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.

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.

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.

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.

Essential Oil Eats Petrochemicals

Therapeutic grade essential oils eat petrochemicals.

They “sacrifice” themselves to clean up a toxic environment. The good news is that they clean up the petrochemicals in our bodies too.

Here is one friend’s favorite demonstration:

1. Take a styrofoam cup—the epitome of a petrochemical.
2. Place a drop of Lemon essential oil on it—the same Lemon that you can use in your drinking water.
3. Watch how the Lemon eats the styrofoam cup.

When you try to think of ways to clean your body up of the petrochemical exposure that it gets—think of the essential oils.

Ten Essential Oils You Will Want to Diffuse – And Why!

Aromatherapy means “to treat with aroma through inhalation.” Although there are other applications for Aromatherapy, if you would like to be proactive about your health and wellness, and particularly the state of your emotions, then diffusing essential oils is the most practical and effective way to enjoy their benefits!

Why inhale essential oils in the first place? Because essential oils affect the brain and the brain affects the rest of us! Essential oils, naturally, have the ability to help us by bringing about calmness or alertness. They can stimulate appetite or a feeling of being full. They can help us feel romantic, grounded, and empowered. They bring back memories and help release trauma. In short, essential oils affect the way we feel and the way we feel affects everything!

Below is a list of 10 pleasant-smelling, Therapeutic Grade Essential Oils to diffuse and enjoy!

Cassia – This oil is antibacterial, antiviral and antifungal, making it a wonderful oil to have in your breathing space when people are coughing all around you. And it smells a little like Candy!

Clary Sage – This oil is believed to be beneficial for hormone balance, insomnia, and other symptoms of PMS. You may find it calms you, making it a wonderful oil to diffuse during stressfull [and hormone-upset] times!

Cedarwood – An oil high in sesquiterpenes which means it can affect the emotion centre of the brain. It also encourages the pineal gland to release melatonin which fosters deep sleep. Breathe in this oil during times of congestion, coughs, and bronchitis.

Frankincense – Diffuse this fragrant oil when you would like to increases spiritual awareness and stay focused when you are meditating. Breathing in Frankincense may also improve your attitude and elevate your spirits!

Geranium – Another great oil for stress. While it calms and balances you, it may help to release negative memories. Diffusing this oil may bring you to a higher level of well-being emotionally so you feel more peaceful and optomistic.

German Chamomile – Diffuse this oil for a “breath of calm” in a busy day! German Chamomile may help you to dispell anger and steady your feelings bringing you back to a clear, calm state of mind, helpng you to feel better emotionally and to sleep well.

Lavender – This wonderful oil is well known for its calming, relaxing and balancing effect on the emotions. These properties make it a good oil to diffuse when you are dealing with nervous tension, high blood pressure or depression. Diffuse this in the bedroom for a good nights rest.

Lemongrass – This oil is fun to diffuse because it helps to make one more intuitive. It is also purifying and a natural insect repellent. Diffuse it to stay awake and feel less irritable!

Ylang Ylang – This relaxing fragrance balances male-female energies. It seems to give you what you need to come into balance. It brings your energy up if it is low and helps to calm you if you need grounding! It also has aphrodisiac properties. Think: calm, balance, confidence, peace, joy.

Peppermint – This fresh cool-scented essential oil is known as “The Happy Oil”. If you are on a weight-reduction diet, you may like to know that Peppermint has been studied for its ability to affect the brain’s satiety center; the part of the brain that makes us feel full after we’ve eaten enough! It’s also good for headaches, focusing, and depression and can help clear the sinuses!

These comments are not meant to diagnose, treat nor replace conventional medical treatment.

References:
Essential Oils Integrative Medical Guide by D. Gary Young
Aromatherapy for Common Ailments by Shirley Price
Aromatherapy For Dummies (I couldn’t resist!)

Information complied by: Lori Gosselin Lori has been studying and sharing information on essential oils since 1997. She has witnessed many profound changes in people when they begin diffusing essential oils into their everyday lives. Together with her family she started Terra Cotta Pendants in 2003. Terra Cotta Pendants, the “diffusers that you wear”, allow you to experience the desired benefits of a chosen oil, via inhalation, effectively and effortlessly throughout your day.

Essential Oils Kill MRSA Bacteria

“ESSENTIAL OILS FOUND TO FIGHT (MRSA) IN HOSPITALS”
Feb 15, 2002 – DALLAS – REUTERS’ HEALTH NEWS

“A pair of orthopedic surgeons report that two essential oils, Eucalyptus and Tea Tree oil (Melaleuca), are surprisingly effective at treating Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA) infections.”

“Aromatherapy oils ‘kill superbug.’”

Essential oils could kill the deadly MRSA hospital super-bug, scientists have claimed. University of Manchester researchers found three oils, usually used in aromatherapy, destroyed MRSA and E. coli bacteria in two minutes.

Essential oils have been found to kill the deadly MRSA bacteria

Published: Tuesday, 21 December 2004

Medical Research News
Essential oils usually used in aromatherapy have been found to kill the deadly MRSA bacteria according to research carried out at The University of Manchester.

Tests revealed that three essential oils killed MRSA and E. coli as well as many other bacteria and fungi within just two minutes of contact. The oils can easily be blended and made into soaps and shampoos which could be used by hospital staff, doctors and patients in a bid to eradicate the spread of these deadly ‘super bugs.’

Researchers are now desperately looking for funding to develop their work and carry out a clinical trial. Peter Warn from the University’s Faculty of Medicine who worked on the research said: “We believe that our discovery could revolutionize the fight to combat MRSA and other ‘super bugs,’ but we need to carry out a trial and to do that we need a small amount of funding, around £30,000.

“We are having problems finding this funding because essential oils cannot be patented as they are naturally occurring, so few drug companies are interested in our work as they do not see it as commercially viable. Obviously, we find this very frustrating as we believe our findings could help to stamp out MRSA and save lives,” added Peter, who is based at Hope Hospital.

Essential oils are chemical compounds found within aromatic plants, which the plants use to fight off infections. Researchers tested 40 essential oils against ten of the most deadly bacteria and fungi. Two of these oils killed MRSA and E. coli almost instantly, while a third was shown to act over a longer period of time, meaning that any soaps or shampoos made by blending these three oils would be effective over a period of time.

Jacqui Stringer who is Clinical Lead of Complementary Therapies at the Christie Hospital instigated the research and said: “The use of plants in medicine is nothing new but some people regard the use of essential oils as unconventional. Our research shows a very practical application, which could be of enormous benefit to the NHS and its patients.

“The reason essential oils are so effective is because they are made up of a complex mixture of chemical compounds which the MRSA and other super bug bacteria finds difficult to resist. The problem with current treatments is that they are made of single compounds, which MRSA relatively quickly becomes resistant to, so treatment is only successful in around 50% of cases.

“While a wide range of products currently exist to help prevent the spread of MRSA these are often unpleasant for patients as their application can cause skin irritation. MRSA is often carried inside the nose which means that patients often have to insert treatments up their nostrils, whereas these essential oils can simply be inhaled to prevent the patient being at risk,” added Jacqui.

Jacqui works with leukemia patients at the Christie Hospital using essential oils to help in their treatment. Patients receiving treatment for cancer and leukemia are often left with weakened immune systems, which makes them vulnerable to infection from MRSA.

The National Audit Office estimates that infections such as MRSA kill 5,000 people each year and hospital-acquired infections cost the NHS around £1 billion a year.

http://www.manchester.ac.uk
http://www.news-medical.net/print_article.asp?id=697

Essential Oils Help Treat Autism and ADD/ADHD

Researchers believe that gastrointestinal disorders may be linked to the brain dysfunctions that cause autism. Recent studies have shown that there are beneficial effects of enzyme-based therapy for Autism spectrum disorders.

In a study conducted by Dr. Timothy Buie, a pediatric gastroenterologist from Harvard/Mass General hospital, forty-six patients between the ages of 5 and 31 were selected for inclusion in a study based on a diagnosis placing them in the category of the Autism spectrum disorders, ADD and ADHD. Their diets were supplemented with a dietary enzyme formulation. The results: the enzyme formula beneficially and safely affected all thirteen of the parameters measured; improvements ranged from 50-90% depending on the parameters. The enzyme was effective at improving the symptoms such as socialization, hyperactivity, attention, eye contact, comprehension and compulsions.

For both ADD/ADHD and Autism, stimulation of the limbic region of the brain may also help treat these disorders. The aromas from therapeutic essential oils have a powerful ability to stimulate this part of the brain, since the sense of smell is tied directly to the mind’s emotional and hormonal centers. As a result, the aroma of an essential oil has the potential to exert a powerful influence on ADD/ADHD and Autism.

In a two-year case study (1999-2001), Dr. Terry Friedmann, M.D., found significant results when children that had previously been diagnosed with ADD/ADHD were administered therapeutic essential oils by inhalation.

The essential oils Vetiver, Lavender, and Cedarwood were used.

The oils were administered in this fashion: one oil was administered by inhalation three times per day for 30 days. An inhalation device was also used at night to administer a continuous inhalation of oil.

The inhalation of the oils proved to settle the children’s brain waves back into normal patterns and improved their scholastic performance and behavioral patterns.

The final results:
Lavender increased performance by 53%.
Cedarwood increased performance by 83%.
Vetiver increased performance by 100%.

This study will be published in the American Medical Association Journal.

A Nail-Strengthening Essential Oil Combo

If you have weak, brittle nails, here’s a great combination of essential oils that strengthen nails.

What You Will Need:
2 drops Wheat Germ oil
2 drops Frankincense essential oil
2 drops Myrrh essential oil
2 drops Lemon essential oil

What To Do:
Rub on nails twice a week.

How to Make a Salt Glow

Here’s a simple and easy recipe for a Salt Glow.

What You Will Need:
1/4 cup Kosher salt
1/4 cup Epsom salt
1/4 cup Sea salt
2 ounces Hazelnut or Jojoba oil
20 drops essential oil(s)

What To Do: Mix ingredients together. Add 1 teaspoon of Salt Glow to your palm and moisten with water; apply to your skin and massage in a circular motion to exfoliate.

Balinese Tapestry Bath Salts

Let your mind escape to the Orient with the scents of soothing Lavender, zesty Grapefruit, and exotic Frankincense.

What You Will Need:
8 cups Epsom Salt
12 drops Lavender essential oil
6 drops Grapefruit essential oil
2 drops Frankincense essential oil

What To Do:
Using ceramic or wooden utensils, blend ingredients in a bowl. Use 1-2 cups in a full bathtub. Enjoy!

How to Make a Sugar Scrub

This is effective for your whole body.  If your facial skin is sensitive don’t scrub as hard as you would your feet. Use a plastic container to mix—glass may break in the bathroom. For storage, use glass.

Combine:
1/2 cup Olive oil (or Coconut oil)
1 cup Sugar
Few drops of your essential oil (Aloes/Pomegranate is nice!)

Do this in the bathroom.  Use small amounts at a time and massage gently on the skin.  You can leave it on for a minute or two for a tightening effect. Rinse.