Essential oils are extracted from the natural ingredients that are used in the kitchen which are the rich sources of medicinal properties. These essential oils are used for treating any type of disorders and in many purposes. However it depends on the particular need or requirement. Essential oils does wonders when applied for pains or any diseases or disorders. They being natural products does not have any side effects and that being the reason they are used in most of the medicines and also for the treatments.
Essential oils will provide positive effect as they are highly concentrated oils and never used in the diluted form for any medicines or treatments. One of the major benefits of using essential oils is that they are affordable as well as natural. And also much easier to use them in any medicines or beauty products and are used very widely. These essential oils are also used to treat some of the problems such as dizziness, vertigo which cures them at a faster rate and can get immediate relief after applying.
Vertigo vs Dizziness
Dizziness and vertigo are the two problems which are related with head, but they differ and each have their own set of problems associated with them. Vertigo is the situation where an individual will feel as if the whole world around them is spinning or even the room around them is spinning. In case of dizziness an individual will feel as if they are lightheaded or disoriented or even woozy at times.
However, both the feelings will be horrible to bear as they will make the individual to loose their balance and at times there are the chances of getting fainted. Though both Vertigo and Dizziness seems to look similar with their symptoms, but both are different and cause due to various other reasons.
Essential Oils for Dizziness
These essential oils are widely used due to the healing properties that are present in them and are being used from many centuries ago. Essential oils for dizziness helps in relieving from the problem immediately and at the same time they are too effective also. When these essential oils are applied they will instantly show their effect on central nervous system of the human beings. And it help in relieving from the anxiety or inflammation or even if there are an infections present. Whenever these oils are applied at that time they just don’t treat only one main problem but also helps in getting relieved from the associated problems or issue. Here are some of the popular essential oils for dizziness that are used for treatment are as follows:
- Thyme essential oil
- Peppermint essential oil
- Ginger essential oil
- Lavender essential oil
- Lemon essential oil
- Basil essential oil
- Rosemary essential oil
- Clary sage essential oil
The above listed are some of the most popular essential oils for dizziness that are used widely to treat commonly related conditions.
Sinus infection symptoms
Sinus infection is one of the worst condition that irritate a person very much with the running nose and cold. It is a situation where the sinuses tissue lining will be swelled and is blocked with fluid that contains germs which causes serious infections. The conditions such as allergies, nasal polyps along with the tooth infections are some of the pains that will open a door to the sinus symptoms. Some of the common symptoms of sinus infection are as given below:
- Severe pain – An individual will suffer from the severe pain in the sinusitis which will produce severe pain in the forehead along with teeth and upper jaws.
- Running nose – Nose will be running continuously with heavy nasal discharge which will be flowing from the infected part of the sinuses.
- Nasal congestion – Nasal congestion is another serious effect of the sinus infection that even produces stuffy voice.
- Headaches – Severe headaches are also the part of the sinus infection symptoms.
- Throat irritation
- Cough
Read: Are Sinus Infections Contagious – Home Remedies and Antibiotics
The above sinus infection symptoms will some time even lead to cause dizziness in the individuals who are suffering from the serious sinusitis infection.
Essential oils for Vertigo
Vertigo is one of the tough situation which make a feeling in individual as if they are drowning. This is generally observed in the people who are of age 60 and above. There are two types of vertigo in general that are:
- Peripheral Vertigo
- Central Vertigo
Vertigo can be identified with the various symptoms that causes it, some of the popular ones include vomiting sensations, spinning, sweating, headache, loss of hearing, nausea, some times even loss of vision impairments. However, vertigo can be treated with the help of essential oils to get immediate relief and be happy from that worst situation. Some of the popular and best essential oils that are used to treat the situation of vertigo are as listed below:
- Lemon balm oil
- Rose oil
- Bergamoit oil
- Peppermint oil
- Cypress oil
- Rosemary oil
- Ginger oil
- Clary sage oil
- Lavender oil
- Tangerine oil
- Basil oil
- Neroli oil
- Frankincense oil
- Thyme oil
- Geranium oil
Related Pain Relief
The above oils when applied will help in relieving from that problem in case if the condition does not change and still remains same. Then the better option is to consult a doctor and take treatment for it.
How long does Vertigo Last
Vertigo being one of the worst situation, the symptoms will start slowly and the severity will be increasing day by day. However, it does not happen same way for every one and generally this will be lasting from few hours to days. The maximum period for this situation will be in between three to six weeks approximately. But again it depends on the severity of the symptoms.
In most of the cases the causes of vertigo will be playing a crucial role in the duration of vertigo symptoms. Some of the causes of vertigo and their existence is as mentioned below:
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV) will last for one to two minutes only.
- Meniere’s disease will long last from few hours to even some days.
- Inner ear problems will remain until the inflammation subsides.
In the above way vertigo will usually depend upon the causes only and will long last according to it.
Physical therapy for vertigo
Physical therapy is one of the best solution to treat the some causes of the vertigo such as BPPV or labyrinthitis. In this way of treatment, head is usually made to go through various position that will help in manipulating to clear all the crystals that are present in the semicircular canals.
In this way inflammation is reduced which is caused due to the debris. BPPV is most often treated with the excercises and home remedies. It is generally knonw as ‘self limiting’. This is because the symptoms of BPPV will long last only for two months and not any more than that. There are several treatments that can be done at home only to recover from this issue safely without any problems.
Vertigo exercises
Vertigo can also be treated with the home based exercises in most of the cases. Hence, they play a crucial role in treating vertigo and get relieved from the causes such as BPPV. Even doctors suggest to perform exercises in order to get away from the vertigo, they recommend a series of movements. In general these series of movements are known as canalith repositioning procedures. One of the popular method of treateing BPPV is a specialized form of the Canalith repositioning maneuvers which is one of the forms of Vestibular Rehabilitation Therapy.
This treatment is well known as Epley Maneuver where it is a series of exercises that deal with patterned head as well as trunk movements. In this way tiny otoliths which were displaced will be placed again in the inner ear safely and will not cause any symptoms again in the future. In general vertigo exercises will be taught only by the physical will be performed only by the physical or occupational therapists supervision only. These exercises in general will be increasing energy along with the fitness that will help the individual in staying healthy along with fit. Even this exercises will help in getting rid of the stress which is caused in the day to day life due to various tenses and worries.
Conclusion
In the above mentioned way vertigo can easily be treated with the help of exercises. But not all the causes of vertigo only BPPV can be treated using this method. However most of the vertigo issues can be treated using essential oils. Which till some extent will help in solving them without the help of essential oils which are the natural products. However people suffering with dizziness or vertigo can apply essential oils but need to take care that they are not pregnant or even breast feeding moms.
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Essential Oils for Dizziness and Vertigo
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Essential oils for dizziness and vertigo cures them at a faster rate and can get immediate relief after applying.
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Tony Evans
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Healthcare Insides
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