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Effects on the mind and emotions: calming, promotes a peaceful state of mind, releases anxiety.

Amyris. The effects Amyris has on the body are: cooling and purifying. It can also be used as a fixative for fragrances. It has a smokey sweet scent. The botanical name is Amyris Balsamifera.

Effects on the body: warming, opens breathing passages, soothing to the intestines, allows deeper breathing, and healing to the skin.

Copaiba. Copaiba's effects on the mind and emotions are: calming, promotes a peaceful state of mind, mood uplifting, improves mental clarity and alertness, promotes restful sleep, reduces stress and tension, and helpful for meditation. It can also be used as a fixative for fragrances. It has a woody scent. The botanical name is Copaiba Officinalis.

Effects on the mind and emotions: relaxing, mood uplifting, improves mental clarity and memory, reduces stress, refreshing, and reviving.

Juniper Berry. Effects of Juniper Berry on the body are: lessens pain, reduces inflammation, cleanses the intestines, helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, and purifying. It can also be used as a disinfectant, soothes the skin after insect bites, repels insects. There is a precaution about using Juniper oil, it can dehydrate the body if used in large amounts. The scent is evergreen forest. The botanical name is Juniperus Communis.

Effects on the body: warming, relaxes tight muscles, relieves aches and pains, improves digestion, and relieves travel dizziness and nausea.

Ginger. Ginger's effects on the mind and emotions are: mood uplifting, helps relieve mental fatigue, improves mental clarity and memory, and is stimulating. It can also be used as a disinfectant. It has a spicy scent. The botanical name is Zingiber Officinale.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming in small amounts, stimulating in large amounts, mood uplifting, promotes restful sleep, reduces stress and tension, soothing for the nervous system, and balances mood swings.

Lavender. Effects of Lavender on the body are: relaxes tight muscles, lessens aches and pains, breaks up congestion, reduces inflammation, the vapors help breathing, improves digestion, soothing to the intestines, helps in reduction of cellulite, purifying, and healing to the skin. It can also be used as a disinfectant, soothes the skin after insect bites, and repels insects. It has a floral herbaceous scent. The botanical name is Lavandula Officinalis of Lavandula Augustifola.

Effects on the body: cooling, helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, and is purifying.

Lime. Lime's effects on the mind and emotions are: mood uplifting, helps relieve mental fatigue, improves mental clarity, alertness, and memory, sharpens the senses, reduces stress, refreshing, reviving, and strengthening to the nerves. It can also be used as a disinfectant and it soothes skin after insect bites. There is a precaution: The oil of Lime can irritate dry skin. Skin can burn if exposed to sunlight after topical application. It has a fresh citrus scent. The botanical name is Citrus Limetta.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming, mood uplifting, promotes restful sleep, and helpful for meditation.

Myrrh. Myrrh's effects on the body are: cooling, reduces inflammation, and is healing to the skin. It can also be used as a fixative to fragrances. It has a balsamic scent. The botanical name is Commiphora Myrrha.

Effects on the body: helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, and purifying.

Celery. Celery oil's effects on the mind and emotions are: cooling, calming, and promotes a restful sleep. There is a precaution: Celery oil is very cleansing to the tissues, and is best used in small amounts due to its detoxifying properties. It has a strong celery scent. The botanical name is Apium Graveolens.

Effects on the mind and emotions: mood uplifting, helps relieve mental fatigue, improves mental clarity and memory, reviving, and is an aphrodisiac.

Clove. Clove oil's effects on the body are: warming, relieves, pain, the vapors help breathing, and improves digestion. It can also be used for a disinfectant, and it repels insects. There is a precaution: clove oil can irritate the skin. It has a hot and spicy scent. The botanical name is Eugenia Caryophyllata.

Effects on the body: relaxes muscles,reduces perspiration, contains a hormone-like substance similar to estrogen, helps reduction of cellulite deposits, purifying, contracts weak connective tissue, and tones the skin.

Cypress. Cypress oil's effects on the mind and emotions are: calming, mood uplifting, improves mental clarity and alertness, promotes restful sleep, reduces stress and nervous tension, refreshing, and balances the nervous system. It has a woody scent. The botanical name is Cupressus Sempervirens.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming, mood uplifting, improves mental clarity, refreshing, reviving, and encourages communication.

Fir Needles. Fir Needles oils' effects on the body: lessens pain, the vapors help breathing, helps in the reduction of cellulite, and is purifying. It has a pine-like scent. The botanical name is Abies Balsamea.

Effects on the body: cooling, helps breathing, and increases muscle endurance.

Helichrysum. Helichrysum oil's effects on the Mind and Emotions: calming, mood uplifting, improves mental clarity and alertness, reduces stress, reviving, and euphoric. It can also be used as a disinfectant. It has a strong sweet scent. The botanical name is Helichrysum Italicum or Helichrysum Angustifolium.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming, promotes restful sleep, and reduces stress.

Fennel. Fennel oil's Effects on the Body are: warming, relieves pain, improves digestion, contains a hormone-like substance similar to estrogen, stimulates lactation in nursing mothers, helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, and is purifying. It can also be used as a disinfectant and insect repellent. There is a precaution: Fennel oil can be stupefying in large amounts. It has a strong licorice scent. The botanical name is Foeniculum Vulgare.

Effects on mind and emotions: mood uplifting, aphrodisiac, euphoric, nerve stimulant, and it interferes with sleep.

Patchouli. Patchouli oil's effect on the body: healing to the skin. It can also be used to repel insects. It has a musty scent. The botanical name is Pogostemon Patchouli or Pogostemon Cablin.

Effects on the body: relaxes tight muscles and lessens pain.

Ylang-Ylang. Ylang-Ylang oil's effect on the Mind and Emotion: calming, mood uplifting, promotes restful sleep, reduces stress, aphrodisiac, encourages communication, and brings out feelings. It can be used as a disinfectant. It has a sweet floral scent. The botanical name is Cananga Odorata.

Effects on the mind and emotions: mood uplifting, improves mental clarity, reviving, and stimulating.

Tea Tree. Tea Tree oil's effects on the body are: relieves pain, the vapors help breathing, and it is healing to the skin. It can be used as a disinfectant and soothes the skin after insect bites. It has a camphor-like scent. The botanical name is Melaleuca Alternifolia.

Effects on the body: cooling, lessens pain, reduces inflammation, helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, purifying, and soothes itching skin.

Geranium. Geranium oil's effects on the Mind and Emotions are: calming in small amounts, stimulating in large amounts, mood uplifting, reduces stress and tension, and encourages communication. It can be used as a disinfectant, soothes skin after insect bites, and repels insects. It has a rose-like scent. The botanical name is Pelargonium Graveolens.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming, mood uplifting, improves mental clarity,reduces stress, and mental stimulant.

Citronella. Citronella oil's effects on the body is: cooling. It can be used to repel insects. It has a lemony scent. The botanical name is Cymbopogan Nardus.

Effects on the body: lessens pain, reduces inflammation, improves digestion, healing to the skin.

Chamomile. Chamomile oil's effects on the Mind and Emotions are: calming, mood uplifting, promotes restful sleep, and reduces stress and tension. It can also be used to soothe the skin after insect bites. It has an apple-like scent. The botanical name is Anthemis Nobilis.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming, promotes restful sleep, mood uplifting, reduces stress, and an aphrodisiac.

Vanilla. Vanilla extracted by the CO2 method is recommended for use in making different oil combinations. It has a sweet vanilla scent. The botanical name is Vanilla Planifolia.

Effects on the body: reduces inflammation, the vapors help breathing, improves digestion, stimulates lactation in nursing mothers, contracts weak connective tissue, and tones the skin.

Lemongrass. Lemongrass oil's effects on the Mind and Emotions are: mood uplifting, improves alertness, promotes restful sleep, reduces stress, refreshing, reviving, and balances the nervous system. It can be used as a disinfectant and repels insects. It has a precaution: lemongrass oil can irritate dry skin. It has a strong lemon scent. The botanical name is Cymbopogon Citratus.

Effects on the mind and emotions: calming and promotes a restful sleep.

Dill. Dill oil's effects on the body are: relieves pain and improves digestion. It can also be used to repel insects. It has a spicy scent. The botanical name is Anethum Graveolen.

Effects on the body: helps relieve mental fatigue, improves mental clarity and alertness, refreshing, reviving, energizing, and stimulating.

Eucalyptus. Eucalyptus oil's effects on the body are: cooling, relieves pain, breaks up congestion, reduces inflammation, and the vapors help breathing. It can also be used as a disinfectant and insect repellent. It has a precaution: Eucalyptus oil can be toxic in large amounts. It has a fresh camphor-like scent. The botanical name is Eucalyptus Globulus.

Effects on mind and emotions: mood uplifting, helps relieve mental fatigue, improves mental clarity, alertness, and memory, sharpens the senses, reduces stress, refreshing, reviving, and energizing.

Grapefruit. Grapefruit oil's effects on the body are: cooling, increases physical strength and energy, helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, and purifying. There is a precaution: Grapefruit oil can irritate dry skin. It has a citrus scent. The botanical name is Citrus Paradisi.

Effects on the body: warming, relaxes tight muscles, relieves aches and pains, vapors help breathing, improves digestion, helps in the reduction of cellulite deposits, and purifying.

Rosemary. Rosemary oil's effects on the mind and emotions are: mood uplifting, helps relieve mental fatigue, improves mental clarity, alertness, and memory, sharpens the senses, refreshes, and it's a nerve stimulant. Its scent is fresh camphor-like. The botanical name is Rosmarinus Officinalis