Using Essential Oils with Allergies

Essential oils that can bring on allergic symptoms

There are essential oils that are more likely to cause allergic symptoms of their own and they include cinnamon, sage, clove and hyssop.

If you have allergies, you should tell your aromatherapist about them before beginning your aromatherapy treatment. These aromatherapy professionals can then decide which essential oils to use and which to avoid, in order to make your aromatherapy session relaxing and refreshing, as they are meant to be.

An aromatherapist can also help you make a ‘prescription’ for your own essential oil blend. You should never share your prescribed essential oil blend, nor should you use someone else’s. Just as with everyday prescription medication, essential oil blends are tailored to and individual’s needs and boundaries. By using an essential oil blend that was not made exclusively for you, you may cause an allergic reaction or other harmful reaction. You wouldn’t take someone else’s prescription medication from a doctor, nor should you use their essential oil blend.

If at any time during aromatherapy you experience an increase in allergy symptoms, stop using the treatment immediately. Aromatherapy is meant to be relaxing, not to induce stressful allergic reactions.

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