| Topical Use of Essential Oils Treatment -- Essential | | | | skin, "mature" skin with wrinkles, damaged and |
| oils treatment is usually called aroma therapy because | | | | discolored skin, and any tissue trauma such as bruising |
| fragrance is the primary therapeutic stimulus of the | | | | or burns. Just remember to only use oils that are |
| oils(via the limbic and neuroendocrine systems). In | | | | appropriate and soothing for the skin and which will |
| aroma therapy topical application of the oils is | | | | not cause irritation. |
| regarded as the less effective way to use them and | | | | Internal Essential Oils Treatment -- The oils may be |
| some oils, such as Cinnamon oil, are actually highly | | | | taken internally by putting a maximum of 2 to 3 |
| irritating to the skin. | | | | drops in a gel cap and then topping it up with olive oil. |
| Essential Oils Treatment For Scars -- Scarring is a | | | | Seal the cap and shake it vigorously before |
| situation when application of the oil on the skin can | | | | swallowing. Take one cap a day and store pre-made |
| be appropriate. Most of the oils are safe for topical | | | | caps in the freezer for future use. |
| application but those that are potential skin irritants | | | | Olfactory Essential Oils Treatment -- The fragrance |
| should be diluted in a neutral vegetable oil like apricot, | | | | of the oil applied to the skin provides an additional |
| grapeseed, or sweet almond oil before being applied | | | | benefit but the ultimate way to get the aromatic |
| topically. | | | | effect is to also inhale the aroma of the oils through |
| You can prepare a liniment for massaging into the | | | | your nose by sniffing the atomized oil from a small |
| skin by thoroughly mixing 10 - 20 drops of the | | | | electrically powered nebulizer. If going this route it's |
| essential oil with 10 ml of the vegetable "carrier" oil. | | | | best to give yourself "aroma therapy" sessions by |
| N.B. It is very important that the treatment of post | | | | sitting in front of the nebulizer for 20 minutes two to |
| surgical scar tissue only be done after the incision has | | | | three times a day to inhale the aroma. Alternatively, |
| completely healed. You must ask your doctor to tell | | | | you can sniff the fragrance from a cotton ball that |
| you when it is safe to apply the oils to the skin | | | | has a drop of the oil on it and is stored in a zip lock |
| around the surgery site. | | | | bag between uses. A drop of the oil rubbed into the |
| Before an incision has completely healed, and the | | | | palms of your hands and inhaled from your cupped |
| post surgical scar tissue has formed, the fragrance | | | | palms can also be effective. |
| can be inhaled or the oil can be taken internally. (See | | | | Sniffing from an open bottle of oil isn't really going to |
| below.) | | | | work because the essential oil has to be exposed to |
| Other Skin Conditions -- Essential oils treatment can | | | | the air in order to fully release all of its volatile |
| also be used for other skin conditions such as oily | | | | components. |