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How to Use Essential Oils for Sleep Walking?

How to Use Essential Oils for Sleep Walking? Essential Oil Benefits

Sleepwalking, medically known as somnambulism, is a behavior disorder originating during the deep sleep and resulting in complex behaviors such as walking while sleeping. While the main cause of this condition is lack of sleep, it is more common among children compared to adults. There is a series of complex behaviors involved in this condition, among which walking during sleeping is most apparent.

Other symptoms of this disorder include sitting up in the bed and looking all around, walking in the room or house, and sometimes leaving the house and walking or driving long distances. It is a mistaken belief that a sleepwalker should not be awakened while he is sleepwalking. On the contrary, it can be hazardous if a sleepwalker is allowed to do what he wants to do.

Research has highlighted that sleepwalking can impair your mental performance for life. Unfavorable environment, medical conditions and emotional stress are just some of the factors responsible for conditions like sleepwalking. Before you resort to artificial methods of dealing with your problem, you may want to try out some natural, gentler remedies. Keeping that in mind, here are some of the best essential oils you may want to try out tonight.

14 Top Essential Oils For Sleepwalking

How to Use Essential Oils for Sleep Walking? Essential Oil Benefits

1. Cedarwood Essential Oil

Cedarwood helps in stimulating the pineal gland, which is responsible for the release of melatonin. Cedarwood can be applied topically or diffused in the air. If you are going to use this oil topically, then the best place for its application is the brainstem (neck and head joint).

2. Lavender Essential Oil

Lavender is used for conditions like sleepwalking for its soothing properties. I often rub a little amount of Lavender essential oil on my pillow or around the neck and forehead before going to bed.

3. Orange Essential Oil

Orange essential oil is known for its ability to revitalize the mind and the body. If your sleep is disturbed due to depression or anxiety, then orange is the best essential oil to use. You can either use it as a standalone treatment for sleepwalking or in combination with other essential oils. In addition, you can use this oil internally or diffuse it in the air.

4. Roman Chamomile Essential Oil

Roman Chamomile has been known for its amazingly soothing effects, making it one of the best essential oil for issues like anxiety. Just put two drops of this essential oil over the back of the neck or on the forehead before going to the bed and you are all set for a good night’s sleep.

5. Sandalwood Essential Oil

Sandalwood is able to break through the blood-brain barrier and affects the brain directly. In addition, it helps to oxygenate and stimulate the pineal gland. The pineal gland in turn releases natural melatonin, which plays an essential role in regularizing the sleep cycle. You can use this oil topically over the forehead or around the neck area.

6. Valerian Essential Oil

Valerian is one of the most common essential oils used for improving sleep. Research has found that Valerian reduces the time an individual takes to get into deep sleep. Putting it simply, it improves the quality of sleep.

7. Tangerine Essential Oil

Tangerine essential oil is rich in aldehydes and esters that are soothing for the brain. It is rich in antioxidant d-limonene, which helps to reduce nervous tension and stress, which are one of the major causes of sleepwalking.

8. Blue Tansy Essential Oil

The herbal and sweet fragrance of Blue Tansy essential oil helps in getting rid of anger and negative emotions.

9. Rosewood Essential Oil

Rosewood essential oil helps in relaxing the mind and stabilizing the emotions.

10. Frankincense Essential Oil

The sesquiterpenes present in Frankincense essential oil help in oxygenating and energizing the limbic system of the brain. This improves the mood and helps you to relax and overcome the stress.

11. Rue Essential Oil

Rue essential oil has the ability to alleviate muscle cramping. Emotionally, it helps in relaxing the mind.

12. Mandarin Essential Oil

Mandarin is highly rejuvenating for the mind and body. It helps in controlling sleeplessness, irritability and stress.

13. Black Pepper Essential Oil

Black Pepper helps in reducing minor muscle cramps. It is also helpful in controlling the digestive issues, which sometimes are the cause behind conditions like sleepwalking.

14. Bergamot Essential Oil

Bergamot helps in fighting stress. It is also helpful in controlling the issues of the digestive system. The relaxing fragrance of this essential oil helps in relaxing the body and the mind.

5 Essential Oil Recipes For Relief In Conditions Like Sleep Walking

How to Use Essential Oils for Sleep Walking? Essential Oil Benefits

Recipe 1

Ingredients

  • Blue Tansy Essential Oil
  • Tangerine Essential Oil
  • Orange Essential Oil
  • Patchouli Essential Oil
  • Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

How to Use

Mix all the essential oils in equal proportions and apply 2-4 drops of this blend on the edge of ears, wrists, feet and neck. You can also add a few drops of this blend to your bath, apply this blend on your vitaflex points, inhale directly, or diffuse in the air.

I often use this blend for body massage by mixing 1 part of it to 15 parts of carrier oil. In case the root cause of your sleepwalking is insomnia, do not forget to mix Lavender in this blend.

Recipe 2

Ingredients

  • Frankincense Essential Oil
  • Spruce Essential Oil
  • Blue Tansy Essential Oil
  • Rosewood Essential Oil

How to use

Mix all the above-mentioned essential oils in equal proportions and make use of this blend in one of the following ways:

  1. Put few drops on base of neck, chest, wrists and bottom of feet
  2. Add few drops to your bath and soak yourself in the water for around 20 minutes.
  3. Massage this blend on your vitaflex points making circles
  4. Inhale directly or diffuse
  5. Use this blend for the body massage by mixing it in the proportion of 1:15 with a carrier oil.

Recipe 3

Ingredients

  • Rue Essential Oil
  • Valerian Essential Oil
  • Lavender Essential Oil

How to use

Mix all the essential oils in equal amounts and use the blend in any one of the following ways:

  1. Diffuse in the air
  2. Inhale directly
  3. Massage a few drops on your feet, neck and wrists

Recipe 4

Ingredients

  • Grapefruit Essential Oil
  • Spearmint Essential Oil
  • Orange Essential Oil
  • Lemon Essential Oil
  • Tangerine Essential Oil
  • Mandarin Essential Oil

How to use

Mix all the essential oils in equal amounts. You can use any one of the following ways to benefit from this blend of essential oils:

  1. Massage with 2-4 drops of this essential oil blend on the edge of ears, wrists, feet and neck
  2. Add few drops of this blend to your bath
  3. Apply this blend on your vitaflex points
  4. Inhale directly or diffuse

Recipe 5

Ingredients

  • Blue Tansy Essential Oil
  • Anise Essential Oil
  • Bergamot Essential Oil
  • Sandalwood Essential Oil
  • Juniper Essential Oil
  • Tangerine Essential Oil
  • Black Pepper Essential Oil
  • Ylang Ylang Essential Oil

How to use

Mix all the essential oils in equal proportions and use any one of the following ways to benefit from this blend of essential oils:

  1. Massage with 2-4 drops of this essential oil blend on the edge of ears, wrists, feet and neck
  2. Add few drops to your bath
  3. Apply this blend on your vitaflex points
  4. Inhale directly or diffuse
  5. Use this blend for body massage by mixing it in a proportion of 1:15 with a carrier oil

Every individual is different, so there is no one magic formula out there that can be used for everyone. However, after a little trial and error, you can easily decide what works for you and what doesn’t. It is always recommended that you buy your essential oils from a known source that you can trust for quality, for example you can try Amoils.

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Julia Giles

Sunday 7th of May 2017

This is probably the weirdist "cure" that I have seen for essential oils. I guess it make sense after I read through your post, but in a million years I would not have thought about oils to cure me of sleep walking. Nice post!

Olivia

Monday 8th of May 2017

Hi Julia,

Thank you. Indeed, it works, give it a go and post an update when you are ready.

Regards, Olivia