peppermint, etc

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Tammy,

 

I've used peppermint " neat " too, but it's supposed to be a skin

irritant, and should be diluted. Add EO to carrier until you get to the

dilution you like. (It may take a pretty good bit since you're used to no

dilution, I think I've used 50% or more)

 

You can re-use the reducers in the bottles you have, but they will

eventually get loose, discard them when they get so loose that you have a

doubt they will stay in. It's nearly impossible to add oil through the

oriface if you have the same kind I have.

 

I'm lost on the grade A, also, but I'm not a trained aromatherapist.

Pure EO, Absolute, and junk, are all I'm personally familiar with. (yes

you can buy EO's that aren't pure)

 

I don't like to throw anything away either. If I don't like something,

I will add more carrier, then other EO(s), until it gets to something we

like (of course it cannot be reproduced, but I seldom make the same blend

twice anyway, experimentation is half the fun of it). I try new blends in

1/2 formula just in case. I try to tell myself- the average price of EO's

is just under $10.00 per 1/2 oz (much less if you buy in bulk) which ends up

costing about 2.5 cents per drop. Even a $28.00 EO, like Blue Chamomile,

only costs seven cents. But my wife calls me a pack rat, I don't throw

away anything, and I guess I'm just cheap.

 

Here are some recipes I have used using what you have:

 

Sore muscles, muscle pain, relaxing: 12d Clary Sage per oz carrier.

Try your Chamomile by itself the same way.

 

Same as above but be ready for sleep fairly soon after application: 8d

Clary Sage, 4d Chamomile per oz carrier. (substitute 4d Bergamot for four

of the Clary Sage for zombie state)

 

For very painful muscles, add 1-3d Helicrysum (also called Immortelle or

Everlasting) to the above. (very optional because it is fairly expensive,

doesn't smell that great, either, but is very effective. I guess you'd call

it a " bottom note " , it's scent penetrates anything you put it in.)

 

Very relaxing but I don't like the scent (just a personal thing): 5d

lavender, 3d chamomile, 2d ylang-ylang, 2d sandalwood (optional) per oz

carrier.

 

Another relaxing one: 1d Jasmine Absolute (probably 2 or 3d EO), 3d

Geranium(not rose), 1d ylang-ylang, 8d Patchouli. (I love Patchouli,

unfortunitely, it has gotten lost in every blend I have done, even by adding

1d of anything else to it. I end up adding a little to most everything I

make, I guess mainly because I buy it by the 1 lb bottle to add to soap, and

always have a bunch on hand. It is an awesome oil for hair and skin. (Hmm,

I'm 41, love patchouli, recently got an earring, bought an old VW bus

yesterday, I guess I suffer some kind of identity crisis, or maybe these

EO's are getting to me!)

 

I haven't done an invigorating one but some type of blend with

Peppermint, rosemary, one of the citrus, and possibly Cinnamon should do the

trick. Maybe someone else will give us a hint on this one.

 

You can add a drop or two of lavender to anything you make.

 

Chamomile (either one) is good for many things (too many to list here)

both physical and emotional. (It is used for Eric's emotional healing-I

hope one of the professionally trained rs answers his posting as I

am interested, too). I use it and Bergamot in a bath salt-I have to be

careful when both making it and using it to keep from nodding off, as the

combination of the two knocks me out. Oils, bath salts, diffuser, etc, are

ways to use it. Try adding it to pure aloe gel along with an astringent EO

for face at night, its great for facial skin.

 

I have to say this-if Plant Pathology means what I suppose it does, I

find it, um, poetic, that you have found aromatherapy.

 

Hope this helps,

 

 

Frank