02/07/2009 by Gary Gummer.

Warm again tonight, and flying bugs have been trying to invade my personal space, but fortunately for me I have been restocking my craft fair supplies and filling vials with Citronella essential oil, it is an excellent essential oil to ward off flying bugs.

Citronella, and other citrus oils like May Chang or Lemongrass, are used extensively throughout Asia to help stop mosquitoes and other insects from biting humans. Why not here? Another advantage of using these three essential oils during the summer is they smell wonderful too. If you want to try them out? Buy the best and in small quantities.

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02/07/2009 by Gary Gummer.

I know that personal choice differs throughout the human race, but there are some essential oils that are, in my opinion very useful to have in a home medicine cabinet or as part of a First Aid Kit for holidays. I predominately use three essential oils, Eucalyptus, Lavender and Tea Tree. I use Eucalyptus for colds, flu and hayfever. I use Lavender to help gain a restful sleep, treat insect bites, cuts from thorns and small burns. I use Tree Tea to help with toothache, mouth ulcers, sore throats and athletes foot. I will explain in future posts, the different methods I use to help me overcome the problems I encounter through my daily life.

It’s very muggy and hot here tonight, so when I go to bed I will be using eucalpytus and lavender to help me sleep, I put a few small drops of both oils onto my ‘aroma bomb’ one of our very successful creations, (some essential oils leave a mark on material) the ‘aroma bomb’ enables me to use the oils and not stain the pillow case or bed sheet, the eucalyptus helps me breath and the lavender just helps me to relax and unwind, I normally have a good nights sleep using these two wonderful oils. I suggest you try them sometime.

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