I often here that using essential oils is overwhelming. I personally giggle a little inside when people say this because I find it to be quite the opposite. Yes, it took me a couple months to learn what oil works best but the basics are pretty easy to understand. By using my Modern Essential book, I have taught myself the basics and more. It really just boils down to taking a little time to read.
Do you ever look at the side effects of the over the counter drugs you "pop" daily? Do you read the paperwork given to you by your pharmacist on the side effects of the medicines your doctor prescribes? You should!
"The most serious side effect is liver damage due to large doses, chronic use or concomitant use with alcohol or other drugs that also damage the liver. Chronic alcohol use may also increase the risk of stomach bleeding."
Can you guess what drug this is?
Tylenol. Simple and "safe" right? As long as you don't take it with alcohol, take too much, on and on. Do you know how many OTC cold medicines contain Tylenol or acetaminophen? Even on the official Tylenol website it has a warning about liver damage.
So you are not sure how to get started? Well, my suggestion is to take baby steps. Take a look at the issues you are facing and pick one thing you want to replace your medicines with essential oils. Start small.
In my house, we started with two things. Heartburn for me while pregnant and helping my daughters get to sleep easier. That amounted to 3 oils. Lavender, Lemon and DigestZen.
For the girls, we started with a nightly regiment. Bath then a bit of a foot massage with the Lemon then Lavender. They were getting lotion so the addition of the oils was very simple. It was amazing to see the results. By the second night, they would ask to go to bed instead of the fight we had experienced prior to the oils.
DigestZen is safe to take while pregnant and it was the ONLY thing that kept me from feeling like a fire breathing dragon.
Since the success of the first week, I have done more research and more experimentation. This blog is a bit of a written record on that little adventure.
It is true that I am officially addicted to using the oils first then proceeding to prescribed and OTC medications. I just feel my oils work better, faster and are cheaper. I am not the only convert in my family.
Both my mother and my mother-in-law started treating one issue with the oils and found success. They both suffered from high blood pressure. Hypertension is a huge problem in this country. In the case with my mother-in- law, she started on one med and the side effects of that med led to another and another and another. She was up to 4 different meds to take care of one problem. She felt it was crazy and expensive even with insurance.
I told her about a blend my mother was trying since her medications were not working and giving her unbearable leg cramps.
The Hypertension Blend consists:
6 dropsYlang Ylang
6 drops Helichrysum
4 drops Frankincense
4 drops Marjoram
4 drops Cassia
25 drops coconut oil
Recommended applications include several drops applied with massage to the bottom of the feet, on the wrists, along the breast bone, massage over the heart, on the carotidal arteries, and to the back of the neck. Also diffusion might be effective, and adding the oil or blend to a bath (agitating the water often).Results? You bet they had results. My mother who was close to stroke level is now in the normal range. My mother-in-law is off 2 medications and weaning off the third. The oils work.
My mother was instrumental in my introduction and I am happy to say, I introduced my mother-in-law. She is now selling the oils as well and helping others in the Pacific Northwest find ways to take care of their health naturally.
Now, as a disclaimer, I am not a doctor and I am not telling you to stop your prescribed medications to switch to the oils. Some of you reading this, truly need what your doctor has prescribed. If you want to slowly switch over to the oils, go slow and listen to your body. Everyone's chemistry is different. Even your doctor will agree which is why there are multiple drugs to treat the same condition.
You have to make the choice on what you want to try. Great choices to start with would be stress management, sleep issues, digestion concerns, headaches, and allergies. Bigger health issues require a little research. A great website to do that research is Aromaticscience.com.
If you find yourself taking acetaminophen to combat the headache from too much coffee that you needed to wake yourself up from the sleeping pill you took last night because the appetite suppressant interrupts your sleep, you might want to give natural medicine a try.
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