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| Essential Aroma-Traveling | • Make a car diffuser, or use a commercially available car diffuser to diffuse different oils throughout your trip.
Staying Alert
Keeping the constant vigilance needed to safely drive and arrive at your destination requires an alert mind.
Basil, lemon, peppermint, and rosemary essential oils applied to the temples and bottoms of feet can help with alertness.
Diffusing energizing oils such as these in the car can also help. You can use small 4 oz. spray bottles with an invigorating blend of essential oils (such as 110 drops peppermint, 35 drops cinnamon, 35 drops lime, and 20 drops patchouli in 4 oz. of water) to mist in the car to help keep the driver alert (being careful not to spray this mixture around the eyes).
If the driver feel very tired, they should stop driving and take a break.
Car Sickness
In order to help alleviate the motion sickness that many people experience during car trips, it is recommended to use a drop of peppermint oil placed on a sugar cube and then eaten; and also to scent the air in the car with a few drops of peppermint to lengthen the stomach-calming effect of the peppermint oil.
This can also help to keep looking outside, to open a window to get fresh air into the car, or to close your eyes until the feelings of sickness subside.
Staying Cool and Refreshed
While traveling during the summer months, especially when the car has been parked in the hot sun for a while, even a good air conditioner in the car doesn’t always work fast enough to keep you cool.
Several essential oils with a cooling effect include angelica, citrus oils, eucalyptus, lavender, melaleuca, mountain savory, peppermint, Roman chamomile, and spruce.
Diffuse these oils in the car, place a few drops in a small spray bottle filled with water to spray in the car (being careful not to spray close to people’s eyes), or create your own cooling wipes to use on the skin.
Keeping Children Busy and Calm
Those who have traveled with young children know that it can be challenging keeping their attention focused on things other than how long and boring it is sitting in the same position for so long.
Different books, travel games, and portable video players are often used to help alleviate this boredom, but activities such as these that keep eyes focused on one spot inside the car can often lead to feelings of car sickness in many people.
Some activities can help keep young eyes focused outside the car and thinking about other things:
• Wildlife Search: When traveling through areas where animals are likely to be seen, offer small rewards for the first person to see a certain type of animal. Also you can offer a reward to the person who sees the most varieties of animals.
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