Aromatherapy is often used for various reasons such as improved mood, pain management and relaxation. Adding essential oils enhances these benefits. With that said, here is the role that essential oils play in aromatherapy massage.

Coriander Essential Oils – Has Many Healing Properties

Coriander is often used when preparing numerous household medicines to cure stomach disorders, vomiting, nausea, seasonal fever and bed cold. It’s also used as a treatment for indigestion against pain in the joints, rheumatism and worms. Coriander essential oil can be used in a synergistic mixture with pharmaceutical antibiotics and melds together both western and eastern medicine.

Lavender Essential Oil – Reduces Depression and Pain Level

Studies suggest that lavender oil together with massage therapy helps in reducing depression and pain in patients. Lavender also has a natural sedative effect and powerful anti-bacterial properties.

Angelica Essential Oil – The Oil of the Angels

Angelica essential oil has many benefits; most of these benefits are linked to mental health. Angelica essential oil also has modest anti-anxiety properties, it’s an excellent antibacterial, can alleviate fatigue, promote relaxation and help to fight insomnia.

Peppermint Essential Oil – Has a Physically Cooling Sensation

Peppermint essential oil is popular because of its mental health benefits and its physically cooling sensation. One study revealed that peppermint, together with ethanol and eucalyptus oils, lessened muscle tension and resulted in enhanced cognitive abilities. The most common use of peppermint is that its used as a cold compress for helping relieve migraine symptoms; however, it also makes a perfect addition to carrier oils to provide muscle tension relief. The best benefit is definitely the lingering aroma peppermint will leave on the body.

Geranium Essential Oil – Has Anti-inflammatory and Anti-viral Abilities

Derived from the perennial geranium shrub, geranium essential oil is often used to alleviate fatigue and convalescence. It’s also used to treat sores, burns and bruises.

It has anti-inflammatory and anti-viral abilities. Studies have also found that geranium oil plays a role when it comes to suppressing candida overgrowth. Here is a website with the benefits of aromatherapy: https://boomboomnaturals.com/blogs/news/10-healing-benefits-of-aromatherapy

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