Spotlight on Lemon Verbena

Spotlight on Lemon Verbena

Brighten up your day with the citrusy-herbal scent of Lemon Verbena! This zesty citrus oil has an uplifting aroma that freshens any space and brings a smile to your face. This oil is a wonderful addition to DIYs and cleaning recipes, supports the immune system, boosts concentration, and helps create a calm, focused environment. It's a great oil for so many things!

JUST A DROP OF LEMON VERBENA...

Has a fresh, citrus-herbal aroma

Cleanses the skin and soothes minor skin irritations when applied topically

May promote skin cell regeneration, even skin tone, and smooth appearance

Freshens the air and neutralizes stale or unwanted odors

Makes cleaning DIYs and recipes smell incredible

Makes a great addition to DIY perfumes or bath and body care recipes

Creates a luxurious, spa-like atmosphere when diffused

No matter how you use Lemon Verbena, you will be so glad to have it around. It's a favorite for diffusing in the car (espeically during a long road trip!) and for brightening a rainy day. Use this bright, zesty essential oil as a personal or home fragrance, to cleanse the skin and pamper it with antioxidants, or as a midday pick-me-up in the diffuser!

BACKGROUND

Native to South America, lemon verbena was brought to Europe by the Spanish and Portuguese in the 17th century. A member of the Verbenaceae family, it is a large, aromatic perennial shrub that typically grows to a height of 7−10 feet. Often mistaken for lemon balm, lemon verbena is actually in a completley different plant family and has properties more similar to lemongrass than lemon balm.

KEY CONSTITUENTS

*Constituents are naturally occurring compounds in plants (and therefore essential oils) that give them specific health-supporting properties

Citral

Spathulenol

LEMON VERBENA & EMOTIONS

Lemon Verbena is a calming, uplifting oil, making it great for promoting relaxation and reduced stress. It is also a great choice for supporting focus and concentration (as are most citrus oils). The scent of the lemon verbena itself is uplifting and stimulating the mind and helping you to clear out feelings of worry or distraction.

Citrus oils in general remind us of summer, sunshine, and all the warm feelings that the sun can bring. This is part of why they are great for boostin our moods - they can literally help our bodies create more feel-good neurotransmitters. Sounds like a pretty great reason to use that roller or fire up that diffuser!

They also have limonene, a constituent that helps our bodies find, repear and prevent damage from free radicals. This creates less physical stress on the body, and therefore less emotional and mental stress. Lemon Verbena is no exception, so it's a great addition to a rolelr blend that smells great and also gives you some emotional support.

DAILY HABITS WITH LEMON VERBENA

Use Lemon Verbena for its health and skincare benefits…

Add Lemon Verbena to a roller bottle with R.C. or Raven to help boost the expectorant qualities, support airways and break up mucus.

Add a drop to your conditioner to promote shine in your hair.

Add a drop to your moisturizer to support smooth, even skin or use it as a spot treatment to help with blemishes.

Use Lemon Verbena to spot treat oily skin areas such as the t-zone.

Add Lemon Verbena to a spray bottle to use when someone falls. Spray the area and cover with a bandage:

2oz spray bottle

10 drops each Lemon Verbena, Helichrysum

20 drops Lavender, Frankincense

Carrier oil of choice

Use Lemon Verbena for Household Cleaning…

Use to remove stickers on glass (without the nasty chemicals!).

Add 1-2 drops to your dishwasher for sparkling dishes.

Add to wool dryer balls for a fresh scent (and ditch the dryer sheets!)

Use to remove childhood art from the walls or furniture! Lemon pairs well with Thieves Household Cleaner for this. Make sure to do a spot check if you are worried about the area.

Make a DIY Laundry Scent Booster and ditch toxic laundry products:

To a glass jar with a lid add:

1 cup Epsom Salt

½ cup Fine Sea Salt

½ cup Baking Soda

30 drops Lemon Verbena Essential Oil (or a mix of desired oils)

To use, add 2-3 Tbsp directly to the laundry.

Add Lemon Verbena to your homemade cleaning products for extra power (just don't apply directly to granite or marble).

Add 15 drops of Lemon Verbena to diluted Thieves Household Cleaner for a daily spray.

Add 10 drops each Pine, Lemon Verbena to Thieves Household Cleaner and dilute for a mop solution.

Mix 10 drops Lemon Verbena oil + ¼ cup Baking Soda + 1 tsp Thieves Household Cleaner for a kitchen and bath scrub (add more baking soda to consistency as desired)

Clean a slow moving drain with baking soda, white vinegar and Lemon Verbena. Pour ¼-½ cup baking soda onto the drain, drop 2-3 drops Lemon onto it, pour ¼-½ cup vinegar onto the mixture and cover with a cloth for 10 minutes. Then pour hot water into the drain.

DIFFUSE:

Our diffusers are running 2/47, and Lemon is one of our favorites to add to the diffuser. Try out these fresh blends anytime of day.

Freshen Up: 4 drops each Lemon Verbena, Lemon, Peppermint

Spring Boquet: 4 drops Lemon Verbena, 3 drops each Ylang Ylang, Bergamot

Herb Garden: 4 drops Lemon Verbena, 2 drops each Spearmint, Lemon, 1 drop Eucalyptus Globulous

Tropical Getaway: 3 drops each Lemon Verbena, Stress Away, Lime, Grapefruit

Bakery Treats: 4 drops Lemo Verbenan, 3 drops Vanilla, 3 drops Peppermint

Pink Lemonade: 6 drops Valor, 4 drops Lemon Verbena

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ESSENTIAL OILS

When you have a cough or cold or feel one coming on, you just want to be comfortable – especially if you still have to work, travel, or take care of your children or loved ones! (click on the individual oil pictures to learn more about the oil)

Thieves Essential Oil Blend:

This blend is our go-to for all things immune system related! It's the blend infused into the chest rub and cough drops we just talked about – and for good reason! We love to apply and diffuse this blend, add Thieves Vitality to a mug of echinacea tea, or add it to epsom salts for an immune supporting detox bath!

Frankincense Essential Oil:

Frankincense is an immune and respiratory powerhouse! This historical oil has been used for centuries for health. Apply it with Thieves, Lemon, R.C. or Purification to the chest and back, add a few drops to the Thieves Chest Rub when you apply, add Frankincense to epsom salts for a detox bath, and diffuse this oil when you're feeling down. Get it in, on and around you as much as possible!

Lemon Essential Oil:

Lemon is a wonderful oil for soothing cough and creating comfort in times of congestion. Diffuse it, apply it with Frankincense and Thieves Chest Rub, add a few drops of Lemon Vitality to echinacea tea, and add Lemon to detox baths. Lemon is high in limonene, a constituent highly regarded for its immune system support.

R.C. Essential Oil Blend:

Standing for Respiratory Comfort, R.C. essential oil blend is a gentle eucalyptus blend that we love for soothing and comforting the respiratory system. Diffuse, apply, and add this oil to detox baths as much as possible. This is a great choice for little ones too!

Purification Essential Oil Blends:

This purifying blend is another favorite for immune and respiratory needs. Containing Tea Tree, Lemongrass, Myrtle and other purifying oils, it makes a great addition to your comfort routine during times of cough or cold. Diffuse, apply, and add to bath salts.

Raindrop Technique Collection: This curated set of essential oils is a powerful tool for promoting health, wellness and vitality – both proactively and for acute needs since the oils included can be incredible tools for healing! This collection features nine essential oils with immune and respiratory support properties. We love them for making rollers and adding to detox baths!

Thieves chest rub & cough

THIEVES CHEST RUB

A must-have for every medicine cabinet, Thieves Chest Rub is a 100% plant-based alternative for over-the-counter cough and congestion relief. This natural chest rub soothes sniffles, coughs, and congestion for the whole family with a powerful blend of essential oils and natural, plant-based ingredients.Plus the easy-to-use bottle doesn't even require you to get your hands messy!! The formula is free of petroleum, parabens, phthalates, mineral oil, synthetic perfumes or dyes, artificial colors, or preservatives and still packs an incredible punch when it comes to cough and cold! Pure ingredients and all the power of Thieves kicking that chest congestion to the curb? We will take some of that!

Sadly, conventional chest rubs are filled with synthetic additives and diluents, and even the ‘natural' options are less than ideal. Many options use petroleum as a base. Petroleum (petrolatum) is often not fully refined in the US, which means it can be contaminated with toxic chemicals called polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons.Many ‘natural' chest rubs also contain impure essential oils or other lower-grade components that don't meet the same standards as the ingredients found in Young Living products. The active ingredient in the most popular over the counter chest rub is actually a synthetic version of Ravintsara essential oil! And we are always going to choose the original over a synthetic copy, especially when it comes to our health and our family's health!

THIEVES COUGH DROPS

Get natural, quick, and safe cough, congestion, and sore throat relief Thieves Essential Oil-Infused Cough Drops! These are a staple in our cough and cold toolbox. They are easy to keep at home or take on the go, made with naturally derived ingredients, taste great, and work wonders!

Thieves Essential Oil-Infused Cough Drops are minty, spicy, and sweet without processed sugar, dyes, artificial flavors, or preservatives found in conventional cough drops. Infused with Cinnamon Bark, Peppermint, and Lemon essential oils, these menthol-based drops make soothing coughs and colds simple and tasty.

THIEVES HARD LOZENGES

Infused with Young Living's signature Thieves essential oil blend of Clove, Cinnamon Bark, Eucalyptus, Rosemary, and Lemon essential oils, these lozenges are one of the things we reach for to keep our immune systems firing on a daily basis! The Thieves Hard Lozenges are a sugar-free dietary supplement to add to your daily wellness regimen with more of a cinnamon taste than a menthol one.We use these daily when we need a lozenge, when we travel to bolster our immune systems, and sometimes in place of the Thieves Cough Drops when we are out or if someone doesn't want the strong menthol taste of the drops (but it's that menthol that helps open the airways and soothe the throat!).

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