Aromatherapy Dictionary Essential Oils

Aromatherapy Dictionary Essential Oils contains a list of the popular oils available. They are listed in alphabetical order for ease of search. There are also some essential oils with links to more detailed information.

Blue Chamomile

Blue Chamomile Essential Oil is known for it's superb calming and soothing therapeutic benefits and can aid with irritability and depression.

Black Pepper

Black Pepper Essential Oil is known for it's superb therapeutic benefits of stimulating, re-energizing and restores balance.

Cajeput

Cajeput Essential Oil is slightly warming and improves circulation. Vapors open the sinus and breathing passages; deepens breathing, is a disinfectant and repels insects.

Cinnamon

Cinnamon Essential Oil is energizing, helps circulatory and digestive vitality. Cinnamon is useful for emotional and/or mental fatigue and lack of concentration.

Cedarwood

Good for soothing coughs and congestion. Relieves itching and makes a great scalp conditioner. Emotionally, it can calm anxiety and help diffuse fear and is spiritually enhancing.

Champaca

A well-rounded aroma initially with green top notes followed by softer, more floral tones - versatile, it warms, calms, reduces stress & is euphoric.

Chamomile (Roman)

Very soothing and calming to the mind and emotions. Anti-inflammatory for the skin and a classic remedy for children and stress. Peter Rabbit's tea is chamomile.

Citronella

Citronella essential oil is a known antidepressant. It is known to elevate moods, remove feelings of depression and anxiety, reduce mental fatigue and promote happy feelings.

Clary Sage

Clary Sage Essential Oil is calming, reduces stress, relieves tension.

Cypress

Cypress Essential Oil effectively calms and soothes when gently warmed in our oil burner. Relieves stress, irritability and anger.

Eucalyptus

A classic remedy for respiratory complaints. Has strong anti-viral and diuretic properties. It plays a dual role in hot or cold compresses for arthritis, muscular aches and pains. Is cooling to the skin but warming to the muscles.

Fennel

Fennel Essential Oil soothes digestive discomfort and nausea. Has fabulous cleansing and toning properties when carefully blended with pure base oils and used in massages.

Frangipani

Frangipani restores inner peace and harmony which guides us to honour the sacred in all relationships, especially intimate ones.

Frankincense

Frankincense Essential Oil is calming, relaxing and promotes restful sleep.

Fig Tea

Fig Tea Essential Oil is soothing and creates a relaxing environment..

Galanga

Galanga Essential Oil is an aphrodisiac, warming, stimulating and a great antiseptic.

Geranium

Harmonizing and balancing. Is great for dry or oily skin types, as well as acne and bruising. Effective emotional balancer, helps with mood swings. Good for PMS, menopausal disorders.

Ginger

Ginger essential oil to nourishing, vitamin rich Sweet Almond and Jojoba base oils.

Grapefruit

An effective airborne antiseptic. Is uplifting and refreshing to the mind and emotions. Has a high vitamin C content because it is a citrus PEO. Is great for acne and congested skin. Tones the tissue.

Jasmine

Jasmine Essential Oil uplifts your mood and acts like an aphrodisiac.

Juniper

Juniper Essential Oil uplifts your senses, can be used to purify the air and act as an insect repellant.

Kaffir Lime

Kaffir Lime Essential Oil uplifts your mood, invigorates and stimulates appetite.

Lavender

General balancer that is the most versatile PEO. Is naturally anti-bacterial, anti-fungal and anti-viral. Great for treating burns, scalds, acne, athlete's foot, insect bites and in wound care. Both soothing and sedative, it helps in mood swings and headaches and is very calming; aids in restoring balance to the body and spirit.

Lemon

Strong germicide and astringent. Potent cleanser and tonic that is mentally refreshing and uplifting. Good fever reducer and immune system stimulant to use in treating colds and fevers. Helpful in treating acne, boils and warts.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass Essential Oil is cleansing, refreshing, relieves stress and an excellent mosquito repellent.

Marjoram (Sweet)

Warming and sedative. Is great for clearing the head, but is an extremely strong sedative. Warming and soothing for sore muscles, old injuries and cold, contracted muscles. Antiseptic properties that help relieve bronchial congestion.

Mandarin

Mandarin Essential Oil relieves insomnia as it aids in calming and detoxifying the body.

Neroli

Neroli - Neroli Essential Oil calms nervous tension, is uplifting, boost confidence and helps to relieve menstrual discomfort.

Nutmeg

Mental stimulant. An excellent digestive stimulant. Used to treat nausea, indigestion, and vomiting. Anti-inflammatory and is useful in treating arthritis. Gently warming to sore, achy muscles and joints.

Orange

Gentle digestive cleaner and tonic. Refreshing to the digestion, as well as having diuretic and toning properties. Uplifting and refreshing to the mind and emotions. Soothes nervous tension, stress and anxiety.

Papaya

Papaya Essential Oil is refreshing and adds a sweet aroma.

Patchouli

Strenghening; gives confidence and clarity to thoughts. Anti-inflammatory, antiseptic and anti-fungal. Reduces the appetite. Is widely used in the Far East to prevent the spread of infection and to scent linens. Strengthens on all levels.

Peppermint

A classic digestive remedy. Is good for reducing nausea, indigestion and flatulence. Very soothing and cooling to the skin in low dilutions. Clears the mind and refreshes the spirit. Great to use in the car to keep the driver alert. discourages insects and mice. Basic necessity for the first aid kit.

Pink Grapefruit

Pink Grapefruit Essential Oil aids in improving digestion and metabolism. Improves awareness and sharpens the senses.

Plai

Plai Essential Oil relieves pain, inflammation, nausea, asthma and respiratory problems

Polemo

Pomelo

Pomelo Essential Oil is uplifting, relieving stress and nervous exhaustion.

Rose

Rose Essential Oil is calming, reduces stress, an aphrodisiac and balances the female hormonal and reproductive system.

Rosemary

Wonderfully fresh and stimulating. Well known for its ability to wake up the body and spirit. In a massage blend, it can stimulate circulation, help to clear sinuses. Warming to muscles, stimulates circulation, relieves stiffness. Helpful in indecision, clouded thinking.

Royal Lotus

Royal Lotus Essential Oil is energizing, soothing and promotes a sense of well-being.

Sage

Sage Essential Oil assist with digestive discomfort and stimulates the lymphatic system. Know for it's strong properties of stabilising and comforting during grief and depression.

Sandalwood

Sandalwood Essential Oil calms anxiety, chronic illness and reduces stress.

Spearment

Spearmint Essential Oil soothes, helps relieves headaches and stomach troubles.

Sweet Basil

Sweet Basil Essential Oil relieves anxiety and improves memory.

Tangerine

Contains esters and aldehydes that are sedating and calming, helping with anxiety and nervousness.

Tea Tree

Tea Tree Essential Oil is a great relief for sinusitis, asthma and the treatment of wounds.

Thai-Bergamot

Bergamot Essential Oil is known for it's superb therapeutic benefits of balancing, calming and anxiety relief.

Turmeric

Turmeric Essential Oil is cleaning, balancing and warming.

Vetiver

Vetiver Essential Oil calms and soothes a stressed environment. Relieves anxiety, exhaustion and insecurity.

Ylang Ylang

Ylang Ylang is both euphoric and sedative with calming and antidepressant effects. Aids in calming anger and depression and helps with insomnia and stress-related disorders. For the skin it is antiseptic and anti-fungal, working well for acne and oily skin. It has a long tradition in hair care and in baby care products as well as a big reputation for being an aphrodisiac.