Itch-less QUICK
Posted by terrepruitt on May 16, 2013
Recently I was doing some quick cleaning. As I started I felt an itch on my arm but I had just started cleaning and I was on a roll so I didn’t want to stop and look so, I kept cleaning. I have kept my box of essential oils on my coffee table for ease of use, so as I was moving them to clean the table I remembered that one of them states it helps with bug bites. I assumed without looking at my arm that it was a bug that had bit me. It kept itching! So I decided to sit down to find the one that helps. I had to read every bottle. I don’t yet know which oil does what so I have to read each bottle each time I want to use one. I found it. It is Eucalyptus Oil. I put it on the spot and the itch stopped instantly. IMMEDIATELY!!!!! I was a little taken a back. It was amazing. I tipped the bottle onto my arm again. I wanted that effect to last!
According to the bottle it says:
“Fantastic on skin ailments such as burns, blisters, wounds, insect bites, lice and skin infections, as well as to combat the effects of colds and the flu. There is also a history of Eucalyptus essential oil being applied to sore muscles and joints.”
I thought it was pretty cool that I remembered an essential oil would help with the bite. I also thought is was really cool that it took the itching away instantly. I am not sure if the swelling went down and the bite disappeared faster, but I do know the itching stopped and that is huge to me. I mean I have had bites before and because they continue to itch I continue to scratch them and I know that does not help them go away any faster. So this was great to me.
Other common uses for eucalyptus oil are for allergies, asthma, bronchitis, congestion, cough, emphysema, hay fever, pneumonia, and poison ivy.
I have not tried Eucalyptus Oil for any of the other things listed on the bottle. I have also not tried if for most of the things listed as common uses. I usually just breathe it in. I have allergies and hay fever, so I think of it as helping clear my sinuses a bit.
As to the other uses I can not attest, I am not an essential oil expert nor a medical professional. I am not stating here that eucalyptus oil will assist with or cure any of the issues as stated under common uses or any of the things on the bottle. I am just here telling you what I used it for and how amazed I was at the result. It was great. The itch was gone!
Eucalyptus oil is also associated with opening and/or balancing the Heart Chakra as I mentioned in my post Chakras and Single Essential Oils, you can read that post by clicking here.
So there you have one of my experiences with essential oils.
How about you? Have you had an experience with eucalyptus oil you want to share?
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