The Best Essential Oils To Keep At Home
It's basically in the name, essential.
Organic essential oils are aromatic essences extracted from plants by steam distillation. Known for their therapeutic virtues and their benefits, they have experienced a certain revival these past years. Here are a few essential oils you should have at home.
1. Lavender
Provence is synonymous with endless fields of lavender. This flower brings back floods of memories. Remember the mini pouches used to perfume clothes and linens? Heavenly.
Add a few drops of lavender essential oil in the washing machine drum, or to the water of your iron to perfume the fabrics. Lavender offers additional benefits, which are still largely unknown to the general public. When you diffuse lavender essential oil in a bedroom or put a few drops on the corner of your pillow, falling asleep is a breeze.
2. Rose
Rose essential oil has many properties. It's used to ease pain and treat anxiety. However, it's hard to find on the market, and very expensive.
Fortunately, geranium is a good substitute for rose. On top of that, geranium remains much more affordable. As a result, it is often used in cosmetics. Mixed with a neutral cream, geranium is tipped to provide powerful anti-aging effects.
3. Lemon
The cleansing properties of lemon are a given. Hence, this fruit is part of several detox or remedies.
Lemon essential oil is an excellent ally to purifying the air in your home.
Add a few drops in your cleaning products for the floor for example as well as in your laundry tub to fight microbes.
4. Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is widely used to ease respiratory problems. It is found in topical creams to clear bronchial tubes as well as in inhalators to unblock the nose.
Having eucalyptus essential oil at home is helpful. You can put one or two drops on a handkerchief or dilute them in vegetable oil for a massage. Eucalyptus can also be put it in a bath or in hot water to inhale. It’s advised you respect the recommended dosage.
5. Lemongrass
For all those who are looking for a natural alternative to chemical insecticides, citronella essential oil is very effective at repelling mosquitoes. They do not stand its smell.
If you put a few drops on a cotton ball near your windows or dilute it in your homemade window cleaner, you can measure its effectiveness.
In the evening, when you take your meal outside, just put a drop on each ankle, wrist and elbow to keep insects at bay all evening.
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