12/16/2025
🌺 Can Ylang Ylang Lower Blood Pressure? Here’s What You Need to Know…
If you’ve ever felt your heart racing or your body slipping into “stress mode,” Ylang Ylang might just become your new best friend. 💛
✨ The short answer:
Yes — Ylang Ylang can gently support lower blood pressure, but in a natural, indirect way. It activates your parasympathetic nervous system (your calm, “rest-and-restore” mode), which helps slow the heart rate, relax the body, and reduce stress hormones.
It’s not a medical treatment, but it can help take the edge off slightly elevated, stress-driven blood pressure.
💡 What the research shows
Small clinical studies found that inhaling Ylang Ylang may:
💧 Lower systolic + diastolic blood pressure
💧 Reduce heart rate
💧 Decrease cortisol
💧 Boost calm and emotional balance
The effects are gentle — similar to deep, slow breathing.
🌬️ How to use it
Diffuse: 1–2 drops for 15–20 minutes
Topical: Dilute and apply to wrists or over the heart
Inhale: 1 drop in your palms, inhale slowly for 30 seconds
⚠️ A little caution
Use lightly if you:
• Take blood pressure medication
• Have low BP or dizziness
• If pregnant use lightly as Ylang Ylang is very strong and heady & too much can cause nausea or headaches (especially first trimester).
🌙 Footnote: Trouble Sleeping Because of an Overactive Mind?
If your thoughts won’t switch off 🧠💭, Ylang Ylang 🌸 calms a restless mind and creates a peaceful atmosphere for sleep
😌✨. Diffuse it at bedtime or place a drop on your pillow to help your body unwind and drift into deeper rest 🌙💤.
Remember you can use blends which contain ylang ylang as well!