Green Self-Care Tips for St. Patrick’s Day – With Essential Oils
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March 15, 2019
Green Self-Care Tips for St. Patrick’s Day – With Essential Oils
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations often involve indulgence, late nights, and social festivities that can sometimes lead to discomfort such as headaches, fatigue, or muscle tension. Essential oils like Peppermint, Eucalyptus, and Grapefruit are commonly used to help refresh the senses, ease tension, support relaxation, and promote overall recovery before or after celebrations, making them a popular addition to natural self-care routines during the holiday.
History of Essential Oils
Due to the worldwide usage of essential oils for centuries, it is difficult to pinpoint exactly which culture began using them first, but the first records of essential oils allegedly come from ancient India, Persia, and Egypt. Greece and Rome also engaged in the widespread trade of aromatic oils and ointments with Eastern countries. Each culture had various uses for them ranging from health treatments to spiritual practices. Their herbal preparations included incense, perfume, clothing and fabric fresheners, medicine such as pills, powders, and suppositories, ointments, scented baths, and aromatherapy massages. In many cultures, aromatic oils were believed to create a union with the gods and were held in such high regard that they were used only by a select group of privileged people, such as priests.
Arabs were the first to develop the technique of plant distillation to extract essential oils. They were able to replace the fatty oils that were used as solvents for extraction with a new solvent that they created by distilling ethyl alcohol from fermented sugar. During the Middle Ages, this knowledge of the distillation technique spread to Europe and its pharmacies specialized in distilled products.
Essential Oils For Headache Discomfort
The following Essential Oils are commonly used to help ease headache discomfort while also supporting mood, focus, and overall well-being.
Eucalyptus Essential Oil
- Calms inflammation and pain
- Reduces fatigue
- Eases mental exhaustion and headaches
- Strengthens compromised immunity
- Enhances mental clarity
Grapefruit Essential Oil
- Calms inflammation
- Helps to uplift the mood
- Refreshes and comforts the mind when experiencing stress
- Encourages sense of tranquility, contentment, and optimism
- Boosts immune function
- Eases headaches
- Boosts energy when experiencing grogginess
- Promotes mental clarity and alertness
Sandalwood Essential Oil
- Calms inflammation
- Promotes mental clarity and increased focus
- Calms the body with sedative properties
- Eases feelings of stress and negative sentiments, such as anxiety
- Encourages feeling of relaxation
- Enhances positive outlook
Essential Oils For Muscle Care
The following Essential Oils are commonly used in muscle care routines to help calm discomfort, support rest, and promote overall well-being.
Helichrysum Essential Oil
- Calms inflammation, pain, and muscle spasms
- Supports immune and digestive function
- Encourages improved sleep
- Comforts cramping and bloating
- Improves the look of blemish-prone skin
Peppermint Essential Oil
- Exhibits cooling effect on skin, which comforts muscular soreness and tension
- Calms inflammation, pain, and spasms
- Enhances focus
Roman & German Chamomile Essential Oils
- Calms inflammation, pain, spasms, and tension
- Sedative property encourages restful sleep
- Comforts joint aches
- Supports skin health
St. Patrick’s Day celebrations can sometimes lead to fatigue, headaches, digestive discomfort, and muscle tension, and essential oils like Peppermint, Ginger, and Rosemary are often used to help support energy, ease nausea and aches, improve mental clarity, and promote relaxation when used safely as part of post-celebration self-care.
Essential Oils For Upset Stomach & Improved Digestion
The following Essential Oils are commonly used to help comfort an upset stomach, support healthy digestion, and promote an overall sense of physical and mental well-being.
Ginger Essential Oil
- Helps to diminish sense of nausea and reduce chances of vomiting
- Comforts physical aches
- Physically and mentally stimulating
- Reduces fatigue
Cardamom Essential Oil
- Helps to diminish sense of nausea and reduce chances of vomiting
- Comforts physical aches
- Physically and mentally stimulating
Black Pepper Essential Oil
- Helps to diminish sense of nausea and reduce chances of vomiting
- Comforts cramping and bloating
- Supports immune and digestive function
- Exhibits warming sensation on skin
- Physically and mentally stimulating
- Helps to calm feelings of anxiety
- Promotes sense of being grounded
Marjoram Essential Oil
- Comforts cramping, bloating, flatulence, and constipation
- Supports digestive function
- Calms pain, spasms, and nausea
- Enhances circulation
Essential Oils For An Energy Boost
The following Essential Oils are commonly used to help uplift the mood, increase alertness, and support a sense of revitalized energy throughout the day.
Rosemary Essential Oil
- Stimulates and boosts circulation
- Enhances alertness
- Refreshes the senses
- Promotes mental clarity
- Enhances concentration
- Calms headaches
Lemon Essential Oil
- Uplifts the mood
- Refreshes the skin
- Energizes the mind
- Promotes sense of optimism, confidence, and security
- Promotes sense of determination when feeling sluggish
Orange Essential Oil (Sweet)
- Uplifts the mood
- Energizes the mind
- Enhances alertness
- Encourages feeling of relaxation
- Eases feelings of stress and negative sentiments, such as anxiety
Essential Oils For Mental Clarity
The following Essential Oils are commonly used to support mental clarity, focus, and a sense of calm, while also helping to ease stress and encourage more restful sleep.
Frankincense Essential Oil
- Eases feelings of stress and negative sentiments, such as anxiety
- Enhances concentration
- Promotes mental clarity
- Encourages feeling of relaxation
- Encourages improved sleep
Vetiver Essential Oil
- Encourages feelings of tranquility, emotional balance, and of being grounded
- Encourages feeling of relaxation
- Eases feelings of stress and negative sentiments, such as anxiety and sadness
- Encourages improved sleep
- Reduces feelings of fatigue
- Enhances concentration and clarity
Cypress Essential Oil
- Sedative property encourages sense of calm
- Enhances concentration and clarity
- Uplifts mood
- Encourages feelings of tranquility and of being grounded
- Promotes easier breathing
- Calms spasms
Essential Oil Side Effects
As with all other New Directions Aromatics products, our Essential Oils are for external use only. It is imperative to consult a medical practitioner before using these oils for therapeutic purposes. Pregnant and nursing women are especially advised not to use Essential Oils without the medical advice of a physician, as they may have effects on certain hormone secretions and it is unclear whether these effects are transferable to babies at these stages of development. These oils should always be stored in an area that is inaccessible to children, especially those under the age of 7.
Those with the following health conditions are especially recommended to be advised by a physician: cancer, heart-related ailments, skin disorders, hormone-related ailments, or epilepsy. Individuals that are taking prescription drugs, undergoing major surgery, or who are at a greater risk of experiencing strokes, heart attacks, or atherosclerosis are also advised to seek medical consultation prior to use.
Prior to using any Essential Oil, a skin test is recommended. This can be done by diluting 1 drop of the Essential Oil in 4 drops of a Carrier Oil and applying a dime-size amount of this blend to a small area of skin that is not sensitive. Essential Oils must never be used near the eyes, inner nose, and ears, or on any other particularly sensitive areas of skin. Potential side effects of Essential Oils include redness, rash, hives, burning, bleeding disorders, decreased speed of healing, low blood pressure, dizziness, headache, nausea, diarrhea, convulsions, and rapid heartbeat. In the event of an allergic reaction, discontinue use of the products and see a doctor, pharmacist, or allergist immediately for a health assessment and appropriate remedial action. To prevent side effects, consult with a medical professional prior to use.