Aromatherapy Recipe
The Secret Recipe of Aromatherapy Essential Oils
Similar to cooking, if you want to attain the proper and
consistent end result, always follow a recipe. Like wise,
in aromatherapy, for a blend to work properly and consistently,
an aromatherapy recipe is followed and used.
It should be pointed out that the use of essential oils should
never replace the advice of a professional and should never
use highly concentrated essential oils without diluting them,
except on the advice, and under the direction of, an experienced
aroma therapist.
While various recipes exist, one blend might work great for
atomizers and diffusers but the amounts of each oil used may
be different based on the intended use for the aromatherapy
recipe. For instance, if you wish to cure depression, then
you can have a blend of one drop each of rose and orange with
three drops of sandalwood is the basic aromatherapy recipe.
As for the bath oil, you can multiply the basic recipe by
three and for bath salts multiply it by five.
If this certain recipe is to be used in a diffuser, then
you would require a total of 20 drops, from there, you can
multiply the basic aromatherapy recipe by four. As for the
air fresheners, multiply the recipe by six making the final
compound a total of 30 drops. Although essential oils are
generally quite safe, however, if used carelessly, these oils
can be harmful, as an excess of anything always has its side
effects.
While essential oils are available in most health stores,
complete recipes and conversion information can be found at
www.aromaweb.com, which has a wide variety of aromatherapy
recipes. You can find recipes for mental and physical well
being along with skin care, household as well as holiday blends.
There are also websites that offer tips on blending which
introduces people to proper blending methods and also the
differences in aromatic blending and therapeutic blending
along with aromatherapy recipes for all of their blends. However,
essential oils should be treated as medications and should
never be used by children except under the supervision of
an adult.
The use of carrier oils is also vital to aromatherapy recipes
as the quantity and the type of carrier oil is to be used
is determined by the intended purpose. Unlike essential oils
which evaporate pretty fast and have a high concentration
of fragrance, carrier oils which are usually vegetable or
plant oil, and do not evaporate that fast and do not emit
a strong odor. Instead, they are used to dilute essential
oils and are an important part of aromatherapy recipes.
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