Did you know you can use essential oils for healing your
body or changing a reaction?
Since I am
familiar with Young Living Essential Oils, and know that they are therapeutic
grade essential oils I’m going to
reference a few of their oils today in this blog.
You can use any comparable blend or singles
that seems to work for you.
Here are some tips:
make sure you are careful when handling the oils to not get your hands
near your eyes after applying them.
If you do have a red reaction or burning sensation
with one of the “hot” oils (clove, cinnamon, peppermint, etc.) dilute it with olive oil or Young Livings V6.
Some oils make you photosensitive so you wouldn’t want to go out in the sun after
applying them. Be aware of the
properties of the oils you choose to use. Use them carefully and sparingly at
first to see how your body reacts.
Here are some of my favorite oils and a few of their basic
uses.
Thieves Oil: This is one
of those remedies to always have on hand.
I suggest using this if you have
a sore throat. You can put one drop
directly on your tongue and it helps kick the cold out in a much shorter period
of time, decrease the sore throat pain instantly, or you may just not get a
cold at all. I also suggest diluting it
with olive oil and putting it directly on your glands if they are swollen right
before you get a cold. If there is a bug
bite I suggest putting it directly on a bug bite, stops the itch and the oil is
antimicrobial antiviral. Not on the face
as it has clove oil in it which would burn.
Don’t get it on your lips either.
Not a fun experience.
Peppermint Oil: is a hot oil as well and needs to be
diluted. Careful to not get it anywhere
near the eyes. Use it for headaches or even
a fever. I’ve used it on my forehead (be
very careful as this is way too close to the eyes) but it sure worked when
running a headache with a fever. Use it
on the base of the skull at the back of the head, feels great on a headache.
Di-Gize: is an oil to use to aid digestion if you ate
something that didn’t agree with you or your stomach was aggravated. Apply
it directly to your stomach region.
Orange Oil: is uplifting to your mood . Try diffusing it within your home or in the car (wipe on air
vents on car trips).
Peace and Calming Oil: is great to place on the air vents in
a car when traveling a long distance and the children or adults are getting agitated
on a long ride.
Frankincense Oil: is a great oil to keep around for a variety of
applications. I like it for inducing a
feeling of mental peace, relaxation, satisfaction and spirituality. It also
awakens insight, helps you to go within dispersing anxiety, anger and stress. It can be used diluted
on wounds for antiseptic properties. You can use this on bug bites as it is known to
have an anti-inflammatory effect, but I like the affects of Thieves better. Studies have been done which show it promotes
regeneration of healthy cells and also keeps the existing cells and tissues
healthy.
Lavender Oil:
Lavender is great for the soothing effect it has. Scent memory is very
powerful and if used at bedtime when you are relaxing and preparing for sleep
you can train a relaxation response to the oil.
Take it with you on the airplane or traveling and it will help
re-trigger that response when traveling.
It relaxes the body as well as it can be used to decrease the scarring effects
of minor burns and also has antiseptic properties.
Hope you enjoy experimenting with essential oils.
