Lifestyle Choices

It is a good idea to start with three or four essences and then experiment, each time adding more oils to your collection as you get to know them. Some of the best to start with are jasmine, sandalwood, geranium, neroli, lavender, and cinnamon.

Always keep your essences in a cool place (the refrigerator is ideal) in dark glass bottles. Essential oils are highly volatile and easily destroyed by heat and sunlight. They have to be treated like something very precious.

Here are some of the common uses of essential oils:

Skin

To improve circulation For broken veins

For oily skin

For dry skin

For dehydrated skin For fine, sensitive skin

Body Massage Oils

Soothers when you are tense Pepper-uppers when you are down

For mild aches and muscle pains

Juniper, camphor

Cypress, neroli

Lavender, lemon, geranium, sandalwood, bergamot, cypress, juniper

Geranium, rose, sandalwood

Clary sage, geranium, sandalwood Neroli, rose, lavender

Lavender, geranium, camomile Cinnamon, bergamot, patchouli, jasmine Lavender, rosemary

For Bathing

Add a few drops to the bath when it is being run: camomile, neroli, jasmine, lavender, patchouli, ylang-ylang, rose, sandalwood, rosemary, frankincense, cardamom, or melissa.

Psychic Essences

Dilute in the carrier and rub them on the face, back of the neck, and the base of the spine. Or put a few drops in a humidifier or pan of steaming water and let it waft into the room. Or add a few drops to water and spray like an air freshener.

To calm you when angry To brighten you when depressed or grieving

To clear your head for mental work Aphrodisiacs

Ylang-ylang

Lavender, geranium, sandalwood

Carnation

Jasmine, ylang-ylang, sandalwood, rose

 

HOW AND WHERE TO BUY YOUR ESSENCES

Herb stores sometimes sell them, as well as the carrier oils and beeswax. Some health food stores sell beeswax and most have the carrier oils. Beware of so-called essential oils that are synthetic. They are not good for aromatherapy and won’t work. Neither will essences that have already been diluted in oils and which are sold in little bottles for perfumes. Read labels carefully and ask questions. Be particularly cautious when buying the following—they very often are not real but synthetic: jasmine, lily of the valley, lilac, frangipani, cucumber, clove, carnation, musk, orange blossom (neroli), rose, ylang-ylang, and violet.

For the addresses of suppliers in your area, look in the yellow pages of the telephone directory under these listings:

• Botanicals
• Chemists, homeopathic Herbs
• Oils, essential
• Perfumes, raw materials

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