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Autumn is starting, and with it the cold season. And while most of us love nothing more than to cuddle up bundled in blankets with a nice hot drink in our hands, the reality is that we might still get sick. Here I’ll give you a collection of the essential oils (and herbs) that will either help you avoid the sickness or to get better sooner. Just remember my usual indications: Check with your conventional or homeopathic doctor to see if the oil/herb won’t interact with any meds you take. Keep the treatments away from little kids (under twelve) and pets and be very mindful of your allergies (try things in small doses at first).

🍁 Benzoin (gum): It’s good for symptoms of cold, throat ache and asthma. It can also help you feel better if you have depression and help you sleep if you suffer from insomnia.

🐾🍁 Mint (leaf): Brings down the fever, opens the airways, warms the body and helps with headaches. Be very careful to use it when you are 100% sure you won’t get exposed to cold air for at least eight hours or you might get sicker. Also be very, very careful if you take homeopathic medicine, because this plant easily interacts with it.

🍁 Ravensare (leaf): It’s a booster of the immunological system, and can help fight off infection. It’s also great for when you are feeling bone or muscle pain because of your cold.

🐾🍁 Basil (leaf): It’s amazing for the skin, especially if you have mosquito bites. Helps fight off infections and it’s good for muscle and bone pain.

🍁 Bergamot (skin of the fruit): Calming, can help you sleep easier and it’s especially good if you have been sick for a long time, since it can reanimate you. It’s also good for skin problems, but this one you will have to use at night or you will get very terrible burn because it’s sensitive to sunlight. I recommend using it at night and showering in the morning, or at least washing the skin where it was applied thoroughly with neutral soap.

🍁 Weeping paperbark (leaf): It’s great for respiratory diseases, particularly asthma. It can help you strengthen your immune system and prevent colds. Do not use it if you suspect you are pregnant.

🍁 Elemi (bark): It’s an antiseptic, so it will help you fight off respiratory infections. In general is good for colds and bronchitis.

🍁 Eucalyptus globulus and smitii (leaf and seeds): This one is a bronchodilator, which means that will help you breathe better. Antiseptic, which will help you fight off infections and also helps with muscular pains. Be very careful to use it if you are 100% sure you won’t get out for at least eight hours, or you might get sicker.

🍁 Thymus mastichina/Spanish marjoram (leaf): It’s good for viral infections, it warms up the body and helps with muscular pain.

🍁 Sandalwood (inner bark): Super relaxing, helps with insomnia and depression. Strengthens the immune system and calms the pain. It’s also good for dry skin.

🍁 Tea tree (leaf): great for the immune system, helps fight allergies and respiratory infections. It also helps with muscular pain and helps you wake up and recover your strength after being sick.

🐾🍁 Common thyme (leaf and flower): It helps with depression and anxiety. It also can help you fight off infections, and calms pain and arms up your body. Do not use it if you have high pressure problems or your skin gets easily irritated. Remember to use it when you are sure you won’t be exposed to the cold for at least eight hours.

🐾🍁 Sweet thyme (leaf and fower): Same as common thyme, but it will also help you sleep better, especially after a viral infection.

🍁 Common myrtle (leaf): it’s great for respiratory infections, asthma and colds in general. Helps calm down the spasms of coughing.

🐾🍁 Ginger (root): It warms up the body, helps you fight infections and relieves pain. If you lack appetite or have trouble eating it helps with that too. It also helps open the airways, so you breathe better. Use it only if you won’t be exposed to the cold for eight hours.

🍁 Lavender (flower bud): The Oil. It helps with almost everything, from relieving pain to warming up the body. It helps fight infections caused by bacteria or virus. Be very careful though, because the purest the oil, the most dangerous it is and can cause burning on the skin. Do not use it if you are pregnant.

🐾🍁 Manuka (leaf): Excellent for skin infections and respiratory diseases. Just be careful because it easily irritates the skin.

🍁 Yarrow (leaf): It doesn’t only help fight off respiratory infections, it helps you sleep if you suffer from insomnia or are depressed. Do not use it if you think you are pregnant.

🐾🍁 Myrrh (branch): It’s especially good if your infection was caused by fungus. Opens the airways and helps relieve pain, in throat and muscular. Do not use it if pregnant.

🍁 Orange (skin of the fruit): Excellent to recover from a cold. Strengthens the immune system and helps you feel more active. It’s also great for when you feel depressed. It can burn of exposed to the sun, use it at night and make sure to wash well.

🍁 Pine (leaf): Amazing for recovering from infections, it will help open the airways and fight off infections.

Now remember, for using any essential oil, you need to dissolve it in other oil (called carrier) which is the massage oil. Good ones for this are sunflower seed, almond, avocado, coconut or grape seed. Dissolve up to 15 drops of essential oil in 150 ml of carrier oil so it won’t affect the body (try with 7 or less at the beginning). If you are going to take a bath, you can use up to 30 drops in warm water. Just remember that you might get a film of oil on it and it can burn you. Wash well with neutral soap afterwards. For diffusers, don’t leave them on for over one hour or you might oversaturate your environment and trigger the bad secondary effects, try to have them on in a well ventilated area (open doors, so the cold air will not enter your space). Also remember never to use a diffuser where aquatic or small animal species can be or you might intoxicate them accidentally.

If you have any doubt, question or comment, you can always write to me and I’ll do my best to answer. Hope you all stay safe and healthy, and if you are sick, hope you get well soon :3

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