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Well, I have to say that the concoction I put together yesterday really did help. My head felt like it was stuffed with styrofoam peanuts when I woke up! And I had this horrible dry cough that was making me feel like my abdominal muscles would burst out of my skin.

After sitting in my kitchen with my aromatherapy mixture in the diffuser, I started to feel better. My dry, rattling cough became “productive”, which means the congestion in my chest was breaking up. And my nose started running, so ditto for my head congestion.

I used a combination of eucalyptus radiata and eucalyptus globulus essential oils and I added essential oil of lemon (citrus limon). Both chemotypes of eucalyptus are known as effective expectorants. Eucalyptus globulus is also known as a “mucolytic”, which means it dissolves or breaks down mucus.

The lemon essential oil was added to the mixture mainly because of its air-disinfecting properties. And darn it, it smells great, too!