Properties of spruce
About the properties of essential oil spruce has known for many centuries. For example, contemporaries of Hippocrates healed with this oil lung diseases, diabetes, rheumatism, skin diseases. In Central Asia, it was popular in the treatment of burns, infected wounds, as well as toothache and trophic ulcers. Nowadays this essential oil has a use in saunas as well as eucalyptus. Fir oil has an excellent aroma that is well suited for a bath.
Fir oil has a soothing and relaxing effect, it is able to relieve tension and nervousness. It helps people who are depressed, because it can lift mood, promote good sleep and sleep at night. Most often it can be recommended to people who are tormented by fears and anxieties, because it brings calm, relieves fatigue. Oil can remove not only nervous, but also physical fatigue. The advantages of this oil include anti-inflammatory and bactericidal effect. Essential oil of spruce is used for skin problems, against dandruff, and for strengthening hair. Since the oil has a deodorizing effect, it does a good job of cleaning and disinfecting the air.
The list of beneficial properties of spruce oil includes reducing the degree of sweating. This oil can remove sweating of the feet. Oil spruce has a restorative effect on the skin, effectively fights against furunculosis and acne. And also heals cracks in skin areas, abscesses, abrasions, infected wounds, ulcers. In addition to the healing effect of oil spruce also has a rejuvenating effect.
Essential oil of spruce has an expectorant and antitussive effect, because of these properties it very effectively helps with bronchitis, pneumonia, tracheitis. It cleanses the lungs, facilitates the flu, prevents its further complication. Therefore, it is effective to use oil in the procedures of hot inhalation. To do this, add a half teaspoon of soda 1 drop of essential oil spruce and 1 drop of myrtle oil. Dilute the mixture in hot water and inhale for 5-7 minutes. During the period of the disease, experts recommend cleaning the air with an aroma lamp.
The properties of spruce oil make it very effective in the treatment of rheumatism, gout, osteochondrosis and arthritis. It can also be used in the treatment of cystitis, since oil helps to eliminate inflammation in the bladder and ureters. Fir essential oil excellently stimulates immunity, after severe illnesses it helps in recovery. Essential oil of spruce is recommended for use with bruises and bruises, with the help of oil they pass faster.
Pay attention to the safety measures when using spruce oil. A sufficient number of studies have been carried out, which showed that spruce oil can cause allergies and other skin diseases, so it should be carefully and carefully treated with this oil. Remember that the oil you use to treat must be fresh! Otherwise, when oxidizing the oil, you have the opportunity to get skin problems, and in some cases even severe skin diseases. Essential oil of fir is forbidden to use during pregnancy, and also in its pure form. It is not necessary to treat with oil the fir of infants, and it is not recommended to take it inside. In hermetically sealed containers, the shelf life of the oil can be up to five years.
Spruce oil perfectly combines with tangerine, orange, rosewood, bergamot, melissa, ylang-ylang, petitgrane.
Recipes using fir oil
If you have excessive sweating of your feet, you can take 10 drops of oil spruce, dilute in 1 tbsp. l. alcohol or vodka and wipe it with the soles of your feet.
In the bath you can add 3-7 drops of essential oil spruce, 1 tbsp. l. sea or table salt, milk or honey. Bath water should be 37-38 g. C. Take this bath should be for 15-20 minutes.
For the massage, prepare 3-5 drops of spruce and 1 tablespoon oil. l. any vegetable oil as a base. The role of the base can be peach oil, jojoba, almond oil, or grape seed oil.
For the aroma lamp is useful 2-5 drops on an area of 15 square meters.
If you want to use in the sauna, then add 5-10 drops of essential oil to the hot water (a container with a small amount of water).
To clean the mouth and rinse your throat you will need 2 drops of spruce oil, mixed in 100 ml of warm water.
To enrich your favorite cosmetics, add 4-6 drops of oil in 15 ml of shampoo or hair mask. It prevents hair loss, eliminates dandruff. If you have a problem skin, you can add the same amount of oil to 15 g of cream.
Sprayer. In order to disinfect the air in the room, you need to add 10 drops of essential oil to the spruce in 10 ml of ethyl alcohol. This mixture should be sprayed with the room in which you are. In addition, such an alcohol solution can be added for rheumatism or colds in a full bath.
Essential oil of spruce is the best means for purification and saturation of air with useful substances.