Lemongrass Essential Oil
Lemongrass essential oil has a delicious citrus-herb scent. It can be diffused to purify the air from bad odors and also applied topically for skin-cleansing benefits. You can also use lemongrass essential oil to flavor food; especially Thai-recipes use lots of lemongrass. Adding it to drink recipes gives a nice, citrusy flavor.
How To Use Lemongrass Essential Oil
- Diffuse Lemongrass to achieve feelings of clarity and relaxation.
- Use this oil in cleaning the house for Christmas; diffuse for a fresh aroma, or add a few drops into a cleaning solution.
- Add 4 drops to laundry or dish washing water.
- Make up a spritzer with water and 5 drops of lemongrass to freshen the carpet.
- Add a couple of drops on a cotton ball and put into the linen cupboard.
- Same applies to get rid of the car smell; make your own re-freshener by hanging a piece of cardboard with clued on piece of felt inside your car. You can add drops of lemongrass onto the felt when needed!
- Even the fridge can be rid of odors; add 8 drops into a jar of baking soda and put inside the fridge without a lid.
- Add to coconut oil and massage aching muscles
[Images – Lemon Grass by Choyaw99, Flickr, Creative Commons CC BY-ND 2.0]
Tuula Olin is a Raindrop Technique practitioner and Young Living Essential Oils Independent Distributor (ID 1241038) from Australia. Her interests are natural toxic-free living, health & fitness, alkaline diet and raw food recipes and yoga.