QuoteReplyTopic: Great Home AromaCare. Posted: February 28 2003 at 4:49pm
Actually, I read about peppermint for insomnia in a book once. I think it was making a sachet of hops, mint ,rose petals and some rose fragrance and inhale it. I have lavender oil in at my bedside and sometimes i rub it on my wrists and arms. It helps a little but when I'm really restless and can't sleep, melatonin does the trick.
I don't know much about aromatherapy but so far from what I read it seems to be something I could really use to help with a variety of physical issues. Thanks for all the info that has been posted.
Hi Karen, I did the lavender last night, it was good...I sleep well generally, so its hard to tell. Non the less, I will enjoy the lavender and sleep well to boot.
The info I have on the, lavender pepperment blend is Headache Remedy and /or Heat Stroke...I'll read up.
Here is another blend for Insomnia (which I would think is different than waking at 3 AM & not being able to fall asleep again)
I was telling a friend from a herb store about how wonderful the lavender is. She told me that she has an even better recipe. She puts 3-5 drops of lavender in one hand and 1-3 drops of peppermint in the other hand and then inhales the aroma. She said it puts her to sleep in less than 5 minutes. She reported that she used to have terrible insomnia.
Needless to say, I am going to try the peppermint/lavender test tonight.
I personally thought this combo was odd since peppermint tends to speed me up but she said the combo is a knock-out punch. Have you heard of this?
Have a great day. Karen
That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-)
Thank you for your posts. I love aromatherapy when I have the time to work with it.
One thing I have been doing lately is using Lavender to help me at night. I was having this problem where I would have a hard time sleeping and then would wake up at 3:00 am and not be able to go back to sleep. I cut my coffee back to just 1 cup per day in the morning and no caffeine after 4:00 pm. Nothing seemed to really work.
Then I remembered that Lavender is supposed to help. I tried burning a Lavender candle and that helped a little. However, about 3 weeks ago I poured 12 drop so pure Lavender oil into a little tea cup and put it near my bed. The entire room filled with a wonderful aroma of Lavender. The first night I did that I feel right asleep and slept through the entire night. It was amazing.
I not leave the Lavender in the teacup by my bed all the time but keep the bedroom door closed to the rest of the house. At night I go to bed and the wondeful aroma is now very obvious throughout the entire bedroom. I have been sleeping like a baby and waking up rested.
The ironic thing is that I have heard about Lavender for years and have tried various minor attempts to use it but going full boar with the oil has been a wonderful experience.
Thanks again for sharing.
Best wishes, Karen
That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger or drives you totally insane. :-)
Hi Sophie - I love ll of the recipes I have been reading here. The Natural Hair section has such great ones. I was wondering where you get your oils. The places in my hometown are so expensive and I didn't know if there was a more reasonable place on the net to get them. DO you know any?
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