Soothing aromatherapy baths and massages can help to ease muscle and joint pain.

Choose one or more of the following essential oils to add to bath water or massage oil: basil, black pepper, elemi, eucalyptus, myrrh, peppermint, and pine.

Add juniper oil or rosemary oil to bath water. Take a half-hour bath, then rest in bed for an hour to ease pain and calm the system.

Rub tea tree oil everywhere it hurts at least once daily; muscle pain takes about six weeks to disappear.

Massage painful areas with juniper oil.