CERMT Aromatherapy Blend

CERtified Massage Therapists and Aromatherapists used this blend on the rescue workers during the 9/11 crisis in New York City. CERtified Massage Therapist Essential Oil Blend contains oils including Wild Crafted Lavender, Organic Rosemary, Organic Eucalyptus, Organic Fir, Organic Naiouli, Organic Tea Tree and Peppermint Super. Originally developed to go into massage oil, this blend is safe for diffuser use as well. This is a pure, concentrated essential oil blend, if using for massage then it needs to be diluted in your favorite carrier oil or massage oil.

• Lavender essential oil is probably the most well-known and most-used essential oil. It promotes burn and wound-healing, is safe to apply 100 percent neat to the skin, and is also good for bruises and scrapes. Lavender essential oil has a characteristic fragrance. Lavender also has a profound affect on the mental and emotional affect, with low doses acting as a sedative and high doses as a stimulant.
• Rosemary essential oil is a warming, stimulating oil, with the characteristic fragrance of the rosemary herb. Its stimulant properties include its affect on the nervous system and brain. It is also sometimes used for treating headaches (with other oils like lavender and peppermint). Another common use for rosemary essential oil is for alleviating muscular aches and pains or rheumatic pains, for which it is classed as possessing analgesic properties. It is also sometimes used in skin-care, and especially in shampoos. However, high percentages can be irritating in some people.
• Eucalyptus essential oil is well-know for its use (in steam inhalations) as an expectorant, for colds, coughs, flu, etc. Of all the different varieties of eucalyptus, the radiata is considered by most aromatherapists to be the best choice for most therapeutic uses, as it is milder than most of the others, yet just as effective. Eucalyptus oil is also cooling, stimulating, anti-infectious, astringent and anti-inflammatory.
• Fir Needle essential oil is mainly known by aromatherapists for its excellent expectorant properties, making it ideal for use in steam inhalations for head and lung infections. Its other properties include as an analgesic for the relief of muscular pain and rheumatic and arthritic pain. Fir essential oil also is reputed to help alleviate anxiety and stress.
• Niaouli essential oil is one of the oils from the family that tea tree belongs to. It is higher in cineole than tea tree, and lower in terpinen-4-ol, so its properties could almost be described as being intermediate between tea tree and eucalyptus. This oil is strongly antiseptic and also has expectorant properties, so is often used in steam inhalations for respiratory tract infections. It is also recommended for use in cleaning wounds and burns, as it also has analgesic and antirheumatic properties, it is sometimes used in the relief of joint pain and muscle aches and pains.
  
• Tea Tree essential oil is so well-known that most people have some familiarity with its properties, including its very strong antiseptic and antimicrobial action. It is often the oil of first choice for use against any form of bacterial, fungal, or viral infection, including flu, colds, skin infections and head lice. It also has immunostimulant properties, in that it stimulates the body's immune system into action. Tea tree essential oil is also often used for its strong antiseptic properties for cleansing wounds of all types, including insect bites, stings, and also burns.
• Peppermint essential oil is one of the most stimulating of all the oils. Its unique fragrance is unmistakable and uplifting. It is also a very cooling oil, great to apply a drop or two neat on the forehead for a tension headache, but be very careful to keep it well away from the eyes and other mucous membrane areas, as it stings these areas severely. Alongside its cooling effect, it also has vascoconstrictive properties, ie. it constrincts the blood vessels, which also is associated with it being a tonic for the lymphatic system.
  

This blend is excellent in massage oils and lotions or use it as is in a diffuser or humidifier.

Allison B. Kontur
www.BathBodySupply.com