It’s beginning to smell like spring! This is the season of new starts, rebirth, and rising energy. This dynamic is as valid for nature as it is for us. With the sun showing its face again, it is the perfect opportunity to go out and play sports, go for walks, hike and even enjoy a picnic!
Here are our top 6 essential oils for spring – these must-have natural remedies will help you enjoy the season even more.
Spike Lavender Essential Oil
For anything that stings.
Insects, bees and wasps are now out and about and a sting can happen quickly... Don't panic! When this happens, Spike Lavender essential oil is an excellent remedy. It has beautiful analgesic/calming properties thanks to the linalool it contains. It also promotes healing. In short, it is a "must-have" for all outdoor adventures.
How to use Spike Lavender essential oil on stings:
Place 1 drop of pure Spike Lavender on the sting every 15 minutes for 2 hours.
Sweet Orange Essential Oil
Positivity in a bottle.
This calming essential oil helps to give a boost to the desire for change that often comes with spring. It has the power to clear ideas and provide a bright mood! Rebalancing for the nervous system and the emotions, it helps recharge your batteries to start this new season in the best possible way.
How to use Sweet Orange essential oil
Sweet Orange Essential Oil is excellent for diffusion and blends easily with most other essential oils. Some of our favorites are florals like lavender and ylang ylang or woods like Scotch pine and black spruce.
Lemon Essential Oil Mini-Caps
Natural detox support.
Spring is the perfect time to give our cells a second youth. Lemon essential oil supports the process that drains and eliminates toxins through specific organs such as the liver, intestines, skin, kidneys and lungs. Because of this, it’s helpful to use in cases of fatigue and nervousness, skin problems or even insomnia.
How to use Lemon Essential Oil
For adults 18 years and up, take 1 mini-cap 1-3 times per day with a glass of water or as recommended by a healthcare professional. Do not exceed 5 mini-caps per day.
Tea Tree Essential Oil
For mold & respiratory support.
Spring can be a very damp season thanks to rain and melting snow. This creates the ideal environment for mold to grow. Our solution? Tea Tree essential oil! This amazing plant is widely studied for its antimicrobial properties (1), and it can easily be used throughout your home to keep it healthy and fresh.
How to use Tea Tree essential oil
Tea Tree essential oil can be used in your diffuser to purify ambient air or blended in DIY cleaning products for surfaces. It can also be found in our Aromaforce Tea Tree Purifying Spray.
Eucalyptus Citriodora Essential Oil
Soothing support for muscles & joints.
Spring brings with it the motivation to exercise! And exercise means sore muscles and joints.
Rich in citronellal, Eucalyptus Citriodora essential oil is our muscle & joint firefighter! It works fast to quickly soothe discomfort regardless of its origin. Plus, you can use it on bug bites, too!
How to use Eucalyptus Citriodora Essential Oil
For topical application, blend 1 drop of essential oil with roughly 10 drops of virgin plant oil, such as Arnica, and apply to affected areas 1 to 2 times a day.
Not recommended for children under 6 years old or during pregnancy.
Black Spruce Essential Oil
For energy & vitality
When the sunshine increases with the arrival of spring, the time change approaches. Scheduled for beginning/mid-March, it corresponds to the “loss” of one hour of sleep in the morning. The biological rhythm is thus disrupted, and the body feels fatigued as it adjusts to the new schedule. Black Spruce is our go-to essential oil for this transition thanks to its deeply balancing properties.
The Japanese have conducted an astonishing study proving that spending time in a forest and breathing the compounds naturally present in the air (pinene or limonene) can reduce stress levels and improve immunity.
Even if forest bathing doesn't fit into your daily schedule, black spruce essential oil provides us with some of the benefits of the molecules naturally present in the woods.
This is not so surprising as spruce essential oil is actually part of the pine essential oil family. Their main compounds, pinenes, are considered to be adaptogenic: they promote healthy stress response.
How to use Black Spruce Essential Oil
Massage 2 drops essential oil blended with 20 drops virgin plant oil (above the kidneys) or diffuse 5-6 drops in your ultrasonic diffuser. Use in the morning or early afternoon – any time later than this may interfere with sleep.
Resources:
(1) Carson CF, Hammer KA, Riley TV. Melaleuca alternifolia (Tea Tree) oil: a review of antimicrobial and other medicinal properties. Clin Microbiol Rev. 2006 Jan;19(1):50-62. doi: 10.1128/CMR.19.1.50-62.2006. PMID: 16418522; PMCID: PMC1360273.
