Tulips are probably one of the most beautiful and colourful flowers, as they have a wide ranging colours and hues. Its scientific name is known as Tulipa, and it belongs to the Lilaceae family, a group of plants that produces highly sought flowers because of their aesthetic beauty.

Since it was first introduced in the 16th century in Europe, many of them were amazed and awed by the beauty of this plant, as they sought to grow tulips in their houses, in what became famously known as “tulip mania”.

The essential oil of tulip is derived from the flowers of the Tulipa plant and it has a very warm, sweet and floral aroma that is especially uplifting and invigorating to your senses. Read on to find out more about what tulip essential oil can offer to boost your health!

Health Benefits of Tulip Essential Oil:

Firstly, tulip essential oil is great for aromatherapy uses. It is a very therapeutic oil, thus making it perfect as a relaxing agent to soothe your mind and senses. Like many essential oils out there, tulip oil is perfect for alleviating feelings of stress, anxiety and tension after a long and exhausting day. It seeks to rejuvenate and reinvigorate your senses, enabling you to feel much more recharged than ever before.

Additionally, it can help you to provide much mental clarity and emotionally boosts your spirits, thus curbing negative thoughts away. It promotes a much more optimistic and relaxed state of mind, resulting in increased efficiency and productivity even!

Additionally, with a calm and relaxed state of mind, you can battle insomnia as well as tulip oil helps to facilitate a much better, peaceful and restful sleep. We all know having a good night’s rest is exceptionally important to contribute to smooth functioning during the day, as well as to ensure the proper maintenance of your bodily systems. Thus, tulip oil serves as a great sleeping aid to battle against insomnia. No longer do you have to rely on prescribed sleeping and anxiety pills, as those might carry unwanted side effects!

Moreover, tulip essential oil is an excellent moisturizing agent for your skin. Its rejuvenating constituents found within the oil helps to soothe dry and irritated skin, thus keeping your skin soft and supple. Its astringent qualities also facilitate a tighter and much firmer skin, therefore inhibiting the formation of wrinkles and sagging skin. As such, it is a great anti-ageing skincare agent in this regard!

If you have any rashes, insect bites or stings, burns or any other form of irritation on your skin, tulip essential oil can come to your rescue because it helps to soothe any forms of redness or irritation. Its soothing properties ensure that your skin gets a speedy recovery, without leaving behind a nasty scar in its wake. It also ensures that the redness or irritation does not spread or cause further complications on your skin.

Besides that, tulip essential oil is also a great addition for your room fresheners, candles and incense sticks! With its sweet and highly fragrant scent, it is perfect for freshening up your room with a clean, refreshing and welcoming scent! Even though this is not a health benefit per se, it no doubt keeps your surrounding atmosphere and environment smelling nice, which will undoubtedly impact your mental, emotional and physical health indirectly.

How to Use Tulip Essential Oil:

Now that you have read about what tulip essential oil can do for your health, here are some of the common ways you can use the oil in your daily lives to reap its benefits!

• Aromatically: Perhaps the most well-known way of reaping the benefits of tulip oil would be to diffuse it in a diffuser, vaporizer or burner and place it in your room or workplace. This definitely helps to boost your emotional and mental health, while serving to destress and relax you at the same time. Its fragrant smell will also help to keep your surrounding area smelling nice and fresh, just like a tulip garden!

• In Warm, Bathing Water: You can also add about 4-5 drops of the oil in a tub of warm, bathing water during your evening or nightly bath and soak inside for a few minutes to soak your tension, worries, anxiety and stress away. You will come out of the bathroom feeling much revitalized and peaceful, which facilitates a restful and good night’s sleep!

• Topically: You can also apply tulip essential oil topically onto your skin. Be sure to dilute the oil with a carrier oil (such as jojoba or coconut oil) before application onto your skin for bites or as a skin-care agent to prevent ageing and scars. Alternatively, you can also add a few drops of the oil (1-2 drops) into your daily skincare products to help in ageing signs and a much smoother complexion.

Tulip oil also blends well with calendula oil and this works heavenly on dry skin. However, be sure to add in equal amounts of carrier oil into this mix as essential oils are highly concentrated if they are not blended with a carrier oil. Also, do perform a skin patch test first on a non-sensitive part of your skin before proceeding to apply it topically onto the desired or affected areas. If there are sensitive, allergic or irritant reactions, please discontinue its use immediately.

If you are pregnant or nursing, it is always wise to seek the advice of a doctor or medical practitioner before using tulip oil (and other essential oils) as a form of treatment. Also, be sure to avoid contact with the eyes when using the oil.