Ylang Ylang Essential Oil Benefits and Uses
Ylang Ylang essential oil is extracted from the fresh flowers of the native Indonesian Cananga odorata tree. Ylang Ylang means "flower of flowers" and has been used for centuries across tropical areas of Asia.
The flowers were and still are traditionally used in Indonesia to decorate the bed of newly married couples on their wedding night due to their relaxing and aphrodisiac qualities.
Ylang Ylang is known for its mood-enhancing, sedative, antidepressant, beautifying and aphrodisiac properties.
As a mood enhancer, Ylang Ylang can promote feelings of joy and help with releasing negative emotions and promoting a calm peaceful feeling.
This flower of flowers is a mild sedative and works beautifully to calm the nervous system and lower anxiety.
It is praised for its sweet and floral scent and is known to help improve libido and enhance romance and sensuality in the bedroom.
Here are some ways to enjoy and invoke a sense of peace and sensuality into your life.
Add a few drops of this essential oil to your diffuser in your home.
Add a few drops along with a carrier oil, such as coconut oil or jojoba oil, and apply to your skin and hair.
Add a few drops into a warm bath, along with your favorite salts to soak in.
Add a few drops to a water bottle with a mister. Spray as an air freshener and or use the water and oil mixture to mist on your linens and clothes. You can also mist your hair and body as a light perfume.
Apply the oil to your inner wrists, ears, nape of the neck,scalp,stomach and behind your knees. These areas are considered your erogenous zones. Your erogenous zones are areas on your body that are extra sensitive and can heightened your sexual response when stimulated due to the concentration of nerve endings in these areas.
My wish to you is that you use this beautiful oil to envoke whatever energy it is you wish call into your life.
I truly believe that the act of applying essential oil is the act of envoking a certain energy. Whatever you believe the healing benefits and properties to be of a certain oil, with this belief and intention you are calling that into your being and into your life.
Be Blessed 💜
