5 Effective Essential Oils To Ease Body Pain

We’ve all felt some sort of muscle soreness in our lives, can we agree on that? Maybe its mild from a hard workout, or worse from a day of doing work that strained your back—either way, it can be really uncomfortable or painful.

Instead of reaching for medication, especially if sore muscles are a common occurance for you, I highly recommend trying essential oils.

# General Body Pain Relief Oil

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon carrier
2 drops lavender
2 drops cedarwood
3 drops oregano
4 drops peppermint

Mix all the ingredients and apply to the affected area as needed.
Lavender, cedarwood, oregano, and peppermint oils all have anti-inflammatory compounds that can help reduce swelling, eliminating inflammation-related pain.
You can use coconut oil as one of your carrier oils to enhance this recipe’s anti-inflammatory effects.

# Rheumatism Relief Oil essential oil recipes

Ingredients:

1 ½ oz carrier
8 drops lavender
6 drops juniper berry
10 drops rosemary

Combine all ingredients well and apply it to your aching joints.
Rosemary and juniper berry oil can aid in alleviating soreness and tenderness linked to arthritis. The latter is also an antiseptic.

# Aches and Pain Relief Oil

Ingredients:

2 drops lavender
2 drops cedarwood
4 drops peppermint
3 drops oregano
1 tablespoon sweet almond

Mix the ingredients and apply on the area needed with a gentle massage.
Sweet almond oil shields your body from oxidative stress, which is one of the causes of chronic inflammation and pain. It is also a carrier oil with a mild scent.

Oxidative Stress Definition: An imbalance between antioxidants and free radicals that cause damage to the body.

# Joint and Muscle Pain Relief Oil

Ingredients:

6 drops Palmarosa
6 drops neroli
8 drops helichrysum
1 oz trauma oil as a carrier oil

Combine and blend the ingredients and massage onto the areas affected as necessary.

Neroli oil provides an aromatherapy benefit that helps in alleviating pain. The herbal components of the oil go into the tissues in the lungs and nose to reach the limbic system, the network of brain nerves controlling emotions and instincts.
These components can change your perception of pain into something more positive, lightening your feeling of pain.
Helichrysum oil has linalool, terpene alcohol found in plants, that has analgesic properties that block the feeling of pain and reduce inflammation at the same time.

Trauma Oil Definition: A blend of St. John’s Worths, Calendula, and Arnica infused in oil. Each with natural healing properties. Together they can pack powerful relief for pain and trauma when applied topically or used as a carrier oil.

# Ear Ache Roller Oil

Ingredients:

an equal amount of trauma oil to the drops of essential oil
5 drops juniper
6 drops eucalyptus
7 drops lavender

Blend all the ingredients well into a roller bottle and apply a generous amount behind your ear along with the pressure points going down your neck.

The eucalyptus oil is a powerful vasodilator that allows more blood to circulate to the painful body part.
Lavender oil reduces anxiety and stress associated with earaches, on top of its anti-inflammatory benefits.