Aromatherapy Recipes Using Essential Oils

In ancient Egyptian times they used oils from flowers and herbs in their baths and for skin care, not only for their aromas but for the medicinal properties too. These oils are the volatile part of any plant and are extracted in different ways, by distillation, steam or compression. Once you have their oils they can be used individually or mixed together and can be put in the bath for a hot soak, a few drops added to a diffuser so the sweet aromas fill the air or added to a carrier or base oil for a massage. You can even get candles containing these oils or could add net oil to the melted wax as it gathers on the top of a burning candle.

All plants contain essential oils but in different quantities, some more than others. To get just one teaspoon of jasmine oil it takes 40,000 hand- picked jasmine flowers which is why this in one of the more expensive oils to buy. Rose is another flower that does not contain many oils and are usually extracted by using a solvent. The only down side with this method is that is gathers other properties from the plant as well as their oils. These are then known as absolutes and are well known in the fragrance industry and in cosmetics.

Fine essential oils are like diamonds or a fine champagne and known as the soul of any plant. Essential oils all have their own properties and used for different reasons, from rejuvenating, balancing and deep cleansing. They easily absorb in to the skin and can help psychologically and physically. Benefits of aromatherapy oils range from relief of headaches, mood swings, muscle relaxants, blood circulation and other healings.

There are hundreds of essential oils on the market and can be a daunting experience when going out to buy for the first time. Almost anyone can use essential oils but precautions do need to be taken. Because they are very potent it is important to dilute any oil before putting it on the skin and not to put too much in the batch as they can burn. You must ask yourself why you want to use these oils whether it be for a particular ailment and then how you are going to administer, either massage or inhalation so as to get the right ones. Below are a few just to get you started.

Basil - floral sweet aroma used for uplifting, energising and refreshing.

Bergamot - fresh and fruity used for uplifting and inspiring. An excellent deodoriser.

Chamomile - fruity, apple -like used for its calming properties

Clary sage - spicy, hay-like aroma for a euphoric feeling

Eucalyptus - Best known for inhalations and liniments and is very invigourating.

Geranium - A leafy-rose aroma with fruity, minty undertones. A soothing, mood lifting oil.

Grapefruit - This has a bitter citrus aroma which is very refreshing.

Lavender - A fresh almost eucalyptus aroma used in insect repellants, deodorants and room sprays. A calming and purifying influence.

Majarom sweet - Warm and spicy with a hint of nutmeg. Warming and balancing works well on sore muscles.

Orange sweet - Used for its refreshing, uplifting properties.

Rosemary - with its strong fresh, camphor aroma invigourates and clarifies.

Sandalwood - a sweet wood warm aroma. Perfect for that sensual soothing atmosphere

Ylang ylang - an intense floral almost jasmine aroma used for euphoria and sensuality.

Once you get used to the oils and their aromas you can mix your own but be careful with quantities.

There are many sites and books on the subject including my other site Aromatherapyrecipes.org.

Tony Marks is a writer providing information articles. You can check out his latest site at Aromatherapy Recipes where he provides unbiased information and advice on a range of products including Essential Oils and much more.

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Information on Aromatherapy Recipes

Aromatherapy refers the use of complex chemicals in the oils of the plants and herbs which are proved to be relaxing the mind and the body. While breathing in the aroma of the essential oils people experience feeling of vigor and balance within the perfume and fragrance.

Lavender oil is the most preferred oil used in the aromatherapy recipes because of its ability to minimize the stress, anxiety and depressions, helping to curb the irritations and uncontrolled emotions and bring forth the feeling of serenity and balance in the life of an individual. The lavender oil constitutes 70 % of linalyl and linalol acetate, a sweet delicate flower smell, and 4% of terpenol, camphor and the cineol which produces the intense and the dominant aroma.

The combination of the two chemicals in the lavender oil creates an aromatherapy recipe that permeates the floral fragrance to spread out and penetrate the nostrils to smell the sweet and mild aroma of the herblike plant stimulating the senses with serenity and tranquility.

The use of the chemicals do not seem to have any correlation yet the balance used in the aromatherapy recipes does create the much required balancing, normalizing and alleviating the combination of the perfumes with the essential oils.

The other essential oils used in the balancing of the aroma are lemon grass, juniper berry, clary sage, fir needle, Melissa and Petit grain.

When there is the proper understanding of the prevailing characteristics of the aroma selected for the essential oils, recipes that stimulate the energies and the senses and the other benefits are produced.

The body and the mind retaliates with the dominant outcomes of a particular aroma when the oils are used separately, but the person who has the experience in the benefits of the aroma will be able to experiment with the combinations of the oils that result in the several applications which improve the well-being of an individual.

The creation of the aromatherapy recipes involves the two important processes. The first process involves the use of single essential oils and the other process involves the combination of the oils that have different effects but compliment each other in terms of fragrance.

While producing aromatherapy recipes it is important to select a middle tinge from the blend of those oils. The middle tinge obtained should make a perfume that tantalizes the senses and bestows the symptomatic outcomes that can help the individual to relax the mind and body and muscles and ease physical discomforts after using the aromatherapy recipe.

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