How much is too much?

[Leah???????? At Your Best]

Hi all

I just wondered on people's opinions/advice about using eo's - continually. Through my course, I was told not to overuse them as one can become sensitised to the oil. However, how does it work when, say for instance, an aromatherapist makes up a body cream blend. Does this get applied every day (sometimes twice a day) and for how long? Same goes for when someone has a cold. Is it too much to use essential oils in the bath, maybe burn some oils later in a burner then apply a chest rub for instance. Is this too much?

Some of this really confuses me as I don't know when to stop. I would quite like to make my own moisturiser, I like oils in the bath and I would like to use them in a body lotion but not sure if it's overusing?

Advice would be appreciated.
Tracey

 

[Dragon -_-]

Hi and welcome.

Anything that you apply to the body will get into your system and need to be dealt with. It doesn't matter whether you inhale, apply or burn....it's all the same.

Basically, yes, it all goes into your system.

In this country we err on the side of caution and when you first study you are worried about this. In France oils are taken internally and in much greater quantities, so we do tend to be a bit on the safe side. But, yes, you do need to add up what is being used. You should be covering this on your course and the effects of the oils on the body.

 

[T. Ruth]

HI

I presume that you refer to body lotion because of the eczma mentioned in a previous thread. What I tend to do is work out too different blends for the same problem. Easy to do as so many oils can be used for the different things. Than alternate between blends each time I need to make up a new batch, say every month or so. This seems to work and is one of the reasons essential oils have been more effective on my son's skin then anything we were given by the doctor.

Amandas