How to Use Lemon Grass Essential Oil

Lemon grass essential oil will help calm and relieve muscle tension.

Lemon grass essential oil comes from the plant Cymbopogon citratus. You can use this essential oil as both a therapy for your skin and as a perfume or air freshener. Lemon grass essential oil is used to help relieve headaches, stress and other muscle aches and pains. Additionally, it can invigorate, inspire and calm with its scent.

Things You'll Need

• Light bulb ring
• Almond or jojoba oil

Instructions

1. Place a few drops of lemon grass oil into a light bulb ring or diffuser to lift the mood and freshen a room's scent. A light bulb ring or diffuser sits on a light bulb in a lamp and heats the oil to diffuse the scent into the room.

2. Mix three or four drops of lemon grass oil with a quarter cup of almond or jojoba oil. This makes a soothing massage oil.

3. Add two or three drops of lemon grass oil into skin care products such as moisturizer or soaps to help treat oily skin prone to acne.

4. Stir a few drops of lemon grass essential oil into your bath water to create a calming, yet invigorating environment.

Tips & Warnings

• If you have sensitive skin mix the lemon grass oil into a quarter cup of milk before mixing it into your bath water.

• Lemon grass essential oil should always be diluted prior to use on your skin to avoid irritation.

References

• Aura Cacia: Lemongrass Essential Oil