USEFUL ESSENTIAL OILS

Essential Oil

hot flushes and sweating
Clary sage Salvia sclarea
treatment: antisudorific, oestrogen-like (sweating)

Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
treatment: antisudorific (excessive perspiration)

Peppermint Mentha x piperita
treatment: cooling

Pine Pinus sylvestris
treatment: antisudorific (sweating)

reputed sexual stimulants
Peppermint Mentha x piperita
treatment: neurotonic, reproductive tonic

Rosemary Mentha x piperita
treatment: neurotonic, sexual tonic

Rose otto Rosa damascena
treatment: neurotonic, sexual tonic

Thyme (sweet) Thymus vulgaris
treatment: cardiotonic, immunostimulant, neurotonic, sexual tonic

Ylang ylang Cananga odorata
treatment: reproductive tonic

low spirits (depression) and fatigue
Basil Ocimum basilicum var. album
treatment: neurotonic debility, mental strain, depression

Chamomile (Roman) Chamaemelum nobile
treatment: calming (nervous depression, irritability, nervous shock)

Clary sage Salvia sclarea
treatment: neurotonic (nervous fatigue)

Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
treatment: neurotonic (debility)

Frankincense Boswellia carteri
treatment: anti depressive (nervous depression)

Geranium Pelargonium graveolens
treatment: neurotonic (debility, nervous fatigue)

Juniper Juniperus communis
treatment: neurotonic (debility, fatigue)

Marjoram (sweet) Origanum majorana
treatment: neurotonic (debility, anguish, agitation, nervous depression)

Rosemary Rosmarinus officinalis
treatment: neurotonic (general debility and fatigue)

fluid retention and cellulite
Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
treatment: diuretic (oedema, rheumatic swelling)

Geranium Pelargonium graveolens
treatment: decongestant (lymphatic congestion)

headaches and sleep problems
Chamomile (Roman) Chamaemelum nobile
treatment: antispasmodic, calming (migraines, insomnia, irritability)

Lavender Lavandula angustifolia
treatment: analgesic, calming (headaches, migraines, insomnia-low dose)

Marjoram (sweet) Origanum majorana
treatment: analgesic, calming (agitation, migraines, insomnia)

headaches and migraines only
Peppermint Mentha x piperita
treatment; analgesic (headaches, migraine)

Rosemary Rosmarinus offcinalis
treatment: decongestant (headaches, migraine)

irritability
Chamomile (Roman) Chamaemelum nobile
treatment: calming (irritability, nervous depression, nervous shock)

Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
treatment: calming (irritability), regulates sympathetic nervous system

haemorrhage
Cypress Cupressus sempervirens
treatment: astringent, phlebotonic (broken capillaries, varicose veins)

Rose otto Rosa damascena
treatment: astringent, styptic (wounds)