Essential Oil Tips for Pets and People

Pet and People Tips

Apply protective blend essential oil to the palms of your hands, rub together and inhale deeply.  Protective blend will help support healthy fucntion of you nasal passages.  Apply 1-2 drops to the bottoms of your feet daily.  Rubbing a drop or two of Protective blend on your dog will support his or her immune system, too. As the weather becomes colder, our skin becomes dry and vulnerable.   Our dogs feel the change in weather, too, often with dry, cracking paws.  Try lavender diluted with fractionated coconut oil to soothe dry skin, discomfort , and insect bites.

Peppermint Fun Facts:

Peppermint packs a punch!  One single drop of pure peppermint essential oil is equal to 32 cups of peppermint tea. Counting calories?  Sniff peppermint oil during a meal to help you feel full. Study time!  Increase alertness by inhaling peppermint deeply or by taking a peppermint beadlet.   Simultaneously, your sinuses will open, freeing up your nasal airwaves. Perk up naturally and without caffeine!  Smell peppermint from a handkerchief or directly from the bottle for a natural pick-me-up on long drives.

Lemon tricks:

Refresh your laundry:  Try adding a few drops of lemon to a damp cloth and add to the dryer instead of dryer sheets. Cleaning tips around the entire house:  Polish your furniture with olive oil and a few drops of lemon.   Add a few drops of lemon to your dishwater for crystal clean glassware.   Clean and purify counter tops with a spray bottle of lemon essential oil, water and vinegar. Banish odors by diffusing lemon. Get it out!  Lemon essential oil is excellent for removing permanent marker, sticker residue, even gum from hair! Cheers!  Add 1-2 drops of lemon to a glass of water.  It’s refreshing and invigorating.

Handy uses for lavender:

Sleep soundly with lavender drops on your pillow, bottoms of your feet and diffused in the bedroom.   Incorporate lavender into the children’s bath and bedtime routine by adding 1-2 drops to the bath water and applying 1-2 drops to their feet. Air freshener and more!  Keep a spray bottle of lavender and water in the bathroom to dispel odors and cleanse the area. Ouch!  Lavender is soothing to skin that has been exposed too long to the elements or just in need of some TLC from daily living.. Splinter solution:  Rather than picking at your finger to extract a splinter, add lavender, allow the splinter to swell and slide out. Long day? Pamper your feet by soaking them in a hot foot bath with a few drops of lavender.

Mia Frezzo, DVM Dr, Frezzo is the owner of the Animal Hospital of Hasbrouck Heights.  She makes house calls while constructing her new, start-of-the-art Hospital.  Call 201-288-7800 today.

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