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About Merica Essential Oil Blend

The scent in Merica Moisturizing Cream combines three different, all natural, 100% essential oils chosen for their rejuvenating skin care ability as well as their ability to relieve stress and anxiety.

Rose Geranium:

Rose geranium oil has a balancing effect on the nervous system and relieves depression and anxiety, while lifting the spirits and making the world an easier place to live in. It has a balancing effect on the adrenal cortex and is great for relieving stress.

On the skin, rose geranium oil helps to balance the secretion of sebum and clears sluggish and oily skins, while the antiseptic and cicatrisant (promoting the healing of a wound or the formation of a cicatrix) properties make this oil an effective aid to help with burns, wounds, ulcers and other skin problems.

Its haemostatic nature helps the body systems to balance themselves and since the adrenal cortex is stimulated and balanced, the hormonal system of the body is also corrected and aligned.  On the lymphatic system it has a greatly stimulating effect and with that helps with detoxifying the body and also affects female health in treating PMS as well as balancing vaginal secretion and heavy periods.

It has a general diuretic effect on the body and balances the water systems in the body, correcting any poor elimination of water and waste material. It is useful for treating jaundice, gall stones and can also be used for restraining nose bleeds and other hemorrhaging.

Lavender:

Lavender is useful in treating skin conditions such as abscesses, acne, allergies, athlete's foot, boils, bruises, burns, dandruff, dermatitis, earache, eczema, inflammations, insect bites and stings, insect repellant, lice, psoriasis, ringworm, scabies, sores, spots, all skin types, sunburn and wounds.

Other applications of lavender is for the treatment of disorders such as lumbago, muscular aches and pains, rheumatism, sprains, asthma, bronchitis, halitosis, laryngitis, throat infections, whooping cough, abdominal cramps, colic, dyspepsia, flatulence, nausea, cystitis, dysmenorrhoea, leucorrhoea and for flu. An excellent first aid oil. It soothes cuts, bruises and insect bites.

One of the most versatile therapeutic essence. It is used for nervous system disorders such as depression, headache, hypertension, insomnia, migraine, nervous tension, stress related conditions, PMT, sciatica, shock and vertigo.

Palmarosa:

It is said to help stimulate and hydrate the skin while balancing the production of sebum. It may help to boost cellular regeneration in the skin which may help smooth wrinkles and may even tone up crepey skin on the neck. Valuable for all types of treatments for the face, hands, feet, neck and lips. Acne, athlete's foot, broken capillaries, dermatitis, dry skin, inflamed skin, insect repellent, scalp conditioner, scars, minor skin infections.