It has been a quiet few weeks here at Zoh Therapy as I have been suffering from a bad case of the flu followed by a sickness bug. Part of the joys of having school age children is that they love to share bugs with their family.

As an Aromatherapist I use a lot of essential oils within the home to help prevent infections such as cold and flu and also to shorten the time that the symptoms are experienced. 

Essential oils obtained from plants are effective in strengthening immunity and preventing infections. Anti-viral essential oils can be used as a shield to both protect us and stop germs from spreading. As luck would have it, some of these oils also have ability to boost your immune system which increases your body’s ability to fight off infection thereby increasing your protection even further.

Eucalyptus, cajuput, palmarosa, ravensara, rosemary, white thyme and tea tree are powerful antiviral essential oils that can be used in a multitude of ways to offer protection. These  can be used in the bath when you return home, or can be vapourised around the house to kill any airborne virus. If you are feeling vulnerable try a bug-busting gargle using 1 drop of Tea Tree and 1 drop of Ravensara in a glass of hot water. Take a small mouthful of the mixture and gargle for about thirty seconds, then spit it out and repeat. All of the essential oils in the sidebar can be used in baths, gargles, vaporised or even inhaled directly from a tissue.