Celebrate Spring: Essential Oils for the Season

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Celebrate Spring: Essential Oils for the Season

Spring is a time of new beginnings, new growth, planting seeds, purification,

and for clearing out the old. Following the rhythms of nature and developing

harmony with the ways in which nature cares for itself, we can also create

balance within our own lives. Trees, plants, grasses and seeds that have

laid

still throughout the winter slowly emerge from their dormancy. Buds develop and

grow into new leaves and flowers, plants and grasses emerge through the ground

from their resting roots, and seeds sprout; all from the extended sunlight,

warmth, rains, and fall's nourishment.

Jasmine: Jasmine is a bold, sweet scent. Jasmine is the greatest aphrodisiac of

all. These night blooming flowers are picked at their height to bring out one of

the most sexy scents. Associated throughout history with the compassionate

Goddess of the Moon, Jasmine, grown along the Nile in ancient Egypt, is

represented Isis, the Egyptian Mother Goddess who held the secrets of fertility,

magic and healing.

Patchouli: Patchouli is a sweet, earthy scent. Its smell is intense and spicy.

From an energetic point of view, Patchouli, like Jasmine, is warm and yet

anti-inflammatory in action. It combines a calmative property with a gentle

stimulating effect that uplifts the spirit! Patchouli is a sweet and grounding

harmonizing fragrance!

Neroli: Neroli is distilled from bitter orange trees. It has a refreshing, spicy

aroma and is known for its sensual, exotic effect. Neroil oil is emotionally

unifying and soothes with harmonizing effects. Described as both sensual

and

spiritual, Neroli helps to restablish the link between a disconnected mind and

body. Neroli paves the way for a gradual release and allows us to recall

hope

and joy!

Rose: The Mother of All Flowers, the Rose has amazing powers of love, trust and

self acceptance. Roses are representative of faith, hope and love and has the

qualities to restore the very center of one's being. A gentle tonic of the

heart, Rose oil's psychological properties lie mainly in its effect on the mind,

the center of our emotional being. Rose oil calms and supports the heart

and

helps to nourish the soul!

Peppermint: Peppermint oil is the most extensively used of all the volatile

oils, both medicinally and commercially. The characteristic anti-spasmodic

action of the volatile oil is more marked in this than in any other oil,

and

greatly adds to its power of relieving pains arising in the alimentary canal.

From its stimulating, stomachic and carminative properties, it is valuable in

certain forms of dyspepsia, being mostly used for flatulence and colic. It may

also be employed for other sudden pains and for cramp in the abdomen; wide use

is made of Peppermint in cholera and diarrhea.

Lemon: Lemon is a fresh sunny scent that is cold pressed from the rind itself!

Lemon has antiseptic-like properties and contains compounds that have been

studied for their effects on immune function. It may serve as an insect

repellent and may be beneficial for the skin. Diffuse it in your house for a

fresh alternative to air spays. It compliments the Oil of Oregano to neutralize

the over growth of Candida. Put a few drops on a tissue and vacuum it into your

vacuum bag to freshen the smell of your carpets and furniture coverings.

1 drop

is also very refreshing and purifying when taken in a glass of water.

Eucaluptus: Eucalyptus was first employed by Australian aborigines, who not only

chewed the roots for water in the dry outback but used the leaves to treat

fever, cough, and asthma, and European settlers quickly adopted it as medicine.

You can also use a few drops of eucalyptus oil in boiling water or in a bath as

an inhalant. Eucalyptus is often used for - Sore muscles, Insect repellant,

Tension headache, Cold, Cough, Sinusitis, Rheumatoid arthritis, and

Strains/sprains.

Orange: Orange essential is obtained from the rind of the fruit and used

principally as a flavoring agent Orange oil is an antidepressant, antiseptic,

antispasmodic, carminative, digestive, febrifuge, phototoxic sedative, tonic.

Orange oil helps spreads sunshine on gloomy thoughts and depression, has

a very

comforting and warming effect and dispels tension and stress and helps revive

when feeling low on energy. Orange oil calms the stomach both for constipation

and diarrhea. Stimulates bile which helps digestion of fats. Has a beneficial

effect on colds, bronchitis and fever. Helps with the formation of collagen -

vital for tissue repair and hair growth. Also helpful with muscular pains. Helps

anxiety and insomnia. Possibly reduces blood cholesterol levels. Orange oil

helps dry skin conditions softening wrinkles and dermatitis. An excellent skin

tonic. Orange oil can make the skin photosensitive to sunlight.

Pacholyk, MS, L.Ac

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