Essential Oils for Conditions Beginning with F

by Kathryn Sharp

Suggestions for oral and internal uses of essential oils are based on my experience as a practicing aromatherapist as well as that of my family, friends, and clients. They are provided to offer choices and information for all types of therapeutic essential oil usage. Internal use of essential oils is a choice that each individual must make for himself or herself. The oils listed for each condition are those that I (or someone I know) have used to remedy that condition, or those which are commonly recommended for the condition by other essential oil experts.

Some conditions are beyond the scope of treatment offered through using essential oils alone. In these cases, essential oil therapy provides a strong compliment to other forms of treatment. Please use common sense and see a health care provider when necessary. Essential oils for DiamondHeart blends (marked as DH) are listed on the BLENDS page.

FACIAL OILS: See complexion

FATIGUE: Monarda, rosemary, vitex, cypress, cedarwood, lemon, combava, ravensare, rosemary, oregano, thyme, rock rose

FATTY DEPOSITS: Dissolve or metabolize fat-Grapefuit, cypress, lavender, basil, juniper, fennel, foraha, rock rose

FEAR: Cypress, myrrh, sandalwood, amyris, vetiver, English chamomile, lemon myrtle, rock rose, ylang ylang, valerian, Anxiety Balancer (DH)

FEET: Tree oils open energy circuits for the whole body/energy field
Cypress, pine, cedarwood, spruce, fir, larch, tea tree, niaouli, cabreuva
Also try chamomile, fennel, lavender, lemon
Club foot: Massage with chamomile, rosemary, ginger, lavender
Corns: Lemon, thuja
Cold: Baking powder, oregano, ginger, cinnamon in shoes
Odor: Mix baking powder and sage, cypress, or spike lavender in a bag, shake, put in shoes
Sweaty: Cypress, baking soda in shoes

FEMALE DISORDERS: See also hormonal imbalance
Fibroid tumor: Rock rose, yarrow, turmeric
Balance female hormones: Vitex berry, bergamot, ylang ylang, cypress, basil, black seed
Cramping, PMS: Take Dong Quai tonic or vitex berry orally until menstrual cycle starts, apply compress of rosemary, basil, tarragon, vitex, sage with heat for cramps
Hemorrhaging: Massage helichrysum, yarrow, or rock rose into lower back and abdomen
Infection: Frankincense, rosemary camphor, and tea tree or niaouli as vaginal suppository-used nightly OR thyme and tea tree or niaouli as a suppository or soaked on tampon and inserted overnight
Infertility: English chamomile, clary sage, basil, feverfew, cypress, fennel, geranium, vitex
Postpartum depression: Chamomile, nutmeg

 
FEVER: Birch, basil, cardamon, angelica, dill, fennel, feverfew, fir, ginger, eucalyptus, lantana, lavender, lemon, lemon eucalyptus, lime, tea tree, niaouli, pepper, peppermint, valerian
Apply oils to chest, spine, abdomen, and feet; wrap in a luke warm wet sheet and a warm blanket; wait till fever breaks and person begins to sweat, then unwrap the blanket and dry off OR apply oils to feet, spine, chest, abdomen; get into a luke warm (not hot) bathtub and soak till water begins to feel cool

FIBROMYALGIA: (Indicates the need for liver cleansing, check for calcium/magnesium balance)
Birch, spruce, helichrysum, lavender, monarda, myrrh, patchouli, rosemary, rosewood, thyme

FIBROSITIS: Massage or compress chest with nutmeg, cinnamon, peppermint, eucalyptus, rosemary camphor, and ginger; also clay compresses on breasts and daily breast massage with castor bean oil

FLATULENCE: (Gas) Nutmeg, cardamon, allspice, clove, cumin, tarragon, cassia, anis seed, fennel, ginger, lavender, petitgrain, peppermint, spearmint, spike lavender, parsley

FLU: Cinnamon, eucalyptus, fir, ginger, lavender, lemon, manuka, myrtle, geranium, tea tree, niaouli, orange, oregano, peppermint, ravensare, rosemary, rosewood, savory, thyme, tansy, feverfew
Soak in hot bath with oils
Apply oils to feet, chest, spine; go to bed and rest

FOCUS: Basil, coriander, ginger, eucalyptus, helichrysum, lavender, myrrh, peppermint, rose otto, lemon, rosemary verbenon and camphor, rosewood, spruce, thyme, ylang ylang, Devil’s club

FORGIVENESS: Angelica, frankincense, melissa, helichrysum, rose otto, galbanum with other oils

FORTIFYING: Cabreuva, carrot seed, cypress, monarda, vetiver, tree oils

FRIGIDITY: Jasmine absolute, nutmeg, champaca, clary sage, ylang ylang, cumin, rosewood

FUNGUS: German chamomile, clove, geranium, niaouli, pine, styrax, tea tree, thyme, cinnamon, cassia, savory
Toenail: Oregano, mastic, geranium blend-undiluted, apply daily for 30 days