DoTerra Essential Oils
Essential oils are natural aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants. They can be both beautifully and powerfully fragrant. If you have ever enjoyed the gift of a rose, a walk by a field of lavender, or the smell of fresh cut mint, you have experienced the aromatic qualities of essential oils. In addition to giving plants their distinctive smells, essential oils provide plants with protection against predators and disease and play a role in plant pollination.
Essential oils are non water-based phytochemicals made up of volatile organic compounds. Although they are fat soluble, they do not include fatty lipids or acids found in vegetable and animal oils. Essential oils are very clean, almost crisp, to the touch and are immediately absorbed by the skin. Pure, unadulterated essential oils are translucent and range in color from crystal clear to deep blue.
Try this at home: Squeeze the peel of a ripe orange. The fragrant residue on your hand is full of essential oils.
In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and being beautifully fragrant to people, essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. Modern scientific study and trends towards more holistic approaches to wellness are driving a revival and new discovery of essential oil health applications.
doTERRA (CPTG) Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade essential oils represent the safest, purest, and most beneficial essential oils available today. They are gently and skillfully distilled from plants that have been patiently harvested at the perfect moment by experienced growers from around the world for ideal extract composition and efficacy. Experienced essential oil users will immediately recognize doTERRA’s superior quality standard for naturally safe, purely effective
10 Essential oil uses, you’ve never thought of. These are Essenital oils uses that are odd, or you have likely never heard of before.
1) Fruit or veggie wash
Add 3-5 drops of a citrus oil to 2qts – 1 gallon of water in a bowl, mix well, then use as a wash fruits and vegetables. Dry well. Will also help prevent premature molding or rotting.
2) Small cuts, scrapes
Believe it or not, Peppermint oil is soothing to open wounds, and is highly anti-bacterial. Small cut and scrapes will feel better and heal quickly. Apply or spray neat.
3) Sunburn – Apply WHAT!!
Believe it or not, Peppermint oil is cooling and soothing to sunburns. Make a spray and use neat or 5-10 drops in a few tbsp’s of distilled water. It will help protect against infection, however, consider that lavender or frankincense has better healing properties for burns. Apply lavender or frankincense then layer with peppermint spray to drive the oils and cool and comfort the skin.
4) Thicker, fuller hair
Add 20-50 drops of Rosemary to shampoo/conditioner for thicker, fuller hair, and to slow thinning. (Does not help re-grow hair) And it smells wonderful, especially added to doTERRA’s hair care.
5) Hiccups
Add 4-5 drops of Peppermint to 1-2 tbsp of room temperature water in a small glass or shot glass. Swig, and the hiccups will usually stop immediately.
6) Hot sitz baths
A hot sitz bath is taken in warm water of 95 – 105º F / 35 – 41º C, with the water level not higher than your navel. You can use a bath tube or large tub of some kind. Mix 5-10 drops of essential oil with 1-2 tbsp of coconut or other carrier oil. Then add the oils to the water and agitate well.
Consider; Cypress, deep blue, frankincense, helichrysum, etc.
7) Vacuum fresh filter
Have a HEAPA or other filtered vacuum? Put a few drops of your favorite oil on the filter and pop it back in. Air flowing through the filter dispels amazing aroma throughout the room, and kills any nasty microbes or bacteria that might be hanging out in your vacuum.
8 ) Tupperware yellowing
Often older Tupperware and plastics will begin to yellow and get sticky to the touch. Use a drop of lemon and a drop of on guard with a nylon scrubber and a hot water rinse, and they will be just like new.
9) The Big Day
Put 4-6 drops of Serenity, Balance or another calming oil on a cotton ball a place it in the center of a bride’s bouquet. Any time she feels nervous or anxiety, impatience, etc… smell the bouquet deeply.
10) Air filters
Every time you change the air filters in your home, place a few drops of on guard or other essential oil on the filter. It will kill microbes in your duct work, and make your home smell wonderful for a short time.
Click on doTERRA for more information.
Essential oils are non water-based phytochemicals made up of volatile organic compounds. Although they are fat soluble, they do not include fatty lipids or acids found in vegetable and animal oils. Essential oils are very clean, almost crisp, to the touch and are immediately absorbed by the skin. Pure, unadulterated essential oils are translucent and range in color from crystal clear to deep blue.
Try this at home: Squeeze the peel of a ripe orange. The fragrant residue on your hand is full of essential oils.
In addition to their intrinsic benefits to plants and being beautifully fragrant to people, essential oils have been used throughout history in many cultures for their medicinal and therapeutic benefits. Modern scientific study and trends towards more holistic approaches to wellness are driving a revival and new discovery of essential oil health applications.
doTERRA (CPTG) Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade essential oils represent the safest, purest, and most beneficial essential oils available today. They are gently and skillfully distilled from plants that have been patiently harvested at the perfect moment by experienced growers from around the world for ideal extract composition and efficacy. Experienced essential oil users will immediately recognize doTERRA’s superior quality standard for naturally safe, purely effective
10 Essential oil uses, you’ve never thought of. These are Essenital oils uses that are odd, or you have likely never heard of before.
1) Fruit or veggie wash
Add 3-5 drops of a citrus oil to 2qts – 1 gallon of water in a bowl, mix well, then use as a wash fruits and vegetables. Dry well. Will also help prevent premature molding or rotting.
2) Small cuts, scrapes
Believe it or not, Peppermint oil is soothing to open wounds, and is highly anti-bacterial. Small cut and scrapes will feel better and heal quickly. Apply or spray neat.
3) Sunburn – Apply WHAT!!
Believe it or not, Peppermint oil is cooling and soothing to sunburns. Make a spray and use neat or 5-10 drops in a few tbsp’s of distilled water. It will help protect against infection, however, consider that lavender or frankincense has better healing properties for burns. Apply lavender or frankincense then layer with peppermint spray to drive the oils and cool and comfort the skin.
4) Thicker, fuller hair
Add 20-50 drops of Rosemary to shampoo/conditioner for thicker, fuller hair, and to slow thinning. (Does not help re-grow hair) And it smells wonderful, especially added to doTERRA’s hair care.
5) Hiccups
Add 4-5 drops of Peppermint to 1-2 tbsp of room temperature water in a small glass or shot glass. Swig, and the hiccups will usually stop immediately.
6) Hot sitz baths
A hot sitz bath is taken in warm water of 95 – 105º F / 35 – 41º C, with the water level not higher than your navel. You can use a bath tube or large tub of some kind. Mix 5-10 drops of essential oil with 1-2 tbsp of coconut or other carrier oil. Then add the oils to the water and agitate well.
Consider; Cypress, deep blue, frankincense, helichrysum, etc.
7) Vacuum fresh filter
Have a HEAPA or other filtered vacuum? Put a few drops of your favorite oil on the filter and pop it back in. Air flowing through the filter dispels amazing aroma throughout the room, and kills any nasty microbes or bacteria that might be hanging out in your vacuum.
8 ) Tupperware yellowing
Often older Tupperware and plastics will begin to yellow and get sticky to the touch. Use a drop of lemon and a drop of on guard with a nylon scrubber and a hot water rinse, and they will be just like new.
9) The Big Day
Put 4-6 drops of Serenity, Balance or another calming oil on a cotton ball a place it in the center of a bride’s bouquet. Any time she feels nervous or anxiety, impatience, etc… smell the bouquet deeply.
10) Air filters
Every time you change the air filters in your home, place a few drops of on guard or other essential oil on the filter. It will kill microbes in your duct work, and make your home smell wonderful for a short time.
Click on doTERRA for more information.