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Lice Treatment with Essential Oil

Do you know…….Lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) are tiny, wingless parasites that feed solely on human scalp and survive on minuscule amounts of blood. An adult louse can be light brown or grey, is two-three millimeters long. According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC), 6 to12 million elementary school-aged children get lice each year in the U.S. Head lice can be contagious, but do not carry disease and do not pose a medical threat of any kind. Adults and children get infected primarily through head-to-head contact with an infected child-adult who has either lice or their eggs (nits), or through sharing items like hats, combs, pillows, bedding, scarves, and towels.

Wet combing using a fine toothed comb is the easy, cheap, effective, but time consuming method of treating head lice or can use over-the-counter medicated shampoo. For non-toxic natural alternative to treat lice use Essential Oil which is plants natural defense against pests and pathogens. That is why they can be an effective treatment for head lice. Essential oils that are effective against lice are:

            Lice Treatment with Essential Oil

Tea tree Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil

Neem Essential Oil

Clove Essential Oil

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Aniseed Essential Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil

Thyme Essential Oil

Nutmeg Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil

Lice Treatment Blend

10 drops Tea Tree Essential Oil

8 drops Lavender Essential Oil

8 drops Peppermint Essential Oil

4 drops Rosemary Essential Oil (for child 2-5 yrs, substitute Thyme Essential Oil)

1.5 oz (45 ml) Coconut Oil

0.25 oz (7.5ml) Olive Oil

0.25 oz (7.5ml) Neem Oil

Melt Coconut Oil in a 4oz glass jar in a hot water pan, remove the jar, add Olive Oil, Neem Oil and all Essential Oils, mix, close the lid, label.

Dampen hair and massage the Lice Treatment blend into the scalp and hair upto edges. Comb through the hair with a fine tooth comb, cover head with a shower cap and allow to sit for 2-4 hours. Carefully remove shower cap, and dispose in a sealed zip lock bag. Comb hair once again, Rinse with a mixture of equal parts of Apple Cider Vinegar & water and Shampoo. Repeat every 4-5 days for 3-4 wks.

Om Healing………..Uma

(Founder of AromaWellness)
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Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

Essential Oils and Diabetes

Do you know……………… Diabetes is a metabolic disorder that is present around the globe. The statistics on the CDC’s (The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) site are indicative of a growing diabetes epidemic in the United States and throughout the world. There are three major types of diabetes:

Type 1 Diabetes: Also known as Juvenile Diabetes, occurs when the body fails to produce insulin (a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into our cells ). People with Type I Diabetes are insulin-dependent.

Type 2 Diabetes: is the most common type of diabetes and affects the way body uses produced insulin. It’s called insulin resistance.

Gestational Diabetes: This type occurs in women during pregnancy and usually resolves after giving birth.

Diabetes can have very serious and life-threatening complications, from poor wound healing to

               Essential Oils and Diabetes

peripheral neuropathy to cardiovascular problems, if not managed properly in timely manner. Besides prescribed medications to control diabetes effectively and minimize the diabetic complications, people diagnosed with diabetes, should educate themselves about the disease, limit sugar intake, have balanced diet, and follow proper daily exercise routine. Another holistic approach is to incorporate Essential Oils for diabetes, used in various ways for overall wellness though,  more research is required to prove the validity of Essential Oils in stabilizing blood glucose level. Essential Oils have been used since centuries in one form or another to alleviate different ailments and we all know that several chemical compounds isolated from Essential oils have been used successfully to manufacture many western medicines.

 

Diabetes is a complex disease that has many contributing factors and can create different symptoms in different people like; poor diet, high blood pressure, obesity, stress, and physical inactivity. Therefore, for diabetes, several Essential Oils are used synergistically (with proper dilution and safety precautions – refer to aromawellness.net) to reap the proper benefit. Some of the Essential Oils said to be beneficial are:

Cinnamon, Fenugreek, Cumin, Oregano

Geranium, Rose,

Sandalwood

Clary Sage

Lemon, Orange

Thyme

Vetiver

Pine

Diffuser Blend for Diabetics:

25 drops  Orange Essential Oil (gentle, uplifting)

15 drops Lavender Essential Oil (calming, ease anxiety)

8 drops  Rose  or Geranium Essential Oil (soothing, relieve guilt anxiety)

2 drops Vetiver Essential Oil (grounding)

Add Essential Oils to a dark coloured glass Euro vial/bottle, close the bottle, label, and mix well by rolling the bottle in between hands. Now add the 4-10 drops of this blend to a diffuser (per manufacturer’s instructions) or a candle warmer as you desire.

Sources:

Jean Valnet, MD,  The Practice of Aromatherapy
Robert Tisserand, The Art of Aromatherapy

Shirley Price, The Aromatherapy Workbook

https://www.cdc.gov/features/diseasesconditions.html

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed

 

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

Aromatherapy for Brain Fitness

Do you know…..…..In recent years, neurologists have discovered that our brain continues to change throughout our lives due to the phenomenon of plasticity i.e. modern research has demonstrated that the brain continues to create new neural pathways and alter existing ones in order to adapt to new experiences, learn new information, and create new memories. It’s very important to have good memory to lead a normal, quality, healthy life. There are plenty of ways to promote a better memory by eating healthy, avoiding alcohol abuse, implementing cognitive exercises, consuming modern medicine and the natural approach of using Essential Oils, though more research needs to be conducted. We have to have the understanding that nothing works instantly and will have to administer patience with positive affirmation. 

Essential Oils have been used since centuries for variety of health benefits. When an aroma is inhaled, it travels through our olfactory system to the limbic system of the brain (that includes the Hippocampus-responsible for long-term memory, the Amygdala-associated with emotions, the Hypothalamus-regulates the autonomic nervous system and hormones, and the Cingulate gyrus-regulates blood pressure, heart rate) and exhibits profound psychological and physiological effects. Essential Oils could be used to stimulate the brain for the benefit of increased cognition, mood boost, mental fatigue, relaxation, and other benefits, as essential oils pass through the blood-brain barrier with relative ease. This allows the oils to reach the site of injury and reduce the inflammation more effectively.

Some of the oils considered good for our brain fitness are:

Rosemary Essential Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil

Lemon Essential Oil

Vetiver Essential Oil

Grapefruit Essential Oil

Basil Essential Oil

Frankincense Essential Oil

Can use these essential oils in any combination in the diffuser, or for direct inhalation, or apply topically on the skin with proper dilution and safety precautions (refer to aromawellness.net).

Cognitive Room Spray Blend

25 drops Rosemary Essential Oil

10 drops Grapefruit Essential Oil

8 drops Peppermint Essential Oil

5 drops Vetiver Essential Oil

Fill a 4oz. glass spray bottle with 1.5oz. of alcohol(Vodka) and 3oz. of distilled water without overfilling the spray bottle to leave room to mix the blend before every use, add essential oils, cap the bottle, label, mix and let it sit for a day for essential oils to marry (blend well) before using the spray. Spray as desired.

 

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

Aromatherapy for Winter Cold-Cough

Do you know…………….With the frigid winter temperature, snow, and slippery road conditions, you have to continue to protect yourself from frostbite and hypothermia by wearing warm lightweight clothing in several layers, boots, mittens, and a hat. Stay indoors, if possible.

              Aromatherapy for Cold-Cough

I must admit that, as much as prettier it looks from inside, it also brings the cold-cough (that can attack the upper respiratory tract and are spread in the air from person to person) and flu season with it.  We all have endured the misery of a cold-cough and familiar with the symptoms of; Chest and Nasal Congestion, Headaches, Coughing, Scratchy Throat, Runny Nose, and/or Difficulty Breathing, which is our body’s defense mechanism. Before reaching out for the conventional medicine, try to use the effective natural remedy of Essential Oils through Aromatherapy, being aware of Essential Oil Safety (refer to aromawellness.net) during pregnancy, nursing mothers or caring for children under 12 years of age.

Essential oils have been used for centuries to fight the symptoms of the common cold and various other ailments. It could be inhaled directly, or added to bathwater and steam inhalation, or to the diffuser, or could be applied directly to skin with proper dilution (refer to aromawellness.net). Essential oils help the body fight off infection and serve to strengthen the immune system. Following are some of the Essential Oils that have the therapeutic properties (anti-bacterial, anti-viral, anti-microbial) to manage the symptoms of cold-cough-flu:

Tea Tree Essential Oil

Pine Essential Oil

Lavender Essential Oil

Peppermint Essential Oil

Thyme Essential Oil

Lemon Essential Oil

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Rosemary Essential Oil

Frankincense Essential Oil

Oregano Essential Oil

Sinus Congestion Inhaler Recipe

5 drs Peppermint Essential Oil

5 drs Eucalyptus Essential Oil

5 drs Tea Tree Essential Oil

5 drs Lemon Essential Oil

Add Essential oils in a small glass bowl and soak the inhaler wick in it. Replace the wick in the inhaler holder, close, label, and inhale as needed.

 

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

Wishes for an Aromatic 2019!

Do you know………….from here on, I thought of starting my every day with all the things that I am thankful for. First, being grateful to the Almighty for his blessings, the next on my list is you all for giving me strength and keeping me motivated to follow my passion of Aromatherapy, then my friends, family, and strangers who are kind to me. My list kept growing with the sense of well-being and gratitude;                 

  • Remembering that I am loved, though I feel totally alone, but I am just lonely for one specific person, my husband, who left me alone for the Heavenly Abode too early. It makes me very sad and sometimes depressed. I read this beautiful line, “To remember brings a painful joy,” as if it was written just for me.
  • I have gradually learnt and trained myself to focus on present and continue to do my best by changing my emotional state from being sad (which certainly is the most difficult task) and feeling sorry for myself.
  • Not be fearful of life’s debacles and fight it patiently with intelligence. With this affirmation, I would like to wish everyone,

A Peaceful-Safe-Happy-Aromatic 2019!

Om Healing………..Uma
(Founder of AromaWellness)
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Avoid Holiday Stress with Aromatherapy

A Lovely Christmas-Eve Morning to you all!

Do you know………….. We’re a society of chronic stress, an awful fact, that many of us don’t realize, but everyone likes to have some peace, quiet, and the inner serenity. Especially around Holidays, we get stressed for many reasons like; the stress of planning, stress of gift exchange, stress of having family-friends over or visiting them, financial stress, and the stress of keeping up with the fast-pace schedule amidst job-family responsibilities. Though, Christmas is no doubt the best time of the year.

While vastly different, each stressful situation, whether life-threatening or simple inconvenience, or dealing with day to day life or constantly under attack by outside forces (especially, our own loved ones), triggers a fight or flight response, releasing adrenaline and cortisol into the bloodstream. Adrenaline increases blood pressure and boosts energy supplies, while cortisol releases glucose into the bloodstream, and even altering the immune system which can cause some serious health risks, including:

Insomnia

High blood-pressure

Depression, Increased anxiety

Hormonal imbalances

Hostility and rage

Aggressive and impulsive behavior

This is why we need to work towards de-cluttering our life. Take a step back, and assess what is stressing you out? To avoid the holiday stress, plan things ahead of time including the regular weekly schedule, try to incorporate 20-60 minutes of daily exercise routine, make sure to have 8 hours of quality sleep per night, and spend time with family-friends-loved ones to comfort the heart and soul. Essential oils are probably best known for their calming and relaxing properties to maintain physical and mental health. Essential Oils can be applied topically with proper dilution on wrist, neck, temple or can be used in diffuser. Some of the pure, natural, classic holiday aroma of Essential Oils such as Cinnamon, Clove, Pine, Orange, Tangerine, Peppermint, Myrrh, Nutmeg, Ginger, Lavender, Frankincense, Sandalwood, Spruce, Patchouli, can help weather seasonal stress.

Holiday Aromatic Diffuser Blend

30 drops Sweet Orange

10 drops Cinnamon bark

10 drops Clove

5 drops Geranium or Ylang ylang

5 drops Pine

Blend oils in a 5 ml dark glass euro bottle, close, mix, label, and add 8-10 drops to diffuser or in a candle warmer as desired.

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

Invigorating Body Wash for Health Care Workers

Do you know……..For all Health Care Workers, it’s important to maintain our physical-emotional health and stay fit spiritually so to continue to help others without causing harm to ourselves. Because we are constantly carrying the burden of others’ struggles-problems-sickness while coping with our own personal challenges. To live a true meaningful happy life is not only feeling good and living luxurious life rather contributing to others happiness and to be of service in the world which comes with spiritual maturity away from our own ego. I read somewhere, Ego is attachment to a rock image of ourselves and Spiritual development is the acceptance of mortality which unfortunately, most of us don’t think or speak about. We are unprepared for this natural process of regression from younger years to old age or to terminal illness and find it very difficult to embrace the death and the grief that accompanies life’s end. Spirituality, enables us to achieve this emotional balance between our accomplishments-failures, to reconnect-revise our plans, to forgive-be forgiven, say goodbye to this life-to people we love and welcome whatever might come next.

Here is the Aromatherapy invigorating Body Wash recipe to be used in the morning for uplifting and enhancing the mood:

Invigorating Body Wash

½ cup Unscented Castile Soap

¼ cup Aloe Vera Gel

¼ cup Sweet Almond, or can use Jojoba, Grape seed, Sesame, or olive oil

40 drops sweet Orange Essential Oil

20 drops Lavender Essential Oil

20 drops Eucalyptus Essential Oil

16 drops Peppermint Essential Oil

In 8oz(1cup) plastic squirt top bottle(to avoid falling and breaking of a glass bottle in shower), add unscented Castile Soap, Aloe Vera Gel, sweet Almond Oil, and Essential Oils, close the cap, mix, label and allow to set for 24 hours. Mix well before each use in the morning during shower

 

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

Goodbye to Negativity with Aromatherapy

Do you know…………Have you ever met Mr./Ms. Downer, who takes you to negative lane when you are trying to change your track? Negative energy in our space and aura, is not beneficial and can leave us more exhausted, stressed, anxious, and grumpy. We even forget to savor the everyday beauty in life. Our emotions are deeply embedded in our cells and based on how we process our emotions, our thoughts, we create negativity. Which means, our DIS-EASE, becomes the cause of our DISEASE. Signs of negativity:

Anger, usually directed at someone else

Fear of Abandonment

Anxiety, irritability

Fear of Failure

Low self esteem

Grief

In Ancient Egyptian and European cultures, in Eastern cultures and Native American cultures, it is believed that the built up negative energy in homes, spaces, body, and mind can be cleared with smudging rituals utilizing herbs and essential oils. Burn herbs like, Sage smudge sticks, Hyssop, Rosemary and fumigate your living space and yourself or simply sprinkle sea salt or put a bowl of sea salt in the corner of the room as salt crystals absorb negative energy (research the proper process of smudging).

Essential Oils are nature’s magic that have been used since ages can help create the environment conducive to living a happy, healthy, peaceful life by directly stimulating the limbic system of our brain, the “EMOTIONAL BRAIN”. Essential Oils have empowering, spiritual benefits to combat daily negativity with their natural chemical therapeutic properties:

Palo Santo (holy wood or sacred wood)

Cypress, Juniper Berry, Cedarwood

Grapefruit, Lemon

Frankincense, Myrrh

Sage, Basil, Fennel

Lavender, Patchouli

To remove negative thoughts and emotions:

First de-clutter your space to get rid of the mess around you.

Take a cold or warm shower as water have healing properties and helps to wash away the energetic mess that formulates around your body.

Practice regular Meditation and Yoga.

Diffuse and Inhale Essential Oils with loving intentions for calm and peace. Add few drops of Frankincense and Patchouli oils in your body lotion for amazing beauty benefits as well as a protective shield against negativity and peace of mind.

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

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

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)
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Call 414-793-8645, to schedule your consultation appointment

https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/about-dementia/treatments/alternative-therapies/aromatherapy-massage?documentID=306&pageNumber=2

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