Photo: Orange essential oil is one of the most popular choices for wood polish. Shutterstock.
Cedarwood is a fantastic essential oil for any cleaning products, soaps, or shampoos. Shutterstock.
Cedarwood
Cedarwood is more professionally known as Cedrus atlantica. It’s an essential oil that can be applied topically or used in a diffuser. The key to understanding how to use it depends on what you want to use it for, such as taking away pains or easing emotional or mental tension.
Some people use cedarwood to help them treat their acne, while others will try to rub it on a rash to ease itching. Some clinical trials have shown that it can help children with ADHD by making them feel calmer when it’s diffused in their environment. Other health benefits include aiding in sleep and decreasing inflammation in your body.
Grapefruit is a terrific essential oil for people who want to lose weight because it’s known to help suppress your appetite. Shutterstock.
Grapefruit
Grapefruit essential oil is not commonly used because most people don’t know of its great health benefits. The fact that it’s not used often means that studies haven’t created links between its use and any adverse side effects. However, a few people believe it has a possible link to the development of breast cancer, but there is no scientific proof.
The health benefits that are linked to grapefruit include preventing water retention, bloating, and is also known to help dissolve fat. It can suppress your appetite, which helps you lose weight, helps balance your mood, reduces stress, treats acne, and has antibacterial and antimicrobial effects.
This essential oil is not one of the most popular people use, but it has much power that can not only help clean your wood but also boost your mood. Shutterstock.
Ylang Ylang
Cananga Odourata is another name for ylang ylang. You can diffuse this essential oil or rub it on your feet, wrists, back, and neck. Many people use this essential oil to get rid of bugs inside their homes as the aroma seems to repel them.
There are many health benefits when using this oil. For instance, it can help balance or boost your mood, whether you feel like you’re merely having a bad day or struggling with depression. It’s also used to alleviate anxiety, decrease your heart rate, lower your blood pressure, decrease stress, and give you a sense of calm. If you find that your scalp is oily, you can use ylang ylang to stimulate oil production.
Rose is more than just a beautiful flower (and name) because it can help heal you internally. Shutterstock.
Rose
Rose is more than just a beautiful flower that you can plant around your home to help brighten your environment and mood. Professionally known as Rosa damascena, its primary purpose is to help promote your sense of well-being.
Many people turn to rose essential oil for their wood polish mixture because it can help you in so many areas of your life, from your mental to emotional well-being. Another reason is that it’s good to include with other oils, which can help give you a clearer balance. You can apply it to your skin, but you only want to use a little dab. It can help treat acne, skin rashes, and pains.
The tangerine essential oil can be ingested orally, rubbed on the skin, or used in a diffuser. Shutterstock.
Tangerine
Tangerine can be used in many ways, whether through a diffuser or applied directly to the body. You can also ingest it orally, but you don’t want to use too much. There are no known side effects of this essential oil, but you always want to make sure that you don’t cause your skin to become red or develop a rash on its use.
There are many health benefits of tangerine. For instance, it’s known to help people relieve symptoms of anxiety. It can also help you get some sleep when you’re struggling with insomnia, aid in your digestive problems, and help balance your mood – especially when you’re feeling irritable. If you have dandruff, you can add it to your shampoo or make your own shampoo as it will help heal your scalp and take away the flakes.
Are you looking for a great essential oil if you’re looking to relieve pain? Try sandalwood because because it’s an anti-inflammatory oil. Shutterstock.
Sandalwood
Sandalwood is a popular incense that many people will burn when they want to clear the air in their environment and help relieve their minds. If you’re not into incense, you can also get sandalwood in essential oil form and diffuse it into the air.
Sandalwood is a wonderful essential oil because it will help you balance your immune system and your mood at the same time. It’s a good oil to help you relieve symptoms of anxiety and help ease symptoms of colds, urinary tract infections, and other illnesses. It’s possible to show signs of an allergic reaction to the essential oil. Professionals state it’s best for women who are pregnant to stay away from sandalwood.
Basil can help with digestion and pain, whether used in a diffuser, topically, or orally ingested. Shutterstock.
Basil
Many people use basil while cooking as it helps increase the taste of food and even works as a decoration when serving dinner to make it look fancier. Another reason to use basil is by improving your overall well-being. Ocimum basilcum is another name used for the oil. One caution is for people who have epilepsy. They shouldn’t use basil in their home or food as it can cause more problems than help them.
Basil can help aid in digestion, especially with stomach pain or irritable bowel syndrome. It’s also known as an antispasmodic, antiviral, antibacterial, and anti-inflammatory essential oil, so it has many other health benefits, such as relaxing muscles and increasing alertness.
The clary sage oil is useful for many things, from stomach issues to reducing menstrual cramps and has no known side effects. Shutterstock.
Clary Sage
Clary sage is more professionally known as Esalarea. It’s not a conventional essential oil because most people don’t know about it, but it carries many great uses. It can be used directly on the skin or diffused into the air. There is little to no information on side effects, but it’s always important to watch your skin for signs of an allergic reaction if you use it directly.
This essential oil has many health benefits, including reducing menstrual cramps and aiding in various stomach issues, such as irritable bowel syndrome and an upset stomach. It has antibacterial properties, is known as a natural antidepressant, and helps reduce stress.
Eucalyptus is an essential oil that has many uses, such as getting rid of mold and aiding in fighting off colds and other illnesses. Shutterstock.
Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is an essential oil that has antiseptic and antimicrobial properties. It’s known to help decrease inflammation in your body, whether it’s from arthritis or illness. When using it in your diffuser, this oil can help in seasonal allergies and many diseases, including influenza and pneumonia. Many people will mix this essential oil up in a solution to help fight any mold or mildew they have growing around their homes.
It’s a popular essential oil for all-purpose cleaners, including wood polish. Other health benefits with eucalyptus include helping to decrease or silence coughing, breathing easier, controlling blood sugar, repelling insects, soothing cold sores, freshens breath, and disinfects wounds.
Here is a popular essential oil that can aid as an anti-inflammatory agent. Shutterstock.
Lemongrass
Lemongrass is extracted from the leaves and stalks of the lemongrass plant. Many people compare it to orange because of its citrus scent that’s used for cooking and aromatherapy. It has antibacterial properties that help aid in skin and blood infections. It’s also known to help prevent gastric ulcers and relieve nausea.
Other people use lemongrass because it helps them control their cholesterol, regulate blood sugar, and acts as a pain reliever. It’s known to help ease tension, anxiety, and headaches. Besides diffusing it in the air, you can also rub it on your skin, such as where you feel any pain.
Do you want a great ingredient that can be made into essential oil for your cleaning products? It also aids in improving your health. Shutterstock.
Cinnamon
Cinnamon is an ingredient that’s been used for centuries when it comes to cleaning and polishing furniture and floors around your home. It’s also a great spice that aids in flavoring your food, making it easy and safe to ingest. You can also use the essential oil to rub on your skin or diffuse it into the air.
There are many health benefits of cinnamon, such as improving digestion, stimulating blood circulation, relieving pain, and reducing stress. It can also help to fight off infections and repel insects. Many people turn to cinnamon because it has a great smell that will help freshen up your home and fight against mold and mildew.
Here is an oil that has several health benefits, such as helping to aid in skin conditions. Shutterstock.
Thyme
There are many health benefits that thyme helps in aiding. For instance, it can help aid symptoms of a yeast infection and antibacterial properties. One clinical study shows that this essential oil can help people in treating bacterial infections, especially staphylococcus strains.
If you’re struggling with the common cold, pneumonia, or often find yourself coughing, you can add thyme essential oil into your diffuser; it should ease your symptoms. Another benefit is that you can add it to your shampoo and condition to aid in any hair loss.
Sources:
“Wood Polish.” The Blog.
“5 Best Essential Oils for Green Cleaning.” Karen Peltier, The Spruce. April 2020.
