It’s that time of year and biting insects are in full bloom. While there are many over the counter insect repellents, they do contain DEET, or diethyl-m-toluamide, which presents health risks, especially for children. Alternatively, nature provides safe and effective aromatics which you can easily blend at home. Here’s a look at these essential oils and how to use them. The following recipes and directions will help you make your own “bug sprays”.
Russian Astronauts once considered essential oils as a protectant for the skin from strong light rays when in outer space. Gratefully, this is easy to do at home or at the beach. It’s really easy to make yourself an after-sun, strongly anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and hydrating recipe that can limit the premature aging that the Sun’s ultraviolet light is known to do. These formulas can be used in conjunction with your sunscreen if you like.
It is that buggy time of year again, and we always love to tell folks how effective aromatic oils can be as mosquito repellents on the skin and in living spaces – AND how to select and blend the best oils. (See blends at the bottom.)
Statistics show a great rise in the use of natural medicines in general in recent years, and the use of essential oils in particular. This likely stems from disillusionment of the conventional medicine system, which individuals are seeing as first a money making operation, and second one that may be concerned about their actual health. Yet the proven validity of natural treatments continues to grow, and along with it, the acceptance of the potential for aromatherapy to have true health benefits.