More info on the most potent & powerful essence of the plant called the ESSENTIAL OIL - as well as Heavenly Father's beautiful gift of healing herbs that have been so widely used throughout all of history! :)
ESSENTIAL OILS:
Lavender, Chamomile, Geranium, Lemon, Rosemary, Eucalyptus, Cinnamon, Clove, Oregano,
Sweet Orange, Clary Sage, Thyme, Basil, Peppermint, Cedarwood, Anise, Bergamot, Carrot, Coriander, Ginger, Fennel, Helichrysm, Hyssop, Jasmine, Rose, Frankincense, Myrrh, Lemongrass, Melissa, Patchouli, Sandalwood, Tea Tree, & many many many more!
A great blog that I follow, PREPAREDNESS PRO - has a SUPER EXCELLENT entry about essential oils. I couldn't have said it better myself. She's straight, to the point, & often times really kinda funny. Here is some AWESOME information she has on essential oils from her blog: (Long, but totally worth the read, if you want to learn more on this subject!)
"So, what is all of this stuff and hooey about essential oils? Are
they just another quack medicine? Do they really serve any real purpose?
How in the world do you decide which fluffy named oil to purchase? Do I
choose the one named “My Life” or “Love Life”? How do you use it?
What are the side effects? Can you overdose on it? Will it stain my
clothes? Can I use them on my cat named Fluffy who’s stresses out every
time I leave the house? Is it addictive?
If you’ve ever wondered any one of these questions before, then
you’ll love the articles I’ll be throwing at you over the next couple of
weeks. Not wanting to bore anyone and in the interest of keeping
things fun and exciting—yes, we are allowed to use those words on a
preparedness site—I’m not going to do a series all in order on a set
number of days on this subject, but have decided that my goal this year
has paid off well and I’m comfortable with my resources and personal
experiences to help anyone else who’s interested understand this great,
invaluable resource. I have to tell you, the more I learn about
essential oils, the more amazed I am at just one more miracle that’s
available to us. It’s also been kind of fun this year as I’ve studied,
because so many times I’ll have an “ah ha” moment in which I suddenly
understand the history behind certain actions that we still perform
today (I personally love those kinds of moments when for just a second
things make sense and are reconciled). So, let’s get going and growing.
Every year I set a goal to study in one particular field of expertise
that I want to really master and learn. This year it was essential
oils. After using them successfully for about 10 years, I still felt
like such a newbie and that there was so much that I was missing. I’m so
glad to tell you that my hard work and time has paid off so far. When
it comes to essential oils I feel as excited as I did when I first
learned about scrapbooking. That’s pretty excited if you consider the
fact that my husband had to build me two closets to keep all of my
scrapbooking supplies.
As
you know, I’ve written numerous times about using essential oils here
and there, but today I thought that I would establish a foundation of
some general information on essential oils so that you can determine
whether or not they should be a part of your preparedness efforts. Today
I’m just going to address in what ways essential oils are beneficial
to us. Then in the next piece—say, “Essential Oils 201”, I’ll address
the fundamentals of selection and storage of essential oils, how to
determine which one to use, etc. I may even get into some of the
combinations and uses of oils for specific issues. (According to the FDA
I can do that as long as such anecdotal information doesn’t come from a
company which actually manufactures and/or sells essential oils.
Gotta love freedom of speech, eh?)
As some of you may already know, every living thing has an electronic
frequency—that includes us humans. Each of us has a electronic current
pulsing through us at varying frequencies. That’s right. Each of us
has a vibrational frequency, otherwise known as megahertz (aka MHZ)
(In fact it was a science geek who originated the term “sparkling or
electric personality—who knew they had a sense of humor? *grin*). Most
people’s normal level of brain frequency during normal waking hours of
the day is 70-78 megahertz. The healthier and happier you are, the
higher the frequency.
Essential
oils are living things as well derived by plants (Note: All plants do
not create essential oils). As such essential oils are made up of
frequencies ranging in number from 52 MHZ to as high as 320 MHZ.
Blossom essential oils, such as rose oil, always have the highest
frequencies—which is why the tradition of bringing flowers to someone
who was ill has been practiced for literally thousands of years. So,
when your frequencies are low due to disease, fatigue, depression, or
stress, you can improve the health of your body simply by improving the
megahertz level by introducing the frequency of an essential oil.
Essential oils add to and supplement your own frequency. So even if you
introduced a low frequency essential oil into your body, you would
still have an improvement. What this means is regardless of what
essential oil you introduce to your body, you will be improving your
frequency level which will assist you in combating what ails you. So
while yes, some essential oils are even more effective for what’s
compromising your health than others, no essential oil will be bad for
you. It also should be mentioned that essential oils actually have
several times greater frequency levels than herbs and food—so if you
are into homeopathic remedies and quality foods for the purpose of
better health, I think any repertoire would be incomplete without the
benefit of essential oils.
When using essential oils, it’s important to understand that true
essential oils do not have side effects when used with common sense. A
person can overdose on carrots and cause some great discomfort and even
turn orange. Likewise, a person can use too much of an otherwise
harmless but helpful substance in the form of essential oils. But as a
general rule of thumb, it is highly unlikely that you are ever really
allergic to an essential oil. While you may have heard stories of folks
breaking out in a rash or getting stuffed up because of an essential
oil, such an occurrence is not a side effect of the oil. It’s actually a
healing or cleansing crisis. Chances are that if the person were to
continue using an essential oil they would no longer have such a
reaction after a couple of weeks. Think about it this way; pimples, for
example, are the result of toxins leaving your body. Sometimes such
toxins do not leave gracefully. Sometimes there is such a surge of
toxins in our body that they all try to leave the same pore at the same
time, thus causing an inflammation (kind of like what happens at
Wal-Mart on Black Friday when the doors finally get opened) That
doesn’t mean that what you just ate was a toxin, per se, it simply means
that your body is getting rid of toxins in your body. Toxins come from
what we eat, what we breathe, what we bathe in, etc. and our body
miraculously knows to get rid of such toxins as best as we allow it to
do so. So, when someone believes they are allergic to a particular
essential oil (which is rare, but still possible) the options are to
either continue on with that particular oil but at a lower usage amount,
e.g. 1 drop instead of 3; try an alternative essential oil instead; or
take a break from using that particular oil and then try it again in
about 72 hours.
So, why does one to three drops of this stuff have any affect our on
physical bodies? Because it has a unique attribute that very few
nutritional or medicinal products do—it actually goes right to the
cellular level!
As
you know, you’ve got a whole bunch of living cells in your body. Each
of the cells has a membrane to protect it. In some instances that
membrane gets beat up and damaged due to free radicals, disease, and
abuses we may inflict on our body. Essential oils have the unique
ability to actually penetrate even damaged cell walls because the
molecules are so small. When you consume a medicine or vitamins, they
have to be broken down to small enough molecules so that they can
benefit your body. However, there are very few medicinal and nutritional
treatments that get broken down and used right to the cellular level.
The molecules of essential oils are so small that they get through
easily to the cells without having to ask permission from other
components of the body (such as the liver, kidney, pancreas, etc.) and
they can immediately go to work on the scrubbing and cleaning of the
membranes and the cells.
Essential oils bring oxygen to the cells, which trigger great healing
effects. They are also all anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-viral,
anti-infectious, anti-tumoral, anti-parasitic, and antiseptic to some
degree or another—with some being more so than others. Even more amazing
is that the litany of clinical studies that have been conducted to
this extent have all shown that they are able to perform such valuable
“anti-functions” without any side effects that are so notorious with
pharmaceuticals. Essential oils also activate capillary circulation, so
they are a great asset to have post-surgery, etc. Essential oils,
particularly lavender and coriander, are effective in helping cell
renewal, which makes them great to prevent scarring and for skin care.
Understand that one drop of an essential oil is powerful stuff! (Yes,
“stuff” is a new medical term I’ve picked up with all of my studying.)
It takes one pound of botanical material in order to create one single
drop of pure essential oil. So, due to the nature of essential oils
and how they can penetrate the cell walls within minutes, it means that
in a very short period of time the benefits of this powerful single
drop of essential oil can be realized.
On
the other hand though, chemicals, as we get with every single pharmaceutical
drug out there, have a hard time making their way to the cellular
level. In fact, one of the greatest challenges of chemical research in
the medical industry is being able to create a compound that will
cross over the blood/brain barrier, thus having an affect on the
nervous system. This barrier is the membrane between the circulating
blood and the brain that protects the brain from damaging substances
affecting the brain tissue and the cerebrospinal fluid. This has been
quite the dilemma for the medical industry and more particularly the
pharmaceutical industry. Billions of dollars are lying on the table
waiting to be claimed by the first drug that can be manufactured to
successfully cross over this barrier (Hmmm. I guess God created our
bodies to be a bit smarter than the FDA and drug company warlord’s eh?
Guess that should tell us something). The American Medical Association
determined that if they could create a product that could cross over
the blood /brain barrier then there would quickly follow cures for
Alzheimer’s, Lou Gehrig’s, Down Syndrome, Parkinson’s and other nervous
system ailments. Interesting to note though is that sesquiterpenes
(pronounced sess-quǐ-tur-peens– it’s fun to say and you sound so smart
when you say it) ARE able to cross over this barrier. Oh, and
guess what? Yup, several essential oils are a significant source of
sesquiterpenes and do have an amazing affect on the nervous system! (See
Reference Guide for Essential Oils—Connie
and Alan Higley, and June, 1994 University of Berlin study) This
means that essential oils can actually have an impact that no
pharmaceutical compounds could ever hope to! Some good sources of
essential oils that are rich in sesquiterpenes are sandalwood, myrrh,
and cedarwood. Frankincense also contains sesquiterpenes (yes, I love
using this word and saying it out loud while I type) although less than
most of the other oils I’ve already mentioned. However, frankincense
has a wonderful synergistic effect because of all of its other
attributes that makes it a favorite oil to use for sesquiterpene
therapy. But we’ll get into the synergistic effect of essential oils in
the upcoming articles. I think I’ve given you enough four and five
syllable words for one day.
Until next time, you may want to do some researching for yourself. If
you’re anything like me, you might just get a bit excited at all of
the natural, accessible, affordable, and effective options there are
for your health in the world of essential oils. I sure am. I recommend “The Chemistry of Essential Oils Made Simple”
by David Stewart, Ph.D., D.N.M. and also check out your local health
food store and see if they are offering any essential oils classes."
MORE COMING SOON - - -
I can't wait to see your info on essential oils. Just knowing about thieves oil alone from you has been a big help.
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