Eucalyptus offers aromatherapy that is cool, sweet, and just a touch earthy. Its aroma is almost like to a mix of mint, pine, and honey. In your bath, pure eucalyptus essential oil gives off a spa-like atmosphere that cools and soothes your senses.
Eucalyptus Essential Oil Benefits In Baths
In a bath soak, eucalyptus essential oil offers soothing benefits with its fresh and minty aroma. Its lovely neutral aroma blends well with additional essential oils, and it promotes deep relaxation.
Some of the many benefits of eucalyptus essential oil in a bath soak or salt are:
- Can soothe the mind – The cooling, clearing, and soothing nature of aromatherapy with eucalyptus is perfect for an overworked mind. As you sink into the bath, the fresh fragrance of eucalyptus will envelop you, prompting you to breathe deep and feel the calming from the inside out. For baths taken to promote feelings of relaxation and clarity, a soak with eucalyptus is a must.
- May soothe skin – An epsom salt bath is a great way to soothe and comfort the skin, and this could be made even better with a blend that uses eucalyptus essential oil. The cooling nature of eucalyptus oil is gentle to the skin when enjoyed in a 15 to 20 minute epsom salt bath.
- Can help one's general well-being – A study conducted by a Korean University found that "eucalyptus aroma therapy be used for university students with allergic rhinitis to reduce their symptoms."
- Can keep bugs at bay – While humans may love the fresh, cooling, and minty aroma of eucalyptus essential oil, it is known to impede many insects' sense of smell, so they're forced out of the space where the scent of eucalyptus is strong enough.
Essential Oil Blends To Create Your Own At-Home Spa
There are various epsom salt blends that include eucalyptus oil for the various benefits it brings. Some of these blends that highlight the outdoorsy nature of all-natural eucalyptus oil include:
- Muscle Soak – Muscle Soak is a blend that really plays on the cool and calming nature of eucalyptus essential oil. Eucalyptus is joined by peppermint in the soak, creating a blend that is built to soothe from the inside out. Not only for after a good workout, Muscle Soak is the perfect at-home spa salt for complete calm.
- Stress Relief – A sweeter and more “low-key” version of the cooling Muscle Soak is Stress Relief. Stress Relief combines eucalyptus essential oil with essential oil of spearmint, really playing on the cooling and sweet natures found in both of the all-natural oils. Stress relief is a beautifully clarifying soak, enveloping you in a cloud of authentic outdoorsy calm.
- Back Soothing – Back Soothing is blend that combines essential oils of eucalyptus, lavender, peppermint, and grapefruit for aromatherapy that calms, relaxes, and uplifts all at the same time. Not just for soothing the back, this is a blend that soothes the mind and body throughout the entire duration of your bath. Eucalyptus brings a woodsy cooling nature, lavender brings herbal calm, peppermint a bright chill, and grapefruit a zesty bit of citrusy aroma.
- Ancient Secret – Not every eucalyptus featured blend must have a focus on cool. Sometimes you want the outdoorsy nature of eucalyptus but with a background that is a bit warmer and more comforting. Ancient Secret uses aromatherapy made from eucalyptus, frankincense, sandalwood, peppermint, and cedarwood for a cozy blend that remains perfectly balanced. Eucalyptus plays well with the woodsy nature of cedarwood, while lavender provides an herbal calm, and frankincense and sandalwood work together to provide a warming or grounding element.
When it comes to a spa-like soak, eucalyptus is one of the most versatile essential oils out there. It’s easy to balance, and never overpowers any additional essential oils you wish to use so you can always bring a little soothing to any bathing experience you wish to have. Not just for soaking, epsom salt with eucalyptus can be used as a skin scrub, scalp scrub, or on the floor of a shower stall to fill the room with calming and effective aromatherapy.
