Massaging with essential oils is the ideal way to make the best use of essential oils. No matter if it is professional massage or massage by yourself, it will boost your neural activity and prompt your blood circulation. Massage helps essential oils penetrate the skin more easily. Here some simple health tips are provided for you to practice in the comfort of your home. For the best result, you can either choose essential oils or herbal oils containing compound essential oils. Step 1: Rub you hands until they get warm
Step 2: Sprinkle appropriate amount of essential oil or The White Flower Embrocation on the forehead. Rub the forehead with fingers in big circles, first clockwise, then counterclockwise. Step 3: Lower your head to expose the back neck, then spread appropriate amount of essential oil or The White Flower Embrocation on it. Rub against the skin up and down with your palms. Step 4: Spread appropriate amount of essential oil or The White Flower Embrocation in the span between your thumb and index finger. Keep the space open between the index finger and the thumb, then fit the calves into such space and start to rub up and down from the knees to the ankles. Step 5: Drop some essential oil or The White Flower Embrocation on the palms. Put your hands on your waist with your palms sticking to the waist. Press against the waist slowly.
Generally, massage achieves the best effect when your body feels warm and soothed. In addition, for the best result, you have to breath in slow rhythm, with deep inhalation and exhalation. It is simple to practice massage by oneself. And it helps speed up metabolism and blood circulation so that one will feel refreshed and in great shape after massage. It is noteworthy that it takes 7 to 10 minutes for human body to absorb essential oil. Furthermore, when one is exercising, under stress, or in high-temperature surroundings, making the skin sweat and in bad condition, the absorption will be less efficient. The penetration efficiency of essential oils differs from person to person. Remember to keep peace of mind during the massage to get the optimal result.
You can also inhale the aroma of essential oils to enhance your health. The inhalation has a very evident effect upon respiratory discomfort by utilizing the same principle of facial steaming. It is the same principle applied to traditional home remedies for nasal congestion and colds. By covering the head with towel, and then inhaling the eucalyptus oil, The White Flower Embrocation, or other mixed essential oils, you can cure yourself at home. Or you can purchase some commercially-available inhaler (evaporator) to help the inhalation process. Your own hands can be used as an inhaler too: place several drops of the essential oil in your hands, rub your hands until warm, then cover your nose and mouth with your hands when you do deep inhalations for several times. You can feel the effect of essential oils immediately.
The third way to utilize essential oil is by bathing. Add some essential oils or compound herbal oil in your bath, and your skin will absorb the healthy ingredients. For example, you can mix several drops of the essential oil with a lid full of mild body wash (
to help the essential oil diffuse faster rather than aggregate at the same corner above the water.
) and then pour the mixture into your bath. Immerse your body in the bath for at least 10 minutes daily while relaxing your body and taking deep breaths. Skin will absorb the aroma molecules and the nose will detect the pleasant smell from the vapor as well.
It takes more than you can imagine appreciating the many benefits brought by a comfortable bath. The benefits of soothing your muscles and bones for a heathier mind and body will be even greater if you give yourself a soothing massage after the bath. To cope with the busy schedule of the modern life, you also can have a foot spa when you do not have room or time for a thorough bath but need some relaxation and refreshment.
