The Best Way to Diffuse Essential Oils
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Diffusing essential oils into the air throughout the day not only makes your house smell nice but the aroma of essential oils can uplift your mood, calm you down, help you focus, and purify the air. At nighttime, you can diffuse essential oils to promote restful sleep and free and clear breathing which is great during the winter months and we do it often in our family.
There are three main ways you can diffuse essential oils.
The first I’d like to mention (and my least favorite) are candle diffusers. These diffusers use a tea candle to heat a top portion filled with water and a few drops of essential oils. The water and oil will evaporate and will diffuse into the air. I find this not to be the best option because tea candles burn quickly so there is more maintenance required if you want to diffuse for an extended period of time. Additionally, too much heat may change the chemical composition of essential oils resulting in reduced health benefits.
The best way to diffuse essential oils in my opinion, especially for those juggling a busy lifestyle, is an ultrasonic water diffuser. This diffuser uses water and ultrasonic vibrations to help disperse essential oils into the air as a very fine mist. They are very quiet, and easy to set up and maintain. You can place them in the kitchen, living room, office, bedroom or anywhere in the house. I have five diffusers in my house that I collected over the years. Honestly, you don’t need that many to start! You can just start with one and always add more as your budget allows. If you maintain them properly, they will last for years. I usually don’t run them all at the same time, I just like having them strategically placed around the house so I don’t have to move them around constantly.
Another benefit of an ultrasonic diffuser is that you can set it and forget it as almost all of them have an auto shut off function when the water level is low. You need only 8-10 drops per cup of water to get hours of aroma.
The third option is a glass nebulizing diffuser which is commonly used in a healthcare environment. Essential oils are put directly into the glass portion of the diffuser and are dispersed into the air without any water. I have not yet used a nebulizing diffuser since I have found the ultrasonic water diffusers to be sufficient. Additionally, nebulizing diffusers are about three times the cost of ultrasonic diffusers. However, I’m planning a future post in which I will compare the glass nebulizing diffuser to an ultrasonic water diffuser and will give my thoughts on whether the extra cost is justified.
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