Fight Stress With Essential Oils
Regardless of the place or time of day, stress invades you, settles in you, disorients you, and puts your nerves to the test? It is often difficult to get rid of it, but fortunately you can trust the precious olfactory resources of essential oils. Breathe, life is beautiful! So how to fight stress with essential oils? Keep reading.
Why use essential oils against stress?
Essential oils have remarkable calming, sedative and anxiolytic properties. In olfaction, they do wonders to knock out the stress that poisons you.
3 essential oils against stress
–Petitgrain Bigarade, the anti-stress
Derived from bigarade, the petitgrain bigarade is a fruit similar to an orange, smaller and more bitter. Its essential oil has calming, anxiolytic and sedative properties which make it a benchmark essential oil for fighting stress.
Use: when the need arises, pour 1 drop of bitter orange petitgrain essential oil on a handkerchief. Breathe deeply for 5 to 10 minutes, keeping a distance of about 20cm. Renew 3 times a day maximum. Take a one week break after three weeks of use.
Precautions: Not suitable for pregnant women under 3 months, children under 3 months.
–Fine lavender, anxiolytic
Flower of Provence, fine lavender is well known by our grandmothers to fight against sleep disorders and stress. Its essential oil is the most calming of the aromatic. It soothes the nerves to help us better cope with external aggressions.
Use: when the need arises, pour 1 drop of fine lavender essential oil on a handkerchief. Breathe deeply for 5 to 10 minutes, keeping a distance of about 20cm. Renew 3 times a day maximum.
Take a one week break after three weeks of use.
Precautions: Not suitable for pregnant women under 3 months, children under 3 months and people with asthma or with significant cardiovascular disorders.
–The sweet orange, ideal for children
This winter citrus fruit has sedative and calming properties in its zest thanks to the d-limonene and decanal molecules it contains.
The essence of sweet orange promotes relaxation and calm to fight against the stress that invades you.
Use: when the need arises, pour 1 drop of sweet orange essential oil on a handkerchief. Breathe deeply for 5 to 10 minutes, keeping a distance of about 20cm. Renew 3 times a day maximum.
Take a one week break after three weeks of use.
Precautions: Not suitable for people with cancerous or non-cancer hormone-dependent disorders, people with epilepsy or asthma.
Hope you enjoyed the benefits of these 3 essential oils that fight stress. Comment down below which one of the 3 you use, or share with us ones you know that are not mentioned above.
Looking forward to reading your comments, sending you love and positive vibes!!!
