ESSENTIAL OILS & CARRIER OILS
 Just adding some of the most common essential oils like lavender, frankincense, lemon, peppermint and tea tree oil to your natural medicine cabinet can:
· Fight cold and flu symptoms.
· Relax your body and soothe sore muscles.
· Heal skin conditions.
· Alleviate pain.
· Balance hormones.
· Improve digestion.
· Improve memory
· Aid in getting you the BEST NIGHT SLEEP

How do essential oils work in the body? (1) An essential oil is a mixture of a plant's chemical compounds (its fragrance) with a carrier oil (see carrier oils tab). (2) Essential oils are most commonly applied by massaging into the skin or inhalation of vapors known as aromatherapy.  Both methods (topical or inhalation) allow the oils plant chemical compounds to cross into the bloodstream. 
How do essential oils work in the brain? The Limbic system is the portion of the brain that deals with emotion, memory, sexual arousal and essential oils pass the blood brain barrier.  The molecules of essential oils are not only small, but lipid soluble as well.  Lipid soluble means they are not restricted to any one location.  They can diffuse to locations anywhere in the body.   Essential oils of every species cross the blood-brain barrier.  The interstitial tissues of the brain served as a barrier to keep damaging substances from reaching the neurons of the brain and the cerebro-spinal fluid. It is like a filter through which only molecules of a certain size or smaller can pass.   When it comes to essential oils, small molecules (less than 500 atomic mass units) are what they are made of. That is why they are aromatic they are small molecules that can easily leap into the air and enter the nose and be detected as odor or smells.  CHECK OUT MY TAB ON ROSEMARY ESSENTIAL OIL (great example of blood brain barrier)

SUGGESTED WEBSITE to purchase Essential oils:
WWW.PIPINGROCK.COM   (use code ADJ796 during checkout for discount)
 
ESSENTIAL OILS SHOULD NEVER be applied directly onto the skin.  They are too powerful and could cause harm.  The only time you want to use pure ESSENTIAL OILS is in a DIFFUSER added to water as vapor mist or onto ring for those diffusers that require a reusable pad.

When applying essential oils topically (on skin) use with one of the following carrier oils: JOJOBA, SWEET ALMOND, GRAPESEED, AVOCADO, COCONUT, OLIVE OIL, APRICOT, ARGAN, ROSEHIP, BLACK SEED OIL.
My personal preferences are: Sweet Almond, Jojoba, Grapeseed, Coconut.

When applying topically there is an essential oil to carrier oil ratio THAT MUST BE FOLLOWED.  NEVER go above 2% dilution UNLESS YOU ARE AN EXPERT in Essential oils. 1% to 2% dilution is your SAFE RULE OF THUMB.  Keep in mind Essential oils ARE VERY POWERFUL.


  WHEN IN DOUBT PLEASE EMAIL ME: AROMATHERAPHY@JOANHENRI.COM 
 
​Disclaimer:
These products are not intended to treat, diagnose, cure or prevent any disease.
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