Top Uses for Bergamot Essential Oil

Bergamot has a wonderful and distinct citrus scent. Bergamot may best be described as uplifting, assuring and a restoring oil. Bergamot blends very well with Ylang Ylang, Lavender, Patchouli, and White Fir. Here are the Here are some of the top uses of Bergamot Essential Oil, along with a wonderful roller perfume blend formula for you to try!

Bergamot is a type of citrus tree grown in Italy and used for everything from pesticides to perfumes. This fresh and clean smelling essential oil is great for perfumes, and may people feel it helps with skin care, sore muscle relief and more! Bergamot may best be known for its use in Earl Grey Tea. Its main properties are considered to have a wide range by many people including a neurotonic, anti-inflammatory, antidepressant, antibacterial, antifungal and aiding in digestion.

Bergamot essential is a cold pressed oil that comes from the rind of the fruit.

Bergamot essentail oil may best be described as being uplifting, assuring and a restoring oil and is well known for blending well with other essential oils, specifically Ylang Ylang essential oil, Lavender essential oil, Patchouli essential oil, and White Fir essential oil.

One thing to note about using any citrus essential oils is that they can cause skin sensitivity in some people, so after using one you should not be exposed to direct sunlight for several hours following use.

Here are some top uses for Bergamot Essential Oil:

• Help With Sleeping: Try applying Bergamot topically on the pressure points of your wrist, temples, or on bottom of feet – specifically the bottom of the big toe, for better sleep.
• Blend with lavender essential oil for a great scent that should work to calm and soothe.
• Add a drop or two of Bergamot Essential Oil to a diffuser or put a drop on your pillow for aromatherapy to help you sleep.

• Help With Stress: To help calm and ease anxiety and stress, use Bergamot topically on the back of your neck and/or bottoms of feet.
• Put a few drops of Bergamot Essential Oil in the palms of hands and rub together, then cup nose and inhale slowly.
• Diffuse for aromatic treatment for stressful environment.

• Joint Issues and Muscle Cramps: – Apply topically to area of pain or discomfort in a soak. Try this DIY Inflammation Fighting Bath Salts recipe to help ease inflammation and calm the muscles.

• Cholesterol Levels: Try Bergamot Capsules can be taken internally for for natural support for healthy cholesterol levels and blood glucose metabolism.

• Fungus Issues: According to WebMd some people use Bergamot to treat a fungal infection (mycosis fungoides).

• Help With Skin Problems: Acne, Oily Skin, Eczema, Psoriasis – Apply topically to affected area, if you prefer it to be diluted, for any of these issues, use coconut oil to dilute.
• Bergamot has wonderful properties that will help skin as well.
• You can make a roller remedy for skin issues to keep on hand by putting 20- 25 drops of Bergamot Essential Oil in a 10 ml roller bottle, topping off with fractionated coconut oil. Then, just roll on and apply as needed.
• For Eczema or psoriasis, add in Melaleuca Essential Oil to help relive and Lavender Essential Oil to help calm the skin if desired.

Recipe for Bergamot Roller Perfume Blend

This is a great blend to wear as your daily perfume. It has a light and sunny scent, and it will help you to feel happy and light.

Bergamot Roller Perfume Blend Materials:

• 1 10ml Roll On Bottle
• Pipette
• 10-12 drops Frankincense Essential Oil
• 10-12 drops Lime Essential Oil
• Fractionated Coconut Oil
• 15 drops Bergamot Essential Oil
• 13 drops White Fir Essential Oil
• Label

Bergamot Roller Perfume Blend Directions:

• Place 10 – 12 drops of both Frankincense Essential Oil and Lime Essential Oil into roller bottle, using a pipette, – or being very careful to drop them out slowly, as both are runny oils.
• Then, add 15 drops Bergamot Essential Oil and 13 drops of White Fir Essential Oil,
• Next, top off the oils with fractionated coconut oil. Leave just a little room at top for roller ball to be inserted without causing it to overflow and press down until it clicks and there is no gap in between the ball and the glass part of the bottle.
• Test out the roller to make sure it rolls easily (sometimes they can get stuck, even after you put oils in them).
• Put on your lid.
• Use daily or as desired.

Make a Label: Name the perfume, and write the amount of drops next to the oils (i.e. – Bergamot 15, White Fir 13..etc.) so that if you feel like it needed a little more of something or a little less, you can adjust that the next time easily.
Cover the label with a piece of scotch tape to keep it from getting damaged with moisture.

• You may also like this easy to make DIY Inflammation Fighting Bath Salts recipe!

Note: None of this is meant as medical advice. I am not a doctor, and do not play one on the internet. Please consult a physician if you have any questions about using essential oils so your doctor can better explain to you the benefits, possible side effects, and any warnings about essential oils.

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Eucalyptus is best described as being enlivening, fresh and clearing. Eucalyptus Essential Oil is a potent and powerful oil and just a few drops can do the trick most of the time. Here are the top uses for eucalyptus essential oil, including some great cleaning formulas!

Top Uses for Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus is best known for its woody scent that helps give relief for sinus issues. Eucalyptus has a wonderful smell and a little goes a long way. This is really true when it is in the form of the essential oil.

Eucalyptus Essential Oil is created by a steam distillation process that extracts the oils from the leaves. Its main constituents are eucalyptol and Alpha-terpineol.

Eucalyptus Essential Oil has many uses including antiviral, antibacterial, expectorant, analgesic, insecticidal, hypotensive, and as a disinfectant. You can see by this list that Eucalyptus Essential Oil can be useful for treating a cold or to open up your sinuses. Eucalyptus Essential Oil is a great one to make homemade cleaners with and also fantastic for bath salts and other bath items (check out these eucalyptus laundry crystals recipe!)

Eucalyptus Essential Oil blends very well with rosemary and with peppermint or lemon.

It is recommended that when using Eucalyptus Essential Oil you dilute it in case of skin sensitivity, as it is very potent. Always test for skin sensitivity when using an essential oil.

During World War I Eucalyptus Essential Oil was widely used to treat infections and influenza. Using the essential oil form of eucalyptus to treat these things today is not necessarily a new idea even as essential oils have become such a huge trend in recent years.

Top Uses for Eucalyptus Essential Oil:

• Earaches – Dilute Eucalyptus Essential Oil with a carrier oil and apply to outer ear, and bone, both in front of the ear and behind and run down the jaw line for potential relief. Also put Eucalyptus Essential Oil on a cotton ball and place just inside the ear (my mom did this when we were little). You can also add basil essential oil to it in this for potentially better results. Never place essential oils inside the ear canal. Using Eucalyptus Essential Oil on your chest can help relieve the sinuses and congestion, so in turn can help the earache as well.

• Congestion – Dilute Eucalyptus Essential Oil with a carrier oil and apply on areas where congested and on the soles of your feet. In particular, apply to the area of the feet that is just under the toes on the ball of the foot. This is said to be directly related to the sinuses. Apply to your chest or throat as well for relief. You can also diffuse this oilEucalyptus Essential Oil throughout the day to potentially help with airborne viruses, and to help clear your breathing.Place a drop of Eucalyptus Essential Oil in the palms of your hands and rub them together, then cup the hands over the mouth and nose and inhale slowly and deeply.

• Sinusitis – Place a drop of Eucalyptus Essential Oil in the palms of your hands and inhale deeply, or run Eucalyptus Essential Oil n a diffuser throughout the day. Use as needed. Apply to chest, throat and bottoms of feet, diluted with a carrier oil.

• Fever – Apply topically to back of the neck and down the spine, diluted with a carrier oil. Add a drop of peppermint essential oil for potentially better results.

• Muscle Fatigue – Dilute Eucalyptus Essential Oil with a carrier oil or an unscented and natural lotion and apply to areas of pain or joint discomfort. Or, gently massage it in to the area to help reduce inflammation. This may help reduce muscle pain and help ease overworked and tired muscles. You can also use a warm, damp washcloth layered over the oil as well, to help get the oils deep into the muscles for potential relief.

• Mental Sluggishness – Diffuse and inhale aromatically or place in palms of hands and inhale deeply. This may help improve the blood flow to the brain, perk you up and energize you. Layer with rosemary essential oil for even better results.

• For Emotional Balance use aromatically in diffuser or palms of the hands and inhale deeply. This will take you from feeling congested to stimulated. Repeat as needed.

• Cleaning – Eucalyptus Essential Oil has a wonderful scent as well as disinfectant and antiseptic properties.

• Pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil Disinfectant Spray Formula:

You will need:

• Glass spray bottle
• Distilled water
• 15 drops Pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil
• 10 drops Lemon Essential Oil

• Add 10 – 15 drops of Pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil and 10 drops of Lemon Essential Oil to your bottle and top off with the water, shaking to mix well.
• Spray this on counter-tops, solid surfaces and any area where you may need a disinfectant.
• Wipe clean.

• Pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil Dust Mite “Cleaner”:

You will need:

• Glass spray bottle
• Distilled water
• Pure Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Directions:

• Add 20 drops of eucalyptus to bottle and then fill the rest of the way with water.
• Shake to mix well and then use as a dust mite deterrent.
• To clean an area of dust mites, just spray and then wipe clean.

• You may also like this easy to make Eucalyptus Bath Bombs Recipe!

• You may also like this easy to make Make Your Own Shave Cream Recipe!

• You may also like this easy to make Eucalyptus and Lemon Scented Laundry Crystals Formula!

Note: None of this is meant as medical advice. I am not a doctor, and do not play one on the internet. Please consult a physician if you have any questions about using essential oils so your doctor can better explain to you the benefits, possible side effects, and any warnings about essential oils.

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