Foot baths are a great way to use essential oils. Besides the soothing feeling of soaking your feet in warm water with a therapeutic essential oil, there are a lot of nerve endings in the feet which are connected throughout the body. Some have said that your feet have around 7,000 nerve endings and others who have said that they have over 200,000 nerve endings. Also of interest is to know that the soles of your feet contain more seat glands and nerve-endings per square centimeter than any other part of your body (the average person will sweat about a cup of moisture a day through the feet). So it shouldn’t be hard to believe that there is a lot of benefit in soaking your feet in warm water with some powerful Ameo Essential Oils.
What you will need for a Foot Bath:
A foot bath (tub for your feet) or a large pan or dish – most agree that a stainless steel or ceramic tub is best
A good quality essential oil that is active and cell permeable such as Ameo Essential Oils
*We most often will use Peppermint or True Lavender: a deeper look into that later
Some salt to help the oil dissipate throughout the water
A timer
How to have an Essential Oil Foot Bath:
Get started by filling your chosen foot bath 2/3 full of water at a temperature with which you are comfortable.
Next put in a few drops of your favorite essential oil and then sprinkle some salt into the bath which helps the oil to dissipate throughout the bath.
Put your feet into the water and set the timer for 20 minutes. When the time rings it is time to take the feet out and let those nerve endings rest.
Because of the believed ability of the nerve endings to not only absorb a healthy substance into the body, but also to pull out unhealthy toxins from the body and into the water it is recommended that you go no longer than 20 minutes.
After the foot bath go ahead and rub a few drops of oil on your feet or better yet, if your significant other is nearby and willing to rub your preferred Ameo Essential Oil on your freshly bathed feet, then just relax and enjoy!!! Foot baths are great!!