Oil of the Week - Peppermint

I can't believe I haven't blogged about peppermint before. Peppermint is an everyday oil in our house. *giggle* It's also one of the oils included in our Everyday Oils Collection. My youngest son, Lei & I have allergies and daily we use a combination of lavender & peppermint oil in order to manage those allergies and remain symptom free. I put lavender on our faces before we go into a situation where we may encounter an environmental allergen. We put a drop of peppermint oil in the palm of our hands and sniff. Using this oils protocol, we've been allergy drug free since 2010. You can read all about that in this post.

 More uses for peppermint oil include:

• respiratory infections
• cold sores
• fungal infection/candida
• digestive problems
• headaches
• nausea
• skin conditions (itchy skin, vericose veins, eczema, psoriasis, hives)

Mamas, my absolute favorite use of peppermint oil with minis is to bring down a fever. Friday night, my oldest son had a fever. I don't know how high because we're currently without a thermometer but he had a headache so that means it was 102 or higher. I put 5 drops of peppermint oil on the bottom of his feet and within an hour, his fever had gone down. His head didn't hurt. He was sleeping soundly and his skin was no longer hot to the touch. You must have peppermint oil in your medicine cabinet.

Oil of the Week: Lemongrass

As I was pondering this week's oil of the week, I saw the lemongrass sitting on the desk and decided that this would be perfect.I recently felt guided to order lemongrass essential oil. I"m always curious when my intuition leads me to a new oil. When I placed the order, I didn't have any specific use for the oil in mind. Instead, I had some free product points and I looked for some oils to add to the order.

Last night, I felt guided to add lemongrass to my epsom/sea salt footbath. After the footspa, I felt completely relaxed and ready for bed. Tonight, in researching the benefits of lemongrass essential oil, I found that it's a sedative. Got bouncy minis? Slap some lemongrass on their feet. Be forewarned that lemongrass can irritate sensitive skin. If you're applying it anywhere other than to the bottom of the feet, be sure to dilute it with a carrier oil such as sweet almond or grapeseed oil.

A few drops of lemongrass on the bottom of the feet and this could be you...

Other uses for lemongrass essential oil include: 

• Treat ringworm by combinging 3-5 drops of lemongrass with 4 oz of a carrier oil and apply topically, on location several times per day until the ringworm clears up.
• Lemongrass works as a natural insect repellent. Add 10-12 drops to 8 oz of water. Pour mixture in a spray bottle and spray directly onto skin. 
• Diffuse or direct inhale lemongrass to alleviate discomfort from sinus/respiratory infections.
• Make your own carpet refresher by adding a few drops of lemongrass to baking soda. Sprinkle mixture onto carpet and leave for a few moments. Vacuum as usual for fresh smelling, disinfected carpets. 

Oil of the Week: En-R-Gee

En-R-Gee is a Monday kinda oil. True to its name, En-R-Gee is an uplifting blend of clove, juniper, fir, black pepper, nutmeg, rosemary and lemongrass. This blend increases vitality, circulation and alertness in the body. It smells yummy, too.

 Diffuse En-R-Gee in your space to experience mental alertness, uplifting and reduced fatigue. It also works as an air purifier when diffused. Use En-R-Gee to help pull yourself out of mommy-induced fatigue. You know, the kind that comes with mommy-brain. Be cautious of the minis, though. They really don't require more energy. ;)

New Kits!!!

It has happened. Young Living has rolled out the new starter kits and might I say that I am a bit jealous. I wish I was a new wholesale member. For $150 (plus shipping & tax), not only do you receive the 9 oils that come in the Everyday Oils collection but you also receive two sample packets of each of our 5 most popular essential oils (lemon, lavender, peppermint, Peace & Calming & Thieves) and, get this!!!, a home DIFFUSER!!!

Oil of the Week: Abundance

This oil is in heavy rotation in my life right now because I'm looking to really ramp up the financial abundance in my experience. This oil reminds me to begin to let you all know that oils work, not only on the physical body but also on the mental, emotional and spiritual bodies. Abundance is an oil blend that works mainly on the spiritual and emotional level. This blend works to balance the root and heart chakra bringing about an uplifting feeling of abundance. In addition, the blend is healing to the immune system, anti-fungal, antimicrobial, anti-viral and works to support the healing of bronchitis and depression. It also decreases one's sense of denial, enhances feelings of joy, increases magnetic energy, positive feelings and wealth. 

Abundance is one of my favorite oils. I wear it in lieu of perfume. The fragrance is earthy and flowery at the same time. 

Oil of the Week: Ocotea

This week, I'm featuring an oil that I haven't experienced outside of a quick sniff from a friend's bottle. I'm featuring Ocotea because it's one of Young Living's free oils this month. Yes, I said one of. I'll feature the other free oil next week. Since I do not have personal experience with this oil, I found this picture to share this information with you all. I pray it's beneficial. I certainly learned some things.

Oil of the Week: Lavender

I was super concerned about using lavender as the oil of the week because I blog and post about it so much. This blog, however is about my family's experience as oilers and right now during allergy season in the Midwest, our experience involves a LOT of lavender. LOL! For those of you who aren't familiar, my son Lei and I have quite severe allergies. Lei's are much more severe than mine are and this time of year, we go through lots of lavender, peppermint, lemon and Purification oil.

During allergy season, you want to arm yourself, not with an OTC drug, but with lavender, peppermint, lemon and Purification oils in order to support your body's natural ability to manage allergens.  Lavender is God's antihistamine. It works to block the effects of histamine in the body. Immediately upon noticing my son  rubbing his nose, I send him to put a drop of lavender oil in the roof of his mouth. By the time he's done complaining about how disgusting it is (Lol! It does NOT taste good, y'all), he's stopped rubbing his nose. Even the fastest OTC drug doesn't work that fast. ;)

So, if you're experiencing allergies this lovely spring season, grab you some lavender, peppermint, purification and lemon and skip the drug store this year. Rub lavender on your face, put 1 drop of peppermint oil in your hand and cup your hands before your face and inhale deeply, place lemon and purification oils over your liver and support your body in purifying itself.