5 Benefits of Essential Oils

Sweta Limbachiya
Mar 16, 2023
3 min read

Updated: Jun 8, 2023

Introduction

In human beings' life, the importance of oils in their everyday work is from the kitchen to the body to gadgets everywhere. But here we are talking about the oil generated by plants like lemon, sandalwood, rosemary, eucalyptus, and tulsi or basil are considered a good source of our health and beauty .essential oils are usually thinner so that they can dissolve with water and can be used in various purpose.

Here are 5 Benefits of Essential Oils

#1.Antibacterial properties

As it has antibacterial properties it will not allow the growth of microbes or bacteria when you gonna use it as a diffuser or in hair or skin. It works as an antibacterial product.

Essential oil and its antibacterial property make it used in cosmetic industries.

Adding it to cosmetic products like day cream or night cream will help to make your skin free from any kind of infection which is generated by bacteria.

Essential oil is not just known for its soothing smell, but it helps to fight with antimicrobials as well it will make the environment germ-free and virus-free as well.

The compounds available in essential oils like phenol and aldehydes have disinfectant and antibacterial properties.

Like Aldehyde is broad spectrum disinfectant and helps to fight fungus, bacteria, and viruses, the same way phenol has antibacterial properties in it.

The antibacterial property of essential oil makes it one of the 5 Benefits of Essential Oils.

#2. Use in diffuser or humidifier

Using essential oils in humidifiers gives aromatic as well as nourishes your body and soul both. Putting it in candles also gives the same effect.

Using essential oil in a humidifier will help to induce good sleep, and it makes the environment refreshing other than this it helps to reduce stress.

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#3.Smoothen skin

Adding essential oil to your massage therapy will not only nourish and smoothen your skin but also help with treating eczema, or any skin disorders.

Essential oil is anti-inflammatory, anti-bacterial, and soothing. It helps in the skin which is dry, oily, or has an acne issue.

Remember, the highly concentrated essential oil can damage your skin with rashes, itchiness, and all. We need to dilute it before using it.

You can add it to your diffuser
Add it your carrier oil or lotion and use it
Add a few drops to your bath.

#4.Good for hair

Adding vitamin E and essential oil will complement its effects on the hair and scalp, and you will get rid of an itchy and dry scalp. It's also good to add to dogs' food as an antioxidant.

Essential oil like peppermint oil has menthol in them, which helps to dilate the vessels which are beneath the scalp and increase blood circulation which promotes hair growth.

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#5. Better than perfume

Perfume is both kind alcohol-based and oil-based, I think it's better to use perfume with essential oil, as it will not only give fragrance with also nourish your dry skin. As alcohol can evaporate in the air more easily than essential oil, it is gonna last for a long. Better to switch to essential oil-based perfume than alcohol.

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