Want to purchase essential oils? Not sure what is the best essential oil for you? Well, the truth is that there is no such thing as “the best essential oil”.
An essential oil is “best” for you when it helps you address the specific issue at hand. This issue could be something as simple as dry skin to something more serious like nagging head tension. Sometimes, a single essential oil is not going to be the best support for your need. You may choose to mix two or more oils together to create your own bespoke blend that will allow you to address the symptoms that are plaguing you.
At ellevate, we are local to the St. Louis, MO, Hermann, MO, and La Quinta, CA areas and premium essential oils which are globally renowned for their robust purity process. Every essential oil is made within the guidelines of strict growing, distilling, and packaging processes, and using the highest quality raw products that also have to meet strict standards. In this article, I help you understand which types of essential oils work best for what conditions. Then, I offer a few suggestions of what you can purchase today.
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What is the Best Essential Oil for Your Needs?
Essential oils have many benefits, promoting and encouraging overall health and wellness, so there is no one essential oil that is best for everything. Similarly, when it comes to addressing specific conditions and concerns, there is not one best essential oil. Instead, the best support may depend on which oil you have on hand, which oils smell good to you which typically means you will actually use them, or it may even be a combination of oils.
Let’s take a look at which oils are the best essential oils for the following situations:
Some of the Best Essential Oils for Anxiety and Stress
These essential oils contain chemical constituents, which may help you relax and unwind:
- Application: Rub oil in hands and breathe in deeply and exhale fully 3X in a row, dilute with carrier oil and apply to chest, neck, heart, and pulse points on neck and wrists. Apply to Vita Flex contact points on soles of feet.
- Lavender (the “universal” oil)
- Jasmine
- Ylang Ylang
- Chamomile
- Copaiba
- Frankincense
- Valerian
- Cypress
- Tangerine
- And many more…
Some of the Best Essential Oils for Cold and Congestion
These essential oils can help reduce cough and cold symptoms. They may also promote respiratory health and wellness.
- Application: Dilute with carrier oil and apply to chest, neck, throat, down the spine, behind the ears on mastoid bone, along nasal labial folds. Apply to soles of feet using Vita Flex contact points. Diffuse carefully.
- Peppermint (a “hot” oil but so powerful)
- Eucalyptus (multiple types but Radiata is most common)
- Cedarwood
- Wintergreen
- Thyme
- Oregano (powerhouse for immune and respiratory systems but can cause extreme skin irritation so dilute with carrier oil for topical use or diffuse in water, not for kids under 6)
- Ginger
- Lavender
- Ravensara
- Lemon
- And many more…
Some of the Best Essential Oils for Allergies
The essential oils listed below can help reduce allergy symptoms.
- Application: Dilute with carrier oil to apply topically to chest, neck, throat, mastoid bone behind ears (always do both ears whenever you have one ear acting up to support balance), nasal labial folds, down the spine. Apply to Vita Flex contact points on soles of feet. Diffuse.
- Lavender
- Peppermint
- Lemon
- Grapefruit
- Ravensara
- Eucalyptus
- Frankincense
- Copaiba
- And many more…
Some of the Best Essential Oils for Better Sleep
The following essential oils may relax your physical, mental, or emotional bodies to promote better sleep.
- Application: Dilute with carrier oil to apply to forearms and forehead. Apply to wrists and at ears like perfume. Apply to bottom of big toes as in Vita Flex technique (big toe is the neuro-electrical contact point for head). Rub a few drops in palms, in clockwise motion, then breathe in deeply and exhale fully 3X, then rub palms across pillow. Diffuse.
- Lavender
- Black Spruce
- Frankincense
- Chamomile
- Sandalwood
- Valerian
- Cedarwood
- Marjoram
- Ylang Ylang
- And many more…
Some of the Best Essential Oils for Headaches
These essential oils can reduce headaches and help with mental clarity and energy.
- Application: Dilute with carrier oil to apply to temples, crown of head, back of neck, around and behind ears. Apply to Vita Flex contact points. Diffuse.
- Lavender
- Peppermint
- Basil
- Copaiba
- Eucalyptus
- Frankincense
- Marjoram
- Sage Lavender
- And many more…
Best Essential Oils for Muscle and Joint Pain
These essential oils can help support muscle and ligament injuries as well as systemic symptoms from arthritis and other degenerative conditions.
- Application: Dilute with carrier oil and apply topically to areas of tension (avoid eyes, do not flush with water if you get them in your eyes; just allow the oils to dilute naturally over the next few minutes). Apply to soles of feet using Vita Flex contact points.
- Wintergreen
- Peppermint
- Cypress
- Palo Santo
- Balsam Fir
- Marjoram
- Lemongrass (especially good for ligaments)
- White Fir (has cortisone-like action)
- And many more…
Best Essential Oils for Energy
This variety of essential oils can help build energy (eucalyptus), support adrenals to increase energy (myrtle), give energy in times of weakness or stress (thyme) and generally balance energy levels.
- Application: Dilute with carrier oil to apply to chest, neck, over heart, behind ears. Rub in palms and breathe in deeply and exhale fully 3X. Apply to pulse points at wrist, neck, ears. Diffuse.
- Black Pepper (can cause extreme skin irritation, use with caution and in greater dilution; not recommended for children under the age of 6)
- Eucalyptus
- Lemon
- Myrtle
- Nutmeg
- Peppermint
- Palo Santo
- Thyme
- And many more…
Best Essential Oils for Hormone Support
These essential oils support the goal of balancing our hormonal systems.
- Application: Most common is to apply to Vita Flex contact points on ankles, and on the soles of the feet at the contact points for lower back, thyroid, liver, kidneys, gland areas, center of the body, both sides of spine, clavicle area. Can dilute and apply topically on abdomen, inner thighs, forearms. May help to diffuse as well.
- Spearmint
- Ylang Ylang
- Sandalwood
- Myrrh
- Myrtle
- Fennel
- And many more…
Best Essential Oils for Boosting Immunity
The following oils contain chemical constituents shown to support or enhance the immune system.
- Application: Dilute and apply along spine, under arms, behind knees, and for massage. Apply to soles of feet, all over. Diffuse for 30 minutes at a time.
- Oregano
- Thieves oil blend (diffuse with clove)
- Clove
- Frankincense
- Cinnamon Bark
- Ledum
- Rosemary
- Thyme
- And many more…
Best Essential Oils for Digestion
These various essential oils contain chemical constituents that can accelerate digestion, help with sluggish digestion, address spasms, indigestion, nervous stomach, etc.
- Application: Add the essential oil to your food (a little goes a long way), dilute and rub in a clockwise motion over abdomen and lower back, apply as a compress over abdomen.
- Anise
- Cardamom
- Coriander
- Grapefruit
- Lemongrass
- Marjoram
- Lemon
- Fennel
- Lavender
- And many more…
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