Essential Oils for Menopause

If you want to use essential oils for menopause, the ones most suggested to help balance hormones are lavender, neroli, rose, and geranium.

As a general menopause formula, Healing With Aromatherapy recommends using this blend to massage the solar plexus in a clockwise direction:

6 drops neroli
3 drops mandarin
2 drops clary sage
1 ounce carrier oil.

For a body lotion to help relieve the symptoms of menopause, Aromatherapy for Dummies recommends this blend:

6 drops geranium
6 drops lavender
2 drops neroli
1 drop rose
1,500 units vitamin E
2 ounces of your favorite lotion, cream, or oil.

Essential Oils for Hot Flashes

To help relieve hot flashes, make the following blend and dab it on wrists, face, or neck when you feel a hot flash coming on:

10 drops lemon
5 drop peppermint
2 drops clary sage
1 ounce aloe vera gel.

Another option for hot flashes is to have a bottle of lavender essential oil with you at all times and dab it on your inner wrists or temples as needed.

Essential Oils for Menopause Symptoms

Here are some suggested essential oils for relief of menopausal symptoms. Make a massage oil, use in the bath, or diffuse. Experiment to see which ones work best for you.

Anxiety - bergamot, chamomile, jasmine, lavender, ylang-ylang

Depression - bergamot, neroli, melissa

Emotional ups and downs - bergamot, chamomile, jasmine, neroli

Headaches - chamomile, lavender, peppermint

Hot flashes - clary sage, lemon, peppermint

Fatigue - Energizing essential oils such as ginger or other stimulating oils such as peppermint or nutmeg.

Insomnia - lavender

Irritability - A grounding and balancing essential oil such as patchouli or a sedative oil such as cardamom.

Mood swings - Grounding and balancing essential oils such as patchouli or soothing essential oils such as lavender.

Night sweats - clary sage

Poor Memory - An energizing essential oil such as coriander or ginger.

Buy therapeutic-grade essential oils for menopause.