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Lavender
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Essential Oil Resources
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Also, slightly unrelated-I fill a spray-bottle with mostly water and a few drops of Rosemary EO and use that to spray down my luggage when in hotels- just in case- because I read that it repels bed bugs!
Peppermint Oil
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I use it externally only, my stomach cannot handle pills anymore therefore had to find something that would help me with pain, this does help tremendously. I put two drops on each foot in the morning and evening, I might add also that I add on top of that some Castor Oil. I can only speak from experience and what others have told me, I no longer suffer from heels spurs, acid reflux has diminished immensely, and arthritis is practically all gone, still a bit sore in the knuckles but "wow" what a relief to my knee's. Edgar Cayce promoted oil packs which were put on the stomach, if the stomach can absorb so can my feet, I add socks right away to warm up my feet and put slippers on to keep them warm therefore no need for a heating pad which is recommended by Cayce.
In response to Kate from London:
The only thing I can tell you in regards to information that you've provided is "yes" there has been many changes made and many stories told, I for one heard of this oil back in May of 2008, which wasn't promoted on the web as much as it is now, some saw a chance to make money off of it and went for it. When I first heard of it the ingredients are exactly what I've given and I did notice changes in the recipe, some adding cinnamon and other oils, to my research the cinnamon oil has some of the same properties of the eucalyptus oil therefore doubling in one ingredient which I thought would be too much, not a doctor, but common sense told me too much would make for ill effects and it does I read it somewhere while searching the web, can't find it now.
In response to Nicole from Gatineau:
I'm happy that you told the story about where it originated, thank you, Merci! And as stated above I was given this recipe with the 4 combined ingredients, just for argument sake, why would they call it Thieves 4 Oils? There were 4 thieves who were behind the thieving, I believe perhaps I'm right in going with the 4 ingredients and it does work with those 4.
In response to Rob from Manhattan:
Lemon oil is recognized in treating stress if you would like to email me I'd be more than happy to send you the list of benefits and what these oils are used for, my list was removed because of infringement rights and I'm lazy now, I've done enough research in regards to this that I'm searched out and don't want to make my own list, (email is in link above). And as stated above I explain why I didn't include cinnamon oil.
In response to Joyce from Joelton:
Perhaps you're not looking in the right location but I do have the ingredients listed it's under REMEDIES.... ESSENTIAL OILS, you'll find it listed there.
God Bless, Merry Christmas!
EC: To Joyce, the recipe is listed as the very first post in this thread.
Ylang Ylang Oil
Tooth Abcess
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Essential Oils Basics
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My post is based on the D.Stewart (DS) book “The chemistry of essential oils (EO)made simple. God's love manifests in molecules”.
What everyone needs to know.
#1 SOURCE
A therapeutic grade EO should be from a proper botanical genus, species, and cultivar. No chemical fertilizers are added to the soil, and crop cultivation is free of herbicides and pesticides. EO should be extracted by steam distillation at minimum temp. and pressures, as it was done in ancient times. No chemical solvents are to be used in the extraction process.
#2 DISTILLATION
Distillation must be done using low-pressure, low-temperature steam for the proper length of time to ensure that a complete essential oil is extracted, and that there is no significant loss or exclusion of lighter fractions or heavier fractions. Distillation, condensation, and separation should be performed in vessels constructed of relatively inert materials.
#3 MINIMUM STANDARDS
The chemical profile of the principal constituents in the oil must fall within the parameters of certain minimum standards such as those of ANFOR ( a French Agency). The ISO in Geneva, Switzerland. There are also European Commission standards which also corresponds to ANFOR.
There are NO standards for therapeutic grade essential oils set by any government agency in North America.
At this time, there is only one North American company that sends samples to Europe to ascertain compliance with EC-ANFOR-ISO standards for EO.
#4 Limitations of ANFOR standards
ANFOR standards are only for a minimum profile of compounds and concentrations that must be present in an oil before it can be labeled as such and such a species.
Complete, natural oils are mixtures of hundreds of compounds, but ANFOR-ISO standard focuses only on a few ingredients, usually less than six.
As an example, for an oil to be called “Peppermint Oil” (Mentha piperita) by ANFOR standards it must contain 35-45% mentol, 10-20% menthone, 4-9% methyl acetate, and 3-7% 1.8 cineole. But these are only 4 compounds of hundreds present in a complete, natural oil. An unethical company could synthesize this four compounds, mix them in these proportions with a suitable filler oil and it would pass the ANFOR test.
#4. BEYOND ANFAR standards
The healing properties of an oil also have to do with the way it was grown, harvested, distilled, and packaged. TGEO should be bottled as it comes from the still, with none of its natural constituents removed and with nothing added. The container and its lid, or a seal, must be non-reactive, air tight, and a shield from light, such ad bottles of brown, amber, or blue glass.
95% of essential oils produced for flavor and fragrance and do not fulfill therapeutic standards.
Natural Wintergreen oil is virtually non-existent.
#5 DELIBERATE FRAUD
To be sure you're getting TGEO, you need to know your grower, your distiller, your packager, and your distributor because anywhere along this chain of delivery, oils can be compromised.
A common practice is ti take a decent grade of EO and dilute it 90% to 95% with an odorless, colorless solvent so that what was a pound of good oil becomes ten or twenty pounds of diluted oil to be sold as if it were the original substance. Such diluted oils often carry labels saying “genuine”, or 100% pure” which is allowed by FDA.
#6 FRANKINCENSE OIL
When you see a bottle of fluid labeled Frankincense oil for $10-20 for a fluid ounce, you can be sure it has been diluted because you can't gather the resins from the Arabian and Somalian deserts, transport them to France or England to be distilled, and then import them to North America (or any other country) for that price and maintain quality and purity.
Mysteriosly, for every pound ofFrankincense distilled in the world, more than a dozen pounds are eventually sold.
Pure unadulterated frankincense should cost around $140 per once (2010 prices). In Biblical times, a pound of frankincense oil was more precious than a pond of gold. (Today Edens Garden sells “pure” frankincense oil in 1kg bottles for $1,200)
DS: “I have tested several brands of anointing oils labeled as frankincense and or myrrh sold at Christian bookstores and have not found a single one that is true. When only the common names( Frankincense and Myrrh) are used and the latin names are missing from the label, that a clear warning that the contents are probably not genuine, and certainly not therapeutic”.
Fact: No essential oil has ever been completely analyzed to reveal its every constituent. EOs are do complex, it may never be possible to discover everything that is in even one of them.
Fact: Rose oil is (so far) the most expensive of all oils and had the highest electromagnetic frequency (320 MHz). Thousands of pounds of petals are required to distill even one pound of precious oil.
There are three requirements for an oil to cause an allergic reaction.
That person must have been previously exposed to that oil
That person must have developed antibodies for that particular oil
There must be s hypersensitive reaction upon subsequent exposure to that oil
Pure distilled TGEOs are free from allergens. With few exceptions, alkergens are proteins or polypeptides, both of which are composed of amino acids. Distilled Essential oils contain no proteins, polypeptides, or amino acids, thus contain no potential allergens. In fact, one can be allergic to a particular plant, like fennel ir geranium, but have no allergy to the essential oil distilled from that plant since the volatile oil contains none of the plants proteins or amino acids that are the source of allergic reactions to the plant. An oil pressed (vs.distilled) from seeds or cold expressed from rinds can be alkergenic.
vibration frequencies (Mhz)
Healthy human brain 71-90
Healthy human body 62-68
-when you have common cold 58, the flu 57, candida 55, EBS 52, cancer 42, when you begin to die 25.
Processed or canned food 0
Fresh produce 10-15
Dry herbs 12-22
Fresh herbs 20-27
TGEOs 52-320
Pain
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Essential Oil Tips
EC: LMT = Licensed Massage Therapist
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This is not saying aromatherapy can address something but it just seems to address more minor problems. I've only gotten a few oil of essences in my life like oil of oregano.
What you need to do is indicate which health problems aromatherapy has good success and advantage over taking supplements and herbs.
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Aromatherapy doesn't seem to address these as well as supplements and herbs due to the strength needed to overcome them.
By these I meant
1) bacteria, viruses and other microbes
2) depletion of some substance that the body needs
Many conditions of bad health are caused by the above whether through lack of nutrients or/and aging in the body. When you can counter the above, you can make strides.
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bacteria...
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Most recently I had a Limbic System Analysis done on myself in which a computer reads through your systems and then gives you the feedback. Well, it came up that my body really wants MSM and cod liver oil and also is lacking in magnesium. Interestingly enough those would be all the things that could help joints! That was a week and a half ago so I have been taking quite a bit of MSM, fermented cod liver oil daily and putting lots of magnesium oil on throughout the day. I have to say that the pain in my hips has become much more bearable and my husband has commented that I seem to be moving easier. Still, it is not gone! I use a wonderful product by Omica that is MSM w/ turmeric and I think that may be the difference from other msm products. I may even add more turmeric in addition. The more I learn about turmeric the more I feel I should keep it in my system!
As for the use of essential oils, I switch it up- sea buckthorn oil, a mix of essential oils w/ homeopathics added, but also coconut oil, grapeseed oil, sesame oil, olive oil. Also, remember that our skin takes things in transdermally so you want to use really good, pure products. Anyway, I hope this info helps you.
Ylang Ylang Oil
what are your thoughts on ylang ylang oil for high blood pressure? One of my coworkers couldn't stop talking about how it controls her bp. I value your opinion hence the question. Thank you!!
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Thanks~
~Mama to Many~
Rosemary Oil
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I am on Citalopram 20 mg. a day. I exercise and eat mostly organic & avoid sugar & other no nos. Also, I take tons of supplements like magnesium & fish oil. Still, the depression has not all gone away. I heard that rose oil was an antidote for depression & decided to try it. All I did was put 1 or 2 tiny drops of rose absolut (the real stuff) on my upper lip, well massaged in, under my nostrils at my "droop time" at night. About an hour later I would also do a bit more aroma therapy by burning just one stick of good incense (not the kind that is made from cow dung, really healthy kind, any "flavor".) I waited an hour for the incense because I wanted my olfactory sense to get the full benefit of the rose oil by itself. (I also rubbed the left over bit on my finger onto my wrists.) The effect has been wonderful. Boy does it put me in a happy, even joyful mood. And this lasts about 24 hours! Also, I noticed it was helping me with attention deficit order, definitely. Well, at first I could find no one else saying that it helped A.D.D. But since then, I have found on the net that yes, people say it helps with A.D.H.D. (A.D.D. is sometimes lumped into that category.) per empirical studies. Now A.D.D. & depression go together commonly. No way I believe this was placebo effect. I didn't dream it would help with A.D.D. for example.
Rose absolut is pricey. However, I get it at a major discount vitamin site that sells everything for about 40% off. It could last me several months at the rate I'm using it, personally.
Thieves Oil
EC: Dear Whispergently,
The text that was deleted from your post was found on another website that sells Thieves Oil for $42. It is our policy to remove information that has been copyrighted elsewhere unless it has been properly sourced. Feel free to resubmit.
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I did however find a good article on the history of thieves oil that I wanted to pass along. The writer uncovered 17 versions of the Thieves story, dating from 1400 - 1700, with different oil combinations used in each story. So whose to say which combination of oils is the best one. An aromatherapist could probably tell us!
http://inspiredpurpose.wordpress.com/2007/05/02/the-story-behind-thieves-oil/
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Would you share your Thieves Oil with the rest of us. Sounds interesting and also sounds like your recipe works.
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I did find the formula for the thieves oil the next night after I asked for it. Looking forward to trying it as soon as I collect the oils.
