Preventing Scarring And Healing Your Skin With Aromatherapy Oils

By: ed. - November 17th, 2011  Filed under: Alternative Medicine, Anti Aging, Aromatherapy, Beauty and Health, Massage and Reflexology 4 Comments
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By Misty Rae Cech, ND

Pure essential aromatherapy oils have a long history of use in natural . These wonderful phytochemicals provide a great breadth of natural, medicinal components well-known for healing damaged skin, as well as reducing the appearance of old scars from wounds, acne and other incidents. Essential aromatherapy oils blend for these applications are gentle, safe for regular use, and have a wonderful aroma to boot!

There are a few primary oils used in skin repair; additional aromatherapy oils may be added to your liking (to improve aroma, or add further skin-supportive properties), but here, we’ll concentrate just on the commonly used aromatherapy oils for skin damage. First, and possibly most important, is Helichrysum Italicum, also known as Everlasting. This aromatherapy oil with a lovely earthy aroma is distilled from the brightly-colored, daisy-like flowers of a strongly aromatic herb native to the Mediterranean region.

Aromatherapy Oils: Most Regarded

Helichrysum is one of the most highly regarded of the aromatherapy oils for it’s broad range of healing properties for body tissues. It is strongly anti-inflammatory, and has a high concentration of regenerative diketones found only in this oil. It is a bit more expensive due to it’s low yield in processing, but produces it’s wonderful effects in very small doses.

Helichrysum is the foundation of many blends for healing the skin, and can be used by itself in a synergistic carrier oil such as Rosehip seed. These combination of aromatherapy oils may be all that is needed to speed the healing of recent wounds – though often a little Lavender oil is added as well. Kurt Schnaubelt, one of America’s leading aromatherapists notes in his quintessential guide “Advanced Aromatherapy” that Helichrysum essential oil and Rosehip seed can “heal wounds with minimal or no scarring”.

Aromatherapy Oils: Gentle

As mentioned above, Lavender is often included in skin care blends – it has gentle anti-inflammatory and tissue regenerative properties, along with very soothing, anti- aroma. Lavender essential oil itself began the modern aromatherapy revolution when a scientist burned his hand in a laboratory accident, and after cooling the wound in a beaker of Lavender found the wound to heal remarkably quickly. It is also thought to ‘synergize’ or improve the efficacy of other in combination.

Aromatherapy Oils: Essentials

Next up is the essential oil distilled from the leaves of common Sage, or Salvia officinalis. Sage is used in low concentrations in very specific conditions – where the scars are old and require a little extra phytochemical power to heal. Sage oil can bring circulation to the area, and can assist the scarred area of the skin to regenerate, particularly in concert with other aromatherapy oils. Sage can be used in stretch mark formulas, but should only be employed post-partum because of the high thujone content of the oil.

Rosemary is an essential oil with a wonderful aroma that is used in many skin care blends. The Verbenone chemotype is called for here as, like Helichrysum and Lavender aromatherapy oils, it contains regenerating ketones (the Cineol type does not). Rosemary will also stimulate cellular metabolism, improving the nutrition and waste cycling of skin cells.

Finally, these essential oils need to be diluted , which are seed or nut oils made up of fatty acids. These aromatherapy oils help the skin absorb the essential oils, and provide important nutritive oils to help the skin heal and look its best. The most important is Rosehip Seed oil, cold-pressed from Rosehip Seeds native to mountainous regions of South America.

In addition to its unsaturated fatty acids, this oil contains natural vitamin A compounds similar in effect to the pharmaceutical preparation Retin-A but without the over drying or redness that often accompanies its use. Hazelnut oil is also a wonderful carrier well tolerated by all skin types; its gentle astringent qualites prevent the skin from feeling oil upon application.

Now for the recipes utilizing these aromatherapy oils. For effective wound healing of recent cuts and scrapes (and has been used successfully on surgical incisions), to 1 ounce Hazelnut oil and 1 ounce Rosehip seed oil add 1 milliliter of the Helichrysum essential oils and 1 milliliter of the Lavender essential oils – apply twice a day for 7 to 10 days. For older scars from wounds or acne, including keloid scars, replace the Lavender in the previous recipe with Sage essential oil. Apply regularly for 3 to 6 months. For the healing of stretch marks, post partum, use 1 ounce Rosehip seed and 1 ounce Hazelnut oil with 1 milliliter Sage essential oil and 2 milliliters with Rosemary Verbenone essential oil; again use for 3 to 6 months.

So these are just a few skin care formulas commonly used in aromatherapy. Many more exist for a great variety of – there is much information available on the internet or in bookstores. Remember, when creating your own blendsof aromatherapy oils, be conservative with the amounts of essential oils – they do work in small amounts. Also, it’s always fun to add to these recipes one or more of your favorite aromatic aromatherapy oils – Jasmine, Ylang Ylang, Rose or other oils can add a lovely complex aroma to the blend; one that you’ll enjoy wearing. Be creative, be safe and have fun!

About the Author: Misty Cech, ND, is the owner of Ananda Aromatherapy and Synergy Essential Oils. More information about using essential oils in your life at http://www.anandaapothecary.com

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Five Tips For Buying The Best Aromatherapy Oils

By: ed. - November 17th, 2011  Filed under: Alternative Medicine, Aromatherapy, Beauty and Health, Massage and Reflexology, Self Improvement 2 Comments
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By Vincent DeLuca

Walking into an aromatherapy oils supply store can feel like walking into a slice of heaven. The sweet scent of aromatic solutions excite the soul while the tantalizing aromas coming from scented candles steal the show. However, the aromatherapy oils connoisseur knows that not every scented oil and sweet smelling candle on the shelf contains healing power. Here are five tips to help you find only the best in aromatherapy products.

Aromatherapy Oils: Check container

Tip #1: Check the bottle. If your is in a clear bottle or a plastic bottle, then you should not get it. Light has a damaging effect on oil and truly essential aromatherapy oil can be contaminated when stored in plastic bottles.

Aromatherapy Oils: Check specifications

Tip #2: Check the label. Keywords such as “perfume” or “fragrance oil” are a big sign that the oils contained within the bottle are not pure essential aromatherapy oils. Even though the bottle may have the term aromatherapy printed on it, if you see natural identical oil or fragrance oil on the label, then your aromatherapy oil more than likely contains unwanted perfumery chemicals.

Aromatherapy Oils: Check for cleanliness

Tip #3: Check for dust. If you see an aromatherapy product on the shelf that has dust on its cap or around its container, then avoid getting it. Dust generally means that your aromatherapy product is old. Like many other types of oil and solutions, as aromatherapy products age, they lose their healing powers and aromatic scent.

Cost:

Tip #4: Check the price. Different types of aromatherapy oils demand different prices. Pure therapeutic oils that are exotic cost more than aromatherapy oil that is more common. If every bottle of aromatherapy oil is the same price, you may want to reconsider.

Research

Tip #5: Do your research. Each type of aromatherapy oil has a different therapeutic quality. The scent of aromatic such as cypress is good for treating coughs and asthma. However, the scent of Patchouli is used for , depression, and healing .

Don’t let the sweet talk of the salesperson override the natural therapeutic power of pure essential aromatherapy oils. Whether you are purchasing your aromatherapy supplies from one of the many great online retailers or from the local establishment at the shopping center down the road, by following these five tips you can avoid the pitfalls and start enjoying the healing power of aromatherapy.

About the Author: Vincent DeLuca is author of “Healing Health from Home.” To learn more about aromatherapy and purchasing aromatherapy supplies, look at the aromatherapy resources available at http://www.aromatherapy-oils.info

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Banish Stress With These Relaxation Techniques For Anxiety and Stress

By: ed. - October 27th, 2011  Filed under: Massage and Reflexology, Self Improvement, Stress Management, Well-Being Add Comment
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By Anne Thibault

When we are considering relaxation techniques we wonder if anxiety is taking over our life? Maybe you avoid certain situations or always feel nervous and stressed. I know from personal experience how debilitating anxiety can be, but there are some Relaxation Techniques for anxiety that can help take away some of the pressure and help you start to feel like your old self again.

When you have problems with anxiety, it can really start to take over your life. Before you know it you are feeling stressed all the time. Even when you aren’t having an anxiety “attack” you are dreading the next one which actually keeps you in an even more heightened state of anxiety. Soon, feeling anxious becomes a way of life that effects almost everything you do. Practicing some of these Relaxation Techniques can help to bring down those levels and make life enjoyable again.

Top Relaxation Techniques For Anxiety

Deep Breathing – Sit quietly in your favorite chair with feet on the floor. Put one hand on your abdomen and one on your chest. The key here is to breathe with your diaphragm taking deep, long breaths. Breathe deeply in through your nose – your stomach should rise but chest should stay about the same. Hold the breath for a few seconds and release through your mouth. Push the breath all the way out.

Keep breathing in this manner, really focus on your breath, try to make your mind blank and dismiss all your worries and so you can let your tensions melt away.

Relaxation Techniques with Progressive Muscle Relaxation

The next time you are feeling anxious, pay attention to your shoulder – you will probably notice they are somewhere up around your ears because your muscles are so tense! That’s why one of my favorite relaxation techniques for anxiety is progressive muscle relaxation (and it’s also a great thing to do at bedtime if you have trouble falling asleep).

What you do is sit comfortably or even lay down and move your awareness to each muscle group in your body, then tense and relax.

So, you might start with your feet – really become aware of them then scrunch them up and then let it go – relax them totally. Then move up to your calves, then your thighs and so on. All the way up to your head and don’t forget your face, fingers and arms!

For a quickie fix, you can focus on your shoulders (that’s always my big problem area) and just scrunch them up (inhale while you do this) then let them drop and exhale.

These Relaxation Techniques Won’t Get Rid Of Anxiety For Good

In order to banish anxiety from your life forever, you need to treat it at the root cause and break the cycle that keeps causing these feelings of anxiety to happen. If you feel like you are always nervous and waiting for the “other shoe” to drop, then you owe it to yourself to look into dealing with anxiety once and for all, not just masking it with pills and relaxation techniques for anxiety.

About the Author: Next, find out about the One Move Technique that you can use along with relaxation techniques for anxiety and which will teach you how to stop anxiety, boost your confidence and let you get back to living your life without the fear of having another all you need to do is CLICK HERE.

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Best Anti Aging Products Vs. Natural Anti Aging Remedies – Top 7 Tips For Natural Fountain of Youth

By: ed. - October 21st, 2011  Filed under: Aromatherapy, Massage and Reflexology, Self Improvement, Well-Being Add Comment
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anti aging remediesBy Suzanne Glover

Natural anti aging remedies

Considering anti aging remedies in today’s society, there is a lot of emphasis on the best anti aging products and the best anti aging creams, but what if you could reverse aging from the inside out? This article explains the top seven anti aging remedies to create a lifestyle that keeps your body “youthful internally,” as well as can keeps wrinkles at bay.

Top 7 tips for truly natural anti aging remedies

TIP # 1 – DIET: Did you know there is actually a certain diet that has been proven to decrease wrinkles? Although many people eat the “low carb” way to maintain weight, when done correctly, it has actually been proven to reduce wrinkles, give the face a natural lift and is the best anti aging diet you will find. Eating smaller portions more frequently is also key to decreasing wrinkles via this diet because the point is to maintain an even blood sugar.

When you are able to maintain a diet that keeps blood sugar even by avoiding high sugar “blasts,” you are actually saving your complexion from severe damage and wrinkles and are using one of the best “anti aging products on earth” to reverse aging because it keeps you healthy on so many other levels as well and is available whenever you want it at a reasonable price.

TIP #2 – FACIAL EXERCISE: While most articles on how to reverse aging discuss the need to exercise your body, I want to discuss exercising your face. Yes, there are facial exercise devices out there, a few of which I have tried, but the “real deal” when it comes to facial exercise is a method that uses resistance training for the face, which includes a way to keep the bone structure from deteriorating as well.

It takes time to see results, but can produce a more natural looking face as well as save hundreds or thousands of dollars spent on the best anti aging botox treatment. Of course, exercising your body also keeps your face muscles relaxed and alive, as well as keeps you overall active and youthful.

TIP #3 – POSITIVE MINDSET: When you are able to keep a positive mindset, you are releasing “positive” chemicals into your body which also combats the aging process and assits greatly the other anti aging remedies. The phrase, “happy thoughts create a happy body” can be proven scientifically today. Finding ways to keep your mind positive will give you more internal reserves for staying young and is the best of  remedies when compared to taking anti-depressants or using the best anti aging products that ineffectively try to mask a negative mindset or ill-health.

Don`t forget water as one of the anti aging remedies

TIP #4 – WATER: Yes, I know you can’t believe that I’m going to discuss something as simple as water. But think about how many glasses of just plain, pure, filtered water you had today? Not sodas, not coffee, not tea, not “flavored” water, not tap water… just plain, filtered water and only water.

The fact that our bodies are made up of 98% water, of course, means that we benefit greatly on a physical level from drinking water. But drinking pure, filtered water only, instead of coffee, tea, sodas, etc., etc., gives your body the one necessary component of anti aging remedies to keep internal chemicals in better balance for mood, focus, appetite control, cleansing activity and overall “good internal housekeeping and balance.”

TIP #5 – ENERGY: Renewing your own internal source of energy is vital when considering anti aging remedies, whether it’s by taking time out with a good book or hiking in nature. I often get the comment, “Gee, you look so much younger” just after taking time out for myself to renew my energy. This is a particularly important tip if you feel that you just “don’t have time for yourself” or “can’t afford to be away from the office, the kids or the dog.”

TIP #6 – POSTURE: One thing that really gives away a person’s age is their decline in their ability to hold themselves upright. With anti aging remedies you must start doing posture exercises before you start to need them. Sit up straight at your desk, roll your shoulders back and lift your sternum like you’re wearing a fabulous necklace or scarf. Make it a habit to hold yourself strong while you still have the muscles to do so and you will continue to have the muscles to do so longer.

TIP #7 – ANTI AGING HORMONES: Many of our vital hormones decline as we age, especially from the hectic lifestyles we live today. Our bodies just can’t keep up and start to wear out. So, what can you do about it? Find some way to significantly reduce stress. The best anti aging remedies advice I can give you is to use something called a brainwave meditation.

This type of meditation quickly puts you into a relaxed state of mind as well as makes your body produce beneficial anti aging remedies hormones. By using a brainwave meditation once a day, you can give yourself a regular flow of endorphins and chemicals that change your body from “wiped out” to “feeling refreshed, renewed and youthful.”

If you are looking for the “best anti aging remedies,” consider a low carb diet, facial exercise, positive thinking, water, time out for yourself, better posture and brainwave meditations instead of the “best anti aging products” that are costly and that slowly lose the battle of aging to a lifestyle void of the natural anti aging remedies discussed in this article.

About the Author: Suzanne Glover offers more anti aging advice as well as customized brainwave meditations that reduce stress, create a lasting sense of well-being, and most importantly, release anti aging hormones at effective-positive-thinking.com.

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Stress Management Through Massage

By: ed. - May 2nd, 2010  Filed under: Massage and Reflexology Add Comment
Michael Russell asked:

One of the oldest forms of stress relief is enjoying the relaxing art of massage. Massage can do so much for common aches like back pain, fatigue, indigestion and insomnia. Many people understand that massage can energize you, relax you and improve your general outlook. But can massage do more? Can massage also help heal what hurts you?

Some people say a massage releases endorphins that help dull the pain of some symptoms without actually healing your condition. Some will also argue that because massage facilitates circulation, nutrient delivery and waste product removal, it will of course help heal a variety of physical problems. And others will also say that massage helps the body heal itself, but not many will suggest or will go as far as to say that massage does something significant for pain and disease management.

However, there are many theories about the nature of disease and health that are not entirely understood by Western medicine. The truth about the nature of disease is very complicated and its causes may be traced to so many possible reasons. However if you’re from suffering from a physical problem like chronic back pain, you are more likely concerned about getting rid of it. And this is where research has proven that massage can relieve a number of symptoms and even promote cures in many cases.

According to published studies, massage therapy clearly reduces various types of stress. For example, children who survived hurricane Andrew benefited from massage in a way that it decreased their levels of depression, and the stress hormone cortisol. Preschool children who are massaged by their parents show better behavior, fall asleep sooner and have more restful nap periods. In adults, massage combined with music therapy and other relaxation techniques significantly reduce the levels of fatigue, depression, as well as increased energy. Massage has also been demonstrated to lower blood pressure and in adults suffering from hypertension.

One of the more common pain related complaints is back pain in adults. Most back pain is most likely caused by muscle strain and bodily over extending, as well as poor posture and bad movement habits. Often, it’s difficult to get a clear diagnosis for back pain. Research study has shown that massage therapy can be very effective in relieving lower back pain. Your therapist can also counsel you on ways to adjust your posture and moving habits.

Another common by-product of stress is fibromyalgia syndrome (FMS) which is a painful condition in 11 or more specific tender spots throughout the body. Massage is one of the best treatments for fibromyalgia syndrome. After a series of treatments, sufferers showed decreased pain and anxiety as well as stronger posture. In general, massage can help FMS sufferers by relaxing them any releasing the stress that aggravates this condition, as well as supporting them emotionally because FMS often has a strong emotional factor and is common in cases of physical and psychological abuse.

Sleep deprivation has also become a modern epidemic, a nearly half of us suffer from insomnia or other sleep related disorders. Aside from getting more sleep, regular Swedish massage is excellent for fatigue and getting a massage on a regular basis will eventually bring back your body and your circulation up to speed so it can then become more vigorous.

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