They carry the 'essence' of a plant, but that may be all they can do.
In general, less is more, she says. For example, she warns against pouring more than a few drops of oil into bathwater. Oil and water don’t mix, so you might be getting a full punch of pure oil just as you hit the water. Adding one or two drops to bath salts, though, will help disperse the oil better, Rodgers says.If you have children or pets at home, be sure to keep essential oils far out of their reach. While you may have researched your oils and know how to use them properly, others may not.
In the event you react badly to aromatherapy, topical oil application, or—heaven forbid—you ingest an essential oil, call the non-profit organization. Experts on the line will provide instructions on how to manage the effects at home, or advise visiting a hospital. This might sound like overkill, but Johnson-Arbor encourages people not to wait for their symptoms to boil over simply because they may feel embarrassed by an accident. “We get a significant number of reports of essential oil exposure,” she says. “Every day, people are experiencing adverse reactions to essential oils.” You won’t be the first if you get yourself into a pickle.Shi En Kim is a Malaysian-born freelance science writer and a Popular Science's spring 2022 editorial intern.
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