Your immune system is in charge of your body’s defences. There are many ways to support your immune system, but one effective way is by using essential oils.
Essential oils are highly concentrated, aromatic, volatile oils of plant origin with numerous chemical constituents. These oils are extracted predominantly by steam distillation, expression or extraction. Aromatherapy uses essential oils through topical application – massage, bath, or body oil – or inhalation.
Essential oils help support your immune response in the following four ways:
- Your immune system’s first line of defence is the ‘non-specific’ immune system. This acts as general protection to help prevent bugs from entering your body through your skin, nose and mouth. Essential oils are antibacterial and antiviral so help by eliminating harmful microbes from surfaces and the air.
- The second line of defence is your ‘specific’ immune system. This is where it detects, attacks, and neutralises harmful pathogens in your body. Essential oils support your immune response and your natural immune defences.
- Essential oils provide a psychological benefit to support your immune response. Your immune system is compromised when you are stressed. Essential oils help to alleviate stress by supporting hormones that reduce stress levels.
- Finally, essential oils also support recovery for ills and chills. They provide support for a scratchy throat, stuffy nose, and fuzzy head.
Two of the best Dolphin Clinic essential oil blends to help support your immune system are Traditional Thieves and Bronchial Benefit.
Traditional Thieves Essential Oil Blend is a traditional recipe used for many years to help ward off disease.
It was used by thieves as protection during the black plague! Use it now to protect yourself and your family from everyday ills and chills or to clean your house of germs.
This blend contains clove, lemon, cinnamon, eucalyptus, and rosemary. Add it to your household cleaning products, in a vaporiser or diffuser, or topically when blended with almond oil.
Bronchial Benefit Essential Oil Blend supports your bronchial function – the passageway for air to travel from your mouth to your lungs. The bronchi help moisturise the air you breathe and screen out foreign particles. Bronchial Benefit supports easy breathing and reduces the chance of foreign particles making their way into your body.
Use this blend in a vaporiser or diffuser, or in a bowl of hot, steaming water to help loosen mucus and reduce an irritating itchy throat. It’s great in a vaporiser in the bedroom!
