Therapeutic blending focuses on creating a blend that will aid with
a particular emotional or physical condition. Therapeutic blending concentrates
more on the therapeutic result than on the aroma of the blend, but naturally
it’s important to create a therapeutic blend that is pleasing in aroma.
It is very important to select oils not only for the therapeutic actions
they deliver. It's also important to make sure that none of the oils
used have any contraindications or safety issues that can affect other
aspects of your health. For instance, if you create a blend to aid with
dandruff but you happen to be pregnant, you should not include rosemary
because it is contraindicated in pregnancy. As another example, you
would obviously not create an arthritis blend that includes peanut oil
(a carrier oil used to dilute essential oils and is reported to provide
benefit in arthritis blends) if you are allergic to peanuts.
When creating therapeutic blends, it is also important to consider all
the therapeutic actions you are seeing and avoid oils that clash with
your desired goals. For instance, let’s say you are having severe period
cramps and are having trouble sleeping. For this scenario, let’s also
say that you want to create a blend that you can use right before bedtime.
Peppermint and cypress are oils that can provide relief with menstrual
cramps. But, peppermint and cypress are energizing oils. Thus, you would
want to avoid these oils in a blend that you’d use right before bed.
Tips:
When creating a new blend, start out small with a total number of drops
of either 5, 10, 20 or 25 drops. 25 drops should be the most that you
start with. By starting small, you waste less oil in the event that
the blend does not ultimately provide the therapeutic results that you
seek.
Start creating your blend by only using essential oils, absolutes or
CO2s. After you have designed the blend, then you can dilute it by adding
carrier oils, alcohol, etc. If you hate the aroma of the blend you created,
you have then not wasted any carrier oils or alcohol.
Keep a notebook that lists each oil that you used with the number of
drops used for each oil. This way, you can reduplicate the blend if
you ever need to. It’s easy to forget what oils and in what ratios you
used if you didn’t take notes! If you are especially ambitious, it’s
also a wise idea to note the vendor name of the oil that you used as
the therapeutic properties and quality of oils do vary between vendors
(even with the same vendor, the properties of oils can vary from batch
to batch, due to crop fluxuations and resourcing).
Be sure to label your blends clearly. If you don’t have enough room
to specify exactly what your blend is, label it with a number that corresponds
to a number in your notebook.
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