Homeland myrtle bushes - the hot tropics. The smell of this plant not only cleans the air, deodorize and refresh it, anciently known anti-rheumatic and bactericidal properties of myrtle essential oil. The value of oil in aromatherapy proved centuries ago, nature gives man the real treasures that help him maintain his health and mood balance.

Myrtle: plant winners

In ancient Greece and Rome, wreaths of myrtle crowned heads of the winners in the sport, in the hostilities and popular poets. Much later, wedding wreaths of myrtle tree decorated with heads of Jewish brides for long happiness. In the Middle Ages myrtle bush was a symbol of eternal love, peace, pleasure and immortality. The Renaissance erected myrtle attribute adultery. These high "rewards" shrub has received for its unique properties, the ability to grow and fragrant for a long time. Evergreen woody plant was born in the Mediterranean countries, where began to spread to central Europe, but because of the cold winters myrtle was not caught.

Geographical area of ​​plant growth in order to obtain valuable essential oil is reduced from year to year. If earlier oil produced in Tunisia, Morocco, Spain, Yugoslavia, Sardinia, Corsica and Sicily, now the production of essential oils for aromatherapy are engaged mainly in Tunisia, Morocco and the Balkans. The value depends on the content of essential oil in the fruit and leaves of the bush camphor, aldehydes, cineol, pinene, mirtenola, tannin and protein substances.

Prepared from the leaves of myrtle essential oil not only in folk medicine is prepared tinctures, teas and lotions that are recommended by doctors in diseases of the liver, stomach, duodenum, brain colds. Myrtaceae teas have a diuretic, tonic and antiseptic properties. Lotions are used for fractures and bruises, they treat burns, wounds, ulcers. Essential myrtle oil is used for massage therapy, dandruff, herpes, diseases of the gums.

Exposure myrtle oil on the body

Using myrtle oil has a strong anti-inflammatory and healing effect, especially on the respiratory system in pathological changes in the lungs, chronic bronchitis, tracheitis, laryngitis, pneumonia, tuberculosis, smoking, occupational lung diseases. Essential myrtle oil in the form of lotions and pads shown in the varicose veins, phlebitis and hemorrhoids, as it helps strengthen blood vessel walls, making them supple.

Myrtle oil in aromatherapy increases stress, decreases nervous excitability, harmonizes emotions Emotions and culture: how to decipher the emotional code . The meditation techniques use of this oil is considered one of the most important among all the others, the ideal option because it helps heal and cleanse the bioenergetic channels. In cosmetology myrtle oil improves the health of the skin, enhancing the protective properties of the epidermis. Rubbing myrtle oil into the scalp helps fight dandruff Dandruff: where it comes from, and what to do   and strengthening of the hair roots. Essential oil of myrtle - a reliable defender of parasites: just add a few drops of oil to disinfect the skin while taking bath.

Recipes use of essential oil of myrtle

• When varicose veins and thrombophlebitis mixed five to seven drops of essential oil myrtle and five milliliters of any vegetable oil, as a compress applied to the inflammation, the affected area.
• For total body massage of reflex zones, a mixture of vegetable and myrtle essential oil in a proportion of one to one.
• With infectious diseases of the kidneys, bladder and urethra are shown sitting warm baths with the addition of five drops of myrtle oil.
• In aromakurilnitsy and oil burner Aroma - create an atmosphere   enough to add four to seven drops of pure myrtle oil.
• For internal use only needs one drop of oil to mix with food diluent, adding breadcrumbs. The recommended method - three times a day.
• To activate creams, tonics, lotions for the skin, you can add five drops of essential oil Essential oils and conception: can help the roses?   ten grams of base.
• For hot inhalation for the treatment of sore throat, bronchi and lungs need to conduct courses of ten treatments lasting five to seven minutes. In the inhaler, or a pot of hot water is added to two drops of pure myrtle oil.
• To rejuvenate the skin and eliminate wrinkles using folk recipe: one drop of myrtle oil, ten milliliters of castor oil and the same amount of glycerol.

On a note

Choose now essential oil - a great success. Verify its authenticity without complex laboratory research can help organoleptic and simple experiment. The smell of oil should be bright, saturated, persistent, but not sharp, not hitting the nose when opening cap. It is enough to put a drop of oil on a clean sheet of paper and wait a few minutes: pure natural oil evaporates completely, leaving no trace. Surrogate certainly "Heritage" grease stains.

The label on the bottle of oil to be the inscription: natural essential oils, with must be specified by the manufacturer and bar code products.

Jeanne Pyatirikova

The fresh smell of the essential oil Essential oils and conception: can help the roses?   Eucalyptus familiar to anyone who enjoys a refreshing breath of sweets, chewing gum or toothpaste. Evergreen eucalyptus tree, which often can be found on the Australian continent, generously gives people the essential oil - oil present health and vigor. Flowing light oily liquid with a cooling odor of eucalyptus essential oil should be in every home medicine cabinet: a minimum of contraindications, benefits everyone. Health and Beauty in one package.

Properties of the essential oil of eucalyptus

Since ancient times, the Aborigines of Australia and New Zealand to treat wounds, cuts and colds using leaf "tree of life", "diamond woods," as it is lovingly called evergreen tree myrtle family. In nature, there are more than seven hundred species of eucalyptus, five hundred of which give a healing essential oil.

Eucalyptus essential oil is obtained by hydrodistillation of leaves and tree branches with steam. One ton of raw materials receive no more than five kilograms of essential oil. Most often in aromatherapy and medicine used oil obtained from eucalyptus varieties of Eucalyptus globulus, which contains up to seventy percent eucalyptol. Sometimes high-quality oil is replaced by a cheaper counterpart - the oil of lemon eucalyptus, which is the content of medicinal substances is considerably inferior and contains citronellal.

According to French scientists, have long studied the properties of eucalyptus oil, aerosol, which contains only two percent of the oil is able to neutralize up to seventy percent of staphylococci in the air of large cities. The oil has a pronounced phytoncide properties, it is used as an antiseptic, analgesic. It facilitates the rapid mobilization of forces, get rid of fatigue and stress, improves concentration, sexual potential, intellectual capacities.

Eucalyptus essential oil is widely used in medical and cosmetic purposes, for the treatment and prevention of dandruff Dandruff: where it comes from, and what to do It prevents hair loss.

The use of eucalyptus oil in medical applications

Refreshing eucalyptus oil - the most popular component of many pharmaceutical preparations and expectorants refreshing breath evkamon, pektusin, ingalipt. Eucalyptus essential oil has antibacterial and antiviral effect, increases the body's defenses, eliminates fatigue, depression. Most often, oil is used in dermatology for the treatment of herpes Treatment of herpes - a serious problem   zoster, is used for abrasions and acne. For these purposes apply compresses soaked with oil. It is used for inhalation with the flu, laryngitis, tonsillitis: just add a couple of drops in a hot bath for inhalation and to conduct a five-minute procedure. The oil quickly relieves fever, clears the lungs and bronchi at various colds, for this it is rubbed into the skin massaging movements. Eucalyptus oil - one of the most effective means for reducing the blood sugar level Blood sugar - a very important indicator It is successfully used even in severe forms of diabetes.

When inflammation of the bladder, vagina and prostate eucalyptus oil quickly relieves pain and eliminates the cause of the disease because it has one of the highest rates of disinfectants and antibacterial actions among natural essential oils. Using eucalyptus oil treat burns, frostbite, ulcers, mastitis. During epidemics and pandemics eucalyptus oil could have a dual effect on the patient: the cure of the disease, giving force, killing germs, and protect others from the spread of the disease. However, during pregnancy should be extremely cautious: eucalyptus can cause miscarriage. Contraindications to the use of oil can only be idiosyncrasy eucalyptus.

Eucalyptus essential oil - the best neutralizer of negative and aggressive actions of other undiluted essential oils, quickly and painlessly removes chemical burns on the skin of their application. To that end, it recommended in any unknown essential oils to add, at the first use, a few drops of eucalyptus oil.

Jeanne Pyatirikova