How to Use Essential Oils for Perfumed Pillows

Most people have sleep disorders at one time or another throughout their lives. They can range from insomnia to narcolepsy. One treatment for insomnia can be found by utilizing some of the techniques found in the field of aromatherapy. Using selected essential oils to sweeten the smell of your pillow can help you find slumber easier.

Things You'll Need

• Vials of essential oil: lavender, chamomile and neroli
• Cotton gauze
• Sachet bag

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Instructions

• 1

  Take a few pieces of cotton gauze and sprinkle about 4 drops each of the essential oils of lavender, essential oil of chamomile and essential oil of neroli. Each of these oils have long been known to bring about feelings of calm and restfulness.

• 2

  Place the gauze with the essential oils soaked onto them and place them in a sachet bag. Close the bag and then smell the outside of the bag. If you can smell the fragrance of the oils then you have enough oil on the gauze, but if not then open the bag and add a few more drops of each oil on the gauze and recheck for fragrance.

• 3

  Put the sachet bag inside the pillowcase on your bed and when you turn in for the night, these pleasant smells will begin to relax and calm you and help you to fall off to sleep quickly.