Aromatherapy for Cold Sores (Herpes of the Mouth)

Special Aromatherapy Recipes for Cold Sores (Herpes of the Mouth)

25g unperfumed skin cream (available from pharmacies)
5ml hypericum tincture 5ml calendula tincture

Put the unperfumed skin cream into a little glass pot, then stir in the tinctures. Apply a little of the ointment to the affected area several times a day for as long as required.

Aromatherapy Gargle for Sore Throat

1 teacupful warm water
1 teaspoon cider vinegar
1 drop lemon essential oil
1 drop eucalyptus essential oil
½ teaspoon honey

Put the cider vinegar into a teacup, then stir in the essential oils. Top up with warm water and stir in the honey. Use two or three times daily.

Aromatherapy Ointment for Athlete’s Foot

Aromatherapy Ointment for Athlete’s Foot:

25g calendula cream
3 drops myrrh essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil
1 drop patchouli essential oil

Put the calendula cream into a glass cosmetic pot, then add the essential oils. Using the han­dle of a teaspoon, stir until thoroughly mixed. Apply two or three times a day

Aromatherapy Massage Oil for Bronchitis

Use this Recipe for Chest and Back Rub.

15 drops Atlas cedarwood essential oil
15 drops frankincense essential oil
12 drops Canadian balsam (or Scots pine) essential oil
8 drops myrrh essential oil

Put the essential oils into a small dark glass bottle, then shake well.

For adults, add 15 drops of concentrate to 25ml vegetable base oil (such as sunflower, sweet almond or olive). For children over five years, use seven drops of concentrate to 25ml base oil. Massage twice a day.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Athlete’s Foot

20ml cider vinegar
30ml distilled water or boiled water
3 drops lemongrass essential oil
3 drops tea tree essential oil
5 drops lavender essential oil

Funnel the cider vinegar into a dark glass bottle. Add the essential oils and shake well. Add the water and shake again. You will need to shake well each time before use to disperse the oils. Using cotton wool, or cotton bud if only a tiny area is affected, and apply three times a day

Aromatherapy Lotion for Boils

25 ml distilled witch hazel
25 ml distilled water
1 drop German chamomile essential oil
2 drops lavender essential oil

Put the essential oils into a dark gloss bottle, add the witch hazel and shake well. Top up with distilled water. Shake the bottle each time before use to disperse the oil. Apply with damp cotton wool pads. Repeat every few hours for as long as necessary.

Special Aromatherapy Powder for Athlete’s Foot

3 tablespoons sifted rice flour (or corn flour)
10 drops lavender essential oil
3 drops lemongrass essential oil
10 drops tea tree essential oil

Put the rice flour into a glass jar, add the oils and shake. Cover the jar with a tight-Fitting lid and allow the base to absorb the oils for 24 hours before apply­ing. Use daily to powder the affected areas. It is also helpful to sprinkle the powder inside shoes to help pre­vent reinfection and to deodorize the footwear.

Aromatherapy Skin Cream for Nappy Rash

30g unperfumed skin cream
10ml macerated calendula oil
10ml macerated hypericum oil

Put the unperfumed skin cream into a cosmetic pot, add the macerated oils and stir until thoroughly mixed. Apply after every nappy change until the rash has cleared. Afterwards, continue with zinc and castor oil cream as a preventative.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Stretch Marks

Aromatherapy Anti-Stretch Marks Recipes

To prevent the possibility of a skin reaction from over-use of a particular essential oil (especially if used throughout pregnancy), use the following recipes in rotation. Apply the Recipe-1 for a month, the essential oil-free Recipe-2 for the next month, then the Recipe-3 for a third month, resuming with the original formula, and so on.

Recipe -1

30ml macerated calendula oil 20ml jojoba oil
6 drops mandarin essential oil
3 drops neroli essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil

Put the calendula and jojoba oils into a dark glass bottle, add the essential oils and shake well.

Recipe -2

30g cocoa butter
20ml sweet almond oil

Melt the cocoa butter in a heatproof bowl placed over a pan of simmering water. Stir in the sweet almond oil. Remove from the heat and pour into a small jar. The mixture will harden slightly but melts on contact with the skin.


Recipe -3

25ml rosehip seed oil
25ml sweet almond oil
Contents of 2 vitamin E capsules
6 drops rose or 5 drops geranium essential oil
3 drops lavender essential oil

Put the rosehip seed and sweet almond oils into a dark glass bottle. Pierce the vitamin E capsules with a pin, then squeeze the contents into the mixture. Add the essential oils and shake well.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Head lice – Headlice Banishing Recipes

100ml vegetable oil (for example, sunflower or olive)
10 drops eucalyptus
20 drops rosemary essential oil
20 drops lavender essential oil
10 drops geranium essential oil

Funnel the vegetable oil into a dark glass baffle, add the essential oils and shake well. Apply to wet hair(otherwise it will be difficult to shampoo out the oil) by massaging well into the scalp to reach the hair roots. Leave it on for at least one hour (preferably up to three hours) then shampoo thoroughly. Remove dead lice and nits with a regulation fine­toothed comb (essential oils destroy the lice but not the eggs). Repeat the treatment twice more at three-day intervals to ensure the infestation is completely cleared.

Aromatherapy Ointment for Boils

25g Hypercal ointment
1 drop German chamomile essential oil
2 drops rosemary essential oil

Put the Hypercal ointment into a little pot add the essential oils and stir well. Apply three times a day.

Aromatherapy Treatments for Boils

Aromatherapy Hot and Cold Compresses for Boils

Start with a hot compress: Add four drops of German chamomile to 300ml of tolerably hot water. Soak a piece of folded gauze in the aromatic water then remove and apply to the boil. Hold in place until it cools, then reapply.

Finish with a cold compress: Add four drops of German chamomile to 300ml of cold water, then proceed as for a hot compress, holding in place until it warms to body temperature.

Recommended time: Once or twice daily

Special Effective Aromatherapy Recipes for Dandruff

11/2 tablespoons honey
3 teaspoons cider vinegar
3 drops lavender essential oil

Melt the honey in a heatproof bowl over a pan of simmering water. Remove from the heat and then stir in the cider vinegar and lavender oil. Massage the mixture into your scalp and then comb it through every part of your hair. Cover your head with a plastic shower cap and leave it on for up to one hour before shampooing out with a mild, pH­ balanced shampoo.