Anti-Viral Essential Oils

Your Healthy Lifestyle & Essential Oils

Essential oils rock. Many people use them with great success at treating all sorts of problems, and to ward off issues. However, like traditional medications and vitamins they can only provide so much anti-viral protecting.

To avoid getting sick, you can’t just rely on one item, like anti-viral oils. You need to also have healthy lifestyle habits such as:

• Don’t smoke.
• Don’t drink to an excess.
• Do wash your hands frequently, especially when family members are ill.
• Don’t just eat junk food – try hard to get six or more organic fruits and veggies a day.
• Do replace your toothbrush after a bout with an illness or cold.
• Don’t char, crisp in oil, or grill all your foods. This creates an unhealthy free radical situation in your body.
• Do get plenty of sleep.

If you’re following all of the above than anti-viral essential oils can be a nice compliment to your lifestyle.

Types of Anti-Viral Essential Oils

Many essential oils hold anti-viral properties in varying degrees. Some of these include:

• Tea Tree
• Lavender
• Cinnamon
• Garlic
• Eucalyptus (both lemon and radiata)
• Thyme
• Ravensara
• Clove
• Sandalwood
• Oregano
• Onion

There are also some essential oils that, while not anti-viral technically, meaning not categorized as such, are known to be great at warding off colds, infections, and other illnesses. These oils include:

• Rose Hip
• Cayenne
• Chamomile
• Hyssop
• Myrrh
• Cedarwood

Ways To Use Anti-Viral Oils

First up you should always check with your health care professional, holistic medicine specialist, or other health professional before using essential oils. Unless you have years of experience and are well-versed in oil interactions and reactions, you need to consult someone before using them. It’s also wise to use only pure, organic essential oils to be sure you get the full health benefits.

To utilize a specific mix of essential oils you should learn the best route from a professional in herbs, oils, or holistic medicine, or check your favorite essential oil reference book. One great guide book with essential oil remedies is Aromatherapy: A Lifetime Guide to Healing With Essential Oils.

Essential oils can be used in the following ways:

• With massage
• Boiled to create a steam
• Used in a herb vaporizer
• Burned in essential oil diffusers
• Scrubbed on in the shower
• Added to a bath
• In candles and incense
• Made into herbal salve recipes
• Sprinkled on light bulbs
• Used as medicinal herb tinctures
• Air misted around a room – with a light mist water sprayer

You can also use essential oils in teas, or drink a few drops added to water. However, you really need to know what you’re doing before ever ingesting an essential oil. Most professionals don’t recommend it unless under careful supervision.

Anti-Viral Oil Recipes

If you feel a virus coming on, such as a flu, you can try to raise your immunity and fight the already present virus with the following:

• 6 drops tea tree oil
• 3 drops lavender oil
• 2 drop thyme oil
• 2 drops cinnamon oil

Mix the following oils into a warm bath and steep in the tub for a good long while. You can also boil some water, add the above oils and place the steaming bowl of water by your bedside. Get plenty of rest and drink lots of water.

Other anti-viral oils can be used like this:

Spray your rooms with a mixture of oils. Take one cup water and mix with about six drops of one of the anti-viral oils, or create a custom mix. Spray your area using a fine mist water bottle.

During a viral issue like the flu, massage two drops tea tree, three drops eucalyptus, and two drops lavender, plus two tablespoon of base oil all over your body.