Balance Synergy Diffuser Blend
This essential oil blend combines Sweet Grapefruit, fresh Black Spruce, earthy Cedarwood, and warm Black Pepper. They come together to create an aromatically pleasing, calming, uplifting synergy in this essential oil diffuser blend.
Balance Synergy is balanced in aroma, with 2 Top notes, 2 Heart notes, and 1 Base note. And, as a blend of Fruit, Leaf, and Wood essential oils, it provides a balancing influence on mind and spirit.
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⭐️Balance Synergy Recipe
- 4 drops Pink Grapefruit essential oil (Citrus x paradisi)
- 3 drops Black Spruce essential oil (Picea mariana)
- 2 drops Virginian Cedarwood essential oil (Juniperus virginiana)
- 1 drop Black Pepper essential oil (Piper nigrum)
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Balance Synergy is one of my favorite regular essential oil blends to diffuse. Having a stock bottle makes it easy to reach for this blend whenever I am feeling a little frazzled or in need of energetic or immune support.
Get Stock Bottle Drop Counts
Here are the drop counts for a 5ml essential oil bottle. This will hold about 100 drops of essential oil (depending on the viscosity of the oil and the size of the reducer orifice).
Add your drops directly to the essential oil bottle. Then insert the reducer and cap tightly. Finally roll the bottle between the palms of your hands for at least 30 seconds. This allows the oils to fully blend with each other and it imparts a bit of your energy to the blend.
And remember: Affix a label right away!
Balance Synergy Stock Bottle
- 40 drops Pink Grapefruit essential oil (Citrus x paradisi)
- 30 drops Black Spruce essential oil (Picea mariana)
- 20 drops Virginian Cedarwood essential oil (Juniperus virginiana)
- 10 drops Black Pepper essential oil (Piper nigrum)
Why These Essential Oils?
One of the exciting aspects of aromatherapy is the many techniques that can be used to create an effective essential oil blend.
Creating Essential Oil Blends by Plant Part
One method is blending by plant part. Using this method we look to the source of the essential oils for their energetic and therapeutic properties.
For example, a root essential oil, like Ginger (Zingiber officinal), will be grounding and strengthening, providing nourishment to our spirit.
On the other hand a flower essential oil, like Rose (Rosa centifolia or R. damascena), will provide a soothing energy that’s often associated with mental calmness. And it may also be used to impart a seductiveness to a blend.
When we think of Balance Synergy essential oil blend in terms of plant part:
- The Leaf is the source of respiration. It is represented here by Black Spruce essential oil. Leaf essential oils are typically breath-opening, purifying.
- The Fruit is the source of creation. Both Grapefruit & Black Pepper are extracted from the fruit. Fruit essential oils are uplifting, inspiring, restorative.
- The Wood/Truck is the source of support. Virginian Cedarwood is the supportive wood in this essential oil blend. Wood essential oils are grounding, anchoring.
Therefore, this blend of Leaf, Fruit, and Wood essential oils will:
- open our breath to help us cleanse our emotions and release stress (Purifying Leaf),
- inspire positive energy (Restorative Fruit),
- be supportive and nurturing (Anchoring Wood), and
- help us to balance our emotions and thoughts (Synergy of Energetics).
Creating Essential Oil Blends by Chemistry
When we include the chemistry of this essential oil blend in our evaluation, we find that the chemical constituents also support these properties.
Purifying: Balance Synergy is rich in d-limonene from Grapefruit, Black Spruce, and Black Pepper essential oils. Black Pepper and Grapefruit essential oils also contribute pinenes and δ3-carene (“delta 3 carene”).
These phytochemicals help purify the air, encourage positive energy in a space, and support the immune system. Learn more about pinenes and positive energy below.
Restorative: Virginian Cedarwood and Black Pepper essential oils contribute β-caryophyllene, which acts as a nerve tonic, helping to ease tension and anxiety. It’s also very supportive of the immune system.
Anchoring: Another stress and tension-reducing phytochemical is cedrol. It makes up a significant percentage of Virginian Cedarwood essential oil. Inhaling essential oil blends containing cedrol helps promote a feeling of calm steadiness.
☀️Research Spotlight: Pinenes for Positive Energy
Providing a distinct “piney” green aroma, the pinenes are some of the most versatile of chemical constituents found in plants. In medicine, use of the pinenes ranges from antimicrobial applications to combating cancer cell growth. Pinenes are also used to synthesize polymers to create a wide variety of synthetic products.
Aromatherapists know that essential oils rich in pinenes provide a positive energy and give a boost to our immune systems, much like walking through a forest. We often enhance this constituent in essential oil blends to encourage deep breathing and a sense of well being.
Read more about the effects of inhaling pinenes in this 2016 study.(1)
☀️Book Spotlight: Forest Bathing
If you’d like to learn how the Japanese practice of shinrin-yoku can impact your well being, pick up the book Forest Bathing by Dr. Qing Li. (You might also find this book in your local library.)
“The forest is like our mother, a sacred place, a gift to us humans from the divine. It is a paradise of healing…In the forest, we begin to reconnect with nature and journey towards health and happiness.”(2)
~Dr. Qing Li, Forest Bathing. (2018)
References
- Ikei, H., Song, C., Miyazaki, Y. (2016). Effects of olfactory stimulation by α-pinene on autonomic nervous activity. J Wood Sci, 62: 568–72. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10086-016-1576-1
- Li, Q. (2018). Forest bathing: How trees can help you find health and happiness. Viking, Penguin Random House LLC.
Mom’s Shopping List
Find all the essential oils in Balance Synergy by visiting the suppliers below, or check out Mom’s favorites for Energy & Focus on Amazon—featuring Plant Therapy and Edens Garden essential oils.
- Black Pepper essential oil (Piper nigrum):
- Aromatics International, organic💛
- Plant Therapy, organic (Direct and Amazon).
- Black Spruce essential oil (Picea mariana):
- Aromatics International, organic💛
- Plant Therapy, organic (Direct and Amazon).
- Pink/Rose Grapefruit essential oil (Citrus x paradisi):
- Aromatics International, organic, Rose
- Plant Therapy, organic, Pink (Direct and Amazon).
- Virginian Cedarwood essential oil (Juniperus virginiana):
- Aromatics International, wildcrafted
- Plant Therapy, sustainable (Direct and Amazon).
This information has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. It is for educational purposes only.
All recipes provided are for personal use and are not designed for re-sale or large-scale manufacturing.
Please consult your doctor, naturopath, herbal practitioner, or other qualified health professional for medical advice and before starting any herbal regimen, particularly if you are pregnant or nursing, have any existing medical conditions, or are taking any medications.
Chris P | Author, Certified Aromatherapist, Natural Skin Care Formulator
Chris (“Mom”) enjoys formulating bespoke aromatherapy, skin care, and herbal products to support her family, pets, friends, and clients. She also loves experimenting with recipes in the kitchen. An avid reader, writer, and lifetime learner, Chris enthusiastically explores research rabbit holes and then writes about her discoveries.💚 (Learn more >>)
