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Uses for Ten Common Essential Oils
Essential oils are used in many common household products such as furniture polish and cleaning products. Lavender, the queen of essential oils, is in skin creams, candles & even food.
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Most people think of essential oils in skin care products, bath salts, natural soaps and candles and other home fragrances. To create a haven, a special time and space for you, with fragrance in the air, soft music, candles, and time alone… While this is still a vtial use of essential oils, historically, essential oil has been used for these and many other household uses such as cleaning.
Lavender
Lavender is the queen of all essential oils because it has been used for thousands of years as a calming aromatherapeutic, an anti-microbial, an analgesic, a healer of headaches, anxieties and menstrual cramps, and an excellent skin tonic. Lavender works well on burns, cuts, scrapes, bruises and has been a respected cooking ingredient for centuries - is it any wonder that this amazing scent is a best seller? Lavender is known to assist in relaxing and de-stressing. Check out our Lavender Salve for natural skin care for chapped lips and other areas that need protection. Try a relaxing cup of lavender tea as you unwind. Our selection of lavender products includes bath salts, soap, skin cream, candles, salve, sachet, hydrosol, essential oil and dried lavender bouquets. All products containing essential oil of lavender state it in product description.
Try growing your own lavender, cut and dry the flowers to hang in your home and add to your closets and drawers. Lavender requires little care. The flower, buds, and even stalks can be used to add to your home environment. Tie the stalks and bundles for use in closets and add to your logs in the fireplace for a wonderful aroma.
Lemon
Lemon has multiple uses around the house for cleaning and is used in many commercial household products. Furniture polish and commercial cleaning products often contain natural lemon oil. It is thought to increase clarity of mind, well being and physical energy. Lemon juice can be used on your teeth for a natural safe tooth whitener.
Orange
Orange essential oil is another winner used in multiple household products due to anti-bacterial and antifungal properties. A few drops diluted in warm water are commonly used to clean counters and remove stickers from plastic or glass.
Tea Tree Oil
Tee Tree Oil is an ingredient in many skin products; tea tree oil is antifungal and aids in skin healing due to fungus, insect bites and blemishes.
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus essential oil helps congestion when diluted in bath or steamed water. It has been used for thousands of years in spas. Salves containing eucalyptus have been rubbed on chests and throats for the common cold and flu for many years.. It is also a popular foot soak and is used in many lotions or creams for massage.
Peppermint
Peppermint is a practical essential oil often used in cooking - what would Christmas be without peppermint canes? It is also used to stimulate energy and is used in soaps, bath salts, lotions, and other personal care products. A simple car deodorizer with peppermint essential oil can awaken the senses on a long drive and spark a weary attention span. Menthol in the oil is commonly used to soothe muscle aches or cramps and to cool fevers
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