Monday, June 04, 2007

Aromatherapy Part 6 - Coughs and colds

Most of you are probably coming into summer and are not so likely to be experiencing the common cold anytime soon. Nonetheless, store this information up for later date. I had a cold this week, mostly because I caught it from a friend's backpacker friend who friend and I had coffee with. And partly because I had to get up in the middle of the night to take my boyfriend to emergency, thus leaving me tired and run-down.

But did I mope? Well yes, but that's just my way when I have a cold - I like to sook and be looked after. Did I throw up my hands in despair? Nope. Instead I mixed myself up some nice cold-remedy and applied liberally to my chest and throat at frequent intervals. I made two batches, one with a slightly changed the recipe for night-time. It included 2 drops more lavender and less other things.

Cold-Remedy:
2 drops lavender oil
2 drops lemon tea tree oil (or tea tree oil)
1 drop eucalyptus oil
1 teaspoon base oil

Mix all and allow to combine for a while (preferably several hours, but in this case just use it straight away because the sooner you start killing those cold bugs the better).

It seems to have helped. Certainly it has prevented the cold going straight to my chest and causing a horrid icky mucus-y cough that lingers for weeks after the cold.

PS, does anyone else have a horrid reaction to cold tablets? I simply can't take them because they dilate my pupils, space me out, and generally make me look and feel like I've taken some much harder and far more illicit drugs!

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Posted by Ellie at 4:48 PM