How to Stop Itching Naturally 4 Essential Oils that Help

This is an all-natural itch stick recipe that you can make to stop itching naturally!

Truly calming an itch is about more than scratching.

Or putting your arm in the freezer, hoping the cold helps you stop itching!

You've probably experienced how too much scratching can make things worse. It can stir up more inflammation in sensitive skin, irritate, and lead to even more itchiness.

Let's learn how to stop itching naturally before we damage our skin or freeze our arms!

There are a lot of essential oils that can help you stop itching.

How? Because they're so good at calming inflammation and irritation.

When we combine certain essential oils with skin-nourishing ingredients like shea butter and coconut oil, we can create a natural itch relief stick that helps soothe skin's layers more deeply than on the surface.

We can even encourage irritated, itchy skin to heal!

And since we want fast relief from itching, I include some comforting and cooling essential oils in this itch stick, too—Peppermint and Eucalyptus.

I like the convenience of lotion bar tubes for easy application. At Aromatics International, the lotion bar tubes hold about ¾ of an oz (22 ml), so you'll need five for this recipe.

Stop Itching Naturally!
Cool Blue Chamomile Itch Relief Stick

Use your itch relief stick to stop itching naturally when a bug has bitten you; you have dry skin or irritated areas that need deep nourishment.

Ingredients

• 1 oz (28 g) Beeswax (Cera flava)

• 1.5 oz (42 g) Coconut Oil (Cocos nucifera)

• 1.5 oz (42 g) Shea Butter (Vitellaria paradoxa/Butyrospermum parkii)

• 24 drops Peppermint Oil (Mentha x piperita)

• 18 drops Eucalyptus Oil (Eucalyptus globulus)

• 17 drops German Chamomile Oil (Matricaria recutita)

• 13 drops Blue Tansy Oil (Tanacetum annuum)

Equipment

• Five roll-up lotion bar tubes

• Several small bowls (to measure your ingredients)

• Kitchen scale

• Glass stirring rod (or a stainless steel spoon)

• Pyrex measuring cup

• A cooking pot that can hold the Pyrex

Directions

• First, set up your "Stovetop Melting Method." Place a Pyrex measuring cup in a soup pot about ¼ full of gently boiling water.
  We don't want the water boiling too much since we don't want it splashing up into the Pyrex. A low simmer should do.

• Melt the beeswax in the Pyrex.

• Add the coconut oil and melt.

• Add the shea butter and melt. As soon as the shea butter is melted, remove the blend from the heat.

• Add the essential oils and stir them in gently

• Pour your melted blend into roll-up lotion bar tubes.

Use your itch relief stick to stop itching naturally when a bug has bitten you, you can't stop scratching dry skin, or you have irritated areas that need deep nourishment.

And while you may not want to stand by your freezer with your arm in it . . . you can definitely store this itch relief stick in the fridge, so it feels extra cool when you smooth it on! (You may have to hold it against your skin briefly until it softens up.)

Enjoy!