Eucalyptus oil - Blue Gum

Eucalyptus oil - Blue Gum

Eucalyptus (also known as blue gum) leaves have many beneficial effects. Distilled as oil, eucalyptus may be inhaled freely for sore throats and infections of the bronchial tubes or lungs. It helps to reduce swelling of the mucous membranes in asthma and can be used with most vaporizers. A cough syrup may be prepared from the eucalyptus oil with three to ten drops stirred into a cup of honey. A small amount of lemon juice may be added for flavoring. One teaspoon of honey-eucalyptus “cough syrup” may be taken every few hours to relieve a sore throat or cough associated with many common respiratory illnesses.

BLENDS WELL WITH:  Cedarwood, Lavender, Lemon, Marjoram, Pine, Rosemary, and Thyme. 

1. If you’re stuffed up and having problems breathing, put some Eucalyptus in a diffuser or humidifier and inhale , it will help clear you up. 

2. Add a drop of Eucalyptus oil to a teaspoon of honey and you have a marvelous cough drop. 

3. Diffuse or spray in the air to inhibit the spread of infection. 

4. Use with Bergamot essential oil to ease the pain of shingles, chicken pox, cold sores, or herpes outbreaks. 

5. Use with Geranium essential oil to lower and regulate blood sugar levels. 

6. Every day when you get out of the shower apply Eucalyptus essential oil to the chest, back, and the bottom of the feet to help keep your immune system in tip top shape. 

7. An excellent deodorant, add some to water or witch hazel and then spray on. 

8. Many people have reported success in using Eucalyptus to help them stop smoking.  They simply take a lick of a drop before lighting the cigarette and it makes it taste terrible.  Others actually put a drop on the filter area and then they don’t have to remember to take a lick first.  It also helps clear the areas in the body that have been clogged with nicotine and reduce cravings. 

9. Add to bath salts and then to a tub of water for an excellent cold and flu fighter bath (sure to clear the sinuses). 

10. RESPONSIBLE CAUTIONS: For topical and aromatic purposes only. Avoid using undiluted on the throats of toddlers.  Keep out of reach of children and away from eyes. Do NOT use if you are pregnant. 

11. The aborigines believed that if they burned the Eucalyptus leaves in a fumigation it made the heat (fever) go out of the sick man and into the fire. 

12. They would bind wounds with the leaves to prevent infection and speed healing. 

13. The trees store water in their roots, providing natural aquifers for the native people. In 1857 some Eucalyptus trees were planted in Algiers,France, in one of the most marshy and unhealthy districts. The trees began to thrive and they took in the water (500-1,000 gallons a day!) and turned the area into one of the healthiest and driest regions!  As a result these trees are often planted in marshy areas to turn them drier and help prevent malaria. The root systems will drain an area and eliminate the mosquitoes. 

14. Many mothers have massaged away their child’s cold symptoms with a rub containing the camphorous vapors of the Eucalyptus oil.

15. Veterinarians have used eucalyptus with horses to treat influenza, with dogs to treat distemper, and with other animals to assist with parasites and skin afflictions. 

All oils can cause skin sensitivity if used often in the same place.  If you are worried about skin sensitivity try one of the two: 1) apply with a carrier oil 2) apply to the bottoms of your feet until you are sure of how your body will react.  It’s always a good idea to rotate with another oil with similar properties.