Essential oils come from natural products – but they are powerful!
If you are taking any medication, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please check with your doctor before you use essential oils.
Some people have very sensitive skin or they may develop allergic reactions.
So please do a skin test on the inside of your arm or on your leg (not on your face or neck).
Remember that essential oils are very concentrated.
For example, it needs 65 pounds of rose petals to get one single 15ml bottle of rose essential oil (1).
It takes 220 pounds of lavender flowers to make one pound of lavender essential oil (2).If you are going to use it topically (on your skin), in general it is better to dilute essential oils in a carrier oil (jojoba, …show more content…
Depression is a feeling of sadness and hopelessness about the future – it is not a worry about the future, it is a certainty that the future will be negative. This is often accompanied by suicidal thoughts.
Physical symptoms for both include feeling drained and fatigued. For anxiety this occurs after a period of intense anxiety or panic, and may include fast heart rate, bowel issues and hyperventilation. For depression the tiredness is pervasive, there is severe lack of energy, sleep problems, headaches.
Many of the common medications, and especially SSRIs, are prescribed for both anxiety and depression. The best-known of these is probably fluoxetine (Prozac). Benzodiazepines like Valium, Librium and Ativan are generally used for anxiety. If you are more interested in how to use essential oils for anxiety from a practical perspective, refer to this article.
Finding the correct medication, in the right dosage, and with the least side effects – including the potential for dizziness, insomnia, changes in blood pressure, more anxiety, sexual dysfunction and even dependency – can be a tricky task for you and your …show more content…
Smells travel as chemical messages via sense receptors and the olfactory nerve to the limbic area of the brain, and particularly to the amygdala and the hippocampus. These are the areas of the brain that are associated with emotions (fear, happiness, etc), mood, pain, pleasure and also with memories. Smells become associated with emotions – and even memories of emotions. So, for example, using an essential oil while you are in a meditation session can lead to deep relaxation. Over time, the same relaxation occurs just with the smell of the oil, without the
If you are taking any medication, or if you are pregnant or breastfeeding, please check with your doctor before you use essential oils.
Some people have very sensitive skin or they may develop allergic reactions.
So please do a skin test on the inside of your arm or on your leg (not on your face or neck).
Remember that essential oils are very concentrated.
For example, it needs 65 pounds of rose petals to get one single 15ml bottle of rose essential oil (1).
It takes 220 pounds of lavender flowers to make one pound of lavender essential oil (2).If you are going to use it topically (on your skin), in general it is better to dilute essential oils in a carrier oil (jojoba, …show more content…
Depression is a feeling of sadness and hopelessness about the future – it is not a worry about the future, it is a certainty that the future will be negative. This is often accompanied by suicidal thoughts.
Physical symptoms for both include feeling drained and fatigued. For anxiety this occurs after a period of intense anxiety or panic, and may include fast heart rate, bowel issues and hyperventilation. For depression the tiredness is pervasive, there is severe lack of energy, sleep problems, headaches.
Many of the common medications, and especially SSRIs, are prescribed for both anxiety and depression. The best-known of these is probably fluoxetine (Prozac). Benzodiazepines like Valium, Librium and Ativan are generally used for anxiety. If you are more interested in how to use essential oils for anxiety from a practical perspective, refer to this article.
Finding the correct medication, in the right dosage, and with the least side effects – including the potential for dizziness, insomnia, changes in blood pressure, more anxiety, sexual dysfunction and even dependency – can be a tricky task for you and your …show more content…
Smells travel as chemical messages via sense receptors and the olfactory nerve to the limbic area of the brain, and particularly to the amygdala and the hippocampus. These are the areas of the brain that are associated with emotions (fear, happiness, etc), mood, pain, pleasure and also with memories. Smells become associated with emotions – and even memories of emotions. So, for example, using an essential oil while you are in a meditation session can lead to deep relaxation. Over time, the same relaxation occurs just with the smell of the oil, without the