Ingesting Essential Oils: Which Essential Oils Are Edible?

Ingesting essential oils means using them like food, you can eat or drink them if they're safe to do so.

Imagine you have a tiny bottle full of essential oil, which is like the super strong juice from plants. Most of these oils are made by squeezing, boiling, or pressing parts of plants, like leaves, flowers, or bark. But not all of them are edible, that means they’re safe to eat or drink.

Some essential oils are like cookies, you can eat them straight from the jar! These include:

• Lavender (it's gentle and calming)
• Peppermint (it’s zesty, like a cold snap on your tongue)
• Orange (it smells sweet and juicy, just like real oranges)

But others are more like hot lava, if you eat them, they can hurt your tummy or even make it feel like fire! These include:

• Clove
• Oregano
• Thyme

So when choosing which oils to eat, think of them as cookies or lava, and pick the ones that taste good and are safe. Ingesting essential oils means using them like food, you can eat or drink them if they're safe to do so.

Imagine you have a tiny bottle full of essential oil, which is like the super strong juice from plants. Most of these oils are made by squeezing, boiling, or pressing parts of plants, like leaves, flowers, or bark. But not all of them are edible, that means they’re safe to eat or drink.