First, there are many ways to use pure essential oils, but remember! Never apply pure essential oils directly to the skin, which will cause inflammation. Must be mixed with base oil, the best way to use it is to take a bath and * * *.
1, take a bath-directly drop 6 drops of pure essential oils under the impact of water flow or add 10ml of base oil to the bathtub for direct soaking.
2. * * *-Pour 10ml base/* * oil into a measuring cup, add 6 drops of pure essential oils to blend, and directly * * *.
3, incense-pour hot water into the incense pottery bottle, drop 4-5 drops of pure essential oils, and light a candle.
Second, the use of diluted essential oil matters needing attention:
Essential oil is highly concentrated plant essence and should be used correctly even after dilution:
1. Not suitable for oral administration.
2. Avoid using certain essential oils during pregnancy. If necessary, please consult your health nurse practitioner first.
3. Essential oil is not a substitute for medicine and cannot be used to treat various internal and external diseases or disorders. If you need to fight any physical problems, it is recommended to use it under the guidance of a qualified pharmacist. Used to relieve discomfort. If the pain or discomfort is still not relieved after use, you should consult a qualified aromatherapist.
4. Control the dosage of diluted essential oil within a safe range. Excessive use may have the opposite effect.
5. Don't let children touch alone.
6. Keep it in a dry and cool place to avoid direct sunlight, so as to prolong its service life and better maintain its efficacy.
7. Jojoba oil will condense at low temperature, and it can be liquefied again as long as you hold the bottle tightly with your hands.
8. Avoid direct contact with eyes.
9. Some essential oils can make the skin allergic. Before large-scale use, a "small-scale skin test" should be carried out on the inside of the arm. If allergic reaction occurs, please stop using it.
How to use base oil?
Base oil is a kind of vegetable oil used to dilute single essential oil. Because pure essential oils has strong medicinal properties, direct rubbing on the skin will cause harm, so the essential oil must be diluted before it is used on the skin. Base oil is the first non-volatile oil extracted from seeds and fruits of various plants, which can be used as skin care oil and base oil for making * * * oil. Plant base oil itself has curative effect. Vegetable oil is a good source of nutrition and energy. With it, the body can generate heat. It is an excellent source of protein. When we dilute essential oil with plant base oil, please refer to the proportion.
What is the difference between single essential oil, compound essential oil and base oil and how to use them?
Unilateral essential oil refers to pure essential oils extracted from a single plant, such as lavender essential oil and tea tree essential oil. Compound essential oil refers to several single essential oils blended in a certain proportion and diluted with a certain proportion of base oil, and its purity is lower than that of single essential oil; Base oil is a diluent specially used to prepare composite oil.
Most unilateral essential oils can't directly touch the skin, because the concentration is too high, which will make the skin feel hot and uncomfortable. Therefore, it must be blended with base oil before use (lavender and tea tree essential oils are mild in nature, and a small amount can be applied to the problematic parts of the skin, but it is not suitable for large-scale and large-dose use); Generally, the base oil mixed with several unilateral essential oils in proportion is called "compound essential oil", and a certain unilateral essential oil is called "essential oil" after being diluted in proportion (generally, 3-5 drops of unilateral essential oil are added to 10 ml base oil); In addition, the base oil can also be directly applied to the face or body skin without essential oil, which is equivalent to moisturizing cream.
How to use pure plant essential oil? Do you have to use base oil?
There are many essential oils, such as Avon rose, Midi, bergamot, orange and lavender. They are all unilateral essential oils. Except lavender and tea tree, other essential oils should be blended with base oil. Roses should also be used directly on the skin. But to be on the safe side, you'd better try them on the inside of your wrist before using them to see if there is any allergic reaction.
The following are some properties and usage methods of essential oil:
1. Incense: add a few drops of rose essential oil to water with a incense burner or incense burner, and heat the water with a incense burner to make the essential oil radiate into the air;
2. Bathing: Add a few drops of rose essential oil or 50- 100ml rose stock solution (perfume) to the hot pool, and fully stir before entering the pool. The water temperature is controlled at about 39℃, so it is not too hot. Because rose essential oil is not easily soluble in water, it can be mixed with water by adding base oil, milk, honey and bath salt.
3. Foot bath: Add hot water (water temperature is about 40℃) to ankle height, and drop 1 drop essential oil or 50- 100ml rose stock solution (perfume) into water.
4. Skin care: When washing your face every morning, drop a drop of rose essential oil in warm water and apply it to your face with a towel to delay aging and keep your skin healthy and bright.
5. Skin * * *: Put 2 drops of rose essential oil and 2 drops of sandalwood essential oil into 5ml * * * * base oil and make facial skin * * * twice a week 1- 2 times, which can make the skin moist, tender and youthful. If you are working all over, you can create romance and make your skin moist, soft, relaxed and soft. Its aroma has aphrodisiac effect; It can also delay aging.
6, menstrual pain: 4 drops of roses and geraniums in a pot of hot water, soaked in a towel and hot compress the abdomen for half an hour, can treat menstrual pain. Use 2 drops of rose and 2 drops of geranium in 5 ml of base oil to gently massage the lower abdomen clockwise to relieve menstrual pain.
7. Romantic rose scented bath: pour warm water into the bathtub, drop 8- 10 drops of rose essential oil, and soak in the bathtub for 15-20 minutes, so that every cell in the whole body can be nourished by roses, and inhaling the fragrance of roses through the nose can increase romantic interest and condense the life energy of plants. Don't wear clothes after the rose bath, wrap your body with a bath towel and take a deep breath for *** 15 minutes to better relax your body, prolong your life and enhance your personal temperament. Rose bath can be used 1-2 times a week.
1. Lavender: In beauty salons, lavender can regulate excessive oil secretion of skin (scalp) and balance oily skin and scalp.
2. Rose essential oil: in beauty, it can soften skin, moisturize and resist wrinkles, and is suitable for aging and dry skin.
3. Pogostemon cablin: The flavor of a spice. It is used for caring skin, and has wound healing and bactericidal effects. So if you have eczema or chapped skin, you can use it.
4. Jasmine: Jasmine is a rare recommended essential oil originating in China. The price is also very expensive, and the effect is very similar to that of roses. Suitable for dry and sensitive skin, with hydrating and anti-aging effects. Very good. Dilution can be used as perfume.
5. Sandalwood: basically all skin types can be used, and it has the effect of treating red blood. The price is moderate, and it tastes like the kind that burns incense in the temple.
6. mint: suitable for people with oily skin and scalp in beauty salons. If there is a lot of dandruff caused by oily scalp, mint can be used.
7. orange blossom: suitable for dry and neutral skin. It can replenish water, prevent wrinkles and promote skin regeneration. If the external oil is dry inside, skin can also be used. Suitable for dry hair
8. bergamot: it is suitable for oily skin, has bactericidal effect, and can also treat and prevent acne.
9. Cinnamon: It can prevent wrinkles. Then there is slimming essential oil, which is often used to tighten skin and remove orange peel tissue.
Some simple uses of aromatherapy at home
Inhalation method:
Inhaling steam is an excellent way to treat respiratory diseases and colds, but it is not suitable for asthma. Dropping 6- 12 drops of essential oil into a bowl of steaming water, covering your head with a big towel and taking a deep breath is also a good way to thoroughly clean your face.
Effective * * * methods:
This is a traditional aromatherapy, in which the lymph glands are soaked with essential oil ...
What is the difference between unilateral essential oil and base oil? What is this?
1, the basic essential oil is wrong. It should be called base oil Generally, olive oil, sweet almond oil, wheat germ oil, jojoba oil and evening primrose oil are all common base oils, which are mainly used to dilute essential oils, because they are toxic when directly used in pure essential oils.
2. Unilateral essential oil is the essential oil with the purity of 100%. You can't use it directly.
3. Compound essential oil is a mixture of single essential oil and base oil for many minutes, which can generally be used directly.
For example, the essential oil I use will do. You can mix and match it.
Can base oil be used directly?
Base oil is a non-volatile oil extracted from seeds, flowers, roots or fruits of plants, which can lubricate the skin and be directly used on the skin. It is also the best base oil for diluting essential oil. Common ones are jojoba oil, sweet almond oil, grape seed oil, rose hip oil and olive oil.
How to use lavender essential oil and base oil?
Generally, the ratio of face is 1 3, which means that if lavender and sweet almond oil are used, the ratio of 3% is 10 ml sweet almond oil and 6 drops of lavender essential oil.
But according to your situation, it is better to use (grape seed oil) as base oil. But sweet almond oil is also ok. (Jojoba oil can be mixed with lavender with sweet almond oil at the ratio of 10%, and the effect is doubled. )
In fact, lavender can be applied directly to the skin. If you have acne, it is very effective to apply it directly to acne, but if you directly target acne, "tea tree essential oil" is the best choice. Lavender is very effective in repairing acne marks.
If the skin is still oily, it depends on whether there are other physical problems, such as too much pressure (water-oil imbalance). In fact, the skin needs to secrete more oil to protect the skin. Remember to replenish water while controlling oil.
There are many reasons for acne. If it grows on your forehead, it may be that you have been under a lot of pressure and troubles recently. If it grows on the corners of the mouth, it may be that the stomach fire is heavier recently. Growing on the right face may be due to some liver conditions, not too big, but pay attention to protection, such as going to bed early and keeping a good mood. If you grow around the hairline, you may not take care of these places when washing your face.
What's the difference between base oil and essential oil?
The base oil can be diluted with a single essential oil or directly used in * * *; Essential oils can be divided into single prescription and compound prescription. A single prescription can only be used after basic dilution. The compound prescription has been prepared and can be used directly on the skin. When using essential oil, we must pay attention to the quality of essential oil, and don't be greedy for cheap and ruin the skin. You Ran Mei, FLORIAL, tisserand and other brands are more comfortable to use.
Can you directly add a few drops of base oil to the unilateral essential oil?
Seven drops of base oil is too little ~ ~ ~
According to the percentage content of essential oil diluted with base oil, it can be divided into:
General dilution (2.5%); Low dilution (1%); Three ultra-low volume dilutions.
Calculation table of essential oil concentration:
10ml contains about 20 drops of essential oil, and 10ml contains 200d.
0.5%: 10 ml base oil+1 drop of essential oil ultra-low dilution.
1%:10ml+100ml base oil +2 drops of essential oil with low dilution.
1.5%: 10 ml base oil +3 drops of essential oil.
2%: 10 ml base oil +4 drops of essential oil.
2.5%: 10 ml base oil +5 drops of essential oil is generally diluted.
3%: 10 ml base oil +6 drops of essential oil.
4%: 10 ml base oil +8 drops of essential oil.
5%: 10 ml of base oil+10 drop of essential oil.
Note: Most people may be used to calculating essential oil by the number of drops, and 10 ml essential oil is about 200 drops.
It is recommended not to put too much essential oil when you first learn to call it essential oil, and it is recommended to use ultra-low or low dilution;
If your skin has no allergic reaction, you can increase the concentration.
Essential oil base oil ratio? 5 points
The proportion of essential oil depends on the specific use method of the formula. Some essential oils can be used purely, but generally this is under the control of aromatherapists, and a few safe essential oils are used in a small range. The following is a safe ratio for your usual use.
Usually a bottle of essential oil is 1 ml =20 drops. You can calculate according to this standard.
Generally, the safe proportion of compound essential oil used for face is less than 2%, because the cuticle of face is relatively thin, and for friends with skin allergy, this proportion is better to be relatively reduced. According to this ratio, the total amount of pure essential oils added in 10ml base oil should not exceed 4 drops, but generally 3 drops is enough.
The safe proportion of compound essential oil for human body is less than 3%, that is to say, the proportion of pure single essential oil should not exceed 6 drops in the average base oil of 10%.
Children's formula milk powder, all the proportions are halved, and attention should be paid to the types of essential oils used.
Formulas above the above ratio must be used under the guidance of an aromatherapist.