Depression

About Best Essential Oils for Depression by Gya Labs 

Essential oils are gaining wide popularity these days and for valid reasons. And one such reason is its ability to reduce depression, stress, and anxiety. Essential oils are one of the best options for the relief of depressive symptoms. If you are fighting depression, then essential oils are one of the options that you can try to act naturally upon your depression. It is shown that certain essential oils act as an alternative treatment for depression. You can treat depression with essential oils.

Gya Labs offers a range of essential oils that have anti-depressant properties that can help offer you relief from stress and depression. Though essential oils cannot be taken as an alternate solution for depression treatment, they can be used as a supplementary treatment to overcome anxiety disorder or to reduce anxiety and other symptoms of depression. 

Essential oils are safe for use. Following are 10 best essential oils offered by Gya Labs that you can try as a treatment for depression and anxiety.  

Best Essential Oils for Depression 

Sandalwood Essential Oil 

Sandalwood oil is extracted from the dried roots and woods of the Santalum album. This is popularly known as the Indian Sandalwood tree. Sandalwood tree has many medicinal and therapeutic properties that can help promote good health. Sandalwood has a great fragrance that can help you calm down instantly. One of the major benefits of using sandalwood essential oil is that it helps in reducing anxiety and depression. 

Another major benefit of this oil is that it promotes mental alertness and thus helps in reducing depression. Also, it induces better sleep. Lack of proper sleep is also considered a major reason behind depression. It has natural calming and soothing properties that help in reducing inflammation and irritation. Thus, it is not wrong to say that this is one of the best choices to be used to get rid of depression. Its main constituents include Terpene santalol, alpha bergamotol, gamma elemene, nuciferol, alpha cedrol. 

Bergamot Essential Oil 

Bergamot oil is a citrus oil that is extracted from a citrus fruit called Bergamot Orange. It is native to Southeast Asia though now it is being found in many different parts of the world. Bergamot essential oil has many medicinal and health benefits. Bergamot essential oil is one of the best oils that you can use in the form of aromatherapy if you are suffering from depression. A few drops of essential oil can do wonders by offering you relaxation and freshness. Bad mood is also associated with depression, and using bergamot oil can help treat depression. It has a soothing effect. Its main constituents include limonene, beta-bisabolene, and beta-pinene. 

Neroli Essential Oil 

Neroli essential oil can help with depression. Neroli oil has a sweet citrusy scent that is extracted from the flowers of the bitter orange tree. One of the major benefits of this oil is that it can be used in aromatherapy to overcome symptoms of depression. It has many skin and health benefits as well. It has the power to instantly lift up your mood. This essential oil can help reduce anxiety and panic attacks and can also give relief from pain and discomfort, and other complications of the depression. Its main constituents include linalool, linalyl acetate, nerolidol, (E, E)-farnesol, alpha terpineol, and limonene.  

Frankincense Essential Oil for Depression

Frankincense oil is one of the most commonly used essential oils for many different purposes. It is one of the versatile oils that can be used to cater to your different needs and requirements. Frankincense oil is believed to have calming properties and thus can help offer you relaxation and calmness and reduce stress and anxiety. This is one of the best remedies for depression. Its main constituents include Alpha-pinene, alpha-thujene, incensole, incensole acetate, and octyl acetate.  

Lavender Essential Oil   

Lavender oil is one of the most commonly used essential oils. It is known for its floral fragrance that has natural sedative properties and thus promotes good quality sleep. Sleep deprivation is linked to depression, stress, and anxiety, and thus good quality sleep can help in reducing depression. Lavender oil is commonly used as an anti-anxiety agent and helps you during depressive episodes. Lavender oil also contains anti-inflammatory properties that help in reducing inflammation, irritation, etc. 

Another major benefit of lavender oil is that it has a positive impact on the mental well-being of people and also has an impact on your psyche. It also contains antibacterial and antifungal properties that help it ease many different skin issues. Its main constituents include linalool, linalyl acetate, myrcene, camphor, 1, 8-cineole, and trans-ocimene. 

Sweet Orange Essential Oil  

Sweet orange oil is commonly known as an orange essential oil. It belongs to the citrus oils family. The sweet orange essential oil has natural soothing and calming properties that help you relax and reduce episodes of depression or anxiety. Another major benefit of sweet orange oil is that it helps in boosting mood instantly and can help you keep energized and happy all day long. Thus it has a positive impact on your mind and can help reduce depression. Its main constituents include sabinene, alpha-pinene, limonene, citronellol, neral, geraniol, and linalool. 

Roman Chamomile Essential Oil  

Roman chamomile oil has natural calming properties that help you calm down and relax. It has a floral aroma that helps you stay fresh and relaxed all day long. Also, it helps in keeping your mood uplifted and energized. Chamomile is used in the form of herbal tea as well, and its intake can help as a cure for depression. Its main constituents include methylamyl angelate, isobutyl angelate, isoamyl tiglate.  

Grapefruit Essential Oil  

Grapefruit oil belongs to the citrus oils family, and it has a citrusy orange scent. One of the major benefits of this oil is that it helps in reducing depression and anxiety. This is one of the best essential oils that act as a mood enhancer and can uplift your mood instantly. Using grapefruit oil along with lavender oil is believed to reduce stress levels. Thus it can be said that this essential oil is good for reducing depression. Its main constituents include limonene, beta-myrcene, alpha-pinene, and sabinene. 

Australian Sandalwood Essential Oil  

Sandalwood has many different species, and the most famous ones are the Indian and Australian Sandalwoods. The main benefit of Australian sandalwood is that it has calming properties that help in calming you down and helps make you at ease. Sandalwood oil is related to spirituality in many regions and is believed to offer mental clarity. This is a great oil that helps in reducing depression as well as different causes of depression. Its main constituents include alpha- and beta- santalol, trans-alpha-bergamotol, and trans-farnesol.  

Ginger Essential Oil 

One of the major benefits of ginger essential oil is that it is believed to boost the confidence of the user. It has a great scent that can improve your mood and can make you feel energetic. Ginger oil has the ability to increase concentration and focus and also helps in reducing stress, exhaustion, melancholy behavior, etc. It has natural soothing properties that promote relaxation and calmness. Its main constituents are camphene, B-Phellandrene, α-Pinene, Geranial, Zingiberene, β-Bisabolene, β-Sesquiphellandrene, and Curcumene. 

Jasmine Essential Oil  

Jasmine oil is known for its soothing and calming properties that can be used to reduce depression, stress, and anxiety. It treats different symptoms of depression as well as it contains anti-depressant properties. It has natural healing properties as well. Its main constituents include benzyl acetate, geraniol, linalool, benzyl alcohol, and indole. Apart from the above essential oils, there are certain other essential oils as well that help in reducing depression. It includes lemon essential oil, ylang-ylang essential oil, etc., which are effective in treating depression.  

Why Choose Gya Labs? 

Gya Labs offers a wide range of essential oils that you can use to get rid of different skin and health conditions. You can use essential oils for depression. Essential oils help treat minor as well as major depression. Essential oils are concentrated plant extracts that have different nutrients, vitamins, and minerals that can help treat different skin issues as well as health issues. Essential oils help maintain a balance between mind and body by easing symptoms of depression. 

Essential oils are highly concentrated and should be diluted before topical application. You can make an essential oil blend by mixing it with carrier oils like coconut oil, jojoba oil, apricot oil, etc. Essential oils have also shown a positive impact on postpartum depression.  So why wait!! Try essential oils to treat depression and its symptoms.