General Discussion on any topic relating to CPAP and/or Sleep Apnea.
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StillAnotherGuest
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by StillAnotherGuest » Sun Mar 01, 2009 5:16 am
JoyD. wrote:by StillAnotherGuest on Fri Feb 27, 2009 6:21 am
Have you used geranium to help sleep? Did it help, and if so, how did it compare to the other EOs you've tried?
TIA for any comments you may have.
SAG
When I tried a drop of lavender with a drop of geranium (because I like the combo in my bath water), the geranium was offensive to me for sleep. That's my personal opinion. I went back to my old standby, lavender. I'm not all that into whether EO's actually contribute to sleep, I just like the pleasantness of fragrances as I doze off. If they actually help me sleep, all the better.
Thanks, Joy, That's GTK.
SAG
Aromatherapy may help CPAP compliance. Lavender, Mandarin, Chamomile, and Sweet Marjoram aid in relaxation and sleep. Nature's Gift has these and a blend of all four called SleepEase.
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by -SWS » Fri Mar 06, 2009 8:17 am
JoyD. wrote: All anyone would need to "buy" might be some Essential Oil from your nearest health food store (a small bottle would do since 1-2 drops goes a long way. You won't have to buy ump-teen bottles to find a fragrance or two that you really like. . . and you can improvise the rest
Happy dreaming,
Joy
Thanks, Joy.
My guess is that the essential oils down at the health food stores probably tend to be all-natural. However, someone had also mentioned using essential oils sold down at the dollar store. Yesterday I discovered that the term "
essential oil" on a label does not necessarily ensure an all-natural essential oil product.
This excerpt taken from
another thread:
-SWS wrote:ndaroma wrote:However, it is not a perfect world and to complicate things further, the term "essential oil" is legally used to describe all sorts of things which are not what you or I would expect - namely, a plant essence distilled from the plant named on the bottle. What happens is, to maximize profit, people sell bottles of liquid purporting to be "essential oil" when in fact it is a chemical construct made in a factory. This is legal, and a problem caused by the loose legal definition of "essential oil."
http://www.ndaroma.com/sitetext/ESSENTI ... pter04.htm
