For novice aromatherapy enthusiasts, the most difficult thing is probably to buy which essential oils, right?
There are many types of unilateral essential oils, and there are more than 40 types of essential oils commonly used in aromatherapy. Basically, to be able to skillfully cope with the various needs of daily life, then there are at least 60 kinds of essential oils.
If you are a professional aromatherapist, you will only need more essential oils, at least 100 kinds.
There are many articles recommended for beginners to start essential oils, but after reading it, you will only be confused, only essential oils and general effects, and you have no idea how to apply them in daily life.
Today, Xiaohua tries to classify from the needs and recommends some beginner's introductory essential oils for everyone.
Mood regulation
Under normal circumstances, if people need to regulate their emotions, they must be under the influence of negative emotions, such as stress, anxiety, depression, depression and so on.
One of the most surprising effects of aromatherapy is that essential oils can regulate people's emotions.
In dealing with negative emotions, flower essential oils and citrus essential oils have good results, such as geranium, orange blossom, jasmine, sweet orange, bergamot, lemon and so on.
Geranium essential oil has anti-melancholy properties, its sweet floral notes can make people relax and calm; the aroma of sweet orange essential oil is very sweet, can play a role in regulating mood, has an improving effect on depressed and boring mood; bergamot essential oil is known for enhancing self-confidence and improving mood, is one of the best essential oils for treating depression, helping to relieve stress and anxiety.
If possible, you can also get started with the more expensive rose essential oil, as well as the slightly unpopular marjoram essential oil.
These two essential oils also have a very good regulatory effect on negative emotions.
Skin care
Natural plant oils have an unimaginably positive impact on skin care.
Almost all skin care needs can be met from essential oils, whitening, spot lightening, anti-aging, wrinkle removal, nourishment, repair and so on.
Every maintenance need can get a highly targeted effect of the essential oil.
However, if we're talking about beginner-level essential oils today, the recommended essential oils will be more versatile and contain more skin care types.
First of all, rose essential oil, rose essential oil is one of the best essential oils for many uses, especially for women to nourish the skin. Rose essential oil has a unique maintenance effect on women's uterus, nourishing inside and outside, changing the skin state from the bottom - fading spots, whitening the skin, nourishing the aging skin, and making the skin glow rosy.
Of course, as mentioned earlier, the price of rose is expensive, so you can try the replacement of rose essential oil - rose geranium essential oil.
Studies have shown that the active ingredients contained in geranium essential oil have a strong affinity with the skin. Geranium essential oil has a good effect on loose skin, has a firming and astringent effect, can balance skin water oil, is very friendly to oily skin, has the effect of eliminating skin edema, can be used to lose weight and body.
Geranium essential oil contains citronellol, terpineol, citral, mentholone and a variety of trace minerals, which are a very good supplement to the skin and can also make pale skin rosy.
Essential oils of citrus are also great for beginners, at an affordable price and versatile. In aromatherapy, these essential oils have the effect of promoting cell production.
For example, neroli essential oil. Neroli essential oil is extracted from the white petals of bitter orange, and its penetration capacity is more than 70 times that of ordinary skin care ingredients, which penetrate into the underlying layer of the skin.
The biggest effect is on the skin, enhancing cell vitality, helping cells regenerate, increasing skin elasticity, whitening, moisturizing, lightening spots, nourishing anti-wrinkle, restoring delicateness, suitable for dry, sensitive and other problem skin.
Neroli essential oil is the main ingredient in many anti-wrinkle whitening products.
Other skincare essential oils that can be used to get started are frankincense, sandalwood, rosemary, chamomile and so on.
People with insomnia
If you're not very resistant to lavender flavor, try using real lavender oil at first.
Its sleeping effect is not blown out, but the premise is that the quality is good enough, and wild highland lavender is recommended here. If you really don't like the taste of lavender, or have used lavender but it doesn't work very well, you can switch to sweet orange essential oil.
Sweet orange essential oil is with a hint of sweet fruit aroma, insomnia with sweet orange essential oil to light a scent lamp, because of anxiety or stress caused by insomnia can be improved, but also can improve the quality of sleep.
People with severe insomnia can try pairing it with rock orchid essential oil.
Rock orchid essential oil is a well-known calming oil, balancing the central nervous system, sedative effect is good, for stress, anxiety, and anxiety and other symptoms have a good improvement effect. At the same time, its calming effect can cope with insomnia caused by stress and other emotions.
Other essential oils that can improve sleep include orange blossom, bergamot, sandalwood, chamomile and so on.
Most of the essential oils recommended today are essential oils with a wide range of properties, so we can see that an essential oil can be used to deal with mood, skin care and insomnia at the same time.
This is common in aromatherapy because the ingredients contained in plant oils are very complex and numerous, which also leads to a lot of benefits for essential oils.
The good thing is that we have more options, and the downsides are obvious, making it a bit tough for newbies to get started.
However, when you enter the door of aromatherapy, I am sure you will be attracted by its charm!