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Essential Oils Are The Fine Wines of Personal Care

Therapeutic grade essential oils are even more precious than many fine wines.  They are powerful, a substance you can benefit from in just 1 drop!  But only if they are crafted properly. Essential oils are volatile liquids distilled from trees, plants, shrubs, flowers and roots.  Like wine, each oil requires careful preparation, nurturing and processing [...]

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Frankincense Soothes The Respiratory Tract

Please Cover Your Mouth When You Cough  Lately, just about everyone I talk with has a cough themselves or someone in their family has one.  Bronchitis, pneumonia and even whooping cough are prevalent in our community.  My eight year old came down with pneumonia a few weeks ago and thankfully, no else has gotten it.  [...]

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Cough Relief With Essential Oils

Cough syrups are some of the most chemical loaded products with artificial colors and flavorings added (does anyone really like the flavor?).  You can green up your cold & flu remedies quickly by having some basic food grade, Therapeutic Grade essential oils on hand when a cough begins.  While traditional cough syrups are really drugs [...]

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Essential Oils for Anxiety, Depression & Attention Disorders

Anxiety, depression and attention disorders are on the rise. I believe the causes are two-fold, first simply because we live in a culture saturated with unimportant things. We have thousands of choices we can make every day, from the foods we eat to products for our home and health. Marketing campaigns reach for our hearts, [...]

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Essential Oils For Pets

Therapeutic essential oils can be beneficial to humans and their pets.   Essential oils offer a holistic approach to pet care.  Pet’s like humans are sensitive to toxins and chemicals – even more so because of their small size.  Read about identifying toxins in your home that might be causing harm to your little friends.  There [...]

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Everyday Oils Kit

The Everyday Oils kit is a Young Living collection of 9 oils that are useful in everyday situations.  These oils are the foundation of  a first aid kit I keep with me at all times.  This kit contains oils that are safe for children and pets.  Make sure oils are diluted properly when using for [...]

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Managing Headaches With Essential Oils

Headaches can be caused by a number of things including hormone imbalances, blood sugar imbalances, stress, spinal irregularities and inflammation.   Many over the counter medications offer temporary relief only to have a rebound effect once medications have worn off. I know if several individuals who personally have been attached to their OTC medications for headaches.  [...]

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Brain Power essential oil blend

Brain power is a powerful blend of oils with high sesquiterpenes.  The higher the sesquiterpenes, the more effective the oils are at bringing oxygen to the brain.  This can help with mental clarity and increased activity in the pineal, pituitary and hypothalamus glands which can affect output of growth hormone and melatonin. The oils in [...]

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Natural Deodorant

There are several ways our bodies were designed to eliminate toxins – one is breathing which we all do.  But do you do it enough?  Anytime you hold your breath you are holding on to toxins – so breathe freely and get rid of those toxins.  Our bodies also eliminate toxins when we use the [...]

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Frankincense

Frankincense is the oldest recorded essential oil, dating back to ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics listing 877 prescriptions and recipes for Frankincense alone.  Young Living’s Frankincense comes from the species Boswelia Carteri.  Young Living’s Sacred Frankincense is the newly released oil at 2010 Grand Convention coming from the Boswelia Sacra species, found to be even more therapeutic [...]

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