Essential oils offer numerous health advantages and can be utilized for multiple health concerns. Each oil possesses its own distinct set of benefits and chemical makeup.

Essential oils designed to stimulate and energise are an ideal way to enhance alertness, relieve grogginess and revive both mind and body. As opposed to synthetic energy boosters, essential oils provide a natural and sustainable boost that will help you face each day with confidence.

Peppermint

Peppermint can provide an energising aroma that can help improve energy levels. Research shows that inhaling its oil can decrease feelings of fatigue while improving exercise performance.

Peppermint Oil contains menthol, which produces a cooling sensation when applied directly to the skin. It activates thermoreceptors which alert your brain of any change in temperature.

Oil has also been proven to decrease lipid peroxidation and inflammation markers in rats’ livers and muscles, suggesting it has anti-oxidative and free radical-scavenging activity that helps combat exercise-induced fatigue by counteracting free radical formation and inflammation.

Orange

Orange oil provides natural energy boosts, clears the mind, and enhances mood naturally. Plus, its antiseptic properties make it a fantastic ingredient in natural cleaning solutions! Plus its aroma is both refreshing and upbeat; perfect for use with reed diffusers and room sprays.

Orange essential oil has been discovered to both inhibit the growth and increase cell death of cultured cancer cells, and also provide antioxidant protection from free radical damage that causes oxidative stress and premature ageing.

As with eucalyptus, peppermint has an invigorating scent that helps clear mental fog, rejuvenate and boost energy thanks to 1,8-Cineole. Used both in skincare products to promote skin health as well as aromatherapy to increase mood.

Lemon

Lemon essential oil has long been recognized for its stimulating and invigorating qualities, making it one of the best essential oils for use against scurvy, relieving cold symptoms, soothing sore throats, easing asthma attacks and relieving rheumatism symptoms, aiding digestion problems and sweetening breath.

Check for lemons with bright, smooth skin (green is indicative of underripeness) that are heavy for their size. Avoid those with blemishes, soft spots, or that appear hard and wrinkled. Lemons are an excellent source of vitamin C; inhaling their scent can elevate norepinephrine levels, improving mood and increasing alertness*.

Rosemary

Inhaling rosemary’s aromatic scent can improve cognitive function and memory, and also has natural antidepressant effects by lowering cortisol levels in your blood.

As well as stimulating hair growth and preventing dandruff, turmeric is also widely considered an effective natural pain reliever. Its anti-inflammatory properties soothe headaches and muscle aches while its stimulating qualities aid hair growth stimulation and prevent dandruff formation.

Rosemary can be used alone or combined with citrus oils, making for an aromatic experience that blends beautifully with lavender, thyme, cedarwood, fir needles, eucalyptus needles, marjoram needles and pine. Rosemary may also help balance chakras which regulate psycho-emotional functions within our bodies.

Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus leaves contain high concentrations of eucalyptol, an active chemical used as an antiseptic, analgesic, and decongestant. Distilled oil from this species can also be found in perfumes and soaps for perfumery production, while inhalation or topical application of the oil to ease congestion can be done either through inhalation or application topically (diluted).

Eucalyptus oil can also serve as an insect repellent and antimicrobial. A few drops can help keep your home germ-free, or add it to mouthwash to fight bad breath and cavities.

Indoor cultivation of Eucalyptus should take into account several key considerations: sufficient lighting, temperature regulation, drainage options for drainage purposes and containers with drain holes for watering purposes.

Bergamot

Bergamot essential oil provides an energetic scent to stimulate mental clarity and rejuvenate the body, as well as to alleviate afternoon slumps and spark creativity.

Bergamot is an inedible citrus fruit, but the oil extracted from its rind can be used in tea and fragrance production. Research indicates it could reduce cholesterol, inflammation and hunger cravings; more study must be completed in this area before any definitive conclusions can be drawn.

Essential oils can be applied directly to the skin or inhaled through a diffuser, or dilute them with carrier oil before inhaling through scent strips or cotton balls. Tea tree oil pairs perfectly with bergamot essential oil and has stress-reducer properties.