Geranium Essential Oil for wound healing, skin and hair care, female health, and a fragrant insect repellant.
My Bruise relief blend, roller bottle or one ounce eyedropper bottle and fulltext reference links about carrier oils and a 2023 article about essential oils. Essential Oil Book Club
Geranium oil has been in my diffusers and my pain-relieving blends and in my shampoo and conditioner. I love it - used to eat geranium leaves when I was a toddler per my mother. Genetically it turns out, I need extra phospholipids in my diet and geranium would be a good source and essential oils would contain some I think but it is more of a macronutrient - food size amounts are needed.
Phospholipids are in the food or carrier oil. (Lin, et al., 2017) Essential oils are small molecules and might have some phosphorus containing small molecules. (de Sousa, et al., 2023) Phospholipids are in cell membranes - eating the leaf or seed would provide the most.
My Bruise or Pain relief blend (Birch and Mint oil free due to my salicylate sensitivity):
In a one-ounce dropper bottle (30 ml) I added about 30 drops each of Cypress, Frankincense, Camphor, and Eucalyptus, 20 each of Cedarwood and Ylang Ylang, and 14 drops of Geranium.
Geranium is SOOOOOO fragrant that I find too much of it can be too much fragrance.
I filled the bottle with Black Seed Oil instead of Fractionated Coconut oil as Black seed oil is healing and soothing due to its salicylate content. *Use a different carrier oil if too salicylate sensitive. I am going to try an enzyme product that might make me less sensitive to salicylate and other phenols. (Houston Enzymes, No Fenol)
The amount of essential oil is a fairly strong concentration with ~ 174 drops in a bottle that holds about 500 drops. That means it is about 10 ml of pure essential oil mixed with 20 ml of carrier oil, except the Frankincense was a 20% prediluted brand, so it was really only ~ 6 drops. The blend doesn’t seem too strong for my skin.
The initial blend I made had been in a 10 ml roller bottle but that ran out fast. It had 10 each of Camphor, Eucalyptus, Cypress, Frankincense, and 6 each of Cedarwood and Geranium. ~ 52 drops diluted with ~ 120 drops of carrier oil - again, this is a fairly strong concentration that might be too strong for children or some people. *Lavender would have been good but I was out of that when I was making these blends. Some arrived since then. It is excellent for wound healing too.
Roller bottles are nice for a quick little bit of oily fragrance, but the eyedropper bottle makes it easy to get a spoonful for applying more at once. Roller bottles can give frustratingly too little.
Benefits of Geranium Essential Oil may include:
Benefits of Geranium Essential Oil:
🌿 Balances Hormones: Geranium oil is renowned for its hormone-balancing properties, making it a valuable ally for women's health.
🌿 Emotional Support: Its uplifting scent can help ease stress, anxiety, and promote emotional well-being.
🌿 Skincare Savior: Geranium oil is a skin-loving ingredient, known for its ability to soothe inflammation, regulate sebum production, and promote a clear complexion.
🌿 Natural Insect Repellent: Keep pesky bugs at bay with Geranium oil's insect-repelling properties.
🌿 Aids in Wound Healing: Its antiseptic and antibacterial properties make it ideal for treating minor cuts, wounds, and skin irritations.
Exciting Uses of Geranium Essential Oil:
🌸 Add a few drops to your skincare routine for a radiant glow.
🌸 Diffuse in your home or workspace to create a calming and uplifting atmosphere.
🌸 Mix with carrier oil for a soothing massage blend.
🌸 Incorporate into DIY hair care products to promote healthy and shiny locks.
🌸 Create your own natural insect repellent spray for outdoor adventures.
Tips provided by The Wellness Nook - a virtual library service dedicated to essential oils. They seem to be linked with doTerra products. (wellnessnook.life)
Phospholipids might be in essential oils, but more would be in the longer chain fatty acid containing food or carrier oils.
Food or carrier oils would have more phospholipid content than the smaller volatile essential oils. This reference link is a thorough discussion of food/carrier oils and their varying benefits for topical absorption or anti-cancer effects.
Anti-Inflammatory and Skin Barrier Repair Effects of Topical Application of Some Plant Oils, (Lin, et al., 2017)
This 2023 article on essential oils is a handy resource, (de Sousa, et al., 2023).
The 'fixed oils' in the quote below would be the food/carrier oils, made up of longer chain fatty acids and other larger molecules which essential oils don't contain or don’t contain much. Cold pressed oils might contain more than steam distilled which would only have the smallest ‘volatile’ fat soluble molecules. Essential oils are all small molecules which mean they can float around in the air readily or be absorbed directly through our skin quite easily as our skin membranes are more like lipids/fats, than like water. The tiny oily molecules from aromatic/volatile essential oils can dissolve right through the phospholipid membrane of our cells.
"Plants can synthesize two kinds of oils: fixed and essential oils. Fixed oils are esters of a glycerol molecule attached to three fatty acids, also called triacylglycerols or triglycerides. Essential oils (EOs), also known as essences, volatile oils, etheric oils, or aetheroleum, are complex natural mixtures of volatile, lipophilic, and odoriferous substances commonly found in aromatic plants. The majority of essential oils are colorless or pale yellow, liquid at room temperature, and less dense than water, with very few exceptions (cinnamon, sassafras, and vetiver)." Essential Oils: Chemistry and Pharmacological Activities (de Sousa, et al., 2023)
Disclaimer: This information is being provided for educational purposes within the guidelines of Fair Use and is not intended to provide individual health care guidance.
Reference List
(de Sousa, et al., 2023) de Sousa DP, Damasceno ROS, Amorati R, Elshabrawy HA, de Castro RD, Bezerra DP, Nunes VRV, Gomes RC, Lima TC. Essential Oils: Chemistry and Pharmacological Activities. Biomolecules. 2023 Jul 18;13(7):1144. doi: 10.3390/biom13071144. PMID: 37509180; PMCID: PMC10377445. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10377445/
(Lin, et al., 2017) Lin TK, Zhong L, Santiago JL. Anti-Inflammatory and Skin Barrier Repair Effects of Topical Application of Some Plant Oils. Int J Mol Sci. 2017 Dec 27;19(1):70. doi: 10.3390/ijms19010070. PMID: 29280987; PMCID: PMC5796020. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5796020/
Do you sell this bruise blend?