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How Essential Oils Can Help with the Flu

admin — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:20:44 +0000

Influenza is a highly contagious infection caused by a virus. It is what we know as “the flu.” This also applies to different strains of “the flu” including the swine flu, or H1N1. Common symptoms of the flu include high fever, cough, sore throat, headache, fatigue, muscle aches, nausea and congestion.

There are numerous oils that can be beneficial in both preventing the onset of the flu and aid in fighting off the infection.

The most common are:

Breathe (One of the best selling doTerra oils in winter for this reason alone)
On Guard (The best selling oil)
Eucalyptus
Melaleuca
Peppermint
Rosemary

There are others to consider also, but these 6 essential oils above should be your first choice. The additional oils include:

Lavender
Oregano
White Fir (for aches and pains)
Thyme
Wild Orange
Clove
Ginger (for nausea)

Application of the oils:

Diffusing the oils into the air can give both the benefits of healing to those suffering from the flu and help prevent the spread of the virus, especially if the oil being used has anti-viral properties.

Dilute any of the oils as recommended and apply to the chest, back, thymus area, or sinuses.

Add 1-2 drops to a hot bath.

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Cleaning Using Essential Oils

admin — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 04:33:11 +0000

Replacing unsafe and harsh-smelling chemicals in your home by using essential oils is one of the many benefits of using essential oils!
Here are a few cleaning tips:

Dishwasher:
Add a few drops of essential oils to your dishwasher and clean more than just your dishes! Suggested oils for your dishwasher: lavender, melaleuca, lemon, or wild orange.

Laundry:
Add a few drops of essential oils to your laundry and enjoy a fresh smell as well as a very effective disinfectant! Eucalyptus kills dust mites (dust mites feed on our dead skin cells and leave 10x their body weight in fecal matter behind every day, and we are lucky enough to be allergic to their waste!) add 5 or more drops to each load of laundry. Add your favorite smelling essential oil to a dryer sheet and make the whole load smell fantastic!

Surface cleaners:
Use as plastic spray bottle filled with water and a few drops of any citrus essential oil or a defense blend to disinfect your kitchen and bathroom surfaces. You can also add a few drops of your hand dish soap to the mixture for a more soapy cleaner. Suggested oils: (for a medium to large spray bottle) 3 or more of any of the following – lavender, lemon, grapefruit, cinnamon, clove, eucalyptus, thyme, onguard, citrus bliss, or melaleuca. Be sure to shake the bottle at the beginning of and throughout cleaning since the oils will separate from the water.

Floors and carpets:
*For non-carpeted floors, add a 1/4 cup of white vinegar to a bucket of water. Add 5 drops of lemon or melaleuca. For a really dirty floor add several drops of dish soap to the mixture- this will clean even the dirtiest floors!
*Carpet freshener- 10 or more drops of essential oil in a cup of baking soda or borax powder. Seal in a container over night to allow the oils to absorb into the powder. Sprinkle over carpet and vacuum up. Or, in a water based filter system like in a Rainbow vacuum, just add essential oils to the water basin! In a system with a bag or canister, add essential oils to a rag and place in the bag or canister.

Deodorize Kitchens and Bathrooms:
Add any of the following oils to a spray bottle (shake throughout use): a few drops of each, rosemary, lemon, eucalyptus, and lavender or the blend Purify.

General cleaning and disinfecting:
Add any or all of the following oils to cleaning water: orange, lemon, or peppermint.

Good luck and happy cleaning:)

A Scented Home is a Pleasant Home

admin — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 15:35:04 +0000

This is article was taken from doterra.blogspot.com (doTERRA’s Business Blog)

Just a few drops of essential oils can make life at home look, smell, and feel more pleasant!

Even though there is plenty to enjoy outdoors during the summer months, most of us will still be spending some time indoors (at home, in hotel rooms during summer travel, or perhaps a cabin on campouts).

Adding the fragrance of essential oils to your summer space is the perfect way to create an inviting atmosphere for friends and guests, while also creating an UN-inviting environment for pesky insects.

Diffuse uplifting fragrances such as Citrus Bliss, Peppermint, and On Guard to purify the air and to create a fresh, clean smell.
Take your essential oils along when you travel. When staying in hotels, add a few drops of essential oils to a tissue or washcloth, and place over the air vent or fan in the room. This will disperse the oils into the air and rid the room of any odors and airborn pathogens.
If you’re sending your child to camp, send him/her with a spray bottle and a bottle of Purify. By adding a few drops of Purify to water in the spray bottle, your child can spritz the air in the cabin or tent, as well as any mattresses or sleeping bags to rid them of insects or musty odors.

Here are additional tips on how to keep your home environment smelling fresh and staying free of insects by using all-natural essential oils. Simply add a few drops of the following essential oils on a cotton ball and place in corners or areas where insects are found; sprinkle a few drops of the essential oil directly from the bottle along baseboards; or add the essential oil to a water bottle, shake, and spritz the area to send bugs running away.

Ants- TerraShield, peppermint, rosemary
Aphids- peppermint
Beetles- TerraShield, peppermint, thyme
Chiggers*- TerraShield, lavender, lemongrass, thyme
Cutworm- thyme
Fleas*- TerraShield, Purify, lavender, lemongrass, peppermint
Flies- TerraShield, lavender, peppermint, rosemary
Gnats- TerraShield
Mosquitos*- TerraShield, lavender, lemongrass
Moths- TerraShield, Purify, lavender, peppermint
Plant lice- peppermint
Spiders*- TerraShield, Purify, peppermint
Ticks*- Purify, lavender, lemongrass, thyme

*In case the insects find you before you use your oils, the same oils that repel insects also relieve the effect of the bites.

Kidney Stones and Essential Oils

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 05:33:01 +0000

Essential Oils for Kidney Stones

Geranium – rub on skin
Fennel – in digestzen

10 drops of pure Frankincense and 10 drops of pure Lemon essential oil in a capsule, taken every four hours.

Frankincense – purifying, calming

Lemon – dissolving effect

Basil taken regularly for six months helps remove kidney stones through the urinary tract. Basil relieves headaches and migraines and aids digestion. It removes symptoms of food poisoning, stomach infections and stops diarrhea and vomiting.

Essential Oils and Kidney Stones

Treating Allergies and Hay Fever

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 04:49:50 +0000

Allergies affect millions of people. Anything from hay fever, eczema or asthma are the most common reactions associated with allergies. When allergens enter the body, it can elicite the allergic reaction that we are familiar with; runny nose, sneezing, congestion or even sinus build-up and pressure. This is a common reaction to substances like grasses, weeds, pollen, pet dander, mold, fungus and even dust mites.

To help fight these airborne allergens, a diffuser will help the most. Diffusing lemongrass, melaleuca or On Guard (guarding blend) can fight against allergy causing fungi and molds. Building the immune system by ingesting lavender, peppermint, and lemon can work wonders. Be sure your essential oils are 100% pure before you ingest. Be sure the label doesn’t say “do not ingest”. DoTERRA essential oils are 100% pure and safe to ingest.

One other way of combating allergies is to make a water spritz of lemongrass or another combination of oils. Use this spritz on bedding each night to kill potential fleas or dust mites.

Using Essential Oils for Skin Conditions like Eczema

admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:29:07 +0000

Lavender is great for skin, and the major plus to Lavender is that it is an all around first aid kit in a bottle. It works for almost everything! Calming, soothing for skin, cuts, burns, ear aches, the list goes on and on! Buying a lavender scented cream or lavender oils won’t cut it, essential oils are the purest form of oils on the planet and they can cure everything short of cancer…for now…and they are totally safe and most can be used topically, internally and aromatic (inhaled). The only place you wouldn’t want to put them is on your eye ball!

Melaleuca (or tea tree oil) is probably the best thing specifically for skin treatments. It’s revered for its cleansing and regenerative properties, especially for the skin.

You could also use Geranium. Geranium offers outstanding benefits for soothing skin and is a common ingredient in many skin care products. Also useful for joint support and tempering minor aches and pains, geranium’s calming effects make it a popular choice for many essential oil users. For aromatic or topical use.

Coconut oil is what I use with all of the oils that I apply topically. It helps it spread further so I get more use out of my oils. Coconut oil in itself is amazing for skin. Here is the info on coconut oil: dōTERRA’s Fractionated Coconut Oil is an all-natural carrier oil that readily absorbs into the skin making it an ideal oil for topical therapies. Its feather-light emollient effect provides a soothing barrier without clogging pores and is excellent for dry or troubled skin. It leaves skin feeling silky smooth, not greasy like other vegetable carrier oils. It is completely soluble with all essential oils and is colorless, odorless, and will not stain or go rancid. For topical use.

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Cold Sores

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 19:51:54 +0000

Melaleuca (tea tree oil)
Melaleuca is an immune stimulant. By stimulating the formation of white blood cells Tea Tree promotes and strengthens the body’s immune system. Melaleuca is known as a cure all treatment for many chronic and acute bacterial, fungal and viral conditions.

Eucalyptus
Eucalyptus is regarded to have antiviral properties, useful in treating HSV (Herpes Simplex Virus) infections, and to soothe inflammation

Lavender
Lavender speeds healing and stimulates cellular repair and regeneration and is excellent for all skin types. Application of lavender immediately soothes inflamed tissues.

Lemon
Lemon has antiviral properties. In a research study conducted in hospitals and dermatology clinics in Germany, lemon balm cream promoted the healing of blisters in five days compared to 10 days in the control group. Used regularly, lemon balm cream may decrease the frequency of recurrences.

Peppermint Oil
A study by the University of Heidelberg found that peppermint essential oil was found to penetrate the skin and have a direct virucidal effect against the Herpes Simplex Virus. Peppermint oil was also found to be active against an acyclovir-resistant strain of the herpes simplex virus.

Diet change
Lysine is an essential amino acid, meaning that we must get it through food or supplements because the body can’t make it on its own. It’s used to make protein, which we need to produce infection-fighting antibodies, enzymes, hormones, and body tissues. Lysine has been found to inhibit the spread of the herpes simplex virus.

Lysine is in Milk, eggs, red meat, brewers yeast, fish, wheat germ, cheese

Avoid the following; peanut butter, almonds, chocolate-these contains the amino acid Arginine, which competes with Lysine for being absorbed in the intestines.

Bee Stings and Insect Bites

admin — Thu, 23 Apr 2009 05:37:12 +0000

There is nothing as much fun as being bitten or stung by any variety of insect. Bee stings especially can be painful and sometimes even life threatening. One of the quickest and most effective way of soothing insect bites and bee stings is to rub the purest lavender essential oil available. The more potent the better. Preferably CPTG (Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade) essential oil. It will give quicker relief than any other grade of essential oil.

Be sure to remove the stinger if stung by a bee, then apply the essential oil. After applying the lavender essential oil, eucalyptus or basil can also be applied. Applying a cold compress after the essential oils can also aid in pain relief.

Very few people have allergic reactions to bee stings, only about 3-4% of the population. If you are allergic, seek medical attention.

Lavender, basil, or eucalyptus essential oils are going to be an effect tool in combatting bee stings and insect bites this summer.

Sore Throat & Strep Throat

admin — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 04:15:34 +0000

Sore throats are one of the ailments that I dislike the most. You can take advantage of essential oils and apply them to your sore throat in a number of ways. Oils that are effective at helping with a sore throat are On Guard, oregano, lemon, lavender, marjoram, and sandalwood. You could also apply eucalyptus, melaleuca, thyme, peppermint and cypress.

Try to start the application at the first sign of the ailment, this is more effective since you are attacking it near the beginning. Try any of the following methods or a combination of all of them.

Gargling with 1-2 drops of any of the above oils mixed with some water can be effective. Some of the more popular oils for sore throat gargling are On Guard, oregano and lemon or a combination of those three. Don’t swallow and repeat the process about every hour until soreness starts to subside.
Inhalation of oil either through a diffuser or by placing a few drops of oil in a dish or pan with very hot water can also feels soothing and be very effective.
Ingesting a couple drops of On Guard mixed with water every hour.
Topical application could include a couple of drops of oregano or lemon to a warm compress.

There can be multiple ways to approach a sore throat, but applying essential oils as soon as you feel the onset of a sore throat can be very effective at getting over it more quickly.

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Headaches

admin — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 02:43:52 +0000

I was able to use peppermint essential oil today for a slight headache that I had. I placed a little peppermint right around the base of my neck for a cooling effect. It was helpful and preventing me from opening my bottle of ibruprofen. Try it the next time you have a headache.

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