How Do I Use Thick Essential Oils in Aromatherapy?

 

When it comes to essential oils and aromatherapy, many people are surprised to learn that certain essential oils can be defined as being thick. Essential oils that are known as thick can be more difficult to mix in blends or dilute when they are being used for aromatherapy and essential oil therapy. Vetiver is an example of a thick oil. Many absolutes, ‘essential oils’ extracted by alcohol methods rather than steam distilled – which you may learn about in essential oil classes,  can also be very thick.

Read on to learn more about using thick essential oils in aromatherapy including:

·         Dilution and Essential Oils

·         Heating Essential Oils

·         Water Bath Method for Essential Oils

Dilution and Essential Oils

If you are using thick essential oils for emotional support, holistic wellbeing and aromatherapy, you can dilute the thick essential oils. If you’d like to learn from an expert, look at taking some local essential oil classes can help you perfect your technique. If you’d like to try yourself first, consider using an alcohol-based diluent – for example, witch hazel.

Heating Essential Oils

Using thick essential oils can feel more difficult, but another easy method to fix this issue is to use heat. Aromatherapy is here to help you, not hinder you. The emotional support that these oils provide far outweighs the effort used to get there – but if you’re having troubles, try speaking to an aromatherapy expert or take some essential oil classes.

The risk with using heat on your essential oils is that it can break down or change the chemical components, which leads to them no longer having the same emotional support and therapeutic effects on you, or the chemicals can become more toxic. To avoid over-heating, try applying a very slight heat for only a short moment.

One way to achieve this is called the ‘Rice Method’:

1. Microwave a cup of dry rice for one minute and mix so that it is warmth is even throughout the container.
2. Push the essential oil bottle into the warm rise and leave there for a minute or so.
3. The oil should then be less viscous and easier to drip.

Water Bath Method for Essential Oils 

A third method is referred to as the ‘Water Bath Method’ and it is great for helping your thick essential oils to become more usable for at-home aromatherapy or in essential oil classes. This method simply works by warming a small bowl of water and placing your chosen essential oil bottle into the water. It can help to also warm the carrier oil to help with the mixing.

This method can ruin your nice bottle labels though, as a warning!

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Rebecca Tichbon originally qualified as a Medical Scientist and then she fell into a health and science teaching career in higher education. Beck now runs two successful wellness businesses in Bunbury, Western Australia, and has published her first book. Beck is passionate about women’s wellbeing and finds fulfillment in supporting others on their own wellness journeys through all of her work.

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