Follow an Aromatherapy Recipe for Best Results

Just like in cooking, if you wish to achieve the proper and consistent end result, a recipe is followed. Similarly, in aromatherapy, for a blend to work properly and consistently, an aromatherapy recipe is used. It should be noted that the use of essential oils should never replace the advice of a physician and that using highly concentrated essential oils without them being diluted is never recommended, except on the advice, and under the direction of, an experienced aroma therapist.

While numerous recipes exist, one blend may work well for atomizers and diffusers but the amounts of each oil used may vary depending on the intended use for the aromatherapy recipe. For example, for depression, a blend of one drop each of rose and orange with three drops of sandalwood is the basic aromatherapy recipe. For bath oil you would multiply the basic recipe by three and for bath salts multiply it by five.

If this particular recipe is to be used in a diffuser, it would require a total of 20 drops, so you would multiply the basic aromatherapy recipe by four. For air fresheners, multiply the recipe by six making the final compound a total of 30 drops. Although essential oils are basically safe, if used carelessly, these oils can be harmful, as an excess of anything in general has its side effects.

Recipes for Essential Oil Use

While essential oils can be purchased in most health stores, complete recipes and conversion information can be found at www.aromaweb.com, which offers a wide variety of aromatherapy recipes. You can find recipes for mental and physical well being along with skin care, household and holiday blends.

There are also websites which offer tips on blending that introduces people to proper blending methods as well as the differences in aromatic blending and therapeutic blending along with aromatherapy recipes for all of their blends. However, essential oils should be treated as medications; they should never be used by children except under the supervision of an adult.

The use of carrier oils is also important to aromatherapy recipes as how much and what type of carrier oil is to be used is determined by the intended purpose. Unlike essential oils which evaporate quickly and have a high concentration of fragrance, carrier oils which are usually vegetable or plant oil, do not evaporate that fast and do not emit a strong odor. They are used to dilute essential oils and are an important part of aromatherapy recipes.