Of all the natural remedies, there are 10 essential oils for thyroid support that can be a real game-changer for anyone looking to balance hormones and support their body. You may be pleasantly surprised to learn how cost-effective and easy it is to prepare personalized blends at home with powerful compounds proven to improve thyroid health and help control the discomfort that thyroid imbalance brings.
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How Essential Oils Benefit Your Thyroid
Because so many thyroid sufferers also test positive for heavy metal toxicity, some toxins and heavy metals are suspected of contributing to or even causing thyroid imbalance. These include lead, aluminum, cadmium, and mercury. Additionally, environmental toxins are everywhere, from the shampoo in your shower to the flavor enhancers and preservatives in your foods.
Specific essential oils for thyroid support, such as cilantro, can help you detox and can be used as part of a detoxification process. Others are good for helping support symptoms of thyroid imbalance.
How do you know if you would benefit from these essential oils for thyroid support?
First, you can understand more about hyper vs hypo thyroid issues. If your thyroid is underactive, you may have hypothyroid symptoms such as sudden or unexplained weight gain, sensitivity to cold, lethargy, hair loss, hair or skin or dryness, constipation, enlarged thyroid gland, irritability, or even a slow heart rate.
Conversely, if your thyroid is overactive, you might experience hyperthyroid symptoms such as unexplained weight loss or inability to gain weight, heat sensitivity or excessive sweating, excessive or persistent hunger, restlessness or fatigue, light menstruation, insomnia, diarrhea, hair loss, tremors, fast heart rate or abnormal heart rhythm, nervousness, hyperactivity, or panic attacks.
Of course, making adjustments to your diet so you include plenty of foods to support thyroid health will help. And studies are showing that essential oils can also be used to support thyroid health and help you manage the discomfort thyroid imbalance can cause.
Top 10 Essential Oils & Uses
Here are our ten favorite essential oils that will provide powerfully effective help for thyroid symptoms.
1. Frankincense – For Overall Health and Balance
Frankincense is one of my favorite essential oils. Many of the things frankincense essential oil helps with (1) are issues either caused by thyroid imbalance or, like memory issues, can result from thyroid imbalance.
Frankincense essential oil is great for addressing immune health (2), chronic and inflammatory diseases (3), brain and memory disorders, autoimmunity, asthma, skin conditions, inflammatory bowel disease, diabetes, and even cancer!
2. Lavender – A Gentle but Effective Option for Thyroid Support
Lavender essential oil is among the most widely recommended essential oils for thyroid dysfunction and for many other ailments, with good reason. Lavender can help with diabetes & oxidative stress (4) (free radicals), induce calming, help alleviate insomnia (5), alleviate depression, reduce inflammation, boost antioxidant activity, and act as an analgesic.
Many of these symptoms describe what people suffer with hyperthyroid issues or hypothyroidism. So you see why lavender is a top pick essential oil for thyroid support.
3. Roman Chamomile – Fight Depression Thyroid Issues Can Cause
Roman chamomile oil addresses a narrower range of symptoms very well, but all are common to thyroid imbalance. Anxiety, depression, and insomnia all respond beautifully to chamomile (6).
4. Rose Geranium – Fight Inflammation
Geranium essential oil helps reduce the inflammation (7) associated with thyroid imbalance. Most people who suffer from thyroid problems benefit from reducing overall inflammation in their bodies. Additionally, people often find the rosy fragrance lightens the mood and allows them to let go and relax.
5. Lemongrass – Uplifting and Anti-Inflammatory
Lemongrass oil is a powerful ally with both inhibiting pro-inflammatory cytokines and reducing allergic and inflammatory disease responses (8) associated with a thyroid imbalance. This points to a strong anti-inflammatory effect (9)! It brightens any aromatherapy blend, and many say it intensifies the effects of the entire blend.
6. Lemon – Boost Energy and Mental Clarity
Lemon essential oil is truly a boon to those suffering from thyroid issues. One of my favorite uses is as an energizer that brings mental clarity. It’s perfect for helping to overcome the brain fog so common with thyroid imbalance.
Lemon essential oil would also help support your thyroid by reducing damage (10) and oxidative stress to your liver, providing antioxidant effects (11) on your liver and brain, and fighting inflammation (12). It also helps with weight loss (13) – a significant concern for many thyroid patients.
7. Peppermint – Overcome Fatigue and Muscle Aches of Thyroid Issues
Peppermint oil has been proven to have an instant positive effect on physical performance, as well as improving cognitive performance and mood (14).
8. Ginger – Support Digestion Upsets of Thyroid Imbalance
Ginger essential oil is not only energizing itself, but it acts as a catalyst-activating other compounds around it. We also know that many who suffer from thyroid imbalances have digestive irritations or nausea, and ginger can help with that.
Ginger essential oil is also good medicine for your thyroid in general – helping your body’s response to inflammation (15), oxidative stress, autoimmune issues, allergic response, and asthma. What a wonder!
9. Cilantro – Detox to Prevent Thyroid Damage
Cilantro is among the most powerful forces in your arsenal, boasting unequaled heavy metal detoxification (16), liver protection (17), and antioxidant provision (18). It’s a culinary herb we grow in our garden and a very useful essential oil.
It’s high in linalool and is a strong anti-inflammatory and analgesic. That’s why it’s one of the oils we recommend people use in our fibromyalgia muscle relief massage blend – another autoimmune disease that can wreak havoc in the body.
10. Black Pepper – Enhance Your Body’s Response for Better Thyroid Function
Black pepper is not merely an energy booster. It is also a known bioenhancer (19) – magnifying the effects of every ingredient in the blend. It fights inflammation (20), toxins, anxiety, and depression (21) – all common struggles with thyroid imbalance.
Two Powerful Thyroid Remedies
These essential oil blends are carefully crafted to provide a specific range of benefits to people who suffer from under or overactive thyroid symptoms. Try them in proper dilutions and see how your body begins to respond. You’ll find the best results if you are keeping your healthcare provider in the loop and addressing other areas in your life, such as removing toxins from your home and adjusting your diet to include foods that support thyroid health!
Do you feel overwhelmed at times? One symptom of thyroid imbalance—whether you struggle with hypothyroid or hyperthyroid—is an anxiety-inducing, paralyzing weight of feeling constantly overwhelmed.
Thyroid imbalance is often synonymous with being overwhelmed, over-stressed, anxious, fatigued (yet unable to rest), and hopeless. This thyroid-balancing essential oil blend helps clear your mind, calm your spirit, and allow restful sleep.
Stress can increase inflammation, and lack of quantity AND quality sleep (as well as never taking time for waking mind-rest) intensifies any inflammatory condition. Thyroid imbalance is strongly associated with inflammation and immune dysfunction, including autoimmunity.
- 1 drop lemongrass essential oil
- 4 drops chamomile essential oil
- 5 drops frankincense essential oil
- 5 drops lavender essential oil
- 5 drops rose geranium essential oil
- Carrier oil*
- 10ml roller bottle
- Mix a blend of up to 20 drops total into a 10 ml roller bottle and fill it with a high-quality carrier oil of your choice.
- Apply to the base of your neck whenever you begin to feel anxious and overwhelmed and at bedtime to destress and calm your spirit. If you practice prayer or meditation for health, this is a perfect blend to see that you enter your sacred time with tranquility.
Learn more about how to use essential oils safely and effectively with our exclusive essential oil dilution guide.
Thyroid causing constant fatigue? One main symptom of an underactive thyroid is an oppressive sense of fatigue. A sluggish thyroid can leave you feeling over-tired and worn down most of the day.
Since optimum thyroid function is associated with so many body systems that affect energy—from your liver, which produces glycogen energy stores, to your adrenal glands—you’ll clearly feel an acute lack of energy if it becomes underactive.
An underactive thyroid gland saps your energy in numerous ways. This blend is full of proven energy boosters that also directly impact thyroid symptoms. You’ll feel better right away, and you’ll also help heal your thyroid long-term.
- 2 drops lemon essential oil*
- 2 drops ginger essential oil
- 2 drops orange essential oil
- 4 drops peppermint essential oil
- 4 drops cilantro essential oil
- 4 drops black pepper essential oil
- Carrier oil**
- 10ml roller bottle
- Mix a blend of up to 20 drops total into a 10 ml roller bottle and fill it with a high-quality carrier oil of your choice.
- Try this essential oil blend first thing in the morning and when your day begins to drag. Many practitioners recommend these oils for application to the small of your back, especially if you also suffer from adrenal fatigue.
***No matter what allergies you may have, there’s a carrier oil that’s right for you. You can use any, or a combination of these: Avocado, Fractionated Coconut, Grapeseed, Jojoba, Sweet Almond. The best carrier oils for this recipe are fractionated coconut oil and jojoba oil because they absorb quickly and work the best. I always do half fractionated coconut oil and jojoba oil.
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