What is an Essential Oil?

Essential Oils are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. They can be both beautifully and powerfully fragrant. Essential Oils can lift the mood, calm the senses, and elicit powerful emotional responses. Essential Oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. Many have powerful cleansing properties and are naturally antimicrobial. Their unique structure allows them to pass directly through the skin for immediate systemic response to topical application. And certain oils may be used as dietary aids to promote vitality and wellbeing.

CERTIFIED PURE THERAPUTIC GRADE (CPTG)
When choosing an essential oil to be used for therapeutic benefits for you and your family be sure to use the highest quality essential oils. Just as there are many brands of healthy foods, some health food companies have raised the bar on the quality of product they sell from organic, to certified organic, to 100% Certified Organic, because they want to make sure they are getting the quality they deserve. doTERRA company has raised the bar on how essential oils are grown, tested and marketed. They base their company on the integrity of the oils.
doTERRA’s CPTG essential oils are 100% pure natural aromatic compounds carefully extracted from plants. They do not contain fillers or artificial ingredients that would dilute their active qualities and are free of contaminents such as pesticides and other chemical residues.

How Our Bodies React to Essential Oils

For me, or not for me… That is the question!
Our bodies are all different and what may cause illness or ailments for one person might be different for someone else. Further, what essential oil might be very effective for one persons problem, might be less effective for someone else. The bottom line is that essential oils work, but don’t try one thing and say; “well, that didn’t work”, and give up.

There is a reason that many of the basic’s listed below suggest more than one essential oil. What may be effective for you, may not be for someone else. Even if one oil is helpful to you, you may find that another oil is more effective. So expand your oil world. Try other essential oils. You may have a favorite you did not know about.

Application
There are several ways to use oils. They may be applied topically with massage or with a carrier to different parts of the body. This might include reflexology, aroma touch technique, heat or cool pad application. Many can be effective taken internally, others are most effective used aromatically.

We don’t want you to feel overwhelmed, but we do want you to be persistent and find the right oil for you and your situation and discover the best way to use it. As you open the bottles and experience them in different ways, you will begin to understand the best oils for you and the most effective way to apply them.

Where do I Start With Essential Oils?

To begin using essential oils you just need to OPEN THE BOTTLE! Just start out with an oil you are interested in like Lavender, Lemon or Peppermint, and maybe try one of these suggestions:

Lemon

• Add a few drops to your water to freshen your water and begin cleansing your circulatory system.
• Add a few drops to a bowl of water to clean and eliminate germs and pesticides from all your produce.
• Add a drop to honey to sooth a sore throat.
• Use to clean kitchen counters and stainless steel appliances.
• Apply to warts 2-3 times daily until wart disappears!
• Apply directly to cold sores

Lavender

• Apply to the bottoms of your feet each night before bedtime to soothe and calm the system for a more relaxed and peaceful night sleep.
• Use directly for any bruise, cut, or scrape to heal the tissues quicker.
• Add a few drops to a capsule each morning and night to begin internal healing of all systems and to keep the blood sugar levels regulated at normal levels.
• Apply immediately to help calm reaction to a bee sting or bug bite.
• Apply immediately to soothe burns.

Peppermint

• Use with Lemon in water for a healthy, refreshing mouth rinse.
• Inhale deeply to invigorate lungs and increase alertness.
• Apply to neck and forehead with Lavender to calm headaches.
• Apply to forehead or bottoms of feet to reduce fever.
• Apply to soles of feet to keep cool, or for relief from hot flashes.
• Apply to aching joints or muscles for pain relief

Essential oils have many uses.  Find out how essential oil can benefit your family everyday.

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