Foot Care is particularly important as your feet sustain your whole body. On this blog, we will review 5 Essential Oils important to Foot Care.
What is an essential oil? Essential oils are the essence of a plant, distilled, and prepared for you to bring the power of nature into your home. Inside many plants’ roots, seeds, flowers, bark—are concentrated, highly potent chemical compounds. These natural compounds are essential oils. There are several studies on Essential oils scientific proof of their benefits on our health.
Here are the 5 essential oils on Foot Care
Peppermint Essential Oil– Peppermint oil is made from the leaves of the strong mint-scented peppermint plant. This stimulating essential oil is often used for muscle aches, inflammation, bruising, itching, and skin irritation. Though peppermint oil has not been studied for muscle aches, it has been found to alleviate headache pain. Peppermint’s strong smell can also help combat foot odor. At BlueMint soaps, we have a Peppermint Foot Cream although peppermint essential oil is part of other foot creams essential oil blends such as Chamomile and Eucalyptus Foot Cream.
Chamomile Essential Oil– It has anti-inflammatory properties to help with your swollen limbs and thereby clears swelling feet, legs, and ankles. Perfect to use at night after a day of working your feet! At BlueMint Soaps, we have a Chamomile Foot Cream that is perfect for you!
Eucalyptus Essential Oil– Eucalyptus leaves are a great source of antioxidants, particularly flavonoids, which protect your body from oxidative stress and free radical damage. Antioxidants are beneficial for your skin self-repair. BlueMint Soaps has a Eucalyptus Foot Cream blended with Frankincense, Lavender, Peppermint, and Pine.
Bergamot Essential Oil– Linalool and carvacrol are compounds found in bergamot oil. A 2017 review of studies from a Trusted Source, analyzed the effects of multiple essential oil compounds on the pain response and other conditions in humans and animals.
It found that both linalool and carvacrol had analgesic, anticonvulsant, and anti-inflammatory capabilities when used in a variety of methods that included applying it on the skin. BlueMint Soaps has a Bergamot Foot Cream blended with Cypress, Sage, and Rosemary.
Tea Tree Essential Oil– Tea tree essential oil is a potent and valuable healing solution for swollen feet. The swelling of the feet and ankles can be a sign of infection. Tea tree essential oil has scientifically-backed benefits such as its potent antiseptic properties. BlueMint Soaps has a Tea Tree Foot Cream.
Our Foot Cream is a blend of Fine solid organic shea and cocoa butter and rice bran oil will make your foot feel moist and soft all day long! Just rub this cream once a day on your dry feet and you will see and feel the difference amazingly fast.
