Welcome to My World – Emotional Healing & Essential Oils
Hello World! I love essential oils and I use them daily, including for emotional healing and stress, as well as anxiety, and pain. Lavender is one of my favorites! Do you use essential oils? And which do you use? And lastly, what do you use them for? I still have so much to learn so I am always willing to hear what you do.
Essential oils have so many wonderful uses, with very little side effects, if any, so they are much better for you to use than prescription drugs, with all their numerous negative effects to our bodies…
The one thing to be careful about with essential oils:
***if you have pets, please use with care as some of these oils are harmful to pets. I’ve written another post previously about this issue, so if you aren’t sure, do your homework…
Essential oils can be very beneficial to us, as well as aid in your cleaning. Do you use them?
Essential Oils to Help with Emotional Healing
Aromatherapists and natural medicine practitioners know that high quality essential oils can have dramatic effects on your mood. But, are the mood-enhancing effects of essential oils all in your head? Well, that depends on whether you mean the placebo effect or brain hormone balancers.
A growing body of research shows that your mood-improving effects of essential oils is not all in your mind, but you are truly experiencing a transformation; the result of balancing your hormones, particularly your brain hormones like serotonin or your adrenal hormones like cortisol.
BERGAMOT
The distinct flavor and aroma that gives Earl Grey tea its uniquely delightful
Were you aware that Earl Gray tea contains Bergamot?
experience can also improve your mental and emotional states. That’s because the oil that gives the tea its characteristic scent, bergamot, has also been found to reduce the hormone that is linked to your high stress states, known as cortisone.
Research shows that bergamot essential oil can lower your anxiety and your stress while also balancing your cortisol levels, more than what rest alone can do for you.
Did you know that bergamot will aid in emotional healing?
CEDAR
Cedar essential oil won’t just keep the moths away, it may also keep your
I’ve never used cedar. Have you?
blues at bay. That’s because research published in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health found that inhalation of cedar essential oil during monotonous work reduced your markers of stress and improved your hormone balance.
CLARY SAGE
Frequently used by aromatherapists to balance hormones in women,
Sage – another pretty herb that is good for you & can be made into essential oil for your benefit! It can help your depression.
research in the medical journal Phytotherapy Research validates this traditional use. The study found that exposure to the natural scent clary sage increased your happiness hormone serotonin while at the same time reducing your stress hormone cortisol in menopausal women. The researchers concluded that clary sage essential oil had an antidepressant effect on you.
FRANKINCENSE
The resinous essential oil of frankincense contains a powerful therapeutic
Frankincense can help ease your depression.
substance known as boswellic acid, which has been found in the study Moleular Neurobiology to reduce your brain and your nerve inflammation. Brain inflammation has been linked to your depression. (I love the scent of frankincense.)
GERANIUM
Geranium has been found to help in your emotional healing linked to your
geranium is another great essential oil for your emotional healing, especially for women.
imbalanced hormones during peri-menopause. Perimenopause is the time of a woman’s life when you start experiencing menstrual changes up to 10 years before you experience menopause. In a study published in the journal Neuro Endocrinology Letters, researchers found that this essential oil’s effectiveness may be linked to its ability to restore your falling estrogen levels during perimenopause.
LAVENDER
Lavender essential oil has been used to promote your feelings of well being,
You can use lavender for it’s scent. It’s oil wards off mosquitoes & It’s calming & can help you sleep better, fights depression, & it attracts bees… You can also use it for cleaning. What more can you want from this pretty plant?
lift your depression and ease your anxiety; and plentiful research confirms that these mood-enhancing and emotional balancing effects are at least in part due to lavender’s effects on your brain.
According to the research published in Frontiers in Pharmacology; it binds to serotonin receptor sites in your brain and, as a result, reducing your anxiety and improving your feelings of well being. (this is one of my faves!)
ORANGE
Here’s a small but interesting study published in the medical journal
I had no idea orange oil removes stains, but I love the scent! And it is also a Mood Booster for you.
Physiology and Behavior. Researchers divided study participants in a dental office into two groups: those who were subjected to orange essential oil prior to their dental treatments and those who were not subjected to the smell of any oil before their dental appointments. People were evaluated and those who inhaled orange oil prior to their treatment had lower levels of anxiety, increased calmness and a better mood than the others.
VETIVER
Research in the medical journal Natural Products researchers explored the
Did you know that vetiver is another emotional healing oil?
effects of vetiver essential oil compared to the drug diazepam in its ability to reduce your anxiety. Inhalation of vetiver essential oil had a comparable effect to the anti-anxiety drug. But, vetiver has not been linked to the lengthy list of side effects of diazepam, including: your lack of muscle coordination, your stomach pain, headaches, confusion, blurry vision or your feelings of sadness or discouragement. So, which would you rather use? To me, it a no-brainer, the natural product will always be my first choice.
When it comes to essential oils,
you usually get what you pay for. Cheap oils are often extended with artificial ingredients, making them have only negligible therapeutic benefits, if any at all. Worse than that, some cheap oils have been found to contain harmful ingredients and are best avoided.
Diffusing high quality essential oils in the air is one of your best ways to reap the beneficial effects of these powerful natural medicines. Burners are best avoided since the heat can damage the delicate oils, change their molecular structure or cause them to smoke. Add 5 to 8 drops of the oil or oils of your choice to a diffuser and diffuse for up to an hour.
Peppermint Essential Oil
is not mentioned here, but it is another that I use daily as it works like an
Peppermint Oil helps with your arthritis pain & you can plant peppermint in your yard to ward off those pesky bugs. It’s dangerous for pets as an essential oil, & It also smells great, & energizes you. Make it into an essential oil for it’s analgesic properties & it helps your aches & pains.
analgesic. I have back and neck issues and it works great! And, it sure beats taking Aleve… Just be careful around your pets, as this is one of the ones that can be harmful to them. I will repost the one I did a while back on what is harmful to pets since it is important to take care of them as well.
I find this to be great information because I am a believer in the benefits of essential oils. I can go on and on about how much I like these oils, but that will have to be for another post. I’d love to hear from any of you out there that also use these oils! It would be great if you could share what you use them for by leaving me a message below…
Have a great healthy day!
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