Books about aromatherapy and candle making, with a few gift ideas thrown in
August 30th, 2008 -- Posted in essential oil recipe, soy candles |
When you are making candles for your pagan festivals you can choose the colours and scents to suit your own personal preferences for the festival, but here are a few ideas to get you started. I have stated the dates for northern and southern hemisphere festivals.
Yule (Dec 21st / June 21st): Dark red and dark green candles scented with frankincense oil, rosemary oil, cedarwood oil or rosemary oil.
Imbolc (Feb 2nd/ August 1st): White candles scented with vanilla oil or basil oil.
Ostara (March 23rd/ september 23rd): Light green candles scented with jasmine oil, rose oil or violet oil.
Beltane (May 1st/October 31st): Dark green candles scented with frankincense oil, almond oil or lilac oil.
Litha (June 21st/December 21st): Red candles scented with chamomile oil, lavender oil or thyme oil.
Lammas (August 1st/February2nd): Yellow candles scented with frankincense oil.
Mabon (September 23rd/march 23rd): Brown or cinnamon scented with myrrh or pine oil.
Samhein (October 31st/ May 1st): Orange candles scented with patchouli oil.
These are only guidelines, obviously if the festival is celebrated with other scents or colours in your tradition then you can swap and change. It is after all your intent that matters in these things.
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August 27th, 2008 -- Posted in aromatherapy oil, essential oil |
Serious injuries and cuts will need a doctor for the best treatment but aromatherapy oils can offer basic first aid, especially for the minor injuries you might get at home.
Cuts
For minor cuts and grazes wash the wound thouroughly and make sure there is no debris in it. This is best done under cold running water. once you are sure the wound is a minor one then you can use essential oils as antiseptics on the wound. Choose from:
- Lavender oil
- Eucalyptus oil
- Tea Tree oil
- Lemon oil
- Pine oil
- Rosemary oil
If you have the plants in your garden crushing a few clean leaves and applying them to the wound is perfect. A dressing helps psychologically for most children, and some adults.
Bruises
Wrap anything likely to bruise in ice initially (a bag of frozen peas is ideal). This stops the blood rushing to the area and the bruise forming. For bad areas at least half an hour is needed. My favourite remedy after this has nothing to do with aromatherapy, homeopathic arnica cream, drops or tablets will stop most bruises from forming. It will also heal bruises as if by magic. Suitable oils to use however are:
- Lavender oil
- Hyssop oil
- Geranium oil
Add thirty drops of your chosen oil to 30mls of a vegetable oil and apply twice a day.
Burns
Cool, cool and cool again. the most important first aid for a burn is to cool the burn as much as possible. If you are in any doubt about the size or depth of a burn seek medical help. This is particularly the case in young children or if the burn is on the face and neck area. Keep cooling the burn.
If you are satisfied the burn does not require medical attention you can cool it by wringing out a cloth in a bowl of iced water with two drops of lavender oil added. The healing of aburn can be encouraged by using a vitamin E rich carrier oil or Aloe vera with essential oils aded. Use:
- Lavender oil
- Eucalyptus oil
- Geranium oil
- German Chamomile
- Yarrow oil
Essential oils make a very good addition to your first aid cabinet for minor scrapes and injuries, but if in doubt seek medical help.
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August 17th, 2008 -- Posted in aromatherapy oil, essential oil |
Oh woe is me! That was my teenage daughter yesterday morning as a spot broke out on her face, just before the “big date”. Luckily I have a couple of essential oil recipes up my sleeve for just such an occasion.
Usually we just use Tea Tree Oil, dabbed directly on the offending pimple. This is particularly good for septic looking pustules. It usually clears them within a day or so, and an improvement is seen far more quickly. This time, however I decided to try a recipe I found using some new oils I have just got.
Essential oil Acne Recipe
1 drop each of Lemon oil, Lavender oil and Rosemary oil in six drops of evening primrose oil.
It worked like a charm. The spot, which I admit was not very big to begin with, had gone thirty six hours later. I’ve made a bigger batch in a dropper bottle for her now because the mix will improve if left, and become more potent.
Lemon and Lavender are well known antispetic oils, and she much preferred the smell to the medicinal smell of the Tea Tree oil. ( I’ll admit I snuck a few drops of Tea tree into her special bottle.) Evening primrose oil is the ideal carrier for this because of its skin healing properties.
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