On a recent discouraging visit to a new doctor [my real doctor just keeps having babies - she can't stop, apparently - I think it's because there are always dozens of pregnant women/little babies in their office - it might be contagious, I'm not sure] I got my migraine medication switched. My regular medication tends to make me into some sort of crazy person who exists in some very surreal world where I feel I am transformed into a snake. So yeah...there's that [what can I say? we are down to the final days here of le blog - all the secrets are coming out]. So today I went to the pharmacy to get my meds and they told me they had to be a special order. I was okay with this as I wasn't having a migraine episode and didn't think I would be that day as they tend to be with me when I wake up in the morning. But then my body decided - ah ah ah...not so fast...and bam - migraine episode. And nothing I could chemically do about it. So I turned my back on western medicine and I took an aromatherapy bath. [no picture. we're not quite on that level of disclosure.]
Though, in the interest of full disclosure - I have used aromatherapy as an ET on a previous day [I think last november or maybe december - it was when I was still working by whole foods], but a bath was not part of that day. And sometimes I do burn pure peppermint oil when I am experiencing any sort of head pain or stomach upset. So yes, I ran a typical bath with lavender epsom salt type stuff [though not pure lavender so not really aromatherapy] and also gardenia-scented bubbles [because i refuse to bathe without bubbles] and then I added a couple of drops of pure essential peppermint oil [peppermint and basil are supposed to be best for head pain]. These oils might seem really expensive but you really only use a couple tiny drops each time so they aren't pricey at all. The smell is incredible - I think made more intense by the hotness of the bath [I like to steam myself into a red lobster state]. Also, the effect of peppermint makes you tingly in a very attention-grabbing kinda way. It kinda energizes, stimulates and relaxes each muscle/area it touches.
While it didn't completely get rid of my migraine episode - it made things much more bearable. I mean - it's a nice, hot bath that smells fantastic and turns all your switches back on - that's not going to be a bad experience. But I know I will feel better once I have my meds in hand.
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Hubby gave me a foot pampering basket a couple of years ago...it had peppermint scrub and lotion in it. The smell was incredible, and it made my feet feel all tingly.
I was growing a lavender plant on the deck this year; it only put out a few flower stalks. I dried them, and when I stripped the dried pieces off the stalk the smell made a sinus headache go away!
That sounds lovely. I haven't taken an actual bubbly bath in years!
I go through phases with bubble baths - I will get into a rhythm where I'm having them like three times per week. Then, just as suddenly they will disappear for years @ a time.
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