Creating a Mood in Your Home with Essential Oils

Looking to add a new dimension to your home?  Scents are powerful!  They can stir up memories of our childhood as we remember mom’s home cooking.  They remind us of a place of comfort as we remember special moments in our lives.

Make your home your haven by adding the dimension of scent.  Using essential oils in various places throughout your home can bring a sense of peace, tranquility, and refreshing.  It can also bring a newfound zesty appeal and at the same time, help bring emotional stability in our minds.  You can change the mood of your home easily by changing the blend of oils you use.

Add a happy, peaceful tone in your home.  A few essential oils that would help to create that mood are citrus oils like grapefruit, lemon, and orange.  Each has a different tone of citrus and can be used in different areas of the home for variety.  The lemon or orange essential oils can be used in the kitchen (so as not to conflict with household cleaners) to promote a feeling of freshness and crispness.  Use the grapefruit essential oil in the living areas to spice up these rooms.  The invigorating grapefruit essence also helps to combat feelings of fatigue and exhaustion as well.  What a great atmosphere to relax in after a long hard days work!

Okay, maybe we don’t want or need a scent in every room, but we just want to add a simple touch to our home environment.  To create a calming peace and tranquil atmosphere, try lavender or roman chamomile essential oils.  The scents can be added in a variety of ways – through candles, spritz sprays, and reed diffusers.  You can also try adding a drop of the oil on top of your heater or to a hot light bulb (do not use a halogen bulb with this).  You can also blend oils to change up the climate of your home.  A personal favorite is the lavender and cedar wood blend of essential oils.  You can blend these oils yourself or purchase pre-made products at a local retailer.

What kind of mood do you want to create?  The essential oils mentioned above are quite popular, but there are many more oils available.  Visit our website http://HealWithEssentialOil.com and see what oils are available.  See what the scent smells like and if it appeals to you.  A trip to a bath products or lotions store will most likely be helpful in identifying what scents you like before starting your online price search.

Choose the essential oils that fit you.  Does the scent depict your personality?  Does the scent reflect the mood you want to create?  What kind of scents work best for my home?  The answer to these questions is that it is all up to you.  You decide which essential oils work for you and your home.  You decide the tone of the environment in your home.  The best way is to jump in and find out what you like.  Start with a bottle or two and try them in various locations of your home.  Have fun creating different scents for different occasions!

Lemongrass For Varicose Veins

I come from a long line of hereditary Varicose Vein disease and at age 33 was already displaying the infamous exaggerated “road map” blue cords all over my legs. Not only were they unsightly and embarrassing for me, but also having the veins is painful and causes leg fatigue. 

Fortunately I came across all the uses of Lemongrass E.O. in the Essential Oils Desk Reference book and decided to give it a shot. At first I applied the oil directly to my legs, which caused slight irritation and redness. Now I dilute 1 part Lemongrass with 4 parts organic olive oil or grape seed oil. Within minutes my legs are invigorated and the dull, achy vein pain disappears! Even better, after a couple of months of applying diluted Lemongrass directly to my legs once or twice a week, the actual veins have diminished and are but a fraction of the sight that they used to be. I am no longer embarrassed to wear shorts!

Amazing and versatile Lemongrass can be used for: bladder infection, respiratory/sinus infection, digestive problems, parasites, torn ligaments/muscles, fluid retention, varicose veins, Samonella. – Testimonial by Miriam Lorenzi, Florida

Holy Anointing Oil Recipe

Holy Anointing Oil Recipe

This anointing oil recipe is found the Bible in Exodus 30:23

Myrrh “five hundred shekels” (about 1 gallon)
Cinnamon “two hundred and fifty shekels”
Calamus “two hundred and fifty shekels”
Cassia “five hundred shekels”
Olive Oil “an hin” (about 1 1/3 gallons)

Be sure to read Exodus 30:31-33 – the warning.

“And though shalt speak unto the children of Israel, saying, This shall be an holy anointing oil unto me throughout your generations. Upon man’s flesh shall it not be poured, neither shall ye make any other like it, after the composition after it: it is holy, and it shall be holy unto you. Whoseoever compoundeth any like it, or whosoever putteth any of it upon a stranger, shall even be cut off from his people.”

Now, to take the proportions of these biblical essential oils down in size, try this smaller version.

50 drops Myrrh
25 drops Cinnamon
25 drops Calamus
50 drops Cassia
65 drops Extra Virgin Olive Oil

This holy, precious anointing oil was to sanctify the tabernacle, the ark of the testimony, the table and all vessels, the candlestick and vessels, the altar of incense, the altar of burnt offering and vessels, the laver and foot. It was also used to anoint Aaron and his sons, and consecrate them as priests.

To be used safely on the skin, the above mix aught to be diluted further with a carrier oil in a 1:4 ratio.

Why Oils Heal and Drugs Don’t

by David Stewart, Ph.D

If you tell a medical doctor that essential oils can bring about healing with no negative side effects, they won’t believe you. This is because in medical school students are repeatedly told by their professors that all effective medicines have negative side effects, and if they don’t, then they can’t be effective.

When I was in medical school one professor emphasized this point in a colorful, graphic manner with specially prepared slides. In each slide specific drugs were depicted as evil looking demons or goblins. As he presented each picture, he explained, “Although ugly and capable of doing harm, these ‘demons’ are also the bearers of some good. So long as the benefits outweigh the risks, we use them,” he summarized. “We have no choice,” he continued, “because if a drug has no dangers, then it can have no benefits. That’s just the way it is. And that’s why it is essential that only qualified physicians be allowed to prescribe medicines,” he concluded.

Actually, the professor was telling the truth. Within the restricted practice of allopathy (MDs) the only real medicines are physician prescribed pharmaceuticals. Such medicines always do have negative side effects—all of them; no exceptions. Hence, doctors are trained to accept the bad with the good as the price of effective medicine.

The Danger Is In The Drug Itself

The dangers of prescription drugs are intrinsic to the drugs, themselves. No matter how careful the physician in prescribing and how compliant the patient in following doctor’s orders, even then deaths and damages occur. In fact, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, more than 100,000 Americans die every year, not from illegal drugs, not from drug overdoses, not from over-the-counter drugs, and not from drug abuses, but from properly prescribed, properly taken prescriptions. In this country, more people die from doctor’s prescriptions every ten days than were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

Why is this so? Why do allopathic drugs always have undesirable effects (along with their apparent benefits), while one can find healing with natural products, such as essential oils, with no undesirable effects? Here is why.

Why Companies Deliberately Sell Dangerous Products

It is illegal to patent any natural product. The way to big profits in the medicine industry is to create an unnatural substance that never before existed in nature, then patent it, and obtain a monopoly. Hence, the molecules of pharmaceutical drugs are all strange to the human body. In all the history of humankind, such molecules were never encountered or taken into any human body. Hence, the body does not easily metabolize them. God never made your body to accept and deal with these chemicals and antibiotics. Hence, you can find traces of prescription drugs in your body that were taken in childhood, decades ago.

On the other hand, natural molecules—such as those found in essential oils—are easily metabolized by the body. In fact, your body was created to handle them. When an essential oil molecule finds the receptor sites it was designed to fit and conveys its information to the cell, or participates in other therapeutic functions, it then goes on its way to the liver and the kidneys and moves out of the body. Its benefits have been conveyed and its job is complete.

By contrast, the unnatural molecules of man-made drugs attach themselves to various tissues, disrupting normal function for years while the body tries to figure out what to do with them. Meanwhile, they wreak mischief with our bodily functions and even our minds.

Drugs and Oils Work in Opposite Ways

Drugs toxify. Oils detoxify.
Drugs clog and confuse receptor sites. Oils clean receptor sites.
Drugs depress the immune system. Oils strengthen the immune system.
Antibiotics attack bacteria indiscriminately, killing both the good and the bad. Oils attack only the harmful bacteria, allowing our body’s friendly flora to flourish.

Drugs are designed to send misinformation to cells or to block certain receptor sites in order to trick the body into giving up symptoms, but drugs never deal with the actual causes of disease. They aren’t designed for that purpose. While they may give prompt relief for certain uncomfortable symptoms, because of their strange, unnatural design, they will always disrupt certain other bodily functions. Thus you always have some side effects.

Oil molecules send information to cells and cleanse receptor sites so that they bring your body back to natural function. Oils are balancing to the body. Drugs are unbalancing to the body. Oils address the causes of disease at a cellular level by deleting misinformation and reprogramming correct information so that cells function properly and in harmony with one another. With drugs, misinformation is fed into the cells so that some temporary relief may be obtained, but there is never any true healing. Drugs only trade one kind of disease for another.

Because essential oils properly applied always work toward the restoration of proper bodily function, they do not cause undesirable side effects. They are feeding the body with truth. Drugs feed the body with lies. While no amount of truth can contradict itself, it doesn’t take many lies before contradictions occur and the body suffers ill effects.

Sixteen Doctors Speak Out

Not all physicians are caught up in the idea that the only good medicines are ones that can also be harmful. Here are some comments by physicians, themselves, on the practice of medicine.

“The cause of most disease is in the poisonous drugs physicians superstitiously give in order to affect a cure.” Charles E. Page, M.D.

“Medicines are of subordinate importance because of their very nature, they can only work symptomatically.” Hans Kusche, M.D.

“The person who takes medicine must recover twice, once from the disease and once from the medicine.” William Osler, M.D.

“If all the medicine in the world were thrown into the sea, it would be bad for the fish and good for humanity.” O.W. Holmes, M.D. (Professor of Medicine, Harvard University.)

“Drug medications consist in employing, as remedies for disease, those things which produce disease in well persons. Its material medica is simply a lot of drugs or chemicals or dye-stuffs in a word poisons. All are incompatible with vital matter; all produce disease when brought in contact in any manner with the living; all are poisons.” R.T. TraIl, M.D. (Lecture to members of Congress and the medical profession, Smithsonian Institute, Washington D.C.)

“Every drug increases and complicates the patient’s condition.” Robert Henderson, M.D.

“The greatest part of all chronic disease is created by the suppression of acute disease by drug poisoning.” Henry Lindlahr, M.D.

“Every educated physician knows that most diseases are not appreciably helped by medicine.” Richard C. Cabot, M.D. (Massachusetts General Hospital.)

“Medicine is only palliative, for back of disease lies the cause, and this cause no drug can reach.” Wier Mitchel, M.D.

“Medical practice has neither philosophy nor common sense to recommend it. In sickness the body is already loaded with impurities. By taking drug-medicines more impurities are added, thereby the case is further embarrassed and harder to cure.” Elmer Lee, M.D., Past Vice President, Academy of Medicine.

“Our figures show approximately four and one half million hospital admissions annually due to the adverse reactions to drugs. Further, the average hospital patient has as much as thirty percent chance, depending how long he is in, of doubling his stay due to adverse drug reactions.” Milton Silverman, M.D. (Professor of Pharmacology, University of California.)

“What hope is there for medical science to ever become a true science when the entire structure of medical knowledge is built around the idea that there is an entity called disease which can be expelled when the right drug is found?” John H. Tilden, M.D.

“We are prone to thinking of drug abuse in terms of the male population and illicit drugs such as heroin, cocaine, and marijuana. It may surprise you to learn that a greater problem exists with millions of women dependent on legal prescription drugs.” Robert Mendelsohn, M.D. (Author of book, “Confessions of a Medical Heretic.”)

“Why would a patient swallow a poison because he is ill, or take that which would make a well man sick.” L.F. Kebler, M.D.

“Drugs never cure disease. They merely hush the voice of nature’s protest, and pull down the danger signals she erects along the pathway of transgression. Any poison taken into the system has to be reckoned with later on even though it palliates present symptoms. Pain may disappear, but the patient is left in a worse condition, though unconscious of it at the time.” Daniel H. Kress, M.D.

“The necessity of teaching mankind not to take drugs and medicines is a duty incumbent upon all who know their uncertainty and injurious effects; and the time is not far distant when the drug system will be abandoned.” Charles Armbruster, M.D.

Conclusion

So there you have it—why oils heal and drugs don’t. Let’s hope Dr. Armbruster is right, that “the time is not far distant when the drug system will be abandoned.” Pharmaceutical companies and their physician drug dealers could market and sell natural products with genuine healing capabilities, but most won’t. There isn’t any money in it.

In my opinion, changing the medical system toward more natural and spiritual forms of healing is impossible. The system can’t change. It must be replaced. Those of you who have opted out of the system in favor of essential oils and their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual benefits are the pioneers who are replacing the system.

And for those of you who have taken prescriptions drugs over long periods of time, essential oils are your best friend because they can cleanse the residues of these drugs from your system once and for all and restore your body back to its natural healthy state.

Essential Oils: Powerful in Effect, Gentle in Nature

Discovering how essential oils are different from herbs and food supplements is an important step in learning the variety of ways to use these powerful plant oils.

Essential oils are the heartbeat of the plant kingdom, and are perhaps the most exciting life-giving substance we have in the world today. They represent in plants what blood represents in humankind—life! This heartbeat is the energy that was created to deliver the nutrients into every cell of the body. Defined: essential oils are the subtle, volatile liquids that are distilled from plants, shrubs, flowers, trees, bushes and seeds. An ancient process, oil distillation is a delicate and precise art that has been almost forgotten. Science is just now re-discovering the incredible healing power of essential oils, and beginning to acknowledge their value for our health.

More Potent Than Herbs

Being concentrated, essential oils contain virtually all of the plants healing nutrients, oxygenating molecules, amino acid precursors, coenzyme A factors, trace minerals, enzymes, vitamins, hormones and more. And because they are concentrated, essential oils are 50-70 times more therapeutically potent than the herbs or plants they are derived from. Unlike dried herbs that can lose up to 90% of the healing nutrients and oxygen molecules, essential oils do not. Research further shows that when applied to skin essential oils will penetrate every single cell within 20 minutes.

Because the very life force of the plant is contained in essential oils, and because this life force synergizes so favorably with the human body, they are now being considered as medicine by some of the world’s most prominent doctors. Clinical research has proven 100% pure (without any solvents or chemical additives) essential oils to be:

Immune stimulating, antiviral, anti-infection, antibacterial, antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti-tumor, antifungal.

Recent research has also shown that many of the so called “super bugs” that has modern medicine so concerned cannot survive in the presence of essential oils—nor has there been any pathogen known to resist essential oils by mutating.

Best of all, 100% pure, therapeutic grade essential oils are freely available and safe for home use. Many people diffuse essential oils into the atmosphere of their homes, creating a pleasant virus-free environment. Many of the oils are applied directly to the skin to receive almost immediate benefit from many ailments. Other essential oils are inhaled for relief from headaches, nausea, emotional release, and more.

Nature’s Most Effective Delivery Agent

Without an adequate delivery agent to assist the cell to receive needed nutrients, the cell can become deprived of needed nutrition. Without adequate nutrition, the cell wall thickens hindering further delivery of nutrients. When malnutrition occurs, the cell begins to deteriorate, creating a host for disease-causing pathogens.

Because essential oils contain such high amounts of oxygenating molecules, they act as an effective delivery agent to bring food nutrients through the cell wall to feed the cell nucleus.

Essential oils are known for their ability to pass through the thickest cell walls. They have the ability to restore diseased and malnourished cells back to health. In fact, essential oils are nature’s most effective catalyst and delivery agent for feeding your body’s several trillion cells!

Hypertension eased with Essential Oils

2006 Dec; 36(7):1123-34.

The effects of the inhalation method using essential oils on blood pressure and stress responses of clients with essential hypertension.
Department of Nursing, Geochang Provincial College, Geochang-gun, Gyungnam, Korea.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify the effects of aromatherapy on blood pressure and stress responses of clients with essential hypertension.

METHOD: There were fifty-two subjects divided into an essential oil group, placebo group, and control group by random assignment. The application of aromatherapy was the inhalation method of blending oils with lavender, ylang ylang, and bergamot once daily for 4 weeks. To evaluate the effects of aromatherapy, blood pressure and pulse were measured two times a week and serum cortisol levels, catecholamine levels, subjective stress, and state anxiety were measured before and after treatment in the three groups. Data was analyzed by repeated measures of ANOVA, one-way ANOVA, and chi(2)-test using the SPSS 10.0 program.

RESULTS: The blood pressure, pulse, subjective stress, state anxiety, and serum cortisol levels among the three groups were significantly statistically different. The differences of catecholamine among the three groups were not significant statistically.

CONCLUSION: The results suggest that the inhalation method using essential oils can be considered an effective nursing intervention that reduces psychological stress responses and serum cortisol levels, as well as the blood pressure of clients with essential hypertension.

Fragrant Oils of Ancient Scripture

SPIKENARD ESSENTIAL OIL
(Nardostachys jatamansi) Spikenard has also been known as “nard” and “false Indian Valerian root” oil. It was prized in early Egypt and in the Middle East during the time of our Savior. Spikenard is 93% sesquiterpenes, which have the ability to oxygenate the brain. The amount of Spikenard that was poured on our Savior before his death would be worth almost $35,000.00 in today’s currency. It would have cost a common laborer in the time of our Savior a year’s worth of wages to buy one alabaster box of spikenard.

This is a rare and costly fragrant oil, and was used by Mary of Bethany to anoint the head and feet of the Messiah two days before His death, as recorded in John 2:12: “Then Mary took a pound of ointment of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped his feet with her hair: and the house was filled with the odor of the ointment.” It speaks of the Bride’s extravagant adoration of and intimacy with the Bridegroom, in total abandonment, without regard to cost. We call Spikenard “The Fragrance of the Bride,” for it symbolizes the bride who has made herself ready, as it is written in Song of Solomon 1:12: “While the king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth its fragrance.”

FRANKINCENSE ESSENTIAL OIL
(Boswellia carterii) One of the gifts of the wise men to our Savior, frankincense would have been rubbed all over the body of the baby. Egyptian tradition says, “Frankincense is good for everything from gout to a broken head”—in other words, “from head to toe.” If in doubt, use frankincense. Other names for frankincense are “olibanum” or “Oil from Lebanon.”

In temple days, sweet incense containing frankincense was placed on the Inner Altar of the Tabernacle and burned morning and evening. It speaks of intercession. Frankincense was one of the three prophetic gifts given to the Messiah at His birth, representing His role as Priest and Prophet.

It is mentioned in Song of Solomon 3:6: “Who is this coming in a pillar of smoke, smelling of myrrh and frankincense?”

MYRRH ESSENTIAL OIL
(commiphora myrrha) Myrrh has one of the highest levels of sesquiterpenes, a class of compounds that has direct effects on the hypothalamus, pituitary and amygdala, the seat of our emotions. Research in Italy demonstrated that myrrh has pain-relieving properties as well, which is probably why it was administered to our Savior prior to his crucifixion.

Myrrh, an exotic Biblical spice, was used in purification and beautification rites, the formula for the Holy Anointing Oil, and burial spices. Queen Esther was bathed in oil of myrrh for six months and with other aloes and perfumes for another six months before her presentation to the king. Bitter to the taste but sweet to the smell, myrrh in the spiritual sense speaks of dying to self to become a “sweet smelling savor” to the Lord.

Song of Solomon 1:13 mentions myrrh: “A bundle of myrrh is my well-beloved unto me.”

HYSSOP ESSENTIAL OIL
(hyssopus officinalis) Hyssop has a very long history as a cleansing herb. It is a protective herb of the heavens, touched with the love and protection of the divine.

Hyssop, another exotic Biblical plant, was used for sprinkling in the ritual practices of the Hebrews. Exodus 12:22 reads, “And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop, and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side posts with the blood that is in the basin; and none of you shall go out at the door of his house until the morning.” Because of the reference found in Numbers 19:6 (“And the priest shall take cedar wood, and hyssop, and scarlet, and cast it into the midst of the burning of the heifer”), we have called this fragrance “Holy Fire.” Hyssop speaks of spiritual cleansing, as is so aptly put in Psalm 51:7: “Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.”

ONYCHA ESSENTIAL OIL
(styrax benzoin) Although onycha is only mentioned in scripture by name once, it holds the high position of being an ingredient of the holy incense (Exodus 30:34). Other names for onycha are “benzoin,” “friar’s balm,” and “Java frankincense.” Tincture of benzoin was an antiseptic used in hospitals for more than a hundred years (since the mid 1800s).

Onycha may have been used in hospitals but it does not have a hospital smell. It contains vanillin aldehyde, which gives it the pleasant smell of vanilla. Onycha was valued anciently for its ability to speed healing of wounds and to help prevent infection.

ALOES / SANDALWOOD ESSENTIAL OIL
(Santalum album) Sandalwood is the most valuable tree in the world. It takes ten years for the sandalwood tree to form hardwood. Peak hardwood formation is achieved when the tree is between 40-60 years. King Tut’s tomb was filled with alabaster jars of aloewood/sandalwood oil which thieves later stole, leaving the alabaster jars behind. Sandalwood contains 90% sesquiterpenes, which deprogram misinformation and carry oxygen to the cellular level.

It is mentioned in John 19:39: “And there came also Nicodemus, which at the first came to our Savior by night, and brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about an hundred pound weight.”

CASSIA ESSENTIAL OIL
(Cinnamomum cassia) Cassia comes from a slender, evergreen tree, which grows up to 20 feet tall, and is native to China. The oil is steam distilled from the bark. Cassia was an ingredient in the holy anointing oil given to Moses.

This exotic fragrance of vanilla/cinnamon might be similar in its aroma to cinnamon, but it is physically and chemically much different. Care must be taken in topical use as it may cause skin sensation. It is antibacterial, antifungal, anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and an anticoagulant.

Cassia was one of the principal spices of the holy anointing oil used to anoint priests and kings. Likewise the coming King Messiah’s robes will smell of cassia. The root word, kiddah, in both Hebrew and Arabic, signifies a strip and refers to the strips of bark from which the spice is made. In the spiritual sense cassia speaks of humility, being stripped of pride, set apart (holy) with a servant’s heart. The deep, exotic aroma and the rich color of cassia oil make it a unique biblical oil.

Psalm 45:8 mentions cassia: “Your robes are all fragrant with myrrh, aloes and cassia.”

CYPRESS ESSENTIAL OIL
(cupressus sempervirens) Cypress has been used since ancient times for purification and as incense. It is one of the oils most used for the circulatory system. Because it assists in moving stagnant matter, it actually assists many systems of the body: circulatory, digestive, urinary, and integumentary (skin). It helps with cellulite, varicose veins, hemorrhoids, fluid retention, constipation, edema, excessive perspiration, and hand and feet sweating. It is also effective for muscles and joints, the respiratory system, the reproductive system, and the nervous system.

ROSE OF SHARON ESSENTIAL OIL
(Cistus ladanifer) is also known as rock rose, and has a soft honey-like scent. It has been studied for regeneration of the cells.

Song of Solomon 2:1 speaks of this oil: “I am the Rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley.”

This flower from the region of Sharon in Israel is actually not a rose, but is part of the hibiscus family. Its blooms are nonetheless beautiful and glorious, just as Isaiah depicted the millennial reign when the Bride of Messiah shines forth in all the radiance of her heavenly glory and beauty.

CEDARWOOD ESSENTIAL OIL
(cedrus atlantica) Cedarwood is produced mainly in Morocco, and is the species most closely related to the cedars of Lebanon. King David and King Solomon used this wood for the construction of their palaces because of its aromatic oil content which lasts indefinitely.

Used by the Sumerians and Egyptians more than 5000 years ago, Cedarwood essential oil is believed to have been the first oil to be obtained by distillation. It was known as the oil of gladness in ancient times, and was used for a variety of purposes including temple worship, mood elevation and mental clarity. Of all essential oils, cedarwood is highest in sesquiterpenes, which are oxygen-delivering molecules capable of crossing the blood-brain barrier.

Cedars of Lebanon are the strong, fragrant woods used to build David’s house, Solomon’s house and much of the First Temple. It was also used along with hyssop in the cleansing of a leper’s house. It speaks of strength, permanence and wholeness. Psalm 92:12 says, “The righteous shall flourish like the palm tree: he shall grow like a cedar in Lebanon.”

MYRTLE ESSENTIAL OIL
(Myrtus communis) The Hebrew name for Queen Esther was Hadassah, meaning “myrtle.” Myrtle oil is steam distilled from the leaves. It is anti-mutagenic, a liver stimulant, a prostate and thyroid stimulant, a sinus and lung decongestant, and is antispasmodic.

It is mentioned in Isaiah 55:13: “Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree, and instead of the brier shall come up the myrtle tree.”

GALBANUM ESSENTIAL OIL
(Ferula gummosa) Galbanum was valued for its medicinal and spiritual qualities. It was known as Moses’ favorite oil. Exodus 30:34 reads, “And the Almighty said unto Moses, take unto thee sweet spices, stacte, an onycha, and galbanum, these sweet spices with pure frankincense of each there shall be a like weight.”

CINNAMON ESSENTIAL OIL
(Cinnamomum) Cinnamon is 73% phenylpropanoids, and is among the most antiseptic essential oils with a high antioxidant rating. It has been produced in Sri Lanka for over 2,000 years. It invigorates and rejuvenates mind and body.

Long Commute or Road Trip Ahead? Take Peppermint and Cinnamon Along!

Professor’s Study Finds That Peppermint and Cinnamon Essential Oils Lower Frustration and Increase Alertness in Drivers

The scent of peppermint essential oil or cinnamon essential oil in your car might make your morning commute less frustrating and you more alert when behind the wheel. That’s according to the results of a recent study led by Dr. Bryan Raudenbush, an associate professor of psychology at Wheeling Jesuit University in Wheeling, WV. According to the study, drivers demonstrated decreased levels of frustration, anxiety and fatigue when exposed to peppermint essential oil and cinnamon essential oil scents. The study also revealed that drivers were more alert.

The results of the study, Effects Of Odor Administration On Driving Performance, Safety, Alertness, And Fatigue, were presented at the recent Association for Chemical Reception Sciences Conference in Sarasota, FL.

The study builds on Raudenbush’s past research, which indicated the odors of peppermint essential oil and cinnamon essential oil enhance motivation, performance, and alertness, decrease fatigue, and serve as central nervous system stimulants.

“Given these results, it is reasonable to expect that the presentation of peppermint essential oil or cinnamon essential oil odor while driving may produce a more alert and conscientious driver, and minimize the fatigue associated with prolonged driving,” says Raudenbush.

In the present study, participants were monitored during stimulated driving under three odor conditions (peppermint essential oil, cinnamon essential oil, and non-odor control). Odors were added to low flow oxygen (1.3L/min) via an oxygen concentrator and presented at the rate of 30 seconds every 15 minutes. Subjective measures of cognitive performance, wakefulness, mood, and workload were also assessed.

“In general, prolonged driving led to increased anger, fatigue, and physical demand, and decreased vigor. However, fatigue ratings were decreased in the cinnamon condition. Both cinnamon essential oil and peppermint essential oil administration led to increased ratings of alertness in comparison to the non-odor control condition over the course of the driving scenario. Periodic administration of these odors over long term driving may prove beneficial in maintaining alertness and decreasing highway accidents and fatalities,” says Raudenbush.

Results Summary:
– Peppermint essential oil is associated with decreased anxiety while driving.
– Peppermint essential oil is associated with decreased fatigue while driving.
– Peppermint essential oil and cinnamon essential oil are associated with decreased driving frustration.
– Peppermint essential oil and cinnamon essential oil are associated with decreased temporal demand while driving.
– Peppermint essential oil and cinnamon essential oil are associated with greater levels of driving alertness.

This research was supported by grants from NSF and NASA.

Chamomile and Other Oils Affect Type 2 Herpes

Inhibitory effect of essential oils against herpes simplex virus type 2.
Phytomedicine. 2007 Oct 30: 17976968 (S,G,E,B,D)
C Koch, J Reichling, J Schneele, P Schnitzler

Genital herpes is a chronic, persistent infection spreading efficiently and silently as a sexually transmitted disease through the population. Antiviral agents currently applied for the treatment of herpes virus infections include acyclovir and its derivatives.

The essential oils anise, hyssop, thyme, ginger, chamomile, and sandalwood were screened for their inhibitory effect against herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) in vitro on RC-37 cells using a plaque reduction assay.

The inhibitory concentrations (IC [50]) were determined at 0.016%, 0.0075%, 0.007%, 0.004%, 0.003% and 0.0015% for anise oil, hyssop oil, thyme oil, ginger oil, chamomile oil, and sandalwood oil, respectively. A clearly dose-dependent virucidal activity against HSV-2 could be demonstrated for all essential oils tested. In order to determine the mode of the inhibitory effect, essential oils were added at different stages during the viral infection cycle. At maximum noncytotoxic concentrations of the essential oils, plaque formation was significantly reduced by more than 90% when HSV-2 was preincubated with hyssop oil, thyme oil or ginger oil. However, no inhibitory effect could be observed when the essential oils were added to the cells prior to infection with HSV-2 or after the adsorption period.

These results indicate that essential oils affected HSV-2 mainly before adsorption probably by interacting with the viral envelope. Chamomile oil exhibited a high selectivity index and seems to be a promising candidate for topical therapeutic application as virucidal agents for treatment of herpes genitalis.

Bergamot and Lavender Used in Mainstream Medicine

Apr 2, 2008 4:46 pm US/Central
Essential Oils Now Used In Mainstream Medicine

FORT WORTH (CBS 11 News) ―
The healing powers of essential oils have been known for centuries. Now a Fort Worth hospital is the first in North Texas to take those powers to a clinical level.

Megan Morrison’s high-risk pregnancy has kept her on bed rest for the past six weeks. Her clinical aromatherapy sessions at Harris Methodist Hospital are new.

“I can definitely tell a big difference,” Morrison said. “I’m definitely much more relaxed than if I was just to go take a hot bath.”

Nurse Susan Shields is trained in clinical aromatherapy. It’s centuries-old tradition that uses pure essential oils. Harris Methodist has the only certified program in North Texas.

She said, “What we’re using is a combination of bergamot, [and] citrus vergania, which is the true lavender—the relaxing lavender. It does not replace any of the medical treatment that goes on here. It is in addition to; it is complimentary; it enhances.”

Shields says there’s a big difference between the oils used at Harris and those you can buy at a department store. “We can predict what the effect is going to be because we know the chemical composition of the essential oils,” she said. “We know how to most effectively use them for the clinical effects that we’re looking for.”

In Morrison’s case, the goal is to relieve tension and anxiety. Does it work? She’s convinced. “It gives me something to look forward to in the day and just helps relax me,” she said.

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Lavender: the Universal Essential Oil

Lavender essential oil is well known within the aromatherapy circles for its flowery, sweet smell, which calms and revitalizes. It has the ability to adapt a person to stress or imbalances. It allows the body to relax and wind down but is can also boost stamina and energy.

It has also been able to speed healing skin wounds, such as abrasions, cuts and burns. French scientist Rene Gattefosse discovered Lavender essential oil’s ability for rapid skin regeneration after being severely burned in a laboratory accident.

Lavender is good for dandruff and hair loss. It works wonders on the skin, alleviating acne, dermatitis, eczema, psoriasis, rashes, and stretch marks. It also combats allergies, convulsions, herpes, indigestion, insomnia, high blood pressure, menopausal conditions, nausea, tumors, and premenstrual conditions.

It is a universal essential oil, and can help with arthritis, asthma, bronchitis, depression, earaches, heart palpitations, hives, insect bites, laryngitis, and throat infections.

To use this essential oil, you can either apply it topically to the bottom of your feet or inhale it. Apply 2-3 drops where you would apply deodorant. Lavender is safe for use on young children.

Studies Show Essential Oils Highly Beneficial Against Inflammation

Sue Chao, Research Scientist, told the Convention audience at the 2005 Young Living Grand Convention that inflammation is a signal that something is wrong in the body. The 19th century definition of inflammation as exhibiting redness, swelling, pain and heat is still used by clinicians today. Inflammation is even more of a problem because the “miracle drugs” called COX-2 inhibitors (like Vioxx) were withdrawn from the market because of life-threatening side effects, such as heart attacks.

Problems with bacterial and viral infections still exist, however. The search is on for new materials that possess anti-inflammatory properties. Sue decided to study the possibility of essential oils as effective anti-inflammatory agents. In designing her study, she looked at how nitric oxide is released in the inflammatory process, inflaming tissue and causing tissue damage. If a substance can inhibit nitric oxide, an anti-inflammatory agent will have been found. Seventy-seven therapeutic grade essential oils were tested in a rigorous scientific process. Through a complicated regimen, she found that the oils with a high rate of inhibiting nitric oxide were:

Oregano (most important)
Melaleuca Ericafolia
Dill
Nutmeg
Lemongrass
Peppermint

Other Essential oils that were shown to have intermediate nitric oxide inhibition were:

Lemon
Frankincense
Tangerine
Myrtle
Lavender
Patchouli
Eucalyptus polybractea
Juniper
Clove
Orange
Eucalyptus radiata

Initial testing has identified a number of essential oils with potential anti-inflammatory properties!

The Transience of Drugs and Permanence of Oils

by David Stewart, PhD, DNM, IASP, BCRS

In this issue we want to discuss some other aspects of essential oils that make them effective medicines, not only today, but effective medicines for all future time. Commercial antibiotics and antibacterial agents such as hand soaps, household cleansers, etc, all have a limited useful life on planet earth. This is because bacteria inevitably crack the codes of these synthetic, chemical agents and develop resistance so that they are no longer effective.

RESISTANT STRAINS OF BACTERIA

When a resistant strain of pathogenic bacteria results, people get infected and allopathic medicine has no remedy. People so afflicted can die, and often do, or suffer permanently from the effects of the infection.

All of these resistant strains of pathogens were created in hospitals and harbored there exclusively. It used to be rare to find one of them elsewhere. Unfortunately, today these resistant strains are finding themselves into public places, such as schools and playgrounds. But hospitals are still the places where the greatest infestations of resistant bacteria hide and lurk. While hospital patients are particularly vulnerable to incubating a resistant strain of bacteria, even hospital visitors can pick them up and become seriously ill, even to the death.

We have a relative whose wife went to the hospital for a check up while he simply accompanied her as a visitor. He happened to have a small open cut on his leg, which became infected with a resistant strain of bacteria. His leg has been swollen, sore, and inflamed ever since. That was more than two years ago. The infection got so bad that twice he was hospitalized, which is an irony since it was in a hospital where he contracted the infection in the first place. As of this writing, he still carries the problem, for which medicine has no cures, only palliative measures.

IS STRONGER AND STRONGER MEDICINE THE ANSWER?

Drug companies address the problem of every-growing, more resistant bacteria by developing stronger and stronger antibiotics and antimicrobial agents. Unfortunately, these pharmaceuticals are also harmful to people, even potentially deadly. For example, vancomycin was a powerful antibiotic developed to attack resistant strains of bacteria, which is strong enough to also kill the patient. When prescribed, doctors could only hope that the bacteria within the patient would die before the patient did. Now there are “vancomycin resistant bacteria,” so even that antibiotic is no longer effective.

Drug companies then developed another powerful antibiotic, methycillin, which is also potentially deadly to the patient. With the adoption of this antibiotic in hospitals throughout the country, there are now MRSA, or “methycillin resistant staphalococcyx aureus” bacteria, which can be deadly and for which there are no allopathic remedies.

Essential oils are different. While they are extremely effective against pathogenic microbes, they are not only harmless to humans but beneficial to our tissues. Furthermore, their application does not result in the production of resistant strains of bacteria. Here is why.

Antibiotics and antibacterial agents are simple compounds or simple mixtures of a few compounds. Every batch of a particular antibiotic or antibacterial agent is identical to the previous batch. Doctors would want it this way. They would want today’s tetracycline or penicillin to be exactly the same as yesterday’s and tomorrow’s. This consistency of product, along with their simplicity, is why bacteria can figure them out and develop resistance such that their offspring are not only immune to the drug, but are even more virulent and toxic to humans.

WHY OILS PRODUCE NO RESISTANT STRAINS

Essential oils are not simple. They consist of hundreds of compounds, the numbers and formulas for which are not completely known even for one species of oil. Furthermore, there are never two batches of essential oils the same.

You can grow lavender or peppermint every year in the same plot of land and every year’s production of oil will be slightly different. The same 200 or 300 compounds will be there that make lavender like lavender and peppermint like peppermint, but the proportions will vary. This year’s lavender oil may have more or less linyl acetate than last year’s or this year’s peppermint oil may have more or less menthol, but they will still be lavender and peppermint.

The variations are because the oils of a plant are dynamic during the life of the plant, changing daily, even from hour to hour, to adjust to the heat of the day, the moisture in the air, and other factors uncontrollable to humans. The oils in plants also vary their composition according to soil types, climate, elevation, latitude, planting time, harvesting time, amount of sunshine, amount of rain, amount of wind, and other factors such as the species of insects that may be pests this year. The conditions that affect plant growth (and its oils) are never repeated two years in a row.

Because the oils of a species vary according environmental factors that are never the same, no two batches of an essential oil are ever exactly the same, even from the same species grown in the same field. Oils are like wines. Vintners put dates on each year’s bottles of a wine because every year will produce a slightly different taste and coloration of the wine because nature never repeats itself.

Therefore, because essential oils are far more complex than any laboratory produced drug and are never exactly replicated year to year, bacteria can never figure them out and become resistant. Microbes are smarter than synthetic drugs, but essential oils are smarter than microbes!

We have oils from Egyptian tombs that are just as antimicrobial today as they were 5,000 years ago. The effectiveness of essential oils is permanent, which is why they, and other natural remedies, will eventually replace the synthetic pharmaceuticals of today. This means that drug-based allopathy, as practiced today, is eventually doomed to disappear, being based on transient medicines and a flawed paradigm.

THE TRANSIENCE OF DRUGS AND THE PERMANENCE OF OILS

Sooner or later, all synthetic drugs and antibiotics become ineffective or lethal and have to be discontinued. Hence, drug companies are continually engaged in finding and developing new drugs to replace the old ones as they become ineffective or too harmful to continue. Since they cannot patent a natural product, such as an herb or an essential oil, pharmaceutical companies have no interest in studying or marketing natural products.

In fact, they would like to remove all natural products from the free market to create for themselves a profitable monopoly enforced by law and government regulation.

Patented medicines are all unnatural, composed of molecules never before existing on planet earth. Our bodies were not made to utilize, metabolize, and eliminate such substances. This is why all pharmaceuticals, without exception, have negative side effects.

By contrast, properly administered natural products, such as essential oils, have little or no untoward side effects. They can be taken into the body, utilized, metabolized, and eliminated when they have completed their healing mission. The majority of side effects from oils and natural products, if any, are unexpected good ones.

THE END OF ALLOPATHY AS WE KNOW IT

Allopathic medicine, which is practiced by today’s doctors, nurses, and hospitals, addresses symptoms not causes. If your symptoms are life threatening, like uncontrolled hemorrhaging, stoppage of breath, unconsciousness, severe internal injuries, broken limbs, etc., then treating the symptoms is appropriate and necessary to save your life and get you through the crisis.

Emergency medicine is the best of medicine as we know it today. But after the crisis has passed and your vital signs are stabilized, the healing is yet to come, which does not come through allopathic medicine, but through receiving God’s healing energy. While dealing with symptoms is often desirable and necessary, when the treatment stops with symptomatic removal, the body simply produces another ailment elsewhere as a result of the unresolved roots left behind. Hence, simple ailments whose symptoms are suppressed can eventually become serious sicknesses, sometimes even unto death.

Furthermore, allopathic medicines (antibiotics and other pharmaceuticals and synthetic drugs) all eventually become ineffective and obsolete, requiring that pharmaceutical companies engage in endless research to find the next drug to replace the antiquated ones. Hence, allopathy is based on a flawed paradigm employing medicines of only transient value.

Holistic natural medicine, including essential oils, addresses root causes from the quantum behavior of electrons to the intelligence of the cells to the human mind and spirit. True and permanent healing can occur when the right environment of balance in body, mind, and soul have been established. Furthermore, the medicines of nature, which include herbs and essential oils, will never become ineffective. Their therapeutic, divinely created properties are forever. Holistic medicine, incorporating essential oils, is based on a more encompassing paradigm employing medicine of permanent value.

A NEW AND BETTER SYSTEM

Therefore, it is inevitable that allopathic medicine, as we know it today, will eventually shrink into a very minor part of the health care system, dealing only with traumas, crises, and acute situations, while true health care, true healing, and true regimens of wellness will come from the concepts of natural medicine using plants and other natural substances as God made them and intended them for our benefit.

There will always be a need for allopathy because sometimes symptoms are serious and need to be dealt with directly before their causes can be diagnosed, resolved, and the healing can begin. But future health care will not primarily be allopathic in its approach. It will be holistic and natural and essential oils will be a fundamental and principal element of the new system.

The birth and labor of that new and better system is already well underway and progressing well. All of you who are educating yourselves in oils, herbs, nutrition, healthy life styles, and natural health care solutions are the midwives of the new system.

Biblical References for Essential Oils

Cinnamon Leaf Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Cinnamomum verum
Country of Origin: France
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: C (See Below for more information)
Color: Golden Brown
Strength of Aroma: Thin to Medium
CAUTION: Non-toxic; it is capable of causing sensitivity—particularly with mucous membranes. Use in proper dilution and avoid during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Exodus 30:23, Proverbs 7:17, Song of Solomon 4:14, Revelation 18:13

Hebrew Word: Strongs #7076, qinnamown {kin-naw-mone’}
Meaning: 1) cinnamon, 1a) fragrant bark used as spice. Origin: from an unused root (meaning “to erect”).

Cypress Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Cupressus sempervirens
Country of Origin: France
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Pale Yellow
Strength of Aroma: Medium
CAUTION: Non-toxic; avoid during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Isaiah 44:14

Hebrew Word: Strongs #8645 tirzah {teer-zaw’}
Meaning: 1) a type of tree, 1a) perhaps the cypress, holm-tree, 1b) meaning very dubious.

Frankincense Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Boswellia Frereana
Country of Origin: India
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Pale Yellow Green
Strength of Aroma: Strong
CAUTION: Frankincense oil is non-toxic and non-irritant and could be used by most people.

Biblical References: Exodus 30:34, Leviticus 2:1, Leviticus 2:2, Leviticus 2:15, Leviticus 2:16, Leviticus 5:11, Leviticus 6:15, Leviticus 24:7, Numbers 5:15, 1 Chronicles 9:29, Nehemiah 13:5, Nehemiah 13:9, Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 4:6, Song of Solomon 4:14, Matthew 2:11, Revelation 18:13.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #3828 lebownah {leb-o-naw’}
Meaning: 1) frankincense, 1a) a white resin burned as fragrant incense used in compounding the holy incense.

Galbanum Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Ferula Galbaniflua
Country of Origin: Turkey
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Colorless to Pale Yellow or Pale olive Yellow
Strength of Aroma: Medium
CAUTION: Use well diluted and avoid during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Exodus 30:34.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #2464 chelbenah {khel-ben-aw’}
Meaning: 1) galbanum, 1a) a kind of resin or gum, ingredient of the holy incense.

Hyssop Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Hyssopus officinalis
Country of Origin: Slovenja
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: F, I, J, L
Color: Pale Yellow Green
Strength of Aroma: Sweetly medicinal
CAUTION: Contains pinocamphone and should be used in moderation. Avoid during pregnancy. If suffering from epilepsy, do not use Hyssop.

Biblical References: Exodus 12:22, Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 19:6, Numbers 19:18, 1 Kings 4:33, Psalm 51:7, John 19:29, Hebrews 9:19.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #231 ‘ezowb {ay-zobe’}
Meaning: 1) hyssop, a plant used for medicinal and religious purposes.

Myrrh Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Commiphora myrrha
Country of Origin: Egypt
Extraction Method: Solvent
Safety: A, D
Color: Dark Brown
Strength of Aroma: Medium
CAUTION: Myrrh can be possibly toxic in high concentrations, and should not be used during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Genesis 37:25, Genesis 43:11, Genesis 43:11, Exodus 30:23, Esther 2:12, Psalm 45:8, Proverbs 7:17, Song of Solomon 1:13, Song of Solomon 3:6, Song of Solomon 4:6, Song of Solomon 4:14, Song of Solomon 5:1, Song of Solomon 5:5, Song of Solomon 5:13, Matthew 2:11, Mark 15:23, John 19:39.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #4753 mowr {more}
Meaning: 1) myrrh, 1a) an Arabian gum from the bark of a tree, used in sacred oil and in perfume.

Myrtle Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Myrtus communis
Country of Origin: France
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Pale yellow to orange essential oil
Strength of Aroma: Medium
CAUTION: None known.

Biblical References: Nehemiah 8:15, Isaiah 41:19, Isaiah 55:13, Zechariah 1:8, Zechariah 1:10, Zechariah 1:11.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #1918 hadac {had-as’}
Meaning: 1) myrtle (tree).

Onycha Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Styrax benzoin
Country of Origin: India
Extraction Method: Solvent (food grade) extraction
Safety: A
Color: Golden brown
Strength of Aroma: Medium
CAUTION: No known toxicity.

Biblical References: Exodus 30:34.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #7827 shecheleth {shekh-ay’-leth}
Meaning: 1) onycha, 1a) an ingredient used in the holy incense. Origin: apparently from the same as 07826 through some obscure idea, perhaps that of peeling off by concussion of sound.

Rose of Sharon Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Cistus Ladanifer
Country of Origin: India
Extraction Method: Solvent Extraction
Safety: A
Color: Sticky Dark Brown
Strength of Aroma: Strong
CAUTION: Generally non-toxic, non-irritant, non-sensitizing. Avoid during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Song of Solomon 2:1.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #2261, Meaning: 1) meadow-saffron, crocus, rose.

Spikenard Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Nardostachys jatamansi
Country of Origin: Nepal
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: K
Color: Pale Golden Yellow
Strength of Aroma: Medium-Strong
CAUTION: Spikenard should be avoided during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Song of Solomon 1:12, Song of Solomon 4:13, Song of Solomon 4:14.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #5373 nerd {nayrd}
Meaning: 1) spikenard, nard, 1a) an odoriferous aromatic plant from India.

Lavender French Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Lavandula dentata
Country of Origin: France
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Pale yellow with a tint of green
Strength of Aroma: Strong
CAUTION: Non-toxic, non-irritant and non-sensitizing.

Biblical References: Mark 14:3, John 12:3.

Greek Word: Strongs #3487 nardos {nar’dos}
Meaning: 1) nard, the head or spike of a fragrant East Indian plant belonging to the genus Valerianna, which yields a juice of delicious odor which the ancients used (either pure or mixed) in the preparation of a most precious ointment, 2) nard oil or ointment.

Ancient Greek word for Lavender, not to be confused with the Spikenard mentioned in Song of Solomon.

Mint (Peppermint Japanese) Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Mentha arvensis
Country of Origin: China
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Pale off white to light yellow
Strength of Aroma: Medium to Strong
CAUTION: Peppermint Japanese can be sensitizing due to the menthol content.

Biblical References: Mathew 23:23, Luke 11:42.

Greek Word: Strongs #2238 heduosmon {hay-doo’-os-mon}
Meaning: 1) sweet smelling, garden mint, 1a) a kind of small odoriferous herb, with which the Jews used to scatter on the floors of their houses and synagogues.

Lemon Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Citrus Limonum
Country of Origin: Italy
Extraction Method: Cold Pressed
Safety: G
Color: A light yellow
Strength of Aroma: Medium to Strong
CAUTION: Non-toxic, but may cause skin irritation. Lemon is also phototoxic and should be avoided prior to exposure to direct sunlight.

Biblical References: Leviticus 23:40.

Hebrew Word: 1926 hadar {haw-dawr’}
Meaning: 1) ornament, splendor, honor, 1a) ornament, 1b) splendor, majesty, 1c) honor, glory.

Aloes/Pomegranate Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Aquilaria agallocha
Country of Origin: Assam, India
Extraction Method: CO2 Extraction
Safety: A
Strength of Aroma: Soft

Pomegranate: Punica granatum
Safety: K
Strength of Aroma: Soft

Biblical References: Numbers 24:6, Psalm 45:8, Proverbs 7:17, Song of Solomon 4:14, John 19:39.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #0174 ‘ahaliym {a-haw-leem’}
Meaning: 1) aloes, aloe tree, 1a) aloe tree.

Pomegranate Biblical References: Exodus 28:34, Exodus 39:26, 1 Samuel 14:2, Song of Solomon 4:3, Song of Solomon 6:7, Song of Solomon 8:2, Joel 1:12, Haggai 2:19, Exodus 28:33, Exodus 39:24, Exodus 39:25, Numbers 13:23, Numbers 20:5, Deuteronomy 8:8, 1 Kings 7:18, 1 Kings 7:20, 1 Kings 7:42, 2 Kings 25:17, 2 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 4:13, Song of Solomon 4:13, Song of Solomon 6:11, Song of Solomon 7:12, Jeremiah 52:22, Jeremiah 52:23.

Cassia Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Cinnamomum cassia
Country of Origin: China
Extraction Method: Steam Distilled
Safety: B
Color: Dark Brown
Strength of Aroma: Strong
CAUTION: Dermal Irritant, Sensitizer; avoid if pregnant.

Biblical References: Exodus 30:24, Psalm 45:8, Ezekiel 27:19.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #6916 qiddah {kid-daw’}
Meaning: 1) a spice—cassia.

Hebrew Word: #7102 qetsiy`ah {kets-ee-aw’}
Meaning: 1) cassia, 1a) a spice; a powdered bark like cinnamon.

Cedarwood, Atlas Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Cedrus atlantica
Country of Origin: USA
Extraction Method: Steam Distillation
Safety: A
Color: Light Golden, Yellow
Strength of Aroma: Medium to Strong
CAUTION: Non-toxic, non-irritant. Avoid during pregnancy.

Biblical References: Leviticus 14:4, Leviticus 14:6, Leviticus 14:49, Leviticus 14:51, Leviticus 14:52, Numbers 19:6, Numbers 24:6, 2 Samuel 5:11, 2 Samuel 7:2, 2 Samuel 7:7, 1 Kings 4:33, 1 Kings 5:6, 1 Kings 5:8, 1 Kings 5:10, 1 Kings 6:9, 1 Kings 6:10, 1 Kings 6:15, 1 Kings 6:16, 1 Kings 6:18, 1 Kings 6:20, 1 Kings 6:36, 1 Kings 7:2, 1 Kings 7:3, 1 Kings 7:7, 1 Kings 7:12, 1 Kings 9:11, 2 Kings 14:9, 2 Kings 19:23, 1 Chronicles 22:4, 2 Chronicles 1:15, 2 Chronicles 2:8, 2 Chronicles 9:27, 2 Chronicles 25:18, Ezra 3:7, Job 40:17, Psalm 92:12, Song of Solomon 1:17, Song of Solomon 8:9, Isaiah 41:19, Jeremiah 22:14, Jereimiah 22:15, Ezekiel 17:3, Ezekiel 17:22, Ezekiel 17:23, Ezekiel 27:24, Ezekiel 31:3, Zephaniah 2:14, Zechariah 11:2.

Cinnamon Bark Essential Oil
Scientific Name: Cinnamomum zeylanicum
Country of Origin: France
Extraction Method: CO2 Extraction
Color: Reddish Brown
Strength of Aroma: Medium to Strong
Safety: C
CAUTION: Cinnamon Bark essential oil can be irritating to the skin and mucous membranes—particularly in large doses. It should always be used in dilution.

Biblical References: Exodus 30:23, Proverbs 7:17, Song of Solomon 4:14, Revelation 18:13.

Hebrew Word: Strongs #7076 qinnamown {kin-naw-mone’}
Meaning: 1) cinnamon, 1a) fragrant bark used as spice. Origin: from an unused root (meaning “to erect”).

SAFETY RATINGS
We use only essential oils that have been obtained from a highly-reputable company that have a safety code to identify additional safety precautions for each essential oil.

A: Generally considered safe.

B: Skin Irritant (strong) and mucous membrane irritant (moderate). Restrict level of use in products.

C: Skin and mucous membrane irritant. Dilution required.

D: Oil may cause skin irritation in people with very sensitive skin or damaged skin, or can cause and allergic reaction.

E: Very sensitizing allergen which could cause dermatitis. Use caution.

F: Oil should be used in moderation due to toxicity levels

G: Photosensitivity – direct exposure to sunlight after use could cause dermatitis.

H: Hazardous oral toxin.

I: Avoid if you have high blood pressure.

J: Avoid if you have epilepsy.

K: No formal testing.

L: Avoid if you have diabetes.

Please note, the International Federation of Aromatherapists do not recommend that Essential Oils be taken internally unless under the supervision of a Medical Doctor who is also qualified in clinical Aromatherapy.

The information on the Heal With Oil Website is obtained from current and reliable sources but makes no representation as to its comprehensiveness or accuracy. Nothing contained herein should be considered as a recommendation by Rebecca At The Well as to the fitness for any use.

Essential Oils combat Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis

DATELINE ATLANTA, MAY 30, 2007—A man with a form of Tuberculosis (TB) so dangerous he is under the first U.S. Government-ordered quarantine since 1963 has health officials around the world scrambling to find about 80 passengers who sat within five rows of him on two trans-Atlantic flights.

Health officials worry about “multi-drug-resistant” TB, which can withstand the mainline antibiotics Isoniazid and Rifampin. The man was infected with something even worse—“extensively drug-resistant” TB, also called XDR-TB, which resists many drugs used to treat the infection. There have been 17 U.S. XDR-TB cases since 2000, according to CDC statistics (Associated Press, May 30, 2007).

WHAT EXACTLY IS TUBERCULOSIS?

Tuberculosis (TB) is a highly contagious lung disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. The germs are spread via coughs, sneezes, and physical contact. The most worrisome aspect of this disease is its latency. Those infected may harbor the germs for years; yet display no outward or visible signs of infection. However, when the immune system becomes challenged or down regulated due to stress, candida, diabetes, or other factors, the bacteria can become reactivated and develop into full-blown TB.

CAN ESSENTIAL OILS HELP?

Because essential oils have broad-spectrum antimicrobial properties, they can be diffused to prevent the spread of airborne bacteria like Mycobacterium tuberculosis.

TB is a mycobacterium; and since we know TB is an airborne bacteria our first consideration might be a blend of essential oils proven to have a 99.96% kill rate against ALL airborne bacteria (Weber State University 1997, Dr. Sue Chao). The bottom line is that Therapeutic Grade A anti-microbial and anti-bacterial oils are the only proven substances to withstand and destroy any known pathogen. And these oils cannot be patented or compromised, because there are no two oils alike; consequently, the bacterium cannot morph itself to avoid the proven power of the oils.

Many essential oils have also been shown to be immune-stimulating, keeping the bodies defense system strong.

A Rose is a Rose is a Rose

by David Stewart, Ph.D., R.A.

Most men and women enjoy perfumes, whether they are colognes, aftershave lotions, sachets, or costly potions to titillate emotions. There are perfumes for the morning, for the working day, for occasions of entertainment, for the evening, and for the night. Some people wear different fragrances according the occasion and the time of day. People usually wear fragrances for a purpose.

Flowers do the same. If you have a rose garden, you may have sampled their perfumes individually by putting your nose right into the bloom. If you haven’t done this, I recommend it. The first thing you will notice is that every variety of rose has its own distinct signature of scent.

People are like that, too. They pick perfumes that suit their personalities, which is an individual thing for each person. We express our personalities through our choices of the scents we choose to wear. Roses do the same. From an individual rose’s point of view, they want to be a rose that stands out, one that is different from the rest of the bushes and even from every other rose on the same bush. Try smelling several roses on the same bush and you will learn that there is not just one scent associated with that variety, but a suite of scents. While each rose flower shares the common characteristics of its family, it expresses a unique individuality as well.

Another thing you will notice about roses is that they also change their perfumes with the time of day. What they wear in the morning won’t be the same as in the afternoon or night. Jasmine, for example, attracts certain night flying insects. Hence, its strongest fragrance is released after midnight, before sunrise. Since the primary purpose of a flower’s odor is to attract pollinating insects, adjusting scents throughout the day actually attracts different insects at different times, just as different insects come out at different times from early morning, to late afternoon, to evening, and through the dark of night.

Flower fragrances also change with the aging of the bloom. You will notice in smelling your rose blossoms closely and individually that what they waft as a new partially opened bud is not the same as in the mature blossom. Scents are normally not strong in the bud because at that time, the petals are not yet open and ready for pollinating visitors. It is when they are newly and fully opened that their perfume is the strongest. When a flower ages and its pollination is complete, it loses its scent, its purpose having been fulfilled. All of this is something you can experience in your own rose garden (or someone else’s).

Gertrude Stein has aptly said in her poetry, “A rose is a rose is a rose” (Sacred Emily, 1913). It was her attempt to express the inexpressible singular beauty, touch, and fragrance of a rose. Rose oil is probably the most expensive of all essential oils and has the highest electromagnetic frequency (320 MHz). Thousands of pounds of petals are required to distill even one pound of precious oil. Its aroma is physically, mentally, and spiritually elevating. Many eyewitnesses to miracles, visions, and spiritual manifestations have reported the scent of roses lingering about the site of the experience.

Most people cannot afford to purchase rose oil, but you don’t have to wait until you buy it to experience it. It is available at no cost to everyone. Just find a blooming raised bush and start inhaling. What you will receive is true, pure, unadulterated rose oil directly from the flower itself. You will also enjoy the visual beauty of its appearance at the same time. By caressing the flowers gently with your fingers and by letting your nose come into contact with the velvet surface of the petals, you will experience the rose with three senses, not just one: sight, smell, and touch. Some people even eat rose petals, thus engaging the sense of taste, taking traces of the oil internally.

This is the way God originally meant for us to enjoy essential oils, by inhaling and contacting them directly from nature the way Adam and Eve did in the Garden of Eden (Genesis 2:8). In our busy lives, we mustn’t forget to stop once in a while to smell the roses.

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The healing power of rose treats most dangerous diseases.

Rose is an astonishingly beautiful flower, which is why it is poetized and immortalized in legends. Long ago, the first rose was raised from an ordinary dog-rose by an unknown gardener about four thousand years ago.

Ancient doctors used rose water to treat upset nerves, fumed patients suffering from lungs diseases with rose incense, and gave extracts of rose petals to patients suffering from heart and kidney diseases.

Attar of roses is the basic medical component of roses; it stimulates and harmonizes immune and nervous systems. It also improves the activity of endocrine glands, removes sclerous disorders in organs and revives cells. Attar of roses is good for the digestive tract as it heals mucous membranes, fights disbacteriosis and fermentative deficiency in the stomach and intestine.

Rose petals contain vitamin C, carotene, B group vitamins and vitamin K, which are essential for haemopoesis. Almost all mineral substances of Mendeleyev’s periodic table can be found in rose petals. They contain calcium that influences metabolism and assimilation of foodstuffs; potassium, which is important for normal heart activity; copper that participates in haemopoesis and improves activity of endocrine glands; iodine that is good for thyroid gland. Rose is virtually a universal natural medicine.

It is recommended to collect rose petals early in the morning when the air is clean and humid, better after rain or abundant dew. Blossomed out but not fading roses will do for collection of petals. When collected, rose petals should be immediately dried or used for treatment without washing to preserve their health-giving components. Collected rose petals may be used for making extracts, decoctions, rose water or attar of roses.

Bacteria die within five minutes when contacted with fresh rose petals which makes rose a perfect medicine for fighting skin diseases. Fresh rose petals will help cure festering wounds and burns; they may also alleviate allergic itching.

The powder of dried rose petals mixed with honey is an effective medicine against mouth inflammations, stomatitis and paradontose. The mixture should be rubbed into inflamed gums. Headaches, sickness and weakness can be cured with inhalation of roses and attar of roses. Rose inhalations are also recommended to people with poor nervous systems, neurosis and depression. A bowl with hot water and rose petals is effective for head colds, cough and flu.

Attar of roses perfectly tones up the cardiac muscle, which is why doctors prescribe rose inhalations for stenocardia treatment. A rose petal bath is a perfect remedy against nervous diseases; it tones, rejuvenates, relieves anxiety and purifies skin. Pour boiling water over half a glass of rose petals and infuse in a closed bowl to preserve attar of roses. Pour the infusion and the petals into the bath; the infusion’s healing power will be stronger if beetroot juice is added to this bath.

Applying rose water to the body is beneficial to those with nervous disorders, and can be done everyday for two weeks. Pour a glass of boiling water over 10g of rose petals and infuse in a covered bowl. Spray the upper third of the back with warm rose water. This also strengthens the nervous system and immunity in healthy people. Warm rose water foot baths help cure rheumatism; hot compress with rose water applied to sacrum is good against radiculitis. Wrap a bed sheet moistened with rose water around the body to tone up the organism after a surgical operation.

Tea made of rose petals (a teaspoon of dried rose petals per a glass of boiling water) is good against colds, pharyngitis, bronchitis and various neuroses; it is a vitamin-rich drink as well. Rose petal jam is a wonderful natural medicine.

If rose therapy is not available you may use dog-rose as its characteristics are the same as of roses. Hips are to be collected within the period of late August to October when they are still hard. Green hips will not do for drying as they contain fewer vitamins. Fresh hips should be dried in the shade away from direct sunrays. A special dryer or an oven (at temperature of 80-100 degrees centigrade) is even better.

The content of ascorbic acid in hips is ten times more than in blackcurrant, 50 times more than in lemon and 100 times more than in apples. At that, the supply of vitamin C depends upon the area of dog-rose vegetation. Hips collected in the north contain more vitamin C than hips collected in the south. Hips grown in the mountains or sunlit places contain more ascorbic acid than those grown in plains or shaded areas.

Dog-rose has a natural concentrate of vitamins; besides vitamin C it contains vitamins B1, B2, P, K and carotene. That is why hips extracts, decoctions and syrup are ideal medicines and prophylactics against beri-beri and hypovitaminosis. To make hips extracts and infusions even more effective add some honey or lemon juice before drinking. This is a unique medicine against colds, flu, chronic bronchitis, lung diseases, stomach and duodenum ulcers and others. If mixed with carrot juice, hips extract will contain almost all vitamins and minerals that people need.

To make a healing beverage against colds, flu and bronchitis mix two portions of dried hips with one portion of dried nettle leaves. Drink half a glass of the beverage twice a day with honey.

Hips are perfect surrogate of coffee; they are as aromatic and tasty as coffee beans. Grind a teaspoon of dried and fried hips and pour a glass of boiling water over the powder. Let it brew for some time before drinking with milk and sugar.

Eucalyptus Essential Oil

Eucalyptus essential oil, a native of Australia, comes from the Eucalyptus Radiata tree, which can grow to the majestic heights of 270 feet. Young trees have oval-shaped bluish green leaves, while the more mature trees have long, narrow leaves and bear creamy-white flowers with a pale green bark.

This clear therapeutic grade essential oil has a strong herbaceous scent with a soft woody undertone.

Eucalyptus is a welcomed addition to every medicine cabinet for its ability to fight colds, flu and fever. It is anti-inflammatory, antispasmodic, antiviral, deodorant, antiseptic, decongestant, antibacterial and stimulating. It is also effective for respiratory problems such as cough, sore throat, asthma, nasal congestion, bronchitis, and sinusitis.

It also has a wonderful effect on wounds, because when it is exposed to air ozone is formed which is an antiseptic. Eucalyptus essential oil helps to heal skin infections, sores, ulcers, wounds, burns, cuts and scrapes. It also a works on lice, insect bites and stings.

Eucalyptus helps with muscle and joint pain. By massaging this analgesic oil into the skin, it can relieve pain caused by rheumatism, sprained tendons and ligaments, lumbago, stiff muscles and nerve pain.

Eucalyptus’ therapeutic value extends to rejuvenating the body with a cooling refreshing effect. The oil helps with exhaustion and mental sluggishness. It is effective against stress and mental disorders.

Like Clove essential oil, Eucalyptus helps with dental problems. It is effective against cavities, plaque, gingivitis and other infections due to its germicidal properties. It is an ingredient in mouthwashes and toothpastes.

Eucalyptus has also been found to help with diabetes.

It can be used as a room freshener, in soaps, detergents and household cleaners, and is found in many over-the-counter cold medicines.

Eucalyptus blends well with Rosemary, Lavender, Cedarwood, and Frankincense.

Blending Your Own Fragrances

Creating your own fragrance or blend using your biblical essential oils will be one of your most satisfying aspects in using your oils. Whether your blend is for therapeutic purpose or merely for its wonderful aroma, you will be practicing the art of the apothecary and acting as priest of your body, which is the temple of the Holy Spirit. 1 Corinthians 6:19 says, “What? Know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost [which is] in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own?” Certainly, the responsibility of the care and health of your body belongs to you and not to a doctor or another individual.

There are two types of blending you can do: therapeutic and aromatic. Whether you are blending for therapeutic benefits or just for aroma, be sure to pay close attention to the contraindications of any oil you choose and safety guidelines regarding its use. For instance, if you are creating a blend to aid in an upper respiratory condition (such as congestion) but suffer from epilepsy, you will not want to use Hyssop as it could cause a seizure.

You will also want to make sure the essential oils you choose for your blend won’t contradict the effect you desire. For instance, if you are creating a blend to enhance deep sleep, you want to avoid using oils that spark energy (such as Cypress), keeping you alert and awake.

The aromatic description listed under each oil, along with its use, will help you get started. For more information, there are several books available online and at your local bookstore that can provide you with greater detail and information on how to use and blend oils. It will be worth the investment to get several resources and have them on hand for these last days!

The Power of Cinnamon – Inhibit Mold, Lower Blood Sugar, and more!

A study in the International Journal of Food Microbiology found that adding a few drops of Cinnamon essential oil to carrot broth inhibited the growth of bacteria for 60 days. So powerful was the effect that the researchers called it a viable “alternative to traditional food preservatives.”

Even with bread already tainted with mold, wax paper made with 6 percent Cinnamon oil inhibited mold growth by 96 percent, prolonging freshness by up to 10 days. Plain wax paper did not slow the mold at all. This natural mold inhibitor could extend the shelf life of many foods and reduce waste in a safe manner, unlike most food preservatives.

Cinnamon extracts not only fight bacteria, but also fungus, including the yeast Candida. Some experts have suggested using its anti-viral properties to:

1. Disinfect the air against infectious diseases in airports.

2. Act as an alternative to the flu vaccine.

3. Use it in air conditioning systems in hospitals to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Among this spice’s most impressive health benefits is its impact on blood sugar and ability to improve diabetes.

For example, just half a teaspoon of Cinnamon a day was shown to significantly reduce blood sugar levels, triglycerides, LDL (bad) cholesterol and total cholesterol levels in people with type 2 diabetes.

Another study found that the spice increased glucose metabolism by about 20 times, which would significantly improve one’s ability to regulate blood sugar. Cinnamon has even previously been indicated as a potential insulin substitute for those with type 2 diabetes—researchers have found that Cinnamon contains a bioactive component with “insulin-like” effects.

Cinnamon lowers blood sugar by acting on several different levels. It slows the emptying of the stomach to reduce sharp rises in blood sugar following meals and improves the effectiveness, or sensitivity, of insulin. It also enhances antioxidant defenses.

Researchers have suggested people with diabetes may see improvements by adding 1/4-1 teaspoon of Cinnamon to their food.

Cinnamon’s other benefits:

– Supports digestive function
– Relieves congestion
– Eases pain and stiffness of muscles and joints
– Has anti-inflammatory compounds that may relieve arthritis
– Prevents urinary tract infections, tooth decay and gum disease
– Relieves menstrual discomfort
– Has blood-thinning compounds that stimulate circulation

Essential Oils for Fibromyalgia

Fibromyalgia is an autoimmune disorder of soft tissue. (By contrast, arthritis occurs in the joints.) Symptoms include general body pain, in some parts worse than others, usually brought on by short periods of exercise. The pain is ubiquitous and continuous. It interrupts sleep patterns so that the fourth stage of sleep is never attained, and thus the body cannot rejuvenate and heal. Fibromyalgia is an acid condition in which the liver is toxic. The best natural treatments for fibromyalgia are omega-3 fats such as flax seeds, proteolytic enzymes such as bromelain, pancreatin, and MSM. According to UCLA researcher, Ronald Lawrence, M.D. Ph. D., supplementation with MSM offers a breakthrough in the treatment of fibromyalgia. When fluid pressure inside cells is higher than outside, pain is experienced. The MSM found in Sulfurzme equalizes fluid pressure inside cells by affecting the protein envelope of the cell so that water transfers freely in and out.

FIRST RECOMMENDATIONS: Frankincense, Wintergreen, Copaiba, Sulfurzyme, and Essentialzyme.

OTHER SINGLE OILS: German Chamomile, Nutmeg, and Idaho Balsam Fir.

FIBROMYALGIA BLEND:
8 drops Idaho Balsam Fir
6 drops White Fir
4 drops Wintergreen
2 drops Spruce

ESSENTIAL OIL APPLICATION METHODS
Topical: Dilute one part essential oil with one part carrier oil, and gently massage 2-4 drops on pain.
Compress: Apply essential oils topically, and then soak a washcloth in warm water and apply on location three times a week.
Body Massage: Weekly.
Dietary Supplements: Myrrh gum resin, Polyzyme, Super C Chewable, and MultiGreen.

FIBROMYALGIA REGIMEN:
Use 2 Tablespoons Sulfurzyme daily.
Eat less acidic foods and more alkaline foods, such as wheat sprouts or barley sprouts.
MultiGreens: up to four times daily.
Super C: 4-6 tablets daily.

These statements have not been evaluated by the FDA. Products and techniques mentioned are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease. Information provided here is in no way intended to replace proper medical help. Consult with the health authorities of your choice.

Biblical Essential Oils with Powerful Healing Properties for Every Body System

Circulatory/Cardiovascular:

Cypress Essential Oil
Frankincense Essential Oil

Cypress supports improved circulation. Apply topically to cellulite and fluid retention.

Digestive/Cleansing:

Galbanum Essential Oil
Hyssop Essential Oil
Myrrh Essential Oil
Spikenard Essential Oil

Apply essential oils topically to soothe indigestion. Hyssop and Myrrh are anti-parasitic.

Hormonal:

Myrtle Essential Oil
Myrrh Essential Oil

These are traditional tonics for the hormonal system. Apply topically or diffuse Myrtle.

Immune:

Cassia Essential Oil
Frankincense Essential Oil
Myrrh Essential Oil
Myrtle Essential Oil

Builds immune system when essential oils are inhaled and applied topically. Dilute Cassia.

Nerves/Emotions:

Cedarwood Essential Oil
Rose of Sharon Essential Oil
Cypress Essential Oil
Frankincense Essential Oil
Myrrh Essential Oil
Spikenard Essential Oil
Aloes/Sandalwood Essential Oil

Cedarwood and Frankincense are high in sequiterpenes, and help overcome stress and depression. Diffuse essential oils and apply topically.

Skin/Hair:

Spikenard Essential Oil
Myrrh Essential Oil
Cypress Essential Oil
Cedarwood Essential Oil
Rose of Sharon Essential Oil
Aloes/Sandalwood Essential Oil

Sandalwood soothes normal, dry and troubled skin. Spikenard is great for wrinkles; Myrrh and Rose of Sharon are also good for wrinkles and wounds that won’t heal.

Respiratory:

Myrtle Essential Oil
Hyssop Essential Oil
Frankincense Essential Oil
Cedarwood Essential Oil
Rose of Sharon Essential Oil

To support respiratory conditions, rub essential oils on chest and back. Inhale or diffuse essential oils.