Essential Oils

Is Lemon Essential Oil Safe For Dogs

Is Lemon Essential Oil Safe For Dogs?

The short answer is yes, lemon essential oil is safe for dogs. The long answer provides some factors to consider when choosing how you use the oil in the home.  It’s important to understand that a dog’s sense of smell is a hundred times stronger than a human’s, meaning it can be easy to overwhelm your canine companion. It’s also important to understand the proper dilution of essential oils to ensure safety when using.
Is Eucalyptus Essential Oil Safe For Dogs?

Is Eucalyptus Essential Oil Safe For Dogs?

Is Eucalyptus essential oil safe for dogs? The long and short answer is: Yes, it is safe, but they tend not to like it much. Naturally, one of eucalyptus’s greatest assets is its repellent chemicals. The tree uses it to deter insects from nibbling its leaves, for instance. Traditional Australasian medicines suggest brushing eucalyptus over gate posts to deter dogs from scenting them. If however, you are worried whether it is safe to diffuse eucalyptus in when someone in the house has a cold, it is not harmful to dogs but it can be for cats.
How to Use Eucalyptus Oil for Cough?

How to Use Eucalyptus Oil for Cough?

Undoubtedly eucalyptus is one of the best essential oils to use for upper respiratory conditions. However, it can be problematic for children if not used skillfully. Eucalyptus is best used topically but applied only to children’s backs in very small dilutions. It works best when added into creams, lotions and massage oils and can be helpful if used as eucalyptus is used in Traditional Australian medicine, as an inhalant.
Is Eucalyptus Oil Safe For Babies?

Is Eucalyptus Oil Safe For Babies?

Tisserand and Young in their Essential Oil Safety for Health Professionals (T & Y, 2013) describe how one of the main constituents 1,8, cineole slows respiration, and so they advise avoiding eucalyptus oil on very small children.  Conversely though, clinical evidence shows this to be one of the best helps for bronchial infections, which are the fourth biggest killers of babies. In which case sometimes the benefits outweigh the risks. So, as long as it is used in tiny dilutions of not more than 0.25% (which is basically one drop of essential oil to a tablespoon of carrier) and is kept away from their faces, it can be used safely. Always apply eucalyptus oil to a baby’s back, never the front of their bodies.
Is Eucalyptus Essential Oil Safe for Cats

Is Eucalyptus Essential Oil Safe for Cats?

Essential oils are fast becoming a vital part of everyone’s home. They are wonderful for helping with general health and wellbeing, for putting into massage oils and particularly lovely for diffusers. Eucalyptus is popular, mainly for its ability to decongest. Of course, when they are diffuse, molecules are projected into the air which affect not only humans but other household inhabitants too. The issues surrounding this are not straightforward so today we ask is eucalyptus essential oil safe for cats?

How To Use Clary Sage Oil For Hormone Balance

How To Use Clary Sage Oil For Hormone Balance?

Clary sage is one of aromatherapy’s favorite oils for premenstrual tension and menstrual pain, and for post-menopausal issues, as well as being cited more often than any other essential oil for starting labor. Studies show that even inhaling clary sage can have marked effects on how we feel, but it can be used easily in baths, massage oils, creams and lotions, and of course diffusers. Today we’ll look at how to use clary sage oil for hormone balance.
Is Cedarwood Oil Safe for Cats

Is Cedarwood Oil Safe for Cats?

As the use of essential oils increases in our homes, you might ask, is cedarwood oil safe for cats? The answer to this question is yes, cedarwood oil is considered safe for cats, as it’s often naturally low enough in phenols for it to be safe.
Is Lavender Essential Oil Safe For Dogs?

Is Lavender Essential Oil Safe For Dogs?

Since aromatherapy has become more popular pet parents have been asking “is lavender essential oil safe for dogs?” more and more often. The short answer is yes. It is safe, but only as long as you consider it from a canine perspective.
best essential oils to stimulate collagen

10 Best Essential Oils To Stimulate Collagen: Investigating The Truth

The internet seems to be full of pages claiming essential oils can help, but what is the evidence behind the best essential oils to stimulate collagen?

best essential oils for sore muscles

10 Best Essential Oils for Sore Muscles: Enjoy A Great Stretch

Muscles are made up of striated tissue, which means lots of thin fibres banded together. These fibres should be able to easily slip backwards and forwards over each other. Like every action, when we use them our muscles create a waste bi-product. When overexerted, they struggle to rid themselves of the leftover lactic acid. When this happens, it’s painful. We feel stiff and ache. But there are things we can do to help ourselves. Today, we’ll explore the best essential oils for sore muscles.
best essential oils for breathing

7 Best Essential Oils For Breathing: Difficulties Caused By Infections

Today’s post explores the best essential oils for breathing in two parts, first from the viewpoint of a passing infection, and then please scroll further down if you are looking for essential oils for shortness of breath because you have COPD.

10 Best Essential Oils for Muscle Pain

10 Best Essential Oils for Muscle Pain: Excellent for Body Aches

For the sake of everyone at Vinevida, today's post is a reminder of the best essential oils for muscle pain. Today is one of those chilly days where we can start to feel our bones creak. For a variety of reasons, we all feel a bit achy. But the best essential oils for muscle pain have come to our rescue. We hope they do the same for you too!