Sick of muscle cramps cramping your style?
Whether your muscle cramps are coming from your personal shark week or taking you by surprise in the middle of a jog, Simply Earth now carries an essential oil to keep you rocking what you love to do.
Clary Sage Essential Oil is helpful for soothing cramps, anxiety, digestion, and more! Check out Clary Sage Essential Oil benefits and uses below!
Clary Sage Essential Oil Benefits, and Recipes
Soothes Stress and Depression
According to this study1, Clary Sage Essential Oil has relaxing qualities that help ease stress when inhaled. Its calming aroma helps with mental fatigue, exhaustion, and depression.
Promotes Rest
Since Clary Sage is great at promoting calmness and relaxation. It can encourage an environment of rest that is conducive for sleep, as also affirmed by this article2.
Supports Digestion
Stress can trigger many health issues including indigestion. Clary Sage Essential Oil is not only helpful in easing feelings of stress and anxiety, it also soothes the digestion issues that can come with it. Digestive discomfort, gas, and spasms can all be soothed with Clary Sage Essential Oil.
Reduces Menstrual Cramps
Pain during menstruation occurs because of the uterus contracting, which brings on painful cramps. Good thing Clary Sage Essential Oil can help reduce menstrual cramps and pain3 when applied topically!
Increases Circulation
According to the Ann Arbor Institute of Massage Therapy, Clary Sage Essential Oil is also one of the other essential oils known to increase circulation and can be helpful in varicose veins.
Assists Wound Healing
Because of Clary Sage’s antibacterial properties, it can be an effective additional treatment for wound care. In this laboratory study4, Clary Sage Oil helped heal severe dermatological infections, and its diluted oil was found to be effective against several bacterial strains.
Oils That Clary Sage Oil Blends Well With
Clary Sage Essential Oil has an herbal aroma that is light and sweet. It has a very distinct smell with notes that remind people of hay, tobacco, and cedar.
Try making blends using Clary Sage with Lavender, Bergamot, German Chamomile, Ginger Root, Peppermint, and some citrus essential oils.
Simply Earth Blends That Use This Oil
Because we are all about making using essential oils easy, we’ve come up with synergy blends to get you the results you’re looking for.
Ladies Choice Blend
If you are looking for toxin-free relief from symptoms related to menstruation, check out our Ladies’ Choice Essential Oil Blend. This blend of Clary Sage, Geranium, Lavender, and Marjoram Essential Oils work together to soothe cramps, uplift, and calm you during menstruation.
Good Vibes Blend
Good Vibes Essential Oil Blend has a well-balanced floral and citrus aroma that supports positivity and helps soothe symptoms associated with hormonal imbalance.
How This Oil Works
Clary Sage Essential Oil is made up of over 54 naturally occurring chemicals. These natural chemicals complement each other to give us the little push towards wellness our body needs. Clary Sage Essential Oil is mainly composed of linalyl acetate and linalool. Because we know the chemical makeup of the oil, we can predict and study the uses and benefits of Clary Sage Essential Oil as listed in the above section.
Linalyl Acetate
Linalyl Acetate is known to be: analgesic, antibacterial, anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antioxidant, antitumoral, antispasmodic, antiulcerogenic, immunostimulant, sedative, and vasorelaxant.
Linalool
Linalool is known to be: airborne antimicrobial, analgesic, anti-anxiety, antibacterial, anticonvulsant, antifungal (candida), anti-inflammatory, antinociceptive, antioxidant, antispasmodic, antitumoral, antiviral, cognition enhancement, hypotensive, immunostimulant, and sedative.
What Earthies Are Saying About Clary Sage Essential Oil
What I Love About Clary Sage Essential Oil
My favorite way to use Clary Sage Essential Oil is to ease painful cramps. Its calming aroma soothes the stress that comes with pain while helping with the pain itself. Take that, cramps!
Things to Remember When Using This Oil
Always dilute an essential oil when using it on the skin. This essential oil is unlikely to cause skin irritation when diluted properly. If the oil has been oxidized (left with the cap off for long periods of time) it is more likely to cause skin irritation. Check out this dilution chart for diluting this essential oil properly.
This oil is generally safe to use if you are pregnant. Consult your doctor prior to use.
This essential oil is safe to use with kids age 2+.
This essential oil is generally safe to diffuse and use topically on cats. For more information on using essential oils with cats, check out this blog post.
This essential oil is generally safe to diffuse and use topically on dogs. For more information on using essential oils with dogs, check out this blog post.
We don’t recommend ingesting essential oils unless under the direction of a doctor certified in aromatherapy. For more information on why we don’t ingest essential oils check out this blog post.
*Please note: This post is a compilation of suggestions made by those that have extensively used essential oils and has not been verified scientifically with clinical tests nor reviewed by medical experts. It is anecdotal information and should be treated as such. For serious medical concerns, please consult your doctor. The statements given in this blog post have not been verified by the FDA
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References:
- Seol GH, Lee YH, Kang P, You JH, Park M, Min SS. Randomized controlled trial for Salvia sclarea or Lavandula angustifolia: differential effects on blood pressure in female patients with urinary incontinence undergoing urodynamic examination. 2013 Jul
- Chaunie Brusie. Which Essential Oils Promote Better Sleep?. 2020 Aug
- Han SH, Hur MH, Buckle J, Choi J, Lee MS. Effect of aromatherapy on symptoms of dysmenorrhea in college students: A randomized placebo-controlled clinical trial. J Altern Complement Med. 2006 Jul-Aug
- Sienkiewicz M, Głowacka A, Poznańska-Kurowska K, Kaszuba A, Urbaniak A, Kowalczyk E. The effect of clary sage oil on staphylococci responsible for wound infections. 2015 Feb