Essential Oil Hand Sanitizer

Essential Oil Hand Sanitizer
Contributed by Jorja Hensley at http://jorjahensley.com
It’s really not hard to make your own hand sanitizer with essential oils.  You’re probably asking ‘Why would I want to make my own?’

Here are a few reasons:
1. Commercial anti-bacterial hand cleaners kill beneficial bacteria also.
2. These hand cleaners kill the weak bacteria, but leave the strong bacteria to mutate and become anti-bacterial resistant.
3. Traditional hand cleaners are made of alcohol, which dries out your skin.  (There are other side effects too; just Google ethyl alcohol).
4.  Essential oils are not only anti-bacterial but anti-viral as well!  (I saved the best news for last!)

The following recipe was given to us at the Aromatherapy training taught by Alexandria Brighton:

To a 4 ounce* bottle of lotion, add:
10 drops of Eucalyptus radiata
10 drops of Tea Tree
4 drops of Peppermint

You’ll want to find some unscented lotion with ingredients as natural as possible (or you can use aloe vera gel).  ForeverGreen’s Balance gel would work well for this.

The essential oils need to be of therapeutic grade, such as TRUessence, or they will not have the anti-bacterial and anti-viral constituents needed.  For example, Peppermint grown in the United States is great for flavoring, but does not have enough constituents, such as menthol, to be therapeutic in nature.

If the lotion is thick, you’ll want to mix this together in a bowl and then return it to the bottle.  If lotion is thinner, it will be possible to add the oils and shake it up.

If you need a small container for your hand sanitizer, your local health food store often sells amber or cobalt blue glass bottles with a pump.

*4 ounces is equal to 1/2 cup.

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