Aroma Therapy for Cyctitis
Aromatherapy essential oils can be added to baths, compresses, and massage
oils to help to relieve urinary tract infections. Sitz baths can ease the pelvic pain
that sometimes accompanies an infection. Add five drops each of juniper and
sandalwood essential oils to the tub.
Juniper is a potent detoxifying oil with diuretic properties and is specifically an
antiseptic for the urinary tract. It has a pungent, sweet, woodsy fragrance. Do
not use juniper during pregnancy.
Sandalwood is also an antiseptic and diuretic and is used extensively in
Ayurvedic medicine for treating urinary tract infections. It has a complex, rich,
woodsy and sweet scent.
Tea tree is a potent antiseptic that directly kills the bacteria that cause urinary
tract infections. If' you suffer frequently from this infection, add two drops of tea
tree oil to one cup of warm water and use regularly as a genital wash after
bowel movements and following intercourse. Tea tree oil has a pungent,
camphor-like scent.
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