Aromatherapy oil - Nature's First Aid Kit

You could continue to go to your local store and buy potions creams and pills in your efforts to combat sickness and accident and spend a fortune for the privilege. Whilst it is probable that to some extent you will likely still need to buy at least some of these, nature provides a sometimes much cheaper alternative.
Consider in their place, aromatherapy oil. In particular for your first aid kit, add the aromatherapy oils Lavender and Tea-Tree. These two aromatherapy oils are THE oils that may be placed directly on the surface of the skin rather than having to be blended with a base oil such as Almond or one of the many alternative base oils. To place many oils directly on the surface of the skin would be to invite problems rather than treating causes and symptoms.
The benefits of these two specific oils are many. In some uses, these oils may be interchangeable. For the purposes of this article though, the following suggestons are offered.
Lavender is a soothing and healing oil. It is an analgesic, antiseptic and antibiotic. The strong effects of Lavender's healing properties in connection with burns was first noticed by Rene Gattefosse who covered his hand in the only available liquid as a result of a laboratory accident. In your first aid kit, it may be considered for the treatment of burns (including sunburn) and scalds, jellyfish stings, colds, influenza, tickly coughs and many other ailments. As a sedative, it's use as a few drops on the pillow to aid sleep is another common use as is it's use for treating muscular pain. There are very many uses for Lavender.
Believed to originate in use from the Aborigines, Tea-Tree attacks infection, bacteria, fungi and viruses. It stimulates the immune system in the face of an attack. It is also good as an insect repellant and is the scent takes a little getting used to, it may even keep people away! You need to be aware however, that some people might find Tea-Tree to be an irritant and would therefore need to blend it with a base oil or dilute in the various other ways that are available.
For first aid kit purposes, this aromatherapy oil may be considered for cold sores, atheletes foot, veruccae, warts, acne, and many more
Either of these oils may be used for various bites from animals and insects, cuts, grazes, insect bites (though I would use Tea-Tree).
Do remember some important facts when purchasing aromatherapy oil:

• 1) They should be "pure essential oil", not fragranced oils.
• 2) They should be purchased and stored in dark glass bottles as they are affected by heat and light. Plastic bottles affect the oils.
• 3) They should be purchased from a source where they are not stored beneath hot lamps or blazing light.
• 4) Aromatherapy oilsAromatherapy oils have a limited shelf life, so you want to purchase from a source that has a reasonable turnover.

This short article does not do the use of aromatherapy oil justice and you - the reader - are encouraged to research for yourself and discover the wonders of healing that nature provides. That's how I began years ago.

Doug Harvey is a qualified masseur frequently using the benefits that aromatherapy oils provide. To obtain further easy-to-read, detail-packed information on the use and application of aromatherapy in your life and home, go to: http://tinyurl.com/2chzna.
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