Please make sure that you know what you are doing when you apply, inhale or take essential oils internally.
I have used essential oils for 20 years now and I still double check any time I decide to use a new or different oil for a situation. You should triple check if you are suggesting them for someone else or using them with your children.
Speaking of children, please dilute essential oils with a carrier oil for children 2 years old and above. I only used essential oils with my infants in a couple of ways: homemade baby wipes and if they were ill. Even then, very, very diluted. You can also apply them, diluted, to yourself and when you hold the infant they will get the aromatic benefits. Lavender is great for this. Please put it someplace where the essential oils cannot get on the baby, especially their face/eyes.
You can get great ideas from Pinterest and Googling, but do you know that source? Please check each oil in a blend that you want to try, if you have not experienced each oil on it's own already.
If you have any major health concern that you are under a doctor's care for, please do research on that issue. Essential oils help with a lot of situations, but once in a while there are oils that you shouldn't use. You need to know what they are! Once you know what you want to use, make sure there is no issue with any existing medications and tell your doctor what you want to do.
There is a good book called Modern Essentials that explains about each oil but also is indexed by health concern and will suggest the oils to use for each one.
Thankfully the people at Everything Essential have put that same information into an online resource. For Free!!! This information is from a reliable source and includes warnings and other important information.
Enjoy your research!
I have used essential oils for 20 years now and I still double check any time I decide to use a new or different oil for a situation. You should triple check if you are suggesting them for someone else or using them with your children.
Speaking of children, please dilute essential oils with a carrier oil for children 2 years old and above. I only used essential oils with my infants in a couple of ways: homemade baby wipes and if they were ill. Even then, very, very diluted. You can also apply them, diluted, to yourself and when you hold the infant they will get the aromatic benefits. Lavender is great for this. Please put it someplace where the essential oils cannot get on the baby, especially their face/eyes.
You can get great ideas from Pinterest and Googling, but do you know that source? Please check each oil in a blend that you want to try, if you have not experienced each oil on it's own already.
If you have any major health concern that you are under a doctor's care for, please do research on that issue. Essential oils help with a lot of situations, but once in a while there are oils that you shouldn't use. You need to know what they are! Once you know what you want to use, make sure there is no issue with any existing medications and tell your doctor what you want to do.
There is a good book called Modern Essentials that explains about each oil but also is indexed by health concern and will suggest the oils to use for each one.
Thankfully the people at Everything Essential have put that same information into an online resource. For Free!!! This information is from a reliable source and includes warnings and other important information.
Enjoy your research!