PAIN

Beneath, HealMe, Fluster, Birch: dilute and apply to the affected areas

NERVES / NERVOUS SYSTEM

Mirage, Timeless, Promise, Trust, Embrace, Visions, Sensuality, Hope, Melody, Heavenly Home, Neutrality, Osmosis, Genie-Us, Freedom, Silence, Sanctorum, Abstraction, Serenity, Confidence, Turbulence, Unanimity, Cedarwood, Chamomile Roman, Fir Balsam, Frankincense, Geranium, Howood, Jasmine, Lavender, Marjoram, Orange Sweet, Palmarosa, Petitgrain, Sage, Sandalwood, Spanish Sage, Spruce, Valerian, Vetiver, Violet Leaf: dilute and apply to the chest, the back of the neck, or on the feet; diffuse

NEUROPATHY

Beneath, HealMe, Fluster, Birch: dilute and apply to the affected areas

NIGHTMARES

Trust, Visions, Chimera, Sanctorum: diffuse; place a drop or two on the pillow

NURSING

Caraway, Fennel: dilute and apply to the breasts and the feet

O

OCD – OBSESSIVE COMPULSIVE DISORDER

Knowing, Crystalline, Time Out, Hope, Beginnings, Sanctorum, Confidence, Turbulence, Triumphant, Violet Leaf: diffuse; inhale; place a drop on the pillow at night; carry at all times in an inhaler; dilute and apply to the chest and the bottoms of the feet

ODORS, PURIFYING

Transpose, Purity, OxyBurst, Lime, Pine: diffuse; dilute in water and spritz into the air using a plant mister

OSTEOPOROSIS

Trust, Beneath, Forever, Rhythm, HealMe, Serenity, Warmer: dilute for massage; use in a bath; supplement a quality calcium; use wild yam cream or other natural progesterone

OVERWHELMED

Mirage, Knowing, Treasured, Touche, Finnesse, Beginnings, Optimism: diffuse; wear as perfume; use in a bath; use on acupressure points on the ears

P

PAIN (SEE ANALGESIC)

PANCREAS

EndoCare, Coriander, Dill: dilute, apply to the chest, abdomen, and feet

PANIC ATTACKS

Treasured, Melody, Serenity, Neroli: inhale; diffuse; wear as perfume; place over thymus or heart chakra

PARASITES

Osmosis, Rev Up, Guardianz, Bergamot, Turmeric: dilute and apply over abdominal area

POLYCYSTIC OVARIAN SYNDROME (PCOS)

Harmony, Trust, Treasured, EndoCare, Nixi, Helichrysum, Rosewood, St. John’s Wort: dilute and apply over abdominal area

PINEAL AND PITUITARY

Mirage, Travelmate, Endocare, Finnesse, Neutrality: dilute and apply to back of neck

PLEURISY

Breathe, Exhale, Melody, Queenie, Confidence, Verve, Cypress, Thyme: apply diluted over the lungs—front & back; diffuse or sniff deeply

PMS

Harmony, Beneath, Silence, Abstraction, Nixi: dilute and apply to the abdomen and the small of the back

PNEUMONIA

Breathe, Exhale, Queenie, Inhale, Cajeput, Cedarwood, Hyssop, Manuka, Oregano: inhale; place on back and chest

PTSD POST TRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER

Fairy Dust, Freedom, Silence, Rev Up, Prudence, Sandalwood, Vanilla: dilute and apply to the chest and the feet;

PROSTATE

Harmony, EndoCare, Nixi, Basil, Myrtle, Peppermint: diffuse; place anywhere on the body

PROTECTION, ENERGY & PSYCHIC

Gift, Melody, Neutrality, Beginnings, Sanctorum, Unanimity, Clove, Cypress, Fennel, Fir, Frankincense: wear on the body, particularly over the heart chakra, but also on wrists, etc., if massaging or body working; diffuse; inhale

PURIFY AIR

Beary Love, Faithful, Heavenly Home, Purity, OxyBurst: diffuse; add to water and mist into the air

PURIFY WATER

OxyBurst, Grapefruit, Lime: add 1 drop per gallon


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