Why can t you use essential oils, and when are they not suitable?

1. Find out its composition, what essential oils and base oils there are, and the use of physiological maintenance oil is required. Nowadays, most beauty salons and counters do not know anything and recommend them to customers indiscriminately.

2. Essential oils have a menstrual effect, but you are not necessarily caused by it, it is recommended that you go to the hospital to see.

3. To add that most physiological maintenance oils are recommended to be used on the abdomen and waist 7 days before menstruation, and stop using them when menstruation comes.

Many people in beauty salons are not properly qualified to use essential oils. You have to figure out the composition and content of your essential oils for maintenance. Essential oils have menstrual components, but they are regular menstrual periods, and it is impossible for you to come back after your period is over.

It is possible that your period is not clean, or it is possible that you have ** symptoms, and it is recommended that you go to the hospital for a check-up. Adult women should be aware of regular health checkups (once a year). Many women's diseases are delayed and aggravated.

Essential oils have a menstrual effect. Essential oils can reach the bloodstream, so they should not be used during pregnancy and menstruation.

So don't use it during this time. It's better to wait until it's completely finished, and then you can use it.

1.During pregnancy.

Pregnancy is the most special period in a woman's life, if you are very familiar with the efficacy, use and precautions of essential oils, the proper use of essential oils has a regulating effect on the discomfort of the body and mind. Caution is needed at this time, as more than 95% of essential oils have a menstrual effect. If you don't know much about essential oils, it's best to avoid any without the guidance of an aromatherapist.

2.There are babies and young children at home.

If there are infants and young children at home, it is best to choose lavender, orange, chamomile and other essential oils that are relatively mild when aromatherapy, and other essential oils are not recommended to be used.

3.During the drive.

Sage essential oil needs to be avoided while driving, it can be considered a natural anesthetic and prone to hallucinations. You need to avoid driving after use to avoid traffic accidents. (Rosemary essential oil, bergamot essential oil, lemon essential oil, etc. have refreshing effects, so you can use them with confidence while driving.)

4.When suffering from epilepsy and hypertension, avoid using rosemary essential oil, mugwort essential oil, hyssop essential oil, etc., patients with asthma should not use steam inhalation to use essential oils, and patients with other diseases are advised to fully communicate with the attending physician before using essential oils.

Do not often use too high doses, in order to achieve the effect, usually a low dose, and continue for a period of time, so that the effect of regulating body functions is the best. For usual use, the concentration is still 3-5%, and the more dangerous essential oils should not exceed 3%.

Do not use photosensitive essential oils in places where they will be exposed to the sun Some essential oils contain ingredients that can cause photosensitivity, and if they are exposed to the sun after use, they will become dark and even cause cancer. Photosensitivity is also divided into light and heavy, mild such as grapefruit, low dose use at night, and it doesn't matter if you get in the sun the next day. But like citrus essential oils, lemon, bergamot, tangerine, sweet orange, lime, angelica root, lemon verbena, coriander, etc., are all photosensitive essential oils.

Keep out of contact with eyes Essential oils are extremely concentrated, so they should not be touched by eyes.

Oral use must be explained by an expert or manufacturer. Good quality essential oils can be taken internally, but not all essential oils can be taken internally, and the quality of essential oils in the market is uneven, if you can't determine whether the essential oil is good or bad, it is best not to take it orally.

**When there is a wound, essential oils should not be used on wounds, but if it is a small knife wound or small wound, you can use essential oils to make the skin heal quickly.

Before use, do a ** test to adjust the concentration of 3% essential oil, use it under the armpit or chest, and there is no allergy after at least 24 hours before using the essential oil.

In addition to lavender and tea tree essential oils, which can be coated with cotton swabs in a small area, unilateral essential oils must be diluted or blended with base oil before they can be directly applied. Compound oils and base oils can be used as is.

Breastfeeding women should avoid breastfeeding for 6 hours during massage and bathing, because the essential oils will participate in the body's blood circulation, and the essential oils will be almost completely metabolized after 6 hours.

It is generally not recommended to use essential oils during women's menstruation, because more than 85% of essential oils have a menstrual effect, and there may be an increase in menstrual blood volume and occasional blood collapse.

During pregnancy, incense can be used throughout the whole process, and in the first 3 months of pregnancy, it is forbidden to use essential oils for bathing or massage, or because of the menstrual effect of essential oils, avoid using essential oils with estrogen effect during pregnancy, such as basil, happy sage, fennel, etc.