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Essential Oils for Menopause, How they Help & 3 Recipes

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Discover the various essential oils for menopause, how they help and 3 effective recipes to use!

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Menopause is a time when a woman’s period ceases to come monthly, which renders her unable to have any more children. It usually occurs between age 50 – 60 but some women can have early or late menopauses, depending on their genetics, nutrition and lifestyle habits.

Some of the symptoms of menopause include: hot flashes and night sweats, fatigue, irritability, vaginal atrophy/dry vagina, depression, heavy periods or spotting and others.

How Essential Oils Help Menopause

Essential oils are pure plant extracts in liquid form that are obtained from aromatic botanicals such as the leaves, roots, tree bark, flowers, fruit rinds and resin of plants. Here are the following ways essential oils help menopause:

  • Regulating hormones
  • Cooling down hot flashes & night sweats
  • Dispelling negative emotions such as anger, irritability and depression
  • Reducing painful or heavy menstrual cramps
  • Solving vaginal atrophy
  • Soothing a fatigued body, sore muscles and body aches
  • Promoting good quality sleep
  • And more

Research on Essential Oils for Menopause

Below, take a look at some of the research carried out on essential oils for menopause symptoms:

► Study 1: A study showed that fennel is an effective means to manage the symptoms of vaginal atrophy in postmenopausal women and is devoid of side effects (read more)

► Study 2: A study using aroma therapy massage with lavender, rose geranium, rose and jasmine oils in a base of primrose and almond oils showed that aroma therapy massage aromatherapy massage may be an effective treatment of menopausal symptoms such as hot flushes, depression and pain in climacteric women (read more)

► Study 3: Inhalation of essential oil of neroli has a positive effects on menopausal symptoms, stress, and estrogen (read more)

Common Menopause Symptoms and Essential Oils that Help

Below is a list of common menopause symptoms and the top four essential oils that help each of them:

1. Hot Flashes & Night Sweats

Peppermint, eucalyptus, lavender, vetiver

Read more: Essential Oils for Hot Flashes

2. Menstrual Cramps

Peppermint, eucalyptus, vetiver, lavender, sweet marjoram

Read more: Essential Oils for Menstrual Cramps

3. Vaginal Atrophy or Dry Vagina

Fennel, lavender, myrrh, frankincense

4. Insomnia

Lavender, cedarwood, vetiver, ylang ylang

5. Irritability, Anger & Depression

Lemon, neroli, sweet orange, lavender, neroli

6. Fatigue

Cedarwood, chamomile, ylang ylang, lavender

Read more: Essential Oils for Tiredness

7. Heavy Periods

Melissa, marjoram, white fir

3 Most Effective Essential Oil Recipes for Menopause

In this section, find 3 most effective essential oil recipes you can create in the comfort of your own home to relieve menopause symptoms naturally.

1. Cooling Face & Body Mist for Hot Flashes and Night Sweats

What you need

Method

  1. Add the ingredients into the glass spray bottle and shake well to combine.
  2. Spritz on your face, neck, back of neck and other places to cool down your body.

2. Menopause Support Blend

What you need

Method

  1. Add the essential oils drop by drop to the roller bottle, after removing the roller ball.
  2. Top with fractionated coconut oil.
  3. Shake gently to combine.
  4. Apply to feet, ankles lower abdomen and inner wrists once a day.

3. Diffuser Blend for Irritability, Anger & Depression

What you need

Method

Add oils to diffuser, following manufacturer’s instructions.

Essential Oil Safety Information

Please refer to this article, ‘Caution & Safety Information when Using Essential Oils’ for detailed information on essential oil handling.