Helichrysum, a member of the sunflower family, is among the most miraculous and powerful healing plants available to us. Helichrysum is a plant native to the Mediterranean region, where it’s been used for its medicinal properties for thousands of years and is respected for its unique, regenerative and protective skin care benefits.
Traditional use of this plant includes the treatment of allergies, colds, cough, skin, liver and
gallbladder disorders, inflammation, infections, anti-candida and sleeplessness or mental exhaustion.
Traditional Helichrysum Benefits for your skin
Additionally Helichrysum can help with acne, without redness, drying of the skin or causing unwanted side effects. Medical studies, shows this oil has powerful antioxidant and antibacterial properties that makes it ideal for a natural acne treatment.
Add a few drops of this essential oil to your favorite moisturizer or a carrier oil such as organic Jojoba, organic Sweet Almond or organic Avocado oil both day and night. This will help smooth both skin tone and texture, reduces the appearance of fine lines, and its emollient properties help keep skin hydrated. This truly multifaceted essential oil, is also beneficial and for treating sunburns, helping to block UV rays to protect against skin cancer as well as for those with acne, eczema, psoriasis and other skin irritations.
Medicinal uses
Essential Oils and Aromatherapy guide book suggests hemorrhoids also can be relieved with the oil. Just add three drops of helichrysum oil along with three drops of lavender oil to a warm bath and soak until water cools to body temperature. To help reduce pain and swelling of hemorrhoids, Dr. Axe suggests to apply three to four drops of Helichrysum oil with a cotton ball to the affected area. Repeat every few hours as needed to ease pain, inflammation and swelling.
Also, the powerful oil is anti-viral, clinical studies of helichrysum oil showed inhibition of harmful bacteria, fungi and viruses, even powerful enough to fight off herpes simplex virus type 1 (HSV-1) and coxsackie B virus type 1.
Helichrysum can help stimulate natural digestive aid and can be used as a diuretic. For thousands of years Turkish folk medicine used the oil as a diuretic, helping to reduce bloating and relieve stomachaches. Try herbal tea made from dried helichrysum flowers to help with digestive and gut-boosting benefits. You can also take helichrysum oil internally, it must be 100% pure, therapeutic-grade and when available organic.
Mystical and Esoteric
Metaphysically, Helichrysum essential oil brings a sense of comfort and peace to any issue being addressed. Helichrysum essential oil offers a sense of courage, helping us when we need endurance, strength and comfort. This essential oil is known to calm the spirit and open the heart. It has a strong resonance with the 4th chakra, helps to activate intuition, enhance creativity and meditation.
Croatian Helichrysum Essential Oil Recipes
Recipes is from floracopeia.com
- Skin Regenerative Blend: 12 drops helichrysum italicum essential oil, 6 drops carrot seed essential oil, 6 drops rosemary verbenone essential oil in 15 mL rosehip seed oil and tamanu oil
- Cool Inflammation: blend 6 drops helichrysum essential oil, 5 drops lavender essential oil, and 3 drops chamomile essential oil or Cape chamomile essential oil in 2 oz of aloe vera gel. Add 1 tablespoon of Lavender hydrosol and 2 tsp of Chamomile hydrosol. Shake container to combine ingredients.
- Healing Salve: Combine 7 drops Helichrysum essential oil and 9 drops wild carrot seed essential oil. Place in a 2 oz salve base: using Jojoba, Calendula herbal oil, and Shea butter and beeswax.
- Healthy Inflammatory Response Blend: 8 drops helichrysum italicum essential oil, 8 drops German chamomile essential oil, neat or diluted in calendula-infused olive oil.
Helichrysum is one of the safest oils for skin application, but as with all essential oils use with caution and shouldn’t be used undiluted. Be sure to dilute the oil in a carrier oil before using it. Those with allergies to plants in the Asteraceae family (such as ragweed) should test on a small area first or avoid all together. If you experience redness, itchiness, or a rash, don’t use it.
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Draxe.com Dr. Josh Axe, DNM, DC, CNS, is a certified doctor of natural medicine, doctor of chiropractic and clinical nutritionist with a passion to help people eat healthy and live a healthy lifestyle. Dr. Axe founded the natural health website DrAxe.com, with over 17 million monthly visitors is considered the No. 1 natural health website in the world today.
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