essential oils

Rosemary
Uses: Acne, dandruff, dermatitis, eczema, greasy hair, insect repellent, promotes hair growth, regulates seborrhea, stimulates scalp.
Skincare: Helpful for sagging skin and may help ease congestion, puffiness & swelling. Benefits scalp disorders and could alleviate dandruff & discourage hair growth.
Precautions: Avoid if suffering from high blood pressure, epilepsy or pregnant.

Peppermint
Uses: Acne, dermatitis, ringworm, scabies.
Skincare: By removing toxic congestion, could help cases of dermatitis, ringworm, scabies and pruritis. It is cooling in action & can relieve itching, inflammation & sunburn. Also softens skin, helps to remove blackheads & is effective on greasy skin & hair.
Precautions: Avoid in pregnancy.

Palmarosa
Uses: Acne, dermatitis, minor skin infections, scares, sores, wrinkles, valuable for all types of treatment for face, hands, feet, neck & lips.
Skincare: Restores water balance & stimulates natural secretion of sebum & is useful for dry skin. It also helps skin regrowth by aiding cell regeneration. It has a reputation for eradication wrinkles. Helpful with general skin infections.

Orange
Uses: Acne, blemishes, brittle nails, boils, chilblains, corns, cuts, greasy skin, insect bites.
Skincare: Helps clear toxins out of congested skin while also dealing effectively with dry skin, wrinkles & dermatitis. All in all a rather good skin tonic.
Precautions: Prolonged use & high dosage may irritate sensitive skin.

Lemon
Uses: Acne, blemishes, brittle nails, boils, chilblains, corns, cuts, greasy skin, insect bites.
Skincare: Enlivens pale and dull complexions by removing dead skin cells. It smoothes out broken capillaries and has an effective action on greasy skin & hair. A popular remedy for removing corns and warts. It also has a softening effect on scar tissue & guards against brittle nails.
Precautions: May irritate sensitive skin.

Lavender
Uses: Abscesses, acne, allergies, athletes foot, blemishes, boils, bruises, burns, dermatitis, eczema, insect bites & stings, insect repellent, sores, sunburn.
Skincare: All skin types. Valuable for most skin conditions since it promotes growth of new cells & exerts a balancing effect on sebum. It has a pronounced healing effect on burns & sunburn and helpful in cases of acne, eczema and psoriasis. Also said to heal abscesses, boils and carbuncles as well as minimise fungal growths, swellings, scarring and gangrenous wounds. An effect hair tonic too, it may be of use in cases of alopecia.

Geranium
Uses: Acne, bruises, cuts, burns, congested skin, cuts, dermatitis, ecxema, haemorrhoids, mature skin, mosquito repellent, oily skin, ringworm.
Skincare: Useful for all types of skin conditions since it balances sebum, the fatty secretion in sebaceous glands which keeps the skin supple. Eczema, burns, shingles, herpes, ringworm & chilblains may respond. Also good for sluggish, congested & oily skins a good overall skin cleanser. Enlivens pale skin, since geranium improves the flow of blood.
Precautions: Avoid in pregnancy.

Eucalyptus
Uses: Burns, blisters, cuts, herpes, insect bites, insect repellent, skin infections, wounds.
Skincare: Useful for skin eruptions like herpes & good for burns, preventing bacterial growth & subsequent pus formation, aiding construction of new tissue. Cuts, wounds, ulcers & inflammatory conditions also seem to respond well. Clears congested skin.
Precautions: Best avoided by people suffering from high blood pressure or epilepsy.

Using essential oils:

The essential oils listed below can be used for a variety of purposes on the skin. Remember: Do not use essential oils directly on the skin always dilute with a suitable carrier or base oil see our page for further information. For interesting skin care recipes using essential oils, see our page.

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