Can Essential Oils Give You a Headache?

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I read somewhere online that they can but it was in passing and I didn't think too much of it until I was pouring Tea Tree EO yesterday and I got a near-instant bad headache and it got me wondering, could it be the EO?

Has anyone any experience with this?
 
I read somewhere online that they can but it was in passing and I didn't think too much of it until I was pouring Tea Tree EO yesterday and I got a near-instant bad headache and it got me wondering, could it be the EO?

Has anyone any experience with this?

Yes.

Tea tree oil is particularly good at triggering headaches and/or migraines. It will cause pain to your eyeballs too, if you get the vapour in your face.

Tea tree oil is good for killing lice, fungi, bacteria and has a whole lot of other effects. Anything that good at killing needs to be treated with a (large) degree of respect and caution.

This thread on Essential Oil safety is a sticky in this forum: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=23653

And this recent thread is a good read: http://www.soapmakingforum.com/showthread.php?t=57864
 
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