Drying lavender: how to dry lavender flowers at home

There are many uses for dried lavender in and around the home, from pot-pourri through lavender bags to home remedies and treatments. It's easy to harvest and dry your own lavender to use in these various projects. This article explains how best to cut and dry lavender, and how to store it for later use.

Peppermint Essential Oil: Uses and Benefits

Believe it or not, humans have been using peppermint plant oil for almost ten thousand years….and peppermint, which is a hybrid of two plants, has therefore been referred to as the “world’s oldest medicine.”

The Benefits of Fennel Essential Oil

Citronella oil: the health, household and aromatherapy benefits of citronella essential oil

While most people immediately think of insect repellants when they think of citronella oil, this citrus-scented essential oil, which is distilled from the leaves of the Cymbopogon nardus grass, is actually good for much more than keeping the bugs away.

Rosehip oil: the uses and benefits of rose hip essential oil

Looking for a natural, but also an effective, skin care oil? Rosehip (or rose hip, as it is sometimes spelled) essential oil is a proven reducer of lines, wrinkles, and scars, and there are many more benefits of this versatile plant and the essential oil derived from it.

Jasmine essential oil - the aromatherapy and health benefits of jasmine oil

This article is about the history and origins, aromatherapy benefits, health properties and other uses of jasmine essential oil, together with some details of how to use it, and contra-indications.

Lavender aromatherapy: benefits and contraindications

This article sets forth uses of lavender oil in aromatherapy and as a healing plant, and explains how lavender is used in aromatherapy and aromatherapy products.

Essential Oil of Pine: Uses and Benefits of Pine Oil

Pine essential oil has a long and glorious history, and still has many medicinal, decorative and domestic cleaning uses today. Pine oil has antibacterial, energizing, antiseptic, and aromatic properties, and is a relatively cheap essential oil, as well as being useful.

Clary sage oil: the health and aromatherapy benefits of clary sage essential oil

Clary sage essential oil is taken from the leaves and flowers of the plant Salvia sclarea. This rather expensive oil may be worth the cost, as it has many healing properties and has been a valuable medicinal herb since the Middle Ages.

Rosewood Oil: Health Benefits of Essential Oil of the Rosewood Tree

This mild oil, known as bois de rose, possesses a rich aroma and is used as an ingredient in expensive perfumes. Rosewood essential oil has a slightly spicy, floral smell, which is captivating and rather special. The oil is rich in linalool, a chemical used in fragrance industries, which helps give it the distinctive scent.