Many people, worldwide, are affected by Osteoarthritis and have to suffer from it every day. There are all kinds of products and medicines on the market for treating this condition but maybe you have tried them and they just aren't helping like you would them too. Osteoarthritis is a degenerative disease in which the cartilage wears away leaving exposed bone and causing the formation of rough bone deposits. Osteoarthritis mainly affects the fingers, hips and knees. This is often the result of over use in the earlier years of your life.

This can start very innocently with a simple ache or some slight stiffness but this gets progressively worse as time goes by until one day a disconcerting creaking can be heard coming from the joint. It is very important to keep these areas or joints affected in action so that you don't allow immobility to set in to the area or joint. Did you know that you can use some essential oil mixtures to help treat the areas or joints affected by osteoarthritis? Did you know that you can make this mixtures at home in you own kitchen? Did you know that you also can make the mixtures for very little cost? When you are making your own mixtures and storing them you should store them in containers that have airtight lids and that are also dark in color to help to keep your mixtures fresh.

Stage One: This should be followed for 3 weeks.

Some good essential oils to use in these mixtures for Osteoarthritis are as follows:
Birch Oil
Black Pepper Oil
Cypress Oil
Ginger Oil
Lavender Oil
Marjoram Oil
Nutmeg Oil
Pettigraine Oil
Pine Oil
Rosemary Oil
Sandalwood Oil

Some good vegetable oils to use in mixtures for Osteoarthritis are as follows:
Vegetable Oil

Osteoarthritis Bath Ingredients:
30 drops Ginger Oil
2 handfuls Epsom Salt
10 drops Pettigraine Oil
1 handful Rock Salt
16 drops Rosemary Oil

Fill a tub with some warm water, add the Epsom salt and rock salt. Mix the oils together and add 4 drops of the oil mixture to the bath. Store the rest of the oil mixture and use in the next bath in the same manner for 3 weeks.

Osteoarthritis Massage Oil Ingredients:
8 drops Black Pepper Oil
4 drops Cedar Wood Oil
4 drops Cypress Oil
13 drops Ginger Oil
2 tbsp. Vegetable Oil

Mix these together and store. You need to massage some of this mixture into your areas affected by osteoarthritis in the morning and at night for 3 weeks.

Stage Two: This should be followed for 3 weeks.

Osteoarthritis Bath Ingredients:
5 drops Black Pepper Oil
2 handfuls Epsom Salt
8 drops Marjoram Oil
1 handful Rock Salt
15 drops Rosemary Oil

Fill a tub with some warm water, add the Epsom salt and rock salt. Mix the oils together and add 4 drops of the oil mixture to the bath. Store the rest of the oil mixture and use in the next bath in the same manner for 3 weeks.

Osteoarthritis Massage Oil Ingredients:
5 drops Ginger Oil
10 drops Nutmeg Oil
15 drops Sandalwood Oil
2 tbsp. Vegetable Oil

Mix these together and store. You need to massage some of this mixture into your areas affected by osteoarthritis in the morning and at night for 3 weeks.