Peppermint Essential Oil for Aromatherapy and More
According to mythology, when Pluto professed his love for Mentha, Pluto’s jealous wife crushed Mentha into the ground. Unable to restore her, Pluto transformed her into a peppermint plant that would give beautiful fragrance whenever stepped upon again.
For centuries, therapeutic-grade peppermint has been used to soothe digestive difficulties, freshen breath, and to help with headaches. [...]
Antibacterial Thieves Spray
Antiseptics prevent the growth of pathogenic microorganisms. Many essential oils have powerful antiseptic properties. Therapeutic-grade clove and thyme essential oils have been documented to kill over 50 types of bacteria and 10 types of fungi. Other potent antiseptics include, cinnamon oil, tea tree, oregano, and mountain savory.
A blend of highly antiviral, antiseptic, antibacterial, anti-infectious essential [...]
Lemon Herb Vinaigrette with Essential Oil
This recipe is absolutely the best!
Lemon Herb Vinaigrette with Young Living Essential Oils
Juice of 3 fresh lemons
Zest of one lemon
1 cup of Extra Virgin Olive oil
2 T of Shallot, minced
1 clove garlic, minced
1 drop Young Living Essential Oil (you may use Peppermint, Orange, Dill, Basil, Rosemary, Sage, Mountain Savory, Thyme)
Salt and Pepper
Fresh Parsley (or herb [...]
Grilled Flatiron Steaks with Thyme Marinade
I’ve never seen this cut of steak, Flatiron, anywhere except at US Wellness Meats – which is where we buy all of our meats. If you don’t have a local source for grass-fed meats, try these guys – excellent! Grass-fed makes a HUGE difference in flavor and greatly enhances nutritional value. The Flat Iron Steaks [...]
What is Aromatherapy and Essential Oils
Essential oils are not simple substances, they are mosaics of hundreds – or even thousands – of different natural plant chemicals, natural plant chemicals that our bodies have evolved with over centuries. Any given essential oil may contain anywhere from 80 to 300 or more different constituents. When we walk through a herb garden, and [...]
Tips for Cooking with Essential Oils
Being concentrated, an organic, pure therapeutic-grade essential oil contains 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, a properly distilled essential oil is from 50 to 70 times more therapeutically potent than the fresh or dried herbs [...]
How to Restore the Body to an Alkaline pH
An alkaline environment in the body is hostile to fungi (and I might also add, hostile to many types of cancer), which require acidity to survive and thrive. Lowered yeast and fungus (read more about Vaginal Yeast and Fungus at the end of this article) populations translate into lower levels of body-damaging, disease-inducing mycotoxins. Some [...]
Cinnamon Oil Needs to Bark so it Can Heal Your Feet and Preserve Your Food
When most think of cinnamon they think of the cinnamon sticks in mugs of warm apple cider, or the sweet, fragrant, spicy aroma coming from the kitchen oven. Even though the scent of cinnamon may make your home smell amazing when prospective buyers come to your Open House and conger comfy feelings that may very [...]
Historical Use of Essential Oils
Essential oils are considered mankind’s first medicine and have been used around the world for centuries. Essential oils and other aromatics have been used in religious rituals, to treat various illnesses, and for other physical and spiritual needs.
Research dates the use of essential oils back to 4500 BC. Ancient Egyptians were the first to discover [...]
How Using Young Living Essential Oils Changed My Life
Almost ten years ago I discovered Young Living Essential Oils, it felt like I was in heaven… my long search for the best and purest quality essential oils finally manifested! Even though I had been using essential oils for 12 years I was limited to the ways I could use them – limited because I [...]
Using Essential Oils for Emotional Health and Wellness
The natural properties found in essential oils produce a soothing, uplifting effect on the mind and emotions. When an essential oil containing the optimum level of therapeutic constituents, such as Young Living Essential Oils, is diffused or applied topically, the result fosters a sense of emotional balance and well-being.
When the aroma of essential oils is [...]
Using the Essential 7 Oil Collection
Essential 7™ was created for every home and every body. Enjoy the benefits of Young Living Essential Oils most popular therapeutic-grade essential oils and blends. While single oils may be used as dietary supplements, all of these oils may be diffused; applied topically; applied over the Vita Flex points on the feet; added to bathwater [...]
Essential Oils for Mind, Body, and Spirit
Young Living gives you an amazing array of ways to feel better, live healthier, and re-connect to the natural heart of life. Taking care of your whole body, from head to toe, inside and out is a creative and empowering process–and that is just what the world of Young Living offers you!
Whether you are using [...]
Young Living Oils for Cooking and Ingesting – GRAS
Young Living Essential Oils are vastly different than others on the market, so what makes them so different? Quite simply, it’s because they are the best quality and highest quality available in the world – which is why Young Living is well known for setting the world standard in essential oil quality.
This superior purity is [...]
Essential Oil Chemistry – a crash course
First I want to point out, unlike synthetic, chemical, perfume and adulterated essential oils higher quality essential oil chemicals (constituents) are diverse in their effects. Thus, like the human body, no two essential oils are alike. This is why we must be extremely careful when selecting aromatherapy essential oil products. The synthetic, chemical, perfume and [...]
