Essential Oils for Conditions Beginning with W-Z

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.

WARTS: Cypress, lavender, lemon, oregano, melissa, mugwort, thuja, yarrow
Plantar wart: Pure oregano or thuja-apply twice daily and cover with bandage, repeating until wart is gone Be patient-it may take 30 days

WATER RETENTION: See hormonal imbalance, edema

WEAKNESS: After illness: Thyme, carrot seed, geranium, Devil’s club

WEALTH: Cinnamon, cassia, ginger, clove, patchouli

WEIGHT:
Overweight: Peppermint, spearmint, lemon, grapefruit, combava, fennel, anise, cumin
Weight loss: Turmeric, Labrador tea. Add grapefruit and lemon to a gallon of water and sip on it all day (Helps dissolve excess fat)
Balancing weight: Black cumin
Underweight-increases appetite: Anise, coriander, ginger, black pepper, lime, ambrette

WHOLENESS: Angelica, spruce, fir, juniper

WHOOPING COUGH: Basil, clary sage, oregano, rosemary

WITHDRAWAL: See addiction

WORMS: Cardamon, grapefruit, eucalyptuses, lavender, lemon, clove, peppermint, santolina (with caution)

WORRY: Bergamot, orange, Anxiety Balancer (DH)

WOUNDS: Frankincense, rosewood, thyme, German chamomile, lavender, helichrysum
Weeping: Juniper, patchouli, tarragon
Healing: Tea tree, niaouli, rosalina, ravensare, manuka

WRINKLES: Clary sage, fennel, carrot seed, frankincense, geranium, marigold, helichrysum, rose otto, lavender, patchouli, rosemary, thyme

YEAST: Geranium, may chang (See candida)