How to use essential oil to achieve the best effect?

1. incense burner incense method

Pour clean water into the water container of the incense burner and add 5-6 drops of essential oil. Light the candle and put it in the incense burner, waiting for the heat to slowly release the essential oil in the water. Different essential oils can be mixed and dripped into the incense burner, which can get different effects and help to create different atmospheres.

2. Humidifier incense method

Add 5-8 drops of essential oil directly into the water tank of the humidifier, so that the essential oil will be emitted into the air with the water mist of the humidifier.

3. Heat engine aromatherapy

Dip the cotton ball in essential oil and put it in the place where the heating tube emits hot air, so that the essential oil can be emitted into the air with heating.

Second, the inhalation method

1. Inhale at home

Pour the boiled hot water into a glass or porcelain washbasin, and choose 1-3 kinds of essential oils to drop into the hot water, with a total of no more than 6 drops, and fully mix the essential oils. Cover the whole head and washbasin with a large bath towel, and breathe alternately through the nose and mouth for 5- 10 minutes. 2 drops of lavender and 2 drops of mint can cure a cold.

2. Simple inhalation method

Drop the essential oil 1-3 into a towel or handkerchief and smell it.

Third, massage methods

Health massage generally starts from the back, with hands on both sides of the spine above the hips, palms facing down and moving along both sides of the spine to the shoulders. When you reach the neck, massage your shoulders and sides with your hands outward, and then return to the starting point. Massage must be done in one go, don't give up halfway. Dilute 2-3 kinds of unilateral essential oils with 3-4 ml of plant massage oil, with 3 drops in total, for face, head, neck and shoulders or body massage.

Massage can strengthen blood circulation and eliminate toxins in the body. Different essential oils have different curative effects, so it is recommended to use them under the guidance of professionals.

Four, aromatherapy bath method

1. Aromatic steam bath

Lavender, chamomile, mint, sweet orange, eucalyptus, lemon and other essential oils can be mixed into water, and the ratio is to add 2 drops of essential oil per 600 ml of water. Pour the mixed water on the heat source of the steam room (such as red-hot stone), slowly release the aromatic steam, and inhale as much as possible. They are excellent maintenance agents and antidotes for the body and skin, and have excellent disinfection effect on bacteria and viruses.

2. aromatherapy sitz bath

Use a porcelain basin or stainless steel basin that can hold your ass, fill half a basin with warm water, and drop 1-2 drops of essential oil (lavender, eucalyptus, rosemary, mint, etc. ), stir the essential oil and take a bath. This method is very effective for treating menstrual pain, vaginitis or skin itching caused by airtight sanitary napkins during physiological period.

3. Aromatherapy warm bath

Put the whole pot of warm water, the temperature is acceptable to the skin, add 8- 10 drops of essential oil, and sprinkle some rose petals in the bathtub. And gently stir the essential oil and petals to disperse them, then you can enjoy the benefits brought by aromatherapy SPA-the fragrance essence in the air passes through the nose and the pores of the skin open, and its fragrance essence can penetrate into the deep skin and endothelial tissue more than any living thing. After aromatherapy bath, it will leave a thin layer of aromatherapy on the skin, which feels like silk.

In case of flu, you can take a bath in the following ways: add 2 drops of lavender, eucalyptus and chamomile essential oil to a spoonful of massage base oil, apply it to the chest, neck and throat, then soak the whole body in hot water for about 10- 15 minutes, and deeply inhale the steam of aromatherapy. After the body is fully soaked, dry it quickly and go to bed immediately.