Baths with essential oils: aroma-pleasure with pleasure

Cosmetology and perfumery have been using essential oils for a long time, because they have a wide range of positive effects. One of the common and useful options in aromatherapy are baths in which essential oils are added. They have a complex effect on the body, as aroma oils penetrate through the skin and respiratory organs during procedures.

Baths with essential oils have many beneficial effects. Depending on the chosen oil, such a bath will help to relax or, conversely, bring back vivacity. As a good cosmetic, it will have a positive effect on the skin and help to cope with cellulite, stretch marks and excess weight.

Some essential oils have anti-stress, others help to combat wrinkles and others to cope with colds.

The effect of the bath can be warming, cooling or even invigorating. It's just a combination of essential oils used. Because of the sedative effect of certain baths, such procedures help to eliminate insomnia and to calm down. To lie in a bath with essential oils is also worth it for muscle pain or fatigue, and to stimulate sexual function.

The harmful effects of baths with aroma oils can be caused by an overdose of essential oils. If you add an excessive amount of drops, the procedure may end up with a headache or skin irritation.

The use of essential oils is not good for everyone. When pregnant, you should take a bath with them with caution. Because some oils can harm pregnant women (mint, geranium, jasmine, orange), it is better to avoid aromatherapy altogether. Such baths are not recommended for breastfeeding mothers either.

Contraindications to bathing in aromatic oils are:

• cancer;
• angina;
• CORONARY HEART DISEASE;
• acute inflammation;
• epilepsy;
• certain skin conditions;
• thyrotoxicosis;
• Chronic liver or kidney disease;
• varicose veins;
• thrombophlebitis.

Treatments can be performed:

• For the whole body;
• locally in the form of sitting baths;
• Topically for the feet;
• Locally for the hands.

Often aroma baths are carried out in courses, for example, lying bath is recommended to take a course of 10 to 20 times.

For sitting baths use smaller doses of essential oils - two to three drops. Such procedures are often therapeutic, so they are carried out for cystitis, for healing of postpartum stitches, for vaginal discharge or hemorrhoids.

Hand or foot baths with aromatic oils are used when full treatments are not possible, such as when there is high blood pressure or skin damage. A scented foot bath is a great way to relax after a day's work. It is recommended for athletes, and will also help reduce leg pain.

Hand baths can also help relieve pain and improve joint mobility.

For a full (lying) bath with the addition of essential oils is necessary:

1. Draw water into the tub.
2. For 200 liters of water, 15 drops are enough. Since essential oils do not dissolve directly in water, before adding them to the bath, they should be stirred in milk, kefir, vegetable oil, honey, alcohol, cream, or mixed with sea salt. Such a solvent for essential oil is taken in an amount of 1-3 tablespoons. It is mixed with the aroma oil.
3. The resulting mixture is added to water and mixed.

The average duration of the procedure is 15-20 minutes. It is repeated every day or with a break (after 1-2 days).

To make a sitting bath, 2-10 drops of aroma oil are added to warm water (about +37+42 degrees), having previously dissolved it in cream. Then the lower part of the body is immersed in water up to the waist. The first procedure is carried out for 2 minutes, and then gradually lengthen the stay in the water to 10 minutes.

To make a hand or foot bath, Fill a container with hot water and add 5-6 drops of aromatic oil to it. Keep your hands or feet in the water with aroma oil for 10-20 minutes.

Observe the rules for the procedures:

1. The optimal concentration of aroma oil in the bath is 1 drop per 10 liters of water.
2. Children and the elderly should take a bath with a smaller concentration (2-3 times).
3. The first procedures are carried out with minimal dosages - about 4-5 drops of essential oil for a 150-liter bath. Gradually increasing the amount of oil added by 2-3 drops, bring to the dosage prescribed in the recipe. By the end of the course is recommended to gradually reduce the concentration of essential oils (each procedure by 2-3 drops).
4. If the bath is planned as a relaxing as well as soothing, the water is heated to +37+38 degrees.
5. For the bath to have a tonic effect, it is better to leave the water a little cool (+30+34 degrees).
6. Adaptogenic effect of the bath is manifested at a temperature of +32+34 degrees, and for erotic bathing it is recommended to heat the water to +36+38 degrees.
7. The highest water temperature is used for anti-cellulite baths (+38+40 degrees), as well as procedures after physical activity (over +40 degrees).
8. Take a bath with aroma oils not immediately after meals, but 1,5-3 hours later. Before the procedure it is recommended to take a hygienic shower and complete cleaning of your body from cosmetics and impurities.
9. Do not use during the procedure cosmetics such as soap, shampoo or gel, because it will reduce the effectiveness of the bath.
10. There is no need to rinse after the aroma bath, so that the essential oils continue to affect the skin when the treatment itself is completed. Simply blot your body with a towel or robe. Do not be active after the procedure, better let your body rest a little more, drink tea.
11. Use natural essential oils for the bath, because only they have a beneficial effect.

If you have worked hard physically or actively exercised in the gym, a bath with a combination of peppermint oil with juniper oil, verbena oil with ginger oil, melissa oil with cinnamon oil will help to relax a tired body. Take 1-2 drops of each oil.

Another recipe for a relaxing bath before bedtime includes mixed with milk (500 ml) oils of sandalwood (two drops), mandarin and chamomile (four drops each).

A bath of four drops of verbena oil, two drops of rosemary oil and two drops of tea tree oil can help relieve physical stress after a sports workout. Dissolve these oils in 1 tablespoon of grape seed oil.

Some of the often used essential oils in the fight against cellulite are citrus oils (orange, lemon, grapefruit), which are combined with oils of coniferous plants (cedar, pine, spruce, fir and others).

Basic anti-cellulite baths:

• For an anti-cellulite bath, pour grapefruit, cypress and orange oils (two drops each) and juniper oil (1 drop) mixed in 100 ml of dry wine into the water.
• Lemon bath with anti-cellulite effect involves adding lemon (3 drops), juniper (2 drops) and cypress (2 drops) oils.
• An effective recipe for cellulite is the following citrus bath: Lemon aroma oil (take 3 drops), add grapefruit, tangerine and orange oils (add two drops each). Add all ingredients to the almond seed oil (1 tbsp.).
• Mix two drops of orange aroma oil (you can replace it with grapefruit oil) with two drops of black pepper aroma oil and three drops of juniper oil.
• Combinations of essential oils against cellulite are also effective, which are mixtures of oils of lemon, juniper and fennel or geranium, rosemary and cypress. Take 2 or 3 drops of each oil.
• Make a bath based on sea salt. Take 100 grams of salt and add to it grapefruit oil (4 drops), vetiver, anise and mint oils (all one drop each).

If you want to get a boost of energy, to get rid of irritability and tone up, choose the oils of citrus, rosemary, sage and verbena. For a tonic bath it is enough to use only 3-4 drops of any of these oils. Increase efficiency and bathing with the addition of aroma oils of tea tree.

The oils of neroli, sandalwood, jasmine, geranium, sage, juniper, myrrh, nutmeg, rose, cedar, ylang-ylang and patchouli have a romantic mood and a pleasant fragrance on the skin before intimacy. The main thing before making a similar aroma bath, ask your partner preferences so that the smell was pleasant to both of you.

Essential oils can lift your skin and have a rejuvenating effect. Frankincense, lotus, myrrh, jasmine, geranium, sandalwood, and mimosa oils have this effect.

Slimming baths with the addition of citrus, geranium and pine oils cleanse the skin well, affect cellulite and help eliminate excess weight. Do not forget to change the fragrance, so that the effect of weight loss is maintained, and the body does not get used to it. Dissolve one drop of lemon oil, two drops each of cedar and cypress oils, and three drops of juniper oil in your bath salt (two to three tablespoons).

Vanilla, anise and lavender oils are noted for their ability to dull the feeling of hunger. Peppermint and lemon oils, as well as patchouli or tea tree oils will help to regulate your metabolism. If you add ylang-ylang, rose or rosemary scents to your water, you will improve the function of your internal organs. A bath with cardamom, geranium, grapefruit or cypress oils will help to eliminate excess fluid.

Ylang-ylang, fennel and grapefruit oils have the ability to accelerate the breakdown of fats.

Those who are irritated and very tired should lie in a bath with the addition of essential oils of geranium, rose, lavender or sandalwood. To prepare a bath with lavender add 3-4 drops of this essential oil. In this bath you will recover your strength and calm down, and you will fall asleep easier afterwards. Another good recipe for a bath for fatigue includes a mixture of oils of eucalyptus, mandarin and clove, taken 2 drops each.

Bergamot, basil, ylang-ylang, orange, sandalwood or mandarin oils are good for lifting your mood and helping with depression.

Prepare one of these recipes:

1) 4 drops each of basil and lemon oils and two drops each of rosemary oil - mix with 2 tbsp. of bath salt.

2) Add 6-7 drops of rose oil to your evening bath.

3) Try a bath with bergamot and grapefruit oils, taking 4 drops each.

Baths in which such essential oil mixtures have been added can eliminate sleep problems:

• Chamomile (4 q.), Neroli (2 q.) and Sage (4 q.) oils.
• Two or three drops each of spruce and peppermint oils, as well as lavender and mandarin.
• Lavender (4 q.), mimosa (2 q.) and chamomile (3 q.) oils.
• Two drops each of melissa and rose oils, as well as valerian, mimosa, dill and lavender.
• Five drops each of lavender oil and alpine fir oil.
• Lemon (3 c.), rosemary (5 c.) and anise (2 c.) oils.
• Dissolved in 100 ml. red wine aroma oils of Leuzea (3 q.), sandalwood (3 q.) and orange (1 q.).
• Chamomile oil (5 c.) and lavender oil (10 c.) added to 1 tsp. almond oil.
• Three drops each of lavender and marjoram oil.

As you have noticed from the recipes for aroma baths that help with sleeping difficulties and restless sleep, lavender oil has a calming effect and a beneficial effect on sleep. A bath in this essential oil helps to eliminate fatigue, gain strength, provide a deep sleep and is recommended for nervous overload. Lavender oil can be combined with rose, sandalwood and frankincense oils. The use of foot baths with lavender oil will eliminate the problem of sweating and odor of the feet.

This oil, like other citrus aroma oils, is worth using when you want to cheer up. Orange oil is also recommended for those who want to get rid of the appearance of cellulite. Just be careful with the dosage and always dissolve the orange oil in the base (sea salt, milk and other), because if there is too much of this essential oil, there is a risk of skin irritation.

This essential oil is a good antiseptic, it resists viruses and fungi, reduces pain, stimulates immunity, gets rid of edema and heals the skin. Its positive effects on the nervous system, hair, and mental activity are also noted.

If you feel that you are about to fall ill, make an aroma bath with this oil, adding 5-7 drops of it to water, pre-mixed them in milk. After lying in water for 10 minutes, rub the body with a towel. Such a bath is also recommended for skin problems, such as eczema or dermatitis.

Tea tree oil can be used for a sitting bath for hemorrhoids. Stir ten drops of the oil in cream (3 tbsp.), and then pour it into 10 liters of water. A foot bath with this aroma oil (take 3-5 drops) is good for swollen feet.

These baths are especially useful in winter, when the skin suffers from dryness. With the help of olive oil added to the bath, you will help the skin regenerate, improve its metabolic processes. For example, for a moisturizing bath you can dissolve 40 ml of olive oil in 1 liter of milk. Pour it into the bathtub, which has a water temperature of +36+38 degrees. Take a bath for 15 minutes and you will notice how much transformed the appearance of your skin after such a procedure.

This essential oil has strong antiseptic properties, improves skin condition, soothes the nervous system. Bathing with such oil is recommended for inflammatory skin diseases, ulcers and erosive lesions of the mucous membranes. To do this, dissolve 4-5 drops of oil in 200 grams of sea salt and add to the water.

Eucalyptus oil may be supplemented with sage, peppermint and lavender oils. A mixture of oils of rosemary (3-4 drops) and eucalyptus (6-8 drops) helps to get rid of muscle and joint pain. If you start to get a cold, lie in a bath with 7-8 drops of eucalyptus oil for 15 minutes.