Essential Oils For Seasonal Allergies

    My seasonal allergies have been much better over the years but the worst time for me has always been the end of April and into May when all those lovely Lilac bushes are blooming. Unfortunately someone brought a big bouquet of lilacs to church and I was around them for more than three hours. I was doing fine on Sunday but the next day my eyes were really suffering from the itchies and nothing was calming them down.

    I happened to be looking on my facebook page and my niece mentioned that she was having seasonal allergy problems and was using equal parts of lemon, lavender  and peppermint essential oils. I had never heard about using oils for allergies, so I looked it up and it looked like it would work. I got out an atomizer bottle and mixed the three oils in it and got the diffuser going. I had it coming on every ten minutes the first day and I would go in and get my nose right over it and breathe it in. After a couple of hours the itchiness in my eyes calmed right down.

    I have kept the diffuser going for 5 minutes every 20 minutes for the past week and have not had a flare up. I have been amazed to have no allergy problems when I have left my home. I really like the smell of the three oils together, when normally lavender is not one I enjoy. These three essential oils help clear the breathing, calm the inflammatory response and boosts the immune system. I am sold on the effectiveness of using essential oils to fight off allergy symptoms. Basil, Eucalyptus and Tea Tree oil are also oils that work well for allergies.

    I love the Advanced Aromatherapy Essential Oil Diffuser. I use the oils full strength in the diffuser to get the most medicinal value out of them. I put 30 drops of each of the three oils into the atomizer bottle over a week ago and it is still using them running 24 hours a day.

Order online at Herbs First, or phone in your order 801-228-1901.

Have a great month!
Kathryn

Advanced Aromatherapy Diffuser

    It is getting more and more common to see diffusers being sold in many stores and I notice that most diffusers are the humidifier type.  If you want to add a nice aroma to your home or office this is a good way to go. If you want to maintain the medicinal value of your oils, then a nebulizing diffuser is best because it doesn’t use heat or water, which dilutes the therapeutic qualities of the oils.

    We gave our niece Hollie the Advanced Aromatherapy Diffuser to use for her medically fragile daughter Elaina. She can’t use herbs or have the oils on her skin, so our hope was that diffusing oils would make a difference in her health.  Hollie put the diffuser in Elaina’s bedroom and ran it 24/7 all winter long and into spring with the X-Plague oil in the atomizer. This has been the first year that Elaina hasn’t missed school and hasn’t ended up sick for several months. Hollie tells me that a 15 ml. bottle lasts three months run for 5 minutes at a time with 20 minutes off, at the lowest output.

    During Christmas we had a big family party and several of the families had been sick. We were a bit worried, because we try to stay away from sick people, but it is hard during the holidays when people don’t want to miss out on family get-togethers. We ran the Advanced Aromatherapy Diffuser on for 10 off for 10 minutes with the output in the lower range.  This diffuser is a bit noisy so I don’t turn it up very high. We have a pretty big family room/dining room/kitchen area and it does a really good job of getting the therapeutic oils into the air. None of us got sick from people at the party and we were able to enjoy the holidays.

    Advanced Aromatherapy Diffuser is the one you want because is preserves the therapeutic qualities of the oils and is going to last for many years. We have had ours for three years and use it throughout the winter every year and off and on the rest of the year. It is nice to have a diffuser that will treat everyone at the same time, especially when there is illness around.
     
Order online at Herbs First, or phone in your order 801-228-1901.

Have a great month!
Kathryn