Essential Oil Anti Inflammatory Recipe

Whether it’s due to arthritis, an old sports injury or another cause entirely, there are ways to manage and reverse inflammation using essential oils. Essential oils are flexible in the way you can prepare and implement them and they only take seconds to apply.

What essential oils are good to have on hand in case of an emergency for reducing inflammation and aches and pains?

Lavender

As an anti-inflammatory oil, lavender can help to relieve the painful swelling and inflammation that arthritis in its various forms creates. Not only is it helpful in this way, but it is also an analgesic as well, tackling arthritic pain from multiple angles. Revisiting its uses for anxiety and depression, lavender may also help to relieve secondary issues that arise in a life of chronic pain. Its gentle nature makes lavender a reliable choice for most people in many application forms.

Chamomile

Roman chamomile essential oil is a must have for its calming, soothing, and anti-inflammatory effects. As a whole herb, chamomile is renowned for its healing, soothing and calming effects. The essential oil isolates some of these abilities, especially as an anti-inflammatory substance.
Add roman chamomile to topical massage oils to work the anti-inflammatory compounds into the skin and onto joints and other sites of pain.

Yarrow

As a soothing and healing herb, yarrow essential oil also carries anti-inflammatory components. yarrow essential oil is used in many preparations, anti-inflammatory included. Topical preparations of yarrow can help to improve anti-inflammatory and pain relieving combinations. Making the most of synergistic reactions -oils working together to make each other more effective -creates one of a kind blends that help to relieve pain and inflammation.

Wintergreen and Peppermint

Used with peppermint, it is particularly potent to reduce inflammation. Because peppermint oil has analgesic, anti-inflammatory and anti-spasmodic properties, it not only can relieve pain and inflammation but can also calm the spasms that cause muscle cramps.

Below you'll find an anti inflammatory recipe. This application is better suited for a more inflamed and swollen bruise. But it can be used on even minor bruises.