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What Is Essential Oil?
Aromatherapy Tools
Aromatherapy Allergies
When to Use Aromatherapy?
When to Avoid Aromatherapy?
Types of Aromatherapy Oil
Making Aromatherapy Massage Oil
Making Aromatherapy Bath Salts
Using Aromatherapy Bath Salts
What Are the Notes in Aromatherapy?
Blending Notes in Aromatherapy
Using Essential Oil in Aromatherapy
Health Benefits of Aromatherapy
Cancer & Aromatherapy
Almost anyone can use aromatherapy, especially to alleviate stress and sore muscles. Learn more about who… More
To reduce the pain of headaches, practice aromatherapy by inhaling essential oils with a facial spritzer o… More
Make aromatherapy massage oils by mixing a base oil, such as jojoba, grape seed, sunflower or apricot, wit… More
Learn how to blend various aromatherapy oils, including grapeseed, almond and aloe vera oils in this free … More
Lavender essential oil is a must for any aromatherapy collection. A gentle, yet powerful healing and harmo… More
The right fragrance can accent your mood and outfit. While it's easy to choose from the wide array of comm… More
In order to make aromatherapy, basic tools are needed. Learn about using bowls, essential oils, droppers, … More
Pregnant women and people will severe allergies should not use aromatherapy products. Learn more about who… More
Aromatherapy sachets can provide a calming, subtle scent to your home or office. The sachets can be placed… More
Learn how to know which oils to blend to help alleviate cold and flu symptoms to help a person sleep in th… More
Pour essential oils, such as lavender, orange or tea tree, into a bowl, and practice aromatherapy by bring… More
Using aromatherapy, treat depression by inhaling essential oils, such as citrus and lavender, with a facia… More
If you're worried about harmful chemicals in personal-care products, you can make your own. With increasin… More
An aromatherapy massage can be any style of massage, whether it be Swedish, deep tissue or shiatsu, that u… More
Aromatherapy can be incorporated into massage through oils, air fresheners and candles. Learn about aromat… More
Summary: Pregnant women and people will severe allergies should not use aromatherapy products. Learn more about who should avoid aromatherapy in this free video from a professional aroma therapist.
Malu Lujan is a massage therapist and maker of Lulu's Therapeutic, a aroma therapy product company.read more
"When should you avoid aroma therapies? Well for starters, if a woman is pregnant she really shouldn't use any kind of aroma therapies or in my opinion any kind of perfume for the first three months of her pregnancy. Many aroma therapy books that you'll consult will say that it is not good to use these in the first three months of pregnancy. And how they are used after the woman gives birth, is also something that you should consult a specialist about or be pretty well educated by you know, looking in books or looking at on-line processes. Because anything that the pregnant woman comes into contact with her baby will also come into contact with and certain essential oils are not recommended during the first three months of pregnancy. There is one essential oil that should always be avoided when a woman is pregnant and that's jasmine. That should never be used at any time during pregnancy except labor. Other people who should avoid aroma therapies are if you have any severe allergies, if you have really severe hay fever, adding some kind of aroma therapy like you know this is essential oil where it's a plant extract, that might make the hay fever worse or if you have any kind of skin, really severe skin allergies, sometimes essential oils can aggravate skin conditions. One easy way to tell, or if you have headaches, you know some aroma therapies can improve such conditions and some can make them worse. One easy way to tell is just to open the essential oil product and just waft it near your nose. Don't get it right in there, but just waft it near your nose and see how that feels to you. If that's an agreeable scent and it seems like it's going to be soothing, then that's probably going to be a good aroma therapy to use. But you should definitely avoid it if it doesn't smell agreeable to you and don't put anything on your skin if it doesn't smell agreeable to you. Ok so those are some ways that you might want to avoid aroma therapies or be cautious about how you are using them."
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