15 Essential Oils That Can Help Reduce Stress

Stress can be an unavoidable part of life. It’s a response your body has to danger or any threat that it perceives as dangerous. When you feel stressed, your sympathetic nervous system becomes activated, which prepares your body for action and increased vigilance so you can deal with whatever is stressing you out. It’s the fight-or-flight response.

Unfortunately, this stress response doesn’t just have benefits like alertness and heightened awareness; it can also have some adverse effects on your health.

These effects include higher blood pressure, accelerated heart rate, and elevated levels of stress hormones such as cortisol in the body. T

hese symptoms can increase the risk of anxiety and other mental disorders, including depression, if they persist for prolonged periods of time.

To keep stress from piling up on you, here are proven essential oils that can help reduce stress:

Lavender

Lavender is a calming oil that’s popular for its ability to reduce stress. It also has powerful antioxidant and antiseptic properties. Lavender can ease anxiety, insomnia, and restless leg syndrome because it helps your body relax. Use lavender oil in massage or inhale it through your nose while doing yoga.

Rosemary

Rosemary essential oil is another calming oil that has a fragrance that reduces tension within the mind and body. Meditation experts like Dr. Andrew Weil praise rosemary for its ability to reduce stress and promote relaxation and focus.

Clary sage
Clary sage essential oil is often used to treat depression because of its antidepressant properties. It contains compounds called sesquiterpenes, which have been shown to increase the release of serotonin in the brain, which makes this oil an effective treatment for depression.

Geranium

Geranium is a plant that can help reduce stress in both physical and mental ways. It has been used for centuries, and it’s one of the most popular essential oils in aromatherapy. Known to have calming, relaxing effects on the body, geranium helps to relieve anxiety and irritation. Some of its other benefits are better sleep and mood regulation.

Cedarwood
The therapeutic benefits of cedarwood include relieving anxiety and promoting relaxation. Its aroma provides a boost of energy and stimulates feelings of contentment, which can help reduce stress. It’s also a potent antifungal agent, making it useful for treating allergies and other breathing problems like asthma or allergies.

Sweet Orange

Sweet orange essential oil is known for its mood-boosting effects. It has a calming effect on the nervous system when inhaled because it’s a strong sedative agent that reduces tension in the body and calms the mind. It can also be used as an insect repellent by diluting it with olive oil and applying it to your skin or hair.

Frankincense
The benefits of frankincense include having a rejuvenating effect on your skin because it’s both anti-aging and anti-inflammatory. This makes frankincense oil beneficial for preventing premature aging while reducing inflammation in the body caused by chronic stressors like pollution, exposure to toxins, or even getting older itself. Frankincense oil is also great for stimulating immune function.

Sandalwood

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Eucalyptus

Eucalyptus is a name for several species of eucalyptus, including E. globulus, E. uncinata, and E. camaldulensis. People have found many medicinal uses for this oil, which includes relieving headaches and respiratory problems, reducing inflammation in the body, helping with sore throats and bad coughs, and aiding digestion.

It’s also a popular option to relieve stress when inhaled or used topically—either by diffusing it into the air around you or by adding drops to your bathwater or water bottle.

You can use eucalyptus on your skin to help relieve symptoms of colds and flus such as runny nose, chills, feverishness, sneezing, and sore throat because of its antimicrobial properties.

Additionally, people use it to treat digestive issues like ulcers in the stomach or liver damage caused by chemical exposure or other toxic substances. In some cases where pain is severe but not life-threatening—such as chronic back pain—it can be helpful for decreasing inflammation in the body and easing pain.

Lemongrass

Lemongrass has a scent that is calming and refreshing. It is often used as an essential oil to help soothe nausea and trouble breathing, as well as to ease stomach pain.

The oil can also be used to treat indigestion, gas pains, arthritis, and fever. Lemongrass is also great for aromatherapy because the scent helps reduce anxiety when diffused in the air.

Roman Chamomile

Roman Chamomile is a herb that has been used for centuries to help with sleep, calm the nervous system, and reduce inflammation. It can be taken in tea form or applied topically to help soothe emotional or physical pain.

Neroli Neroli
This is an essential oil derived from the flowers of a citrus tree native to India and Africa that has been used as a fragrance in perfumes since the 1800s. It is typically combined with other oils such as ylang-ylang and vanilla.


Lemon Balm
Lemon balm essential oil is one of my favorite blends because it provides an uplifting and calming sensation at once. It’s a blend of sweet lemon, bergamot, melissa leaf, rosemary, clove bud and peppermint leaves that provide refreshing aroma therapy when inhaled or absorbed through your skin. It’

Ylang-Ylang

Ylang-Ylang is a great oil to use when you’re overwhelmed. It can help with the stress response and make it easier to cope. Ylang-Ylang is known for its ability to calm, balance, and restore your spirit.

Peppermint

Peppermint is a helpful oil to have on hand because it can help relieve headaches, nausea, and sinus problems. It also has anti-inflammatory properties that help with joint pain and muscle spasms.

Summary

Each of these oils has been recognized for its healing properties and benefits. For example, clary sage is known to help with anxiety, headaches, and insomnia. And lavender helps with insomnia and anxiety. As well as stress in general.

So which of these would you be trying out? let us know in the comments below.