Some good advice there. Glad you are enjoying me old friend Frankincense. A great friend of the aromatherapist with a nervous couch client. Egyptians used it to embalm bodies to cover the smell!
For me, Brain injury early years the sense of smell and taste was not missed. As systems came back, smell and taste was important.
Last year was the year of clearing the sinuses for me. In my diffuser, I used rosemary, eucalyptus, frankincense and pine. Started it off as I was going to sleep with window open just a tiny bit. Helped me breathe clearly while I slept and happy to report this year, my sinuses are free! Bliss.
Interesting about the Egyptians embalming the bodies with Frankincense. You learn something new everyday :).
I think my sense of smell and taste has been lowered ever so slightly, so I shall use the diffuser and frankincense and helichrysum and probably try some other oils.
I might try out lemon. I sometimes get times where I feel quite sleepy and my eyes get heavy. That might be a part of fatigue which the frankincense has helped with but I heard lemon wakes you up. I think that is what I could do with.
I have recently started using frankincense first with the inhaling and like yourself
sniffing straight from the bottle as the last few weeks I've felt a lot of mucus and my sinuses giving me jip(even though previously they say nothing is wrong with my sinuses).....
So if anyone at work was watching on the cameras(I work in an airport) god knows what they were thinking seeing me sniffing something up my nose.....lol
I am sorry to hear your sinuses have been giving you jip. The only thing I can think is that you are having a reaction to the frankincense or referring to recovering H's comment, the frankincense may be helping you clear your sinuses.
Out of interest, where did you get yours?
When I first read about frankincense it said you had to make sure you had a good quality one or one that was 100% therapeutic grade/100% pure.
Thats an interesting one. I wonder if it would be ok if the person suffers from seizures? I have read that some oils (lavender?) can interfere with the meds.
From what I have read about frankincense and some other oils, frankincense not only is good for people with brain injuries but also calming too and I can agree on the calming side as I normally use frankincense in the diffuser while I sleep and I have always had a good sleep.
Whenever I sleep without the diffuser, I don't sleep as well or I wake up earlier.
I don't know a lot about seizures because I don't get them but I think essential oils in a diffuser would most probably help.
The thing to watch out for is that there is a lot of good and bad information on the internet.
Having said that, the things I have read could be a load of rubbish but seeing as it helps then it can't be.
The thing I would probably do is not to rely on one source of information but rather from sources telling you similar information.
I am still pretty new to essential oils but am very interested in expanding my knowledge of them and spreading the word.
I thought at first you were saying you had problems with Frankincense since you said you had sinus trouble. Sorry for misreading and I'm glad you like it
It has a wonderful scent doesn't it.
I got some Helichrysum after reading that it can help with nerve damage. The only trouble is, Helichrysum is rare and I bought a 1ml bottle of it, not a lot of it but great to whiff.
I have now got a bottle of Helichrysum diluted in almond. I have a 5ml bottle of it, more to use :).
Some busybody peering through the window of a Headway meeting and then running off to call the Police - there a group of strange people in a room, they are all sniffing stuff from bottle, don't know what they are taking but some of them can't walk or talk properly ......
Que the woman from the Simpsons "Won't someone think of the children"
I don't know what diffusers you have used or are talking about because my one certainly does not give off any heat and the scent from the essential oil/s die down in the diffuser.
The scent is much stronger inhaling it from the bottle.
I shall say this again but there is a lot of truthful information and a whole lot more false information out there.
Exactly! It is a slight heat but not much to worry about right now.
If I started smelling something other than the oils, like burning or if the diffuser started to feel pretty hot then I would stop using it and probably buy a replacement or even a different brand.
it's a electrical device with a flammable liquid inside it, which has a low flash point. most essential oils will burn at 50-60C. same as Diesel.
That put diffuses into a greater risk than most domestic electrical, it's great that you like it but do be aware of what it is ie a flammable liquid, and thus the risk there in of that.
My wife had the same problems getting people to accept the notion of taking Fenugreek for diabetes. Her blood sugar index was 19.6 six months later it was 6.2.
When people asked how she became better they would not believe her even though she was proof it worked even pointing them to the
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