Aromatherapy care is popular all over the world and is favored by women who love beauty. It can soothe your skin, relax and reduce stress. Through massage, inhalation, hot compress, soaking, and steaming, people can quickly integrate aromatic essential oils (also called plant essential oils) into the human blood and lymph fluid, which can accelerate the body's metabolism, promote the regeneration of living cells, enhance the body's immunity, and then regulate the body's nerves. system, circulatory system, endocrine system, muscle tissue, digestive system and excretory system, etc. Commonly used aromatherapy oil baths, massages, coupled with soft music, the fresh and sweet floral fragrance can be smelled in the nose, penetrate into the bone marrow, and the subtle fragrance floats, making you have a charming and romantic temperament. Of course you, who are active and fragrant, know how to better care for your delicate skin. It is wonderful to go to a beauty salon for a complete set of aromatherapy care, but many white-collar women do not have enough time to enjoy it. You might as well try to buy a few bottles. By DIYing essential oils at home, you can easily enjoy a healthy, germ-free, high-quality pure fragrance life!
Pure plant essential oils contain many phenolic polysaccharides, which can stimulate the autonomic nervous system in the body, stabilize the endocrine system, naturally refresh the mind, and greatly increase vitality. The particles of water droplets containing pure plant essential oil molecules will produce anions when they collide and decompose in the air, which can directly affect the activities of human cells, gradually improving and disappearing such civilized diseases as anxiety, insomnia, headache, dizziness, etc.
Perfume Method
Using aromatic essential oils as perfume can make the fragrant pure plant scent bring you refreshing comfort all day long, and the properties of essential oils that can be mixed with each other, It also allows you to freely combine and create your own personalized perfume.
Fumigation method
The main tool of the fumigation method is a fumigation table. There are many materials for the fumigation table. Clay, porcelain clay or celadon are the best. The fumigation table The shallow basin, the size of the pores and the size of the table must be matched just right to allow the aromatic essential oils to evaporate evenly into the air. The traditional fumigation table uses the heat of candles to evaporate essential oils. Now, for convenience, light bulbs are used to heat the essential oils.
The operation method of the fumigation table is: put eight-tenths of the water in a shallow basin, add a few drops of essential oil (ranging from five to ten drops), and then light the lamp in the belly of the lampstand. Candle, or turn on a small light bulb, and soon the aroma will fill the room. The aroma steamed into the air by fumigation can eliminate insects, disinfect, eliminate odors, purify the air, and even provide office or residence atmosphere, mood and efficiency.
Inhalation method
The two main functions of inhalation method are: treatment of respiratory system infections (such as bronchitis, asthma, colds, coughs) or chronic diseases, refreshing or calming the mood .
A simple inhalation method can be to put one to three drops on a handkerchief, towel or half a cup of warm water, and inhale at any time; be careful not to use plastic cups, and other glass cups, porcelain cups or Any earthenware cup can be used. If you use paper cups, you need to choose unwaxed ones.
At home, you can also pour hot boiling water into the basin, add a few drops, disperse it in the water, cover the entire head and basin with a large bath towel, and use your mouth and nose alternately Breathe deeply until you feel more comfortable or until the water temperature drops.
Those who drive long distances or stay up late to work overtime can prepare two or three essential oils and use them alternately to deepen the refreshing effect; among them, peppermint essential oil can refresh you, rosemary can strengthen memory, and basil can To increase responsiveness, these are the fragrances often chosen by people who work long hours and consume a lot of energy.
Compression method
When you have a fever, dizziness, nosebleeds or heatstroke, the massage method of aromatic essential oils can help you feel more comfortable; for mild fever, you can use lemon as a warm water bath After bathing, use a few drops of peppermint and lemon essential oils in cold water, soak up the diluted cooling essential oil in a towel, apply it on the forehead, or use it to wipe the whole body.
Bathing method
General aromatic shower gel can only allow you to enjoy the fragrant smell when taking a bath. However, if you use pure plant essential oils to take a bath, you will not only have its natural aroma It brings you a refreshing bath. At the same time, the small molecules of plant essential oils can also eliminate fatigue and treat soreness. Different plant essential oils can also relax your muscles or boost your spirit.
When taking a bath: Drop one or two drops of the selected essential oil into the bathtub with good water. The water temperature and volume should be the same as usual. After dripping, use the palm of your hand to fully disperse the essential oil. Let it disperse evenly into the water, and you can have a happy bath. Because of the high penetration of the oil, you will usually feel the effect after bathing for ten to fifteen minutes; people with arthritis, dermatitis, rheumatic pain or muscle pain can choose suitable essential oils and massage while bathing.
Foot Soaking: In ancient Chinese medicine, there has always been great emphasis on the care and medical treatment of the feet, because in the theory of traditional Chinese medicine, it is believed that the soles of the feet, the most ordinary and ordinary part of the human body, hide many mysterious acupuncture points. , these acupuncture points are closely related to the internal organs and organs of the body. Therefore, as long as you can grasp the key points of the acupoints on the feet and keep the feet warm, you can stimulate the internal organs of the body and maintain health.
Coincidentally, the ancient and mysterious aromatherapy in the West also attaches great importance to foot care. European and American countries believe that when we warm our feet, our whole body will be very happy, our mind will be relaxed, and it will be easier to fall asleep.
The soaking basin used for soaking is preferably made of stainless steel, because the plastic soaking basin will cause chemical changes with the oil, changing the structure of the essential oil and affecting the effect. When soaking your feet with essential oils, you only need to gently massage them to achieve the effect. You can use one to three essential oils at a time, with a total of six to eight drops.
Butt bath:
Hippocorates, the father of Western medicine in Greece, believed that the use of pure plant-based aromatic bathing methods for local cleansing and soaking would help women Physiological regulation; use a few drops of plant pure essential oils such as salvia, Indian mint, tea tree, rose, tianzhugui, etc., drop them into a basin, then sit down and let the entire buttocks and lower body soak in it. It has an excellent effect on women's physiological hygiene. Buttock bath can also relieve menstrual pain, premenstrual depression and prevent women's diseases during menstruation. It is really useful for women.
No matter what part you want to soak, the soaking basin used during soaking should preferably be made of stainless steel, because plastic soaking basins will cause chemical changes with water, changing the structure of the essential oil and affecting the effect.
Direct application method
Of course, essential oils can also be applied directly to the skin, which has a very good effect on certain diseases or wounds. However, it should be noted that undiluted essential oils cannot be applied to large areas of skin without authorization; if they are diluted or under the guidance of professionals, the maintenance or curative effects of essential oils on the skin surface are well-known.
For example:
Trauma: first use cypress essential oil to stop bleeding → tea tree essential oil to reduce inflammation → lavender or miscanthus essential oil to help the wound heal.
Burns: Use lavender and diluted olive oil.
Cough: Apply cypress, horseradish and peppermint to the trachea of ??the neck, one or two at a time, use half a drop.
Vein aneurysm: Use orange blossom, lemon, and apply it between the nails of the ten toes. In this way, when the blood flows back to the heart and lungs, the essential oils can be brought back at the same time to clean the blood and Promotes circulatory disease and prevents blood-related diseases.
Bruises and sprains: Apply frankincense locally to disperse and promote blood circulation and help heal.
Scars: Mainly use lavender, which can speed up metabolism, and also mix with rose, ylang-ylang and miscanthus, which can help regeneration.
Athlete's foot, eczema and ringworm skin diseases: you must use essential oils with strong antiviral properties such as rhizome, tea tree, cumin, sage, and mint, and you must change one at a time. Essential oils to prevent germs from becoming resistant to antibiotics.
Oral method
Only when there are acute digestive system and urinary system problems, it is more suitable to take essential oils orally to improve the situation. However, the essential oils that can be taken orally must be of the finest quality. Pure, good essential oils. I would like to remind everyone here that unless necessary, try not to achieve the purpose of treatment through oral administration; at the same time, the dosage when taken orally must also be strictly controlled, with a maximum of 3 drops for adults, 2 drops for ages ten to fifteen, and a maximum of 2 drops for five years. Up to 1 drop per time up to ten years old. Children under five years old cannot take essential oil orally.
Massage
Massage has always been regarded as an excellent form of physical therapy at home and abroad. Proper massage can help the circulation of blood and lymph, relax muscles, and relax the mind. Soothing; if you choose the appropriate combination of essential oils for your individual needs, the effect will be more significant.
Using aromatherapy massage to eliminate fatigue, remove toxins from the body, lose weight and beautify the busy modern people is a very popular body care method at present. When you choose to go to DAY SPA to enjoy this kind of relaxation For aromatherapy, do not wash away the essential oils applied on your body and hair immediately after returning home. If you can allow the essential oils to stay on your body for one night, the effect of moisturizing your skin will be better.
If you choose to do your own massage at home, people with dry skin can use six drops of frankincense and four drops of lavender, oily skin can use five drops of lemon and five drops of cypress, and people with sensitive skin can use six drops of lavender and podocarpus. Four drops.