Best essential oils for travel

Essential oils have many virtues and can help you in many situations. It’s good to have a couple of them with you when you travel, to prevent and cure most common illnesses such as motion sickness, diarrhea, sunburns, mosquito bites… Here is a guide on some of the most useful essential oils for travel:

Essential oils, if not used correctly and on the wrong person, can be dangerous. Before using any essential oil, always check how to use it, in what amount and if there are any contraindications. Many EO cannot be used pure and have to be diluted, some cannot be ingested or put in contact directly with the skin, some are contraindicated for babies, children, or pregnant women or if you have certain diseases. Always check!

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10 Essential Oils for travel:

1 – Lemongrass Essential Oil

Lemongrass essential oil is a great anti-mosquitoes repulsive. You don’t need to dip yourself in toxic chemicals to avoid mosquito bites, just use lemongrass. For most skin types, it’s too harsh to use pure, so you can just mix it with some cream or water or oil. You can also vaporize it on your clothes and bedsheets.

Lemongrass EO is also a powerful anti-inflammatory remedy. Massage painful muscles or joints with it to relieve tensions. It can be used as an antibacterial and as a deodorant too.

Nature’s Oil – Lemongrass Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

2 – Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender essential oil is great to appease a sunburned skin, mix it with cream or carrier oil and apply as much as you can.

It also can come in handy in case of indigestion, you can massage your stomach with it and/or drink one drop (make sure to buy one that’s comestible)

It’s also great to relieve stress, migraines, and insomnia. Massage a few drops on your temples, forehead and at the back of the jaw. You may breathe it too.

Nature’s Oil – Lavender Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

3 – Peppermint Essential Oil

Peppermint essential oil is a great ally against motion sickness and nausea. Put a few drops on a tissue and breath through it.

If you’re prone to bad circulation and water retention, you can use it to massage your legs.

Nature’s Oil – Peppermint Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

4 – Oregano Essential Oil

Oregano essential oil can be used in the case of turista, gastric or intestinal infections and in case of cystitis. The best option is to buy it in capsules.

Be careful about how you use this one, high doses are dangerous. It’s not fit for children and pregnant or breastfeeding women and should never be used on the skin or breathed.

Sport Supplements – Oregano Essential Oil capsules – Buy here

5 – Grapefruit Essential Oil

Grapefruit essential is excellent to prevent jet lag and limit its impacts. You can use it mixed in oil and massage it into your skin or put a few drops in your bath.

Do not apply it before sun exposure.

Nature’s oil – Grapefruit Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

6 – Mountain Savory Essential Oil

Mountain Savory essential oil is great to give your immune system a boost and to prevent turista. Mix one drop with four drops of carrier oil, and apply once a day on your lower back. It’s also great for back pain.

Do not use directly on your skin, always dilute it with cream or oil.

Silky Scents – Mountain Savory Essential Oil – Buy here

7 – Wintergreen Essential Oil

Wintergreen Essential oil is great to have in case of a sprain. This oil is a powerful anti-inflammatory, painkiller and antispasmodic. Mix a few drops with carrier oil, and massage the area.

Nature’s oil – Wintergreen Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

8 – Eucalyptus Radiata essential oil

Eucalyptus Radiata EO has real disinfecting powers with antiviral, antiparasitic, vermifuge, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory and also anti-fungal properties. It’s helpful in case of cold, otitis, and sore throat. Pour a couple of drops on a tissue and breath one nostril after another. You can also dilute it with a carrier oil, and massage your upper back and solar plexus with it.

Huiles & Sens – Eucalyptus Radiata essential oil (organic) – Buy here

9 – Clove Bud Essential Oil

Clove EO is used in case of toothache or infection and can help cure mouth ulcers. It can also help with skin infections and diseases such as malaria or cholera. For toothache or mouth infection, apply directly with the help of a q-tip.

Nature’s oil – Clove Bud Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

10 – Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil

Cinnamon bark EO cleans the intestinal flora and kills unwanted bacteria (and even viruses) radically but respectfully of other good bacterial strains. It is a regulator of transit, which can be used in case of constipation or diarrhea. Pour two drops on a little piece of bread crumb, close and roll well, swallow during a meal with a bit of water, repeat 2 to 4 times a day.

Nature’s oil – Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil – Organic – Buy here

If you don’t want to buy the essential oils from Amazon, you can check out Vida Essential, a good alternative. They only sell organic products and you’ll find most of the essential oils listed above.

Carrier oils you can use to dilute the EO: