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: Thieves

My friend Racquel chose the oil for this week. I'm thrilled that she did. I LOVE Thieves. I call Thieves the Kindergarten oil because kindergartners are notorious for bringing home germs from school. They're such good sharers and the chief thing they share is their colds and flus.

Read the story of how Thieves got it's name here: http://www.secretofthieves.com/four-thieves-vinegar.cfm It's quite a long story. My version is: A bunch of grave robbers during the Black Plague were caught by the constabulary (that's long, long time ago European for cops) and were given the option of leniency in their execution (there are lenient executions, apparently) if they gave up the 'secret' of how they walked among the dead without getting sick. Their secret was a proprietary blend of essential oils and vinegar that they soaked their clothes in.

Several recipes exist for Thieves. Our blend is of the oils among the list that tested the highest in germ fighting abilities (there are more scientific ways of saying this *giggle*).

The holidays are upon us. There will be lots of sharing. Make sure that you're not sharing germs with your family this holiday season. Diffuse Thieves in your home. Use Thieves hand sanitizer. Clean your home with Thieves cleaner. Did I mention that Thieves smells DELICIOUS!!!

Most recently, I began using 4 drops of Thieves on my 6 year old son's feet at night before bed and in the morning before school because he had a runny nose and a cough. Yes, I ran out of Thieves for a month. Woooon't happen again. After a few days, he no longer has a cough, a sore throat or a runny nose. I'm still using Thieves twice a day on his feet, only I'm using 3 drops instead of 4. Soon, I'm going back to once per day before school in the morning to protect him from all that sharing that happens at school.

Protect your family. Grab your Thieves now!!!