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Cold & Congestion Essential Oil Blend

Posted on November 25, 2018 by in Cold & Congestion Essential Oil Blend

Do you know……..If you are dealing with a persistent cold-cough, you likely have a build-up of mucus in chest. This is not a life-threatening condition, but is uncomfortable, makes it difficult to breathe or sleep, with constant runny nose  and annoying cough. If  left untreated, can lead to additional complications. Stuffy sinuses  doesn’t happen only during cold and flu season, but could be due to:

Allergies: can be caused by outdoor irritants (as pollen, grass, trees), or by indoor irritants (as pets, dust, mold).

Weather: nasal tissues can become inflamed from indoor heating in the winter, air conditioning in the summer, and overall dryness any time of year.

Deviated Septum: is the wall that separates the left and right nasal passage. If it leans over to one side, it could block that air passage and feeling congested.

Sinus Infection                                                              

Essential oils have been used for centuries as a natural way to support emotional and physical health. Essential oils are a natural alternative to synthetic medications with proper knowledge of its uses and the safety. Following oils may be able to relieve symptoms of congestion, sinus infections:

Eucalyptus Essential Oil: is strong, pungent, antiseptic, antiviral and antibacterial, stimulate circulation and detox the body. It has a minty quality and is often found in cough drops, syrups, and Vick Vapo Rub. 1,8 cineole, which is the main component of Eucalyptus Oil is a natural cough suppressant.

Peppermint Essential Oil: has strong minty scent, is anti-inflammatory, antibacterial, and antiseptic, an effective pain reliever by reducing inflammation and stimulating blood flow, have cooling effect, stimulate the digestive and respiratory system,

Tea tree Essential Oil: is antibacterial, antiviral, and antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-inflammatory, can rapidly treat cold sores, can relieve congestion, ease a cough, soothe a sore throat, and stimulate immune system.

Ginger Essential Oil: is antibacterial, analgesic, anti-inflammatory, an effective stimulating effects on the mind, the digestive and the respiratory systems, that relieves constipation, vomiting, and nausea.

Cedarwood Essential Oil: has woodsy, musky aroma. It’s an expectorant known for its ability to loosen phlegm, a sedative that reduces runny noses, coughing, and watery eyes. Detox the body.

Oregano Essential Oil: is antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, boost immune system, fight infections, and sinus congestion.

Lemon Essential Oil: is antimicrobial because of two dominant compounds found in the oil, limonene and b-pinene, antibacterial, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory, boost immune system, stimulates lymphatic drainage to help with cough, fight respiratory conditions, and allergies.

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 Best ways to use Essential Oils to relieve cold and congestion is:

Through direct inhalation

Steam inhalation

Diffusing

Applying topically on chest, temple area

Cold & Congestion Blend

5 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil

5 drops Tea tree Essential Oil

5 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil

3 drops Lemon Essential Oil

1oz (30ml) Grape Seed Oil

Add Essential Oils in a 1oz dark glass dropper bottle, pour 30ml Grape Seed oil, close the bottle, label, and mix gently. Apply externally to chest and neck and on temple 2-3 times or as needed.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Flexibility, Yoga, and Essential Oils

Posted on November 19, 2018 by in Yoga & Essential Oils

Do you know………With age, it’s important to maintain flexibility in our joints to move around freely with ease, which can be attained with regular practice of Yoga and incorporating Essential Oils. When joints are stiff, we lack the range of motion to move freely and any stress on the joints-ligaments, could be the cause of injury.

Yoga is a spiritual and ascetic discipline which originated in ancient India and includes a group of specific bodily postures, breath control, simple meditation that is practiced for health and relaxation. Yoga was first introduced to the Western world by Swami Vivekananda (was an Indian Hindu monk, a chief disciple of the 19th-century Indian mystic Ramakrishna Paramahansa) more than a hundred years ago and is rapidly getting integrated into our public education, health care, and the workplace. There are several different styles of Yoga. Here are some practical benefits of Yoga people experience:

           Yoga & Flexibility

 

Increased Flexibility and balance

Improved muscle strength and tone

Reduced Joint Pain

Increased Stamina and Body awareness

Reduced Stress, Relaxation, and better sleep

Essential Oils are incorporated to enhance the practice of Yoga for their emotional and physical benefits. Yoga and aromatherapy go hand in hand in improving the overall wellbeing, both physical and spiritual. Based on their therapeutic properties, Essential Oils can be used in a diffuser, or by mixing several drops with water in a spray bottle, or by mixing with carrier oil for anointing students, with their permission, on the forehead, or cleanse and purify yoga classroom, as well as yoga mats. Some of the popular Essential Oils used during Yoga are:

Lavender: decreases stress and anxiety, calming, anti-inflammatory, for sore muscles, anti-bacterial

Frankincense: grounding, balancing, anti-inflammatory, antiseptic, astringent,  boosts cellular regeneration, strengthens the immune system, and stimulates the lymphatic system

Eucalyptus: anti-inflammatory, decongestant, disinfectant, antiseptic

Myrrh: for immune system, anti-infectious, antiviral

Lemon, Orange, Grapefruit, Tangerine: calming, cleansing, purifying

Yoga and Essential Oils make the perfect pair. Yoga, Meditation, and Aromatherapy all support the well-being of our body, mind, and spirit.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Aromatherapy aid to Multigenerational Household Stress

Posted on November 12, 2018 by in Aromatherapy for Multigenerational Household Stress

Do you know………According to Pew Research Center (is a nonpartisan American fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world), in 2016, a record 64 million people, or 20% of the U.S. population, lived with multiple generations under one roof and is increasing because of growing racial and ethnic diversity in the U.S. population. The Asian and Hispanic population groups are more likely than whites to live in multi-generational family households, defined as including two or more adult generations or including grand-parents and grand-children younger than 25 yrs Of age. Now a days, living with parents has become a common arrangement for adults ages 18 to 34.

Multi-Generational Household Stress

Multi-generational relations will be more important in the 21st century for the following reasons: (a) the demographic changes of population aging and living longer (b) the increasing importance of grandparents fulfilling family functions (c) the strength and resilience of inter-generational solidarity over time (d) changes in family structure involving divorce and step-family relationships. Research shows that living with other generation, has physical and mental health benefits, as well has its own complications too.

Multi-generational Household Benefits:

Caring-praying-celebrating together

Parents and Grand-Parents support in babysitting for working couples

Health care support to aging parents and vice-versa

Coherent family decision making

Ease of shared household duties

Generations learning from each other

Multi-generational Household Issues:

Demanding and egocentric behaviour

Dependency and interference

Misunderstanding and disrespect among family members

Financial burden due to lack of proper household income

Mental distress and anxiety

It is concluded that effective planning, open communication, understanding, the appropriate use of support services, and Aromatherapy, can reduce stress problems in multi-generational families.

Aromatherapy  is the science and art of using medicinal qualities of Essential Oils extracted  from different parts of plants, which can reduce stress, increase contentment, relaxation, and decrease levels of cortisol, the “stress hormone.” Below are some of the Essential Oils best recommended for the relief of tension and stress in diffuser or apply topically with proper dilution or direct inhalation or in massage or in bath:

Lavender, Ylang-Ylang, Bergamot, Chamomile, Vetiver, Rose, Orange, Lemon, Grapefruit, Geranium, Sandalwood, Frankincense, Cedarwood

 Stress Relief Room Spray:

20 drops Grapefruit or Orange Essential Oil

10 drops Lavender Essential Oil

6 drops Cedarwood Essential Oil

3Tbsp Distilled Water

1 Tbsp Alcohol (Vodka)

Add essential oils in a 2oz dark glass spray bottle, top with distilled water and alcohol, close, label, mix well and let it sit for a day. Mix well before each use. Spray in surrounding area as needed.

 

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Disrupt Dementia with Aromatherapy

Posted on November 5, 2018 by in Disrupt Dementia with Aromatherapy

Do you know…… According to WHO (World Health Organization), more than 6 million people in the United States suffer from various types of Dementia with over 47 million people living with dementia worldwide and there are nearly 10 million new cases every year. There is a lack of awareness and understanding of dementia in most countries, resulting in stigmatization, barriers to diagnosis and care.

Dementia is a syndrome, usually of a chronic or progressive nature. Dementia occurs when nerve cells in the brain become damaged causing a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory, thinking, behavior, orientation, comprehension, language, judgement, learning capacity, and ability to perform everyday activities. Consequently, there are various types of dementia, which are generally categorized by two factors: the section of the brain damaged, and the condition. Dementia is overwhelming not only for the people who have it, but also for their caregivers and takes devastating emotional, financial, and physical toll on families. Based on the high number of individuals affected, dementia is one of the leading cause of dependency and mental impairment among the elderly population. The signs and symptoms linked to dementia can be understood in three stages:

Early stage: this stage is often overlooked, because the onset is gradual. Common symptoms include:

forgetfulness

losing track of the time

becoming lost in familiar places.

Middle stage: by this stage, the signs and symptoms become clearer and more restricting. These include:

becoming forgetful of recent events and people’s names

becoming lost at home, wandering

difficulty with communication and repeated questioning

needing help with personal care

Late stage: this stage of dementia is one of near total dependence and inactivity. Symptoms include:

becoming unaware of the time and place

having difficulty recognizing relatives and friends

having an increasing need for assisted self-care

having difficulty walking

AARP(American Association of Retired Persons) has long been committed to raising awareness of dementia related illness and educating people age 50 and older on how to maintain brain health. There is no treatment currently available to cure dementia or to alter its progressive course. Numerous new treatments are being investigated in various stages of clinical trials. However, much can be offered to support and improve the lives of people with dementia and their care givers and families. The principal goals for dementia care are:

  • early diagnosis in order to promote early and optimal management
  • optimizing physical health, cognition, activity and well-being
  • detecting and treating challenging behavioral and psychological symptoms
  • providing information and long-term support to care givers and the family

Researchers have shown that aromatherapy may be effective in helping people with dementia to relax, to improve symptoms of depression, anxiety, insomnia, and cognition in people with Alzheimer’s disease. Aromatherapy is the use of natural aromatic Essential Oils extracted from plants and plant parts, that have been used for centuries to ease various health symptoms, for skin care and relaxation. Here are some oils that have been shown to be effective in treating and controlling different symptoms of dementia when used with proper dilution:

  1. Lavender: is calming, help in balancing emotions, anxiety, reduce agitation, insomnia, may reduce occurrences of aggressive behavior in dementia. Can be used in massage oil or sprayed on linens or diffused or can be inhaled directly. It is a good oil for care givers too. Geranium and Mandarin oils are good for this too.
  2. Peppermint: is an energizer, stimulate mind and calm nerves simultaneously. Best used in the morning, can be inhaled directly or diffused or applied topically.
  1. Rosemary: like Peppermint, it’s uplifting, stimulate mind and body, mood, depression. It can be directly inhaled or diffused or used as a spray.
  2. Bergamot: is mood elevating oil and is used to relieve anxiety, agitation, stress. It can be directly inhaled or diffused or used as a spray. It is a good oil for care givers too.
  1. Lemon Balm: may improve cognition and mood in the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease. It’s calming and relaxing, improve memory, help with indigestion. It can be used in bath, inhaled directly, diffused, sprayed or applied topically.
  2. Ylang Ylang: can ease depression, restlessness, lack of sleep. Can be inhaled directly or diffused or sprayed, in bath. It is a good oil for care givers too.
  3. Ginger: good for digestion issues, loss of appetite or inflammation. Can be inhaled directly, massage on abdomen mixed with proper carrier oil, diffused, placed on a compress.

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
visit aromawellness.net, to order
Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

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