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What Kind of Aromatherapy Do You Need? Quiz
Adapted from The Essential Oils Book, by Colleen K. Dodt (Storey Books, 1996).
Stressed? Craving peace or a good night’s sleep? This quiz can help you choose the right scent. There is even an essential oil that can help you avoid overeating!
Take this fun and easy quiz to discover which essential oils you need in your life right now!
We also include a great, easy formula for a simple cologne base that you can start making now to customize later for yourself, or as a gift for family or friends in the season of gift-giving.
1. Do you feel tired a lot?
2. Are you sometimes sad and moody?
3. Do you feel as if you could really use a lift?
4. Do you need to feel more energized?
5. Do you sometimes overeat?
6. Have you been having some pretty big mood swings lately?
7. Do you sometimes wake up in the middle of the night, unable to get back to sleep?
8. Do you feel anxious?
9. Do you feel stressed and pressured?
10. Are you sleeping poorly?
11. Could your sex life use a little more sparkle?
If you answered yes to questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, or 10 try these
anti-depressant oils:
Bergamot, Clary sage, jasmine absolute, lavender, lemon, sweet orange, patchouli, peppermint, rose, rose geranium, rosemary, rosewood, sandalwood, ylang-ylang.
If you answered yes to number 5, try this oil to
avoid overeating:
Grapefruit oil.
If you answered yes to 2 or 6, these oils help
to balance mood swings:
Bergamot, Grapefruit, Jasmine absolute, juniper, sweet orange, rose, rosewood.
If you answered yes to 11, these oils are considered to be
aphrodisiac:
Clary sage, jasmine absolute, patchouli, rose, sandalwood, ylang ylang.
If you answered yes to number 1, 7, or 10, try these oils
to aid in deeper sleep:
Clary sage, lavender, rose, rose geranium, ylang ylang.
If you answered yes to 5, 7, 9, or 10, try these oils
to reduce stress and tension:
Grapefruit, lavender, rose, rose geranium, rosewood, sandalwood, vanilla, ylang ylang.
If you answered yes to 7 or 10, try these oils
to reduce anxiety:
Jasmine absolute, lavender, lemon, sandalwood, ylang ylang.
If you answered yes to number 1, 3, or 4, these oils are considered
rejuvenating:
Lemon, peppermint.
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add your comment »What an interesting article. I think i could use just about all the essentail oils on your list. There was only one quetion I didn't answer 'yes' to. Time to pull out my essential oil burner.
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Thank you, I love these oils, because of the smell, never knew their properties, thank you for sharing, hugs
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Where is the "great, easy formula for a simple cologne base"? I'd love to try it...
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And you can find out more about how to use essential oils safely and effectively through the National Association for Holistic Aromatherapy...naha for short...and their website.
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It is very important to dilute essential oils into a fat, such as almond oil, before use on the skin.
Shellessence
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Just reading this article about all of these fragances relaxes.. My favorite is a mix of lavender and rose. I use them as incence and oil. Just gives the whole house of sense of peace.
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love to mix them with the epsom salts try euculyptus and peppermint when you're feeling a little sick
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Thank you for this concise list. I like to keep a small mister with lavender oil diluted in water in my car, and I love spritzing my pillow cases and sheets in the morning after I make the bed.
Did I miss the simple solution you mention?
Pattiji at blisskitchen.com
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Lavendar, rose and frankincense are relaxing and rejeuvenating to mind and body.
Creating a mister that you can carry with you is a wonderful way to give yourself grounding and rejeuvenating moments throughout your day.
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My favorite stress relieving formula combines equal parts of Ylang-Ylang, Patchouli and Orange.
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