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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| PETITGRAIN ESSENTIAL OIL
Botanical name: Citrus aurantium var amara
Plant part: Leaves
Properties:Clarifying, soothing, uplifting
Quantity: 4-5 drops
Benefits:
- Useful to relieve mental strain, restlessness, anxiety, tension, stress, flatulence, dyspepsia and constipation.
- Helps in stimulating digestion and poor memory.
- Reduces excessive perspiration, treats greasy skin and hair.
- Helps to build up resistance to illness.
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| PATCHOULI ESSENTIAL OIL Botanical name:
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Properties:
- Exotic, calming, relaxing, enlivening warming
Quantity:
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
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| PEPPERMINT ESSENTIAL OIL
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Properties :
- Cooling, invigorating comforting, refreshing, calming
Quantity:
Benefits:
- A decongestant which gives relief from asthma, cold flu, fever, headaches, toothaches. Sinusitis, nausea, travel sickness, stomach upsets and indigestion, hangover.
- Cools skin on inflammation burns and sunburns as it is very refreshing skin oil.
- Repels mosquitoes, mice and rats
Precaution:
- Avoid during early pregnancy.
- Use in moderation as it can irritate sensitive skin
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| PALMAROSA ESSENTIAL OIL Botanical name:
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Properties:
- Clarifying, uplifting, calming, refreshing
Quantity:
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.
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| ORANGE ESSENTIAL OIL Botanical name:
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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
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| NEROLI ESSENTIAL OIL
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Properties:
- Calming, soothing, refreshing
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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.
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| MARJORAM ESSENTIAL OIL
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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
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| LEMON GRASS ESSENTIAL OIL
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Properties:
- Tranquilizing, soothing calming, refreshing
Quantity:
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.
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| LEMON ESSENTIAL OIL
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Properties :
- Rejuvenating, enlivening, cooling, uplifting
Quantity:
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.
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Posted by slang on 18 Apr 2007 | Tagged as: Aromatherapy
| LAVENDER ESSENTIAL OIL
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Properties:
- Harmonizing, soothing, balancing, refreshing, relaxing, calming
Benefits:
- Aids in relieving irritability (in adults and children as well),anxiety, stress.
- Relieves muscular aches and pains, bites and stings.
- Cures colds, flu, insomnia, headaches, minor burns and scalds.
- It is antifungal and antibacterial so it is very useful in treating wounds.
- It can be used to relieve pain of minor burns and scalds.
- It balances and harmonizes the body.
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