Aromatherapy & cpap

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Aromatherapy & cpap

Post by TammyJo » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:26 pm

Hi,
I've been on a cpap machine for about 7 months and it has helped me a lot! Just wondering about aromatherapy. I am a new user of essential oils, and diffuse oils during the day in our living area. Will diffusing in our bedroom at nite be moot, as both hubby and me use cpap machines all nite? I hate to waste the oils if they will be of no benefit to us.

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Re: Aromatherapy & cpap

Post by chunkyfrog » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:29 pm

https://www.cpap.com/productpage/Pur-Sl ... -Pack.html
This is designed for cpap users. The scent goes directly into the intake.
You each can use a different scent if you like.
Use very sparingly--a little goes a long way.
You can move the disc further away if it is too strong at first.

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Re: Aromatherapy & cpap

Post by TammyJo » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:31 pm

Thank you. Would diffusing into the air be useless?

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Re: Aromatherapy & cpap

Post by Sir NoddinOff » Sat Apr 02, 2016 12:37 pm

TammyJo wrote:Thank you. Would diffusing into the air be useless?
If that's a roundabout way of asking can you put the scent in your humidifier tank, the answer is NO. Definitely don't do that. Nothing should go in the tank but distilled water (or at least in unusual circumstances, the closest you can find to that).

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Re: Aromatherapy & cpap

Post by TammyJo » Sat Apr 02, 2016 1:09 pm

That's good to know about the tank, thank you. I just don't want to waste my oils difussing them into the air at nite, if I won't get any benefit from it.