Essential oils are the oils extracted from a flower, fruit, leaf or bark from hundreds of plants all over the world.
The oils are highly potent & have a strong scent. They also have medicinal properties.
Some essential oils, specifically, essential oils made from flowers, are particularly good in calming that part of our nervous system that requires deep, uninterrupted, restful sleep.
Lavender is the most common & well known essential oil but it is only one of hundreds of oils that one can be used to heal oneself of poor health.
2 other floral essential oils that I recommend for the calming of one's nervous system are rose & jasmine.
You can use them in multiple ways. The easiest is to take a cotton swab and dab a 2-3 drops on the swab. Inhale the scent slowly while taking several deep, slow breaths.
You can also purchase a diffuser that plugs into your wall and emits the scent throughout the room with only 2-3 drops of the oil put into the diffuser.
You can also have a foot bath. See my recent blog post on foot baths. Add 4-6 drops of any of these oils to the foot bath. To make sure the oil mixes well with the bath, mix them with a tablespoon of cream or milk & swoosh into the bath.
Or you can have the foot bath, rinse off with cool water and then apply 2-3 drops of the essential oil on the bottoms of your feet.
You can also create a warm or cool compress with a cotton cloth. Soak it in water, heat or cool it and mix in the oils. Place it onto a tired part of your body, your lower back or neck. Relax and allow the compress to soak into you until you feel tired & sleepy.
Essential oils are inexpensive. For a 5ml or 10ml bottle you will pay between $20 to $50 and will have the benefit of this bottle for multiple applications as each bottle has about 200 drops.
You can purchase essential oils typically at natural health food stores or pharmacies.
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