Sunday, October 26, 2008

General Information

Warning
Store both undiluted and diluted oils out of reach of children.

Combining Oils
It is not difficult to create your own essential oil recipes but the golden rule is to keep mixes simple until you have had some practice. Some oils cancel the value of each other out, some clash, while other combinations can increase the therapeutic properties.

Ten Best Oils for mixing:

Bergamot, Chamomile, Frankincense, Geranium, Jasmine, Lavender, Neroli, Rose, Sandalwood, Ylang–Ylang.

Tips on Combine Oils:
Use no more than three essential oils in a mix or four from one group (do not combine citrus oils)

Lavender and Rose mix with all other essential oils.

Test out a combination before using.

How to Test Combinations:
Cut blotting paper into thin strips about 20cm in length.

Apply one drop of each oil to be used to the top of a different blotting paper strip. If one oil is to dominate apply two drops of the dominate oil.

Hold the strips together at the bottom to for a fan shape. Fan the oily tips backwards and forward under your nose and inhale. If you like the combination, go ahead and mix the oils.

Measuring out Essential Oils:
Most essential oil bottles have droppers built into the caps when using oil without a dropper use an eye dropper or pipette to measure out droplets.

Measure drops out quickly and accurately. Essential oils are violatile and evaporate rapidly.
Wash the dropper thoroughly between uses if you are using the same dropper for more than one oil. The aroma will be ruined if you do not do this.

Check Oil Combinations on Recipient
If you are mixing the oils to use on someone else, do the test described above on them before you go ahead.

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