Peppermint and Lavender Essential Oils for Headaches

I read that peppermint essential oil and lavender essential oil are both good for headaches. So when my hubby got a headache this weekend, I decided to try the aromatherapy combo in the diffuser. Here’s what I used:

Headache Essential Oil Aromatherapy Recipe

3 drops Peppermint Essential Oil
3 drops Lavender Esssential Oil

Within a few minutes of putting them in the diffuser, the room smelled great! I have to say, the lavender essential oil scent was more overpowering than the peppermint essential oil scent, but both scents could be smelled.

Best of all, my hubby said they helped his headache! Yeah! I’ve also read that you can put a couple of drops of peppermint and/or lavender essential oil on a tissue and then inhale the scent from time to time, but I haven’t tried this yet.

I think I read somewhere that you can also rub a drop of the oil into your temples if you have a headache, but I’m not sure if the peppermint would irritate the skin. Anybody have any experience doing this? Always so much to learn where aromatherapy is concerned!!!

Tuesday 26 Sep 2006 | Jen Calla | Uncategorized

One Response to “Peppermint and Lavender Essential Oils for Headaches”

  1. on 08 Oct 2006 at 3:03 pm   Snow Bunny

    I’ve done the tissue thing a couple of times at work. I put a drop of peppermint on a tissue and sniffed every once in a while. It definitely helped keep the headache from getting monster-sized!