Benefit of Aromatherapy Sore Throat Treatment

Sore throats usually are caused by bacterial and viral infections but can also be caused by anything, which irritates the sensitive mucous membranes.

Things, which can aggravate and cause sore throat, are allergies, cigarette, asthma smoke, and pollutants. Extremely hot food and drinks can also irritate mucus membrane, which can further cause this disorder. Some tooth and gum infections and scrapes, talking too loud or for too long are also factors to consider.

Symptoms of sore throat are bad breath, no taste of food, too much whiteness in tongue and uneasiness. However, sore throat can be caused by some serious medical conditions or some common disorders as cold or fever. It is not a very big problem and can be cured by gargling 3-4 times a day with warm water and salt, taking god amount vitamin A and C.

Lavender, Tea Tree and Cajuput essential oil are used to ease ache and uneasiness in the throat. Using these oils through steam inhalation or applying a mixture of one of theses oils with carrier oil to the throat, gland area, neck and chest are very soothing.

Apart from oils mentioned above Bergamot, Geranium, Eucalyptus Sandalwood, Frankincense and Clary Sage are also helpful. Let us see the methods, which show the best results with oils.

Mix 15 drops of Sandalwood and frankincense to 50ml of carrier oil such as sweet almond oil. This mixture can be used with inhalation or rubbing in and around the infected area. Other very effective methods is gargling, mix of 2 drops of tea tree oil, 2 drops of lemon and add it to warm water and gargle 3-4 times a day.

Massaging it self has lot of techniques, like massaging the neck and shoulder in a downward motion is very effective. As we saw these methods are easy and with no side effects, just need to be patience and using the essential oils in right way can cure this infection.