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There’s an OIL for that!

For headaches: try lavender

WHY? It has soothing and calming properties, and is believed to help ease stress-induced tension headaches. ‘Essential oils work on both the emotional and physical level,’ says Arwen Bardsley, wellbeing practitioner from evenstarwellbeing.com.

‘The hypothalamus region in the brain is triggered by the smell of essential oils, producing the hormones that you need for sleep, relaxing, energy and your mood.

‘These hormones act like chemical messengers and rush to specific parts of

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