Aromatic cypress oil, obtained from pine needles and shoots, has anti-spasmodic, soothing, tonic, antirheumatic and antiseptic action.
Cypress is one of the most wonderful trees on earth. The cypress age reaches 2 thousand years. Ancient Egyptians based on cones and branches of cypress made religious incense and smoking, the Phoenicians built houses, and the Romans used to disinfect the premises, because the cypress had a pleasant aroma.
Properties of cypress oil are unique and have a lot of advantages. The oil has a beneficial effect on the water-fat metabolism, the circulatory system, fights against varicose veins, numbness of the lower and upper extremities, with cellulite, and also contributes to the narrowing of the blood vessels.
Also, cypress oil is recommended for arthritis, rheumatism, painful joint sensations, muscle cramps, because it has an anti-spasm activity. When this essential oil is combined with other oils, a composition is obtained which is very effective for women during the climacteric period. The oil can be used for laryngitis, cough and bronchitis.
In cosmetology, cypress oil can be used to treat acne, warts, and papillomas. It is most often used in the composition of masks, which help to smooth out the skin, tone it, remove irritation, narrow the pores and give it elasticity.
Oil cleans the air of various kinds of impurities. In very extreme cases, it causes an allergy, so it can be used even by asthmatics. It is recommended for increased sweating of the feet.
The rich refreshing aroma of cypress oil helps clarify the consciousness, focus attention, mobility of thinking. There is a belief that a cypress tree protects against the evil eye, envy and ill-will of surrounding people. Cypress oil affects the emotional background. It removes irritability, tearfulness, emotional tension, helps to cope with difficult life situations, relieves insomnia, raises mood.
Cypress oil can be taken inside. It restores well-being, normalizes the work of the genitourinary system, tones up the veins.
If you pour cypress oil into the aroma lamp during an intimate affair, it will contribute to increased sexuality and desire, exacerbation of sensations and delaying premature ejaculation.
Cypress oil is also actively used in folk medicine. If you are cold and you suffer from coughing attacks, it is recommended to use cold inhalations using cypress essential oil. Apply a few drops of oil to a cotton cloth or handkerchief and inhale deeply. Or on cotton swabs, apply a couple drops of oil and put them in your ears. Inhalation data in addition to cough treatment also help with asthma, rhinitis, whooping cough. In addition to cold inhalations, you can be treated and hot. Add a few drops of cypress oil to the boiling water and breathe in deeply.
During the exacerbation of sciatica and arthritis, mix the cypress oil with jojoba, almond, avocado oil (1: 1). Tear the affected area with this solution. This recipe can be used as warm compresses, after wetting the cloth / gauze in a slightly warmed composition.
People who suffer from severe sweating of feet, folk medicine advises to prepare a hot bath with cypress oil. It is necessary for 20 liters of hot water 10 drops of cypress oil.
In the treatment of hemorrhoids, especially after childbirth, it is possible to apply microclysters with oil. Take 30 ml of wheat oil, jojoba or macadamia and add a few drops of cypress oil. It is also possible to rub the inflamed areas. Stir a few drops of cypress oil with any vegetable.
Representatives of the fair sex having an "orange peel", it is very effective to do massage with cypress, grapefruit and orange oils. Stir two drops of each essential oil and apply strong massage movements to the problem areas.
Due to the fact that time does not stand still and requires constant action from us, movements, perception of a huge amount of new information, a person becomes anxious, irritable, capricious. For relaxation, elevation of mood and cheerfulness, folk medicine advises to take a warm bath with cypress oil. Dilute ½ tsp. cypress oil in ½ tbsp. milk or 2 tsp. honey and add this composition to the water. Take a bath for a quarter of an hour, enjoying peace and quiet.
Folk cosmetology considers it very useful to add a couple of drops of cypress oil to various means for skin care of face, body, hair (cream, shampoo, lotion, tonic, gel, etc.). You can add cypress oil to glycerin oil and daily apply a mixture to care for sensitive, irritated and inflamed skin types, to eliminate the unpleasant smell of hair. In addition, the oil normalizes the activity of the sebaceous glands.
Cypress oil neutralizes household odors. Also removes the smell of animals. If you grind the dog with cypress oil, the smell will disappear, and fleas will also die. The smell of cypress oil insects do not like, and, therefore, against the cockroaches, ants, beetles, etc., you can use the aroma lamp. In addition to the fact that you will get rid of insects, you will have a pleasant pine aroma of freshness in your apartment.