How to Use Essential Oils to Calm an Overactive Child

The good news is that you can create a gentle mist spray with essential oils that can be used to calm overactive children. This can also be helpful when traveling with a child if he gets restless or fidgety. Here are two formulas you can use to prepare a mist spray using essential oils that will help calm down children.

Things You'll Need

• Pure essential oils
• Small mist spray (4 fluid oz.)
• Purified water

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Instructions

Calm Down Overactive Kids with Essential Oils

• 1

  Choose 100 percent pure essential oils--only these offer healthful benefits. The label will state "100 percent pure." You can find them at health food stores and online. Don’t use synthetic oils.

• 2

  Choose which formula you prefer based on what your children like to smell. This means taking them with you and making the sniff test a fun activity. Formula #1 uses mandarin, marjoram, lavender and cedarwood essential oils. Formula #2 uses allspice, lavender, mandarin and vetiver.

• 3

  Prepare the mist spray bottle. Fill the bottle with four fluid ounces (or 120 ml) of purified water.

• 4

  Add the essential oils for Formula #1. To the water, add 40 drops of mandarin, 30 of marjoram, 30 of lavender and 20 of cedarwood.

• 5

  Add the oils for Formula #2. To the water, add 30 drops of allspice, 30 drops of chamomile, 30 drops of mandarin and 20 drops of vetiver.

• 6

  Cap the bottle and shake well to mix ingredients.

• 7

  Spritz 5-10 sprays of the mist in the air above or in front of your child so they can inhale it. Encourage them to take deep breaths.