Essential Oils

[txdinargirl]

Has anyone used essential oils? If so, I would love to hear your stories. I don't care about the brand you used, just how you used it and if you got the results you wanted.

 

Thanks

[Nadita]

Hello girl

 

I have used essential oil since 2001 and I love them.  I used it for a lot of things.  I like Young Living essential oil.. they are expensive but I think you pay for quality.  There are a lot of brands and grades for essential oil, so it depends on what you lilke.  I use single oil and also oil blends. 

 

Lavender - is an overall oil, good for about anything.  If you can't get other oils, this is the oil you want to have in your shelf.  It calms and heals.

Lemon - is also good

Peppermint - is good for digestion, pain, and nausea

Geranium is the cheaper version of rose - good for making you feel good because rose has the highest frequency 325 mhz just like love

 

Thieves - is Young Living oil blends - good for cold among others

 

I have a book about essential oils that is my guide in whatever I need

[Mountain Girl]

I too have used essential oils for quite some time now. Not only for medicinal purposes, but also for cleaning, cooking, and gardening. I can't imagine my life without them, they are so much a part of it. There are a lot of good web sites you can go on that will help you find what you need. Don't go for the cheapest, they usually aren't pure and won't have the benefits you are looking for. Good luck, and remember, there's an oil for that!

[easterlily]

Are any of the essential oils good for curing morgellons?

[RSTEFAN]

Hello girl

 

I have used essential oil since 2001 and I love them.  I used it for a lot of things.  I like Young Living essential oil.. they are expensive but I think you pay for quality.  There are a lot of brands and grades for essential oil, so it depends on what you lilke.  I use single oil and also oil blends. 

 

Lavender - is an overall oil, good for about anything.  If you can't get other oils, this is the oil you want to have in your shelf.  It calms and heals.

Lemon - is also good

Peppermint - is good for digestion, pain, and nausea

Geranium is the cheaper version of rose - good for making you feel good because rose has the highest frequency 325 mhz just like love

 

Thieves - is Young Living oil blends - good for cold among others

 

I have a book about essential oils that is my guide in whatever I need

Those ae some good picks Nadita, I use them also on a daily basis

along with  a drop of clove on my tooth brush  while brushing my teeth

I also found a link to some more info -

Chamomile essential oil shown to kill up to 93% of breast cancer cells

http://www.naturalnews.com/047790_Chamomile_essential_oils_breast_cancer_natural_medicine.html#ixzz3KONMnnpD

 

by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

 

(NaturalNews) They’ve gained considerable notoriety in recent years for their myriad uses in both aromatherapy and integrative medicine. But did you know that essential oils can also be an effective anti-cancer remedy?

Chinese researchers learned this after studying the healing properties of 10 of the most popular essential oils in current use: mint, ginger, lemon, grapefruit, jasmine, lavender, chamomile, thyme, rose, and cinnamon.

Each of these oils was tested for antibacterial potency as well as in vitro toxicology against three human cancer cell lines, which included the MCF-7 breast cancer cell line. Also evaluated were the A-549 lung cancer cell line and the PC-3 prostate cancer cell line.

Essential oils exhibit strong cytotoxicity against certain variants of prostate, lung and breast cancer

In tests, the research team exposed the three cancer cell lines to increasing concentrations of each essential oil. Overall, a dose-dependent decrease in the survival of the three cell lines was observed, meaning that more cancer cells died as more essential oil was administered.

At a concentration of 0.2 percent, all of the essential oils exhibited strong cytotoxicity against the PC-3 prostate cancer cells, with cell viability in the sub-four percent range. Most of the essential oils were also effective against the A-549 lung cancer cells, with the only outlier being mint essential oil.

But when it came to the MCF-7 breast cancer cell lines, the following four essential oils proved significantly stronger than the other six: cinnamon, thyme, chamomile, and jasmine. The most powerful was thyme, followed by jasmine, cinnamon, and chamomile.

The least respondent of all the cell lines to essential oils, MCF-7 was mostly annihilated by all four of these oils, with chamomile killing up to 93 percent of them in the lab. Even more effective was thyme oil, which resulted in a 97 percent kill rate of MCF-7 breast cancer cells.

“For MCF-7 cell, the cytotoxicities of cinnamon, thyme, chamomile, and jasmine essential oils was significantly stronger than that of the other six essential oils,” explains the study. “The fractions of viable cells were reduced to 5.31%, 3.47%, 6.93% and 4.34%, respectively.”

Chamomile oil: a powerful antibacterial agent

As far as antibacterial potency, chamomile ranked similarly high on the list. Though not as powerful as rose, cinnamon, thyme, and lavender essential oils, which killed the bacteria Propionibacterium acnes, or P. Acnes, the microorganism responsible for what is commonly known as acne, in just five minutes, chamomile oil was still found to be effective.

“The bactericidal activities of the other essential oils decreased in the order: chamomile > grapefruit = lemon > ginger > mint > jasmine,” adds the study. “The bacteria were completely killed after 20 [minutes] by chamomile essential oil, 30 [minutes] by grapefruit and lemon essential oils, and 45 [minutes] by ginger essential oil.”

Chamomile oil: a powerful antioxidant

Known for its calming benefits, chamomile oil has long served as an effective treatment for other serious conditions like inflammation (antophlogistic), muscle spasms, migraine headaches, upset stomach and flatulence, fungi, and parasites (anthelmintic), among others.

An earlier study published in the journal Industrial Crops and Products found that chamomile oil is also a powerful antioxidant. Among 11 essential oils tested, including lavender, thyme, winter savory, rosemary, sage, peppermint, French tarragon, bitter, and sweet fennel, Roman chamomile was found to have the highest antioxidant activity.

“Thyme and winter savory oils exhibited the greatest inhibition against the growth of all the tested organisms possibly due to the high content of thymol and carvacrol respectively,” states the study’s abstract.

Sources:

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

http://www.mdpi.com

www.mountainroseherbs.com

http://www.newsmax.com

http://www.sciencedirect.com

 

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[Mountain Girl]

I'm sorry Easterlilly, I have never heard of Morgellons. From the research I've done, it doesn't seem like much is known about it. There are oils that could help with some of the symptoms. Melaleuca (tea tree oil), lavender, and geranium are all good for skin conditions. Peppermint is good energy and "brain fog". It seems they think that stress could be involved. Oils that help with stress are Patchouli, Sandalwood, Ylang Ylang and Vetiver. Citrus oils can also be good for stress, and also help with energy. Other oils to try are Roman Chamomile, Marjoram and Lavender, these all have a calming effect. I hope this gives you something to go by.

[txdinargirl]

I've been using the oils for the past couple of weeks & signed up for YL. I can't believe how much better I feel. I feel younger & have more energy - which is impressive with 3 autoimmune disorders. For goodness sake, I've even had the energy to clean out closets!