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Essential oils -- I'm not sure there is a natural remedy that
has been more controversial over the last twelve years I've been
a naturopath. People either love them or hate them and the FDA
has done their best to crack down on what you can and can't say
about about essential oils, with the worshippers of all things
pharmaceutical wasting no time placing them into the category of
"quack."​In case you didn't know, an essential oil is a volatile
liquid carefully extracted from a plant that’s used medicinally
for all sorts of health imbalances. Once carefully extracted
these oils can be used for inhalation, ingestion, absorption, and
are used for all sorts of household and personal products like
laundry detergent, hand sanitizer, shampoo, toothpaste, and
skincare. It’s the chemical properties in these oils that provide
the benefit and once applied to the skin these properties hit the
blood stream within three seconds.​Despite what you may have been
led to believe, essential oils are not a trend, voodoo, or woo.
They’ve been around a long time, are mentioned over 188 times in
the Bible, were referenced in Chinese manuscripts and the Dead
Sea Scrolls, and were even used during the time of the ancient
Egyptians as medicine. People survived the bubonic plague thanks
to this stuff. No joke.​Here are just a few of the properties
scientifically associated with essential oils: They can be
antimicrobial, antiseptic, astringent, diuretic, anti-fungal,
anti-infectious, anti-bacterial, anti-depressant, anti-microbial,
anti-parasitic, anti-spasmodic, immune-stimulanting,
decongestant, anti-asthmatic, anti-inflammatory, antioxidant,
anti-tumoral, anti-rheumatic, sedative, laxative, disinfectant,
anti-catarrhal, pain-relieving, and restorative. ​I could go on,
but you get the idea. You can probably understand why having
essential oils in your arsenal isn't a bad idea. I would also say
that given how hard aromatherapy has been attacked over the
years, that should be our first clue that they might just
possibly be everything they're cracked up to be. ​If you want to
learn more about essential oils and dive into the studies, check
out this post (
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) I wrote on my blog. For those who have been following me for
awhile and ordered from Better Essentials using the Living Whole
promo code, they are closing their doors. You can sign up under
me here (
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have access to my inbox with all of your aromatherapy questions,
or go to www.youngliving.com (
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sure that the oils I use are sustainably sourced and harvested,
are therapeutic grade, and meet the highest quality standards.

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