Aromatics Flashcards
What are the uses of Basil?
Digestive- flatulence, nausea, cramps
Menstrual- cramps, pms, bloating
Mental- clarity, fatigue, anxiety,nervous exhaustion,hysteria
muscular- gout, muscle pains, rheumatism
respiratory-relieves coughs, colds, flus, fever, earaches, sinus infections
skin- bug repellant.
What are the uses of Bergamot
Favorite oil of Aromatherapist for depression and uplifting mood, it is an anti septic and wards off infections and coughs
Muscular- reduces tension and tight muscles
Circulation: great for restless leg syndrome.
Mental/Emotional: supports emotional health and well-being, it is relaxing, restorative, calming, emotionally uplifting, supports the release of repressed emotion, and helps reduce insomnia and anxiety.
Respiratory: treats spasmodic coughs, colds, and respiratory complaints.
Digestion: reduces and eliminates abdominal cramps and is an effective aid for digestion.
What are the uses of Cedarwood
Cedarwood has been traditionally used for bronchitis, urinary tract infections, and as a preservative and as incense. Circulation: arthritis, rheumatism, and fluid retention.
Mental/Emotional: brings harmony to the nervous system, calming, soothing, assists with concentration, and mental clarity. Counters nervous tension, depression, anxiety, exhaustion, and stress-related conditions.
Respiratory: treats excess phlegm, asthma, bronchitis, colds, brings relief for coughs, and respiratory complaints.
Urinary: treats urinary, kidney, bladder complaints, infections, and cystitis.
Skin/Hair: effective for acne, dermatitis, eczema, fungal infections, cuts, insect repellent, wounds, hair care, dandruff, greasy hair, and alopecia areata (hair loss).
What are the uses of Clary Sage
Digestive: cramping, dyspepsia, and flatulence.
Menstrual: PMS, regulating scanty periods, easing cramps, hot flashes, dizziness, headaches, night sweats, palpitations, encourages labor, eases postnatal depression, promotes estrogen secretion, and moves stagnant blood from the uterus.
Mental/Emotional: anxiety, depression, frigidity, impotence, nervousness, fear, irritability, paranoia, deep-seated tension, absent-mindedness, regenerative, revitalizing, stimulating, nerve tonic, clears scattered thinking.
Respiratory: asthma, bronchial spasms, throat, and respiratory infections.
Skin: acne, boils, inflamed conditions, wrinkles, hair care; cleans greasy hair and dandruff.
What are the uses of Cypress
Cypress helps with inflammation, prevents and/or relieves chronic rheumatic pain and swelling, contracts and tightens tissue, reduces nasal mucus production and swelling and aids in the reduction of fluids, and as a tonic, strengthens and restores vitality.
Circulation: aids in cellulite, muscular cramps, edema, poor circulation, and rheumatism, muscle spasms, and fluid retention.
Menstruation: menopausal complaints, excessive menstruation, stimulates estrogen secretions, relieves painful periods, and dysmenorrheal.
Mental/Emotional: good for the nervous system, tension, and stress-related symptoms, depression, calming and soothing, counters anxiety, and insomnia. Soothes excessive talking, overthinking, and feeling of being overwhelmed. Eases major life transitions and assists with the grieving process.
Muscular/Joints: treats rheumatic pain, back pain, and muscular aches and pains, and arthritis.
Respiration: treats asthma, bronchitis, chills, colic, coughs, laryngitis, and issues with the mucus membrane.
Skin: helps with hemorrhoids, oily skin, excessive perspiration, insect repellent, bleeding of the gums, varicose veins, and wounds that won’t heal.
What are the uses of Eucalyptus
This oil is effective in combating the effects of colds and flu, and perfect for sore muscles and joints.
Lymphatic: reduces inflammation and is an immune stimulant.
Mental/Emotional: refreshing, stimulating, and helps with concentration.
Respiratory: expectorant, reduces swelling of mucous membranes, loosens phlegm, asthma, bronchitis, colds, flu, sinus complaints, and throat infections.
Skin: cuts, wounds, and ulcers.
What are the uses of Frankincense
Mental/Emotional: good for anxiety, depression, very calming, and nervous tension.
Muscular: provides pain relief, helps with tension in neck muscles and spasms.
Respiratory: helps to calm the lungs and quiet coughs, asthma, and other respiratory conditions. Good for infections.
Skin/Hair: used for dry and aging skin. Good for reducing scar tissue.
What are the uses of Geranium
This oil works wonders for wrinkles and is also indicated for disturbed and sensitive skin, as well as broken capillaries. It also works well in reducing edema and fluid retention, promoting circulation, and has a stimulating effect on the lymphatic system.
Circulation: relieves tension and decreases pain, inflammation associated with neuralgia.
Lymphatic: stimulants the lymphatic system and cellulite tissue, relieves congestion, and fluid retention.
Menstrual: ideal for hormonal issues and for maintaining homeostasis of the body, stimulating effect on the adrenal cortex, regulates the hormones, and is great for PMS, menopausal complaints, depression, vaginal dryness, and heavy periods.
Mental/Emotional: balances the nervous system, relieves anxiety, depression; uplifts, and improves mental clarity.
Skin: works great for all skin conditions, balance the sebum, and keeps the skin supple, good for congested, oily skin, and can be used for treating acne, bruises, broken capillaries, and eczema. It is also useful for burns, wounds, ulcers, and insect bites.
What are the uses of Helichrysum
Helichrysum supports the body through post-viral fatigue and convalescence, and can also be used to repair skin damaged by psoriasis, eczema, or ulceration.
Mental/Emotional: great balancing oil for nervous conditions, healing during emotional trauma, helpful with healing old wounds and scars from the past. Helps to prevent depression and chronic fatigue.
Muscular: provides relief for muscular spasms, cramps, and pain.
Respiratory: helpful for asthma, coughs, colds, relieves allergies.
Skin/Hair: useful for cellular regeneration and cell renewal. Great for wounds and scars, supports the healing of burns.
Urinary/Genital: can be strengthening and restores vitality.
What are the uses of Lavender
Lavender is indicated for all skin types and can be used at any step in your skincare regimen. Lavender is beneficial for colds, flu, asthma, high blood pressure, and migraines.
Mental/Emotional: calming, relaxing, treats depression, and insomnia.
Muscular/Joint: works great for headaches, cramps, inflammation of muscles and joints, muscle and connective tissue pain, spasms, tension, and vein conditions.
Respiratory: works well for treating bronchitis, colds, asthma, and whooping cough.
Skin: works great for all skin conditions, including acne, eczema, and scarring. It is also useful for burns, wounds, ulcers, and insect bites.
What are the uses of Lemon
This oil’s fresh scent is treasured for improving concentration, reducing acidity in the body while assisting with digestion, and eliminating cellulite, rheumatism, arthritis, and gout.
Circulation: tonic effect on circulation and helps with high blood fat cellulite, general obesity, gout, rheumatism, and varicose veins.
Digestive: improves the function of the digestive system, counteracts acidity, and reduces candida.
Lymphatic: extremely cleansing, balancing, and activates white blood cell formation.
Mental/Emotional: refreshing, cooling, calming, relaxing, improves concentration, uplifting, stimulating, and clears the mind.
Muscular/Joint: treats pain and inflammation in joints, cleansing to muscle tissue, and rheumatism.
Skin: works as an astringent and cleanses greasy skin, abscesses, cuts, boils, insect bites, and stops bleeding.
What are the uses of Lemongrass
This oil relieves the symptoms of jet lag, helps with nervousness and anxiety, and clears headaches.
Lemongrass tones and fortifies the nervous system and can be used in the bath for soothing muscular nerves and pain.
Mental/Emotional: Great uplifting oil to manage moods, refreshes, and offers emotional protection. Eases difficult emotional upheavals, and reduces fatigue.
Muscular: provides relief for muscular spasms, cramps, and pain. It is healing to injuries to the muscle, tendon, ligament, and bone. It is cooling to the skin and is great in a blend for hot, inflamed situations.
Skin/Hair: useful for athlete’s foot and other fungal skin infections. Works as an insect repellent and deodorant.
What are the uses of Rose
Rose oil is used in the treatment for depression, grief, anger and other unpleasant emotions. It supports the heart and digestive systems and is considered one of the most incredible remedy’s for female problems such as balancing hormones during menopause.
Circulation: helps lower blood pressure, arrhythmias, palpitations, broken capillaries, and poor circulation.
Digestive: protects against gastrointestinal ulceration, liver congestion, and nausea.
Hormonal/Reproductive: regulates the system, strengthens the uterus, uterine bleeding, regulates menstruation, and relieves cramps. Great oil for balances PMS and menopausal complaints.
Mental/Emotional: helps with depression, insomnia, frigidity, headaches, and brings a harmonizing effect. Helpful for behavioral problems, grief, sadness, anxiety and stress.
Respiratory: used for asthma, coughs, and hay fever.
Skin: good for all skin types, especially mature and dry skin, also beneficial for inflammation, wrinkles, eczema, and herpes.
What are the uses of Sandalwood
Sandalwood supports meditation and quiets mental activity. Reduces irritation and aggressive behavior. Provides protection and encourages acceptance emotionally. Works well in creams for skin conditions, great for sore throats, cold sores.
Circulation: good for circulatory complaints such as rheumatism and arthritis.
Mental/Emotional: tonic for the nervous system, serves to quiet the mind and compulsive behavior. Sedative like qualities.
Respiratory: used for sinus congestion, colds and coughs.
Skin: good for skin care and is very calming to irritated dry, scaly patches. Used for skin cancer. Heals wounds and burns.
What are the uses of Patchouli
Patchouli has been widely used for centuries by Asian people to fight fevers, infections, insect and snake bites.
Digestive: Aids with digestion
Integumentary: Deodorant, protects skin against UV-radiation, infections, insect bites, dandruff, wounds
Lymphatic: Fevers, nausea
Mental/Emotional: Anxiety, emotional balance, stress, depression
