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At AYRES, we carefully hand-pick each and every one of our ingredients. As you may know, we're big on the holistic value that essential oils have to offer, and so we make sure that the oils we include in our products complement each other and, ultimately, create the best aromatherapy experience. Today, we'll be taking a closer look at the benefits of jasmine essential oil - a key essential oil we include in our collection.
Jasmine is a fairly well known flower with a strong, yet sweet and pleasing fragrance. The flower is often linked to love and romance and aside from its poetic and romantic associations, this flower has much to offer by way of healthy living!
Top 5 benefits of jasmine essential oil:
Expectorant: This property of jasmine essential oil is particularly beneficial when you're feeling the effects of a cough or cold. Its ability to act as an expectorant helps you get that much-needed full night of undisturbed sleep, by providing relief for the respiratory tract which is typically the source of a long night of coughing, tossing, and turning. It can also help eliminate snoring by relieving congestion from nasal and respiratory tracts. With this essential oil working its magic on your system, you're sure to have a sound and restful slumber.
Antidepressant: The aroma of jasmine essential oil produces an uplifting effect on the mind which helps to ward off negative emotions and feelings of depression. This aromatic effect of the essential oil stimulates the release of specific hormones in the body that are responsible for controlling your mood and emotions.
Antiseptic: Jasmine essential oil's antiseptic properties make it an excellent disinfectant and help keep germs, pathogens and other nasty microscopic pests out of and away from your body. It can even be applied to cuts and wounds, which prevents them from becoming infected and has even been linked to the elimination of potential infections from tetanus. But its antiseptic properties don't just stop there; it can also have internal benefits. When inhaled, it has been linked to the reduction in respiratory infections and can help provide relief from coughs and colds.
Sleep Aid: Closely related to the properties that make it a very good expectorant, jasmine essential oil is also great for helping you sleep. Its ability to behave as an expectorant, sedative and antispasmodic, create the ideal bodily state for a long, undisturbed and deep sleep. This is an important property because, whenever your body doesn't get enough rest, that can affect other aspects of your behavior, physiology, and ultimately your overall well-being.
Antispasmodic: The last of our five benefits is related to the jasmine essential oil's ability to relax your muscles. But it's not just the muscles that we are able to voluntarily control; it also can provide relief from muscle tension and exhaustion for internal muscles. This can help alleviate conditions like spasmodic coughs, congestion, cramps, asthma and shortness of breath. This is important because severe spasms, when left untreated, can be extremely disruptive and potentially dangerous.
Quick Tip: Jasmine essential oil blends very well with other essential oils like bergamot, sandalwood, rose and citrus fruits like grapefruits, lemons, and oranges.
