Jasmine is a white colored great aromatic flower which soothes your mind with in few just seconds, it has the power of wafting wonder scent in the air and is also finding its use in many places instead of the perfumes and scents. Jasmine famous for its fragrance also has many health and beauty benefits which are not known by many of the people.
Jasmine flowers are loaded with many oils, it contains essential oils and etheric oil. Apart from the oils jasmine also consists of specific substances such as benzilic, jasmon, indole, benzilic acetate, benzilic alcohol and linalcohol which has the properties of aphrodisiac.
Health benefits of jasmine
Balances blood sugar levels
Consumption of jasmine water or tea is an easy way to prevent the diabetes. It regulates the blood sugar and glucose levels which in turn it controls the diabetics.
Cleans the intestine
One of the great benefit of jasmine tea is that, it improves the health of the intestines. It reduces the stomach related problems including indigestion, constipation, irritable bowel stomach and bloating. It flushes out the bad through stool and urine so consume a cup of jasmine tea daily to cleanse your intestine system.
Good for weight loss
People who are seeking for liquids to consume during the weight loss session can easily add jasmine tea to their diet plan. It burns fat and helps in the reduction of the weight. It is encompassed with antioxidants and a specific caffeine named EGCG, which helps to reduce the weight.
Relieves stress
The soothing aroma of jasmine tea has tremendous effect on our brain, it soothes the nerves and gives relief from stress.
Beauty benefits of jasmine
Spray
Pour the jasmine water in a spray bottle and use it as your body spray to get relaxation from the tension. You can use this as your hair spray to lift up the aroma from hair, spray it after the bath when the hair is damp. Rather than pouring money on home and car deo, try the jasmine water.
Massage oil
Take some amount of jasmine oil and use it to massage over the complete body. The mild sedative properties of jasmine works great. Also use it to massage your dried and cracked foot.
Body butter
Simply mix a tablespoon of coconut oil with a tablespoon of jasmine oil to get the body butter. Body butter is called as one solution to many skin treatments. It heals the cracks and wrinkles, you can use it as your daily sunscreen or night cream.
Skin care
Add jasmine water to any of the DIY skin care recipes, or add it with baking soda and scrub your face to get clean and glowing skin.
Shampoo and conditioner
To rinse your hair, use the mixture of baking soda and jasmine water as a DIY shampoo. Pour jasmine water on your hair as a final rinse to hold on the fragrance and moisture, the same mimics the action of a leave in conditioner.