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• Pogostemon cabin

Plant part:

• Leaves

Properties:

• Exotic, calming, relaxing, enlivening warming

Quantity:

• 2-4 drops

Benefits:

• Exotic aroma often used in perfumery, relieving anxiety, stress and depression.
• Helps to heal chapped rough skin wounds and sores.
• Being anti -inflammatory it helps cool inflamed skin.
• Effective in treating dandruff, scars.
• It is an anti-septic,a stringent and insect repellent.

Precaution:

• Use in moderation as excess does can cause sedation

• Cymbopogon martinii

Plant part:

• Grass

Properties:

• Clarifying, uplifting, calming, refreshing

Quantity:

• 4-5 drops

Benefits: 

• Stimulates cell regeneration, circulation, appetite.
• It maintains a supple skin, removes scars, helpful in treating acne, dermatitis balances sebum production, relieves indigestion, colds, flu, viruses and reduces fever.

• Citrus aurantium

Plant part:

• Peel

Properties:

• Calming, refreshing

Quantity:

• 2-3 drops

Benefits:

• Effective in healing mouth ulcers, treats nervous tension, stress and anxiety.
• Gives relief from bronchial coughs, colds, flu and insomnia.
• Eases constipation and diarrheoa. It is very gentle on children brings down fever.

Precaution :

• May increase skin photosensitivity
• Avoid use before going out in the sun

Botanical name:

• Citus aurantium

Plant part:

• Petals

Properties:

• Calming, soothing, refreshing

Quantity:

• 1-3 drops

Benefits: 

• Relieves mental lethargy, headaches, irritability caused due to menopause and PMT.
• It caused chronic diarrhoea due to emotional state and thread veins.
• Cures dryness, improves elasticity sensitivity of skin and is also kind on mature skin.
• Calms excitability and restless children when used in bathing before going to bed.
• Helps during shocks, trauma, grief and stress.
• Highly calming to those suffering from anxiety and fears.
• Helps lighten stretch marks and scars.
• Soothes palpitation, stress-related problems and depression helps during pregnancy and labor.

Botanical name: 

• Origanum marjorana

Plant part:

• Flowers, leaves

Properties:

• Calming, warming

Quantity:

• 2-5 drops

Benefits: 

• Relieves anxiety, stress, high blood pressure, arthritis, rheumatism, swollen joints, asthma, colds, flu, sinusitis.
• Cures migraines, stomach and menstrual  cramps, indigestion, constipation and flatulence.
• Calming to the nervous system.
• Reduces sexual urges,
• Heals bruises

Precaution:

• Use in moderation.
• Avoid during pregnancy

Botanical name:

• Cymbogen citratus

Plant part:

• Grass

Properties:

• Tranquilizing, soothing calming, refreshing

Quantity:

• 1-3 drops

Benefits:

• Helps in relieving  shock, grief, trauma, depression and stress.
• Helps to fight lethargy, irritability during PMT and menopause, insomnia, excitability in children, chronic diarrhea triggered due to emotional reasons.
• Improves skin elasticity, thread veins, stretch marks and scars.
• It gives relief from headaches, sore throat and mild respiratory problems.
• Helps in opening the skin pores, treating oily skin, curing acne and relieves indigestion.

Precaution:

• Avoid during pregnancy.
• It can also irritate skin.

Botanical name:

• Citrus limon

Plant part:

• Peel of fruit

Properties :

• Rejuvenating, enlivening, cooling, uplifting

Quantity:

• 3-6 drops

Benefits:

• Helps in bronchial problems, cold, flu, sore throat, mouth ulcers, hormonal headaches, poor circulation, high blood pressure, wounds, stress, nervous tension and counteracts acidity, aids in clearing freckles and to rid warts.
• Useful for students and executives.
• Helps in stopping hot flushes in menopause.
• It has a refreshing aroma and is an effective insect repellent too.

Precaution:

• Causes photosensitivity on sensitive skin, Avoid using when going out in the sun as it may irritate sensitive skin.