Try these amazing aromatherapy home remedies for arthritis pain

Try these amazing aromatherapy home remedies for arthritis pain

My friend Celeste paid a fortune for her arthritis painkillers when she learned about essential oils. Her first introduction came from a network marketing consultant who gave her a tiny roll-on bottle of a very expensive blend. It worked well, but with her fixed income she couldn't afford to use it regularly. She knew about my experience with essential oils, so she called.

I was able to give her the pain relief she needed for about a third of the price of the expensive network marketing mix, without sacrificing quality or effectiveness. According to Celeste, my cheaper oil blends tend to work better for her.

She learned that there are many essential oils that help with arthritis pain and inflammation - both individual oils and blends. Some are sharp and sharp and bring blood flow to sore areas to provide warmth and healing. Others cool and soothe to reduce inflammation. And there are oils that practically work wonders to ease the pain.

I told her that oil blends tend to be a bit more expensive than standalone oils, but are cheaper for her since it might just be too expensive for her to buy a lot of standalone oils at the same time and use them separately or mix everything at once. Blends have very targeted and very expensive ingredients that make the difference in effectiveness. And you don't have to buy an entire bottle of the expensive oil to get the amazing effects of this single expensive ingredient. When it comes to essential oils, less is often more.

Blends can target a specific use or combine the benefits of all desired features. For example, a pain mixture contains the emergency analgesic oils that immediately relieve the pain - oils such as birch, peppermint and clove. The anti-inflammatory blend may not work as quickly, but it works more deeply and provides more lasting results. Anti-inflammatory ingredients include myrrh, helichrysum, eucalyptus, fir, lemongrass, spruce and wintergreen. Other more expensive trace elements may be part of the recipe.

You can of course buy individual oils and make your own blends. A pain blend may consist of equal parts helichrysum, birch or wintergreen, peppermint and clove. An anti-inflammatory blend can use three times the amount of helichrysum in the pain blend and then add equal amounts of black pepper, juniper, hyssop, eucalyptus, lemongrass, myrrh, or spruce. You don't have to use all of them. Just choose four or five.

Here's how to rotate between these two types of mixes. For severe, urgent pain, use the fast-acting pain mixture first. Apply a drop (undiluted) to a small area and spread gently. For a larger area, mix ten drops in about a teaspoon of blending oil and massage the area gently.

An exceptionally strong anti-inflammatory effect is like a burning fire. Even the mildest oils can sometimes be too strong. If used too much, they can actually contribute to inflammation. Soothe with a blended oil or cool, wet compress.

If you find that the oils are too hot for you, use this method with the anti-inflammatory blend to cool and soothe. Create a suspension of your anti-inflammatory mixture in cold water – 4 to 5 drops to 1/4 cup of water. Shake the mixture well and soak a piece of gauze or flannel to create a compress. Apply cling film on top to keep the aromatic moisture in contact with the skin. Apply an ice pack to improve the cooling effect.

Try to keep inflammation under control by applying the stronger pain blend in the morning and using a soothing anti-inflammatory blend in the afternoon, evening, and before bed.

Celeste writes that she can't get through the day without her two mixtures. She has a regular shipment that goes to her well in advance of the urgent need. The other thing she reports is that over time, with the restorative nature of therapeutic essential oils, the pain seems to subside overall.

Inspired by Bill Fifield