What are the uses of essential oils?
That’s pretty funny. I’ve never smelled an essential oil that smelled like any sort of manure. When you smell directly out of the bottle, you are getting something way more concentrated than you’ll ever use. Typically, one puts 3 or 4 drops of an oil in a couple of teaspoons of carrier oil before using it. Carriers are grape seed oil, almond oil or other unscented vegetable oil. Then the oil is rubbed on the body, or diffused (heated so it will evaporate) into the air or put in the bath. These have medicinal properties. You can put a few drops of lavender into cornstarch and make your own baby powder that heals and prevents diaper rash. One drop of peppermint oil will flavor two or three cups of tea. I use one drop of patchouli oil in about a teaspoon of body lotion to scent my skin. It lasts about 24 hours. You can make your own anti-perspirant with sage. There are just tons of ways to use these oils. You just have to buy a book and study up on some of them to be really impressed with
