1 2 while useful for clearing congestion in adults never use peppermint essential oil for babies as it can cause serious life threatening side effects.
Congestion babies essential oils.
Health fads come and go but essential oils have been used reliably and extensively in medicine for thousands of years.
Diffusing oil is also a great way to use essential oils for congestion.
Essential oils for babies.
Put your child up in the same room as the diffuser.
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There is no need to use oils on a baby s delicate skin too often.
You can choose any one of the oils that are safe for children and even use a mixture of two or more.
Chamomile matricaria chamomilla or chamaemelum nobile distilled lemon citrus limon dill anethum sowa eucalyptus.
Try one drop each of chamomile geranium and lavender in two tablespoons of a carrier oil and use less than a quarter teaspoon during each massage.
The recommended safe oils to use with babies three months or older are the following.
Babies love massages and essential oils can be incorporated at this age in small amounts.
Follow the manufacturer s instructions for your diffuser for setting up the amount of water and oils.
Do not use the massage oil daily.