Side effects of essential oils

Essential oils are very common, and there are many types of essential oils. You can choose according to your favorite essential oils. Essential oils are very helpful to the skin and body. Essential oils can be used externally, and they are also very good for internal use. However, before choosing essential oils, you also need to have a good understanding of them, so that you can rest assured when using them. What are the side effects of essential oils?

Many people don’t know much about essential oils, so when choosing essential oils, they don’t know how to use them. Experience has shown that there are some ways and methods for using them. So what are the side effects of essential oils?

Side effects of essential oils:

Side effects: Breast enhancement essential oils and slimming essential oils actually have no side effects. The side effects are caused by the essential oil ingredients themselves. For example, mustard essential oil and sassafras essential oil are toxic in themselves, but they can treat arthritis and back pain. Unless used for research, these toxic essential oils are generally not sold on the market.

Contraindications

1. Essential oils can accelerate blood circulation, so they should not be used during menstruation, pregnancy, or lactation.

2. Single essential oil is pure essential oil with high concentration and should not be applied directly to the skin, especially wounds. Single essential oils must be diluted with base oils. Famous base oils include olive oil and almond oil. Because they are extracted from seeds and are as mild as peanut oil, they can be used to dilute single essential oils. Therefore, generally speaking, when doing SPA, 99% of the lubricating effect of essential oil massage is from the base oil, and its therapeutic effect comes from the high concentration of essential oil.

3. Most essential oils are photosensitivity, which means they are sensitive to sunlight and light. When exposed to sunlight, the essential oils will burn the skin, turning it into charcoal-like skin and even causing skin cancer. Moreover, the burns are permanent and it is difficult to whiten the skin again. Especially essential oils extracted from petals and citrus essential oils, such as tangerine, orange, lemon, and grapefruit, so the essential oil bottles are brown to avoid light.

4. Some people are allergic to some essential oils, just like pollen allergy.

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the side effects of essential oils. Essential oils have no side effects when used correctly. And when purchasing essential oils, we must also be aware of its contraindications. They are introduced one by one above. We must also pay attention to these to avoid causing harm to ourselves.