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Foot Care Tips

Posted by slang on 13 Apr 2008 | Tagged as: Healthy Exercises, Aromatherapy

For good foot care, it is essential to wash your feet daily to remove bacteria and dry thoroughly particularly between the toes. This will help to prevent fungal conditions such as athlete foot from developing and also stops smelly feet. Essential oils can also be added to the footbath. Add six drops of essential oil to a bowl of hand hot water just before you immerse the feet and soack for about 10 to 15 minutes.

Some foot care “receipts are as follows”

Athletes foot:

  • 3 drops lavender and 3 drops of myrrh

Immune booster:

  • 3 drops lemon and 3 drops tea tree

Tired, Swollen feet:

  • 3 drops chamomile and 3 drops lavender

Restorative after a long hard day:

  • 2 drops lavender
  • 2 drops peppermint
  • 2 drops rosemary

Stimulate Circulation:

  • 2 drops geranium
  • 2 drops black pepper
  • 2 drops mandarin

Cracked or Chapped feet:

  • 3 drops benzoin
  • 3 drops patchouli

Besides the aforesaid mentioned footbath with essential oils, other tips offer by experts are as follows:

  • walk around barefoot as often as possible. Feet do not like to be confined hence reducing chances of foot deformities
  • always cut your toenails straight across to stop ingrowing toenail from occuring
  • avoid socks that are made of synthetic fibres such as nylon which make the feet perspire. Wear cotton and wool socks.
  • exercise your feet regularly to keep yourself supple and health

YLANG YLANG ESSENTIAL OIL & BENEFITS

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

YLANG YLANG ESSENTIAL OIL  

Botanical name: Cananga odorata

Plant part: Flowers

Properties:Balancing, relaxing

Quantity: 2-3 drops

Benefits:

  • Helps to relieve tension, uncontrolled anger, stress, anxiety, rapid heart rate, rapid breathing, 

  • Useful in high blood pressure, menopause, PMT, insomnia, impotence, frigidity, scalp conditioner.   

  1. Useful in skin care

Precaution:

  1. Avoid using after consuming alcohol or before driving. Use in moderation.

  1. It may cause headache and nausea when taken in excess

Vetiver Essential Oil & Benefits

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

VETIVER ESSENTIAL OIL 

Botanical name: Vetiveria zizanoides

Plant part: Roots

Properties:Balancing, calming grounding

Quantity:1-3 drops

Benefits:

  • Helpful in relieving nervous tension, stress, muscular aches and pains, sprains, stiffness, arthritis, rheumatism, palpitation, congestion.
  • Heals acne, blemishes, cuts and wound.

Thyme Essential Oil & Benefits

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

THYME(WHITE) ESSENTIAL OIL 

Botanical name: Thymus vulgaris

Plant part: Leaves, flowers

Properties:Stimulating, invigorating

Quantity: 2 drops

Benefits:

  • Helpful in relieving tension, fatigue, anxiety, headaches, skin irritation, coughs, colds, rheumatic aches and pains.
  • Useful insect repellent.
  • It is a very good stimulant and expectorant.

Precaution:

  • Avoid during pregnancy

Tea Tree Essential Oil & Benefits

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

TEA TREE ESSENTIAL OIL 

Botanical name: Melaleuca alternifolia

Plant part: Leaves or twigs

Properties:Soothing

Quantity: 2-5 drops

Benefits:

  • Helpful in healing fungal and yeast infections, colds, influenza, cold sores, warts, burns, shock, bacterial and viral infections, stings, herpes, nappy rash and hysteria

TARRAGON ESSENTIAL OIL & BENEFITS

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

Tarragon 

Botanical name: Artemisia dracunculus

Plant part: Leaves

Properties: Calming 

Quantity: 2-3 drops

Benefits:

  • Useful in relieving stomach disorder, nervousness leading to butterflies or knots in the stomach, indigestion, flatulence, PMT, cramps, constipation.
  • It is antispasmodic, antiseptic and slightly diuretic

Precaution:

  • Avoid during pregnancy.
  • Use in moderation

SCANDALWOOD ESSENTIAL OIL & BENEFITS

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

SANDALWOOD Botanical name: Santalun album

Plant part: Wood

Properties:Strengthening, sedating, calming, relaxing

Quantity: 2-5 drops

Benefits:

  • Helps to relieve nervous tension, depression, stress, anxiety, irritability, insomnia, dry cough, sore throat, bronchitis, nausea, travel sickness.

  • Heals inflamed cracked dry chapped mature aging skin acne blemishes and scars.

  • Acts as a deodorizer in case of excessive perspiration. Excites the senses.

  • It is an effective insect repellent.

ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL & BENEFITS

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL 

Botanical name: Rosemarinus officinalis

Plant part: Flowers leaves

Properties:Reviving, invigorating, focusing, refreshing

Quantity: 2-4 drops

Benefits:

  • Useful tonic for hair as it keeps dandruff at bay, clears lice, adds luster to the hair.

  • Useful in relieving stress, mental fatigue, anxiety, muscular aches and pains, rheumatism, arthritis, gout, sinusitis, migraine, colds, flu, asthma, respiratory problem, poor circulation, fluid retention, cellulite, menstrual cramps, scanty flow during menstruation.

  • Helps aid better concentration and clarity while studying

Precaution:

  • Avoid during pregnancy, if suffering from blood pressure or epilepsy

Rose Essential Oil & Benefits

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

ROSE ESSENTIAL OIL 

Botanical name:

  • Rose centifoda damascena

Plant part:

  • Flowers and leaves

Properties:

  • Exciting, balancing

Quantity:

  • 1-4 drops

Benefits:

  • Helps to ease depression, frigidity, nervous tension, headaches and insomnia.
  • Relieves asthma, shock, palpitations, poor circulation, dry cough, nausea.
  • Treats PMT, irregular or heavy menstruation, menstrual pain, impotence, irritability.
  • Hormonal balancing.
  • Useful also for dry, chapped, aging skin and eczema.

PINE ESSENTIAL OIL & BENEFITS

Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy

PINE ESSENTIAL OIL 

Botanical name: Pinus sylvestris

Plant part: Needles

Properties:Invigorating, refreshing

Quantity: 1-3 drops

Benefits:

  • Relieves muscular aches, pains, arthritis, rheumatism, poor circulation, asthma, bronchitis, coughs catarrh, sinusitis, sore throats, cold, flu, nervous exhaustion,   stress, fatigue, neuralgia, sciatica, poor concentration.

  • Heals cuts and abrasions, excessive perspiration.

  • It is also an effective insect repellent.

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