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Natural Aromatherapy for Your Bathroom
As a person who has easily spent way too much money on aromatherapy home and bathroom products including skin care, bath and shower products, candles and incense, I recently found a terrific natural approach to aromatherapy guaranteed to lift your spirits and your immune system.
Head over to your local flower shop or crafts store and pick up a small bundle of eucalyptus, mint, or lavender and some natural garden twine. Hang the bundles off of your shower curtain rod using the twine, close to the shower head but out of the way enough so it won’t get too wet when you turn the shower on.
If you have a cold or would like to boost your immune system, eucalyptus is a natural decongestant. The steam from the shower will release the scent throughout your bathroom and it will also clear up your cold and prevent it from returning and others from attacking.
Mint is also used as a throat soother, if you’ve looked through your local store’s cold and flu section, you may have noticed some products that aid in the soothing of the throat or medicines that get rid of sore throats and most often, those products contain mint. What not a lot of people know is that mint can also aid indigestion, helping stomach aches and also chest pains.
Lavender is my favorite plant for aromatherapy. Lavender as an essential oil has antiseptic and anti-inflammatory properties and it is also used to naturally soothe headaches if applied to the temples; I used to get horrible stress headaches and ended up buying myself a natural body salve with lavender essential oils that worked wonderfully. Breathing lavender in has a calming effect and it is used to soothe stress, aches and pains and is best for you when exposed to it right before bed, as it produces a deeper sleep rid of stress that is most often carried with you into sleep making you wake even more tired than you were before you went to bed and still carrying emotional baggage and stress.
This little trick can even be used just to put a nice, natural fragrance in your bathroom that will last for a few weeks.
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In addition to being the Founder and Editor of Woman Tribune, Holly Ord is a freelance writer, web designer and developer, feminist activist and blogger, and hopeless video game addict. She lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania and has been blogging on liberal politics and gender equality on her personal website, Menstrual Poetry since 2007.
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40 Comments on Natural Aromatherapy for Your Bathroom / Add Your Comment
This was a great read, thank you. Greatly helps if you’re feeling under the weather.
Great idea for using Aroma Therapy in the shower, especially love the eucalyptus idea. My wife is always suffering from allergies and stuffed up nasal passages. I like using scented oils on the floor of the tub.
What a wonderful idea! I am defintely going to try this. I have horrible allergies and the eucalyptus would be so soothing!
Thanks for bringing it to my attention. Also, I heard that “Lavender’s balancing effect calms uncontrolled emotions, removes indecisiveness and emotional conflict, and helps to bring the feelings under conscious control.”
What a great idea! I am an becoming an aromatherapy addict, and am looking forward to trying this. Thanks for stopping by my blog, I am looking forward to reading more of yours.
I’m just now learning and trying more alternative health methods, with good success. Thanks for the lavender tip. Sleeping has always been one of my sorepoints.
I have seen dried mint, but never in long stemmed pieces like you show in the picture. I suppose in the summer I can go get real mint form on our farm, I know where it grows. I have never seen the other two for sale, but possibly because I wasn’t looking
This is a nice post. As I am getting more into using natural “cures” for ailments there was a few things in this post I didn’t realize…such as the eculyptus information. I did know about lavender (by the way, I have heard that lavender is also really good for antibacterial uses too?). And don’t forget about using aloe (get an aloe plant–they are REALLY easy to care for) and then you will have it for minor scraps and burns.
Nice to read about these things….ooh–and I love mint as well. I get some mint decaf green tea to drink at night….so relaxing. And chamomile is another one of my favorites.
Thanks again for sharing this great information.
This is one great entry, the title caught my attention so i kept on reading. I’ll subscribe soon.
Great idea for the aromatherapy idea. I am always looking for ways to make my bathing experience a little more nice.
Thank you for this suggestion; my mom used to add eucalyptus to her flower arrangements when we were younger, and I can attest that it serves its aromatic purpose very well. If you twist a few of the leaves on the stem it will release even more aroma — but be careful, because it can be overwhelming at times.
I enjoy aromatherapy, specially eucalyptus and peppermint.
I am 6 weeks pregnant now. Im not sure if I should continue using. Im afraid it might harm my baby..but I feel I need it.
Great tips btw.
This was a very Good Post, I am very pleased, keep up the good work
I tried this a while back after reading this post. Love how soothing the lavender was in the shower. Great tip. Left the whole back of my house smelling like mild lavender and me really relaxed.
This blog is pretty interesting, will add a bookmark, thanks.
yes, you’re pretty right, lavender is great for the bathroom! i would suggest also sage. it eases any tension perfectly!
Lavender smells great. really help me to calm down when i’m in stressed.
I create an essential oil blend of 10 parts lavender, peppermint and lemon, with 90 parts water into a garden spray bottle. This is a great blend to disinfect the house and refreshen up the environment. Simply shake well before using and spray to clean benches or simply into the air.
I never thought of taking this approach to spruce up the bathroom. Very insightful article!
Very interesting! And timely! I bought lavender today and some rosemary … and I love the scent of eucalyptus which always reminds me of home (California).
I’ll be hanging up what I’ve got and heading back to the nursery tomorrow for more!
Viveca
P.S. I’ll also post a link to this in my community – always on the look out for great ideas to re-energize tired women!
We use aromatherapy in our home daily, as well as essential oils, and find it is helpful for most common conditions and ailments.
haha that plant hanging from the shower seems like it would be kinda romantic… ill have to try it out and see if the wifey likes it o_o
-Jay
Holly, Lavender Oil is my favorite Essential Oil too. I regularly use it when taking bath. It relaxes and soothes you naturally. Nice trick anyway and thank you for sharing it.
This is a really good idea and it’s green! This is a good article, and since I get sick a lot, I will be trying this new aromatherapy in my own tub. I’ve always been addicted to lavender scent, but i didn’t know the plant has antiseptic properties and could be used in this way. Thank you!
Great idea for a low cost (or maybe even free!) alternative. Most aromatherapy oils are concentrated though, so the effect will be greater than using the raw plant.
Thats a great tip about the shower.
What a great idea! I usually burn my sinus relief or eucalyptus candles, but this is worth a try!
Thank you for sharing it!
Great Idea! it’s very natural & Green too. I also use lavender to reduce my headache. But I think you can try sweet marjoram. It has pain relieving and muscle relaxing properties. I found sweet marjoram better in reducing my headache compare to lavender.
I use Aromatherapy to relax. It’s very successful method and REAL works!
Lavender smells great, it gives relaxing and cooling effects really great to put in bathroom. Nice article!
Thank you for your great idea. The triad of eucalyptus, ment and lavender seem to be a very good combination to boost immunity on one hand and relieve cold symptoms on the other hand. I will try your natural approach, as I frequently gets cold with sore throat.
I like this blog very much.
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Lavender is great, Moths hate it as well, so put it near your clothes. Smells nicer than moth balls!!
Claire
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Great info here, thanks for sharing.
This is nice idea, Do you have any idea how’s and what’s in the aromatherapy product can boost the energy of a person.
Really great idea, thanks for sharing.
I spent too much time in the bathroom because I had Hemorrhopis, so the aromatherapy help me to relax.
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Good article – Aromatherapy and essential oils are also grea t be used as natural cleaners
Good ost by you, thanks for sharing the knowledge about the natural aromatherapy.
I do so enjoy these helpful postings. Thank you.
Where can I find eucalyptus plants? Any nursery or do you find them in super markets?