Essential Oils

Welcome! If you don’t know me yet, I’m Janelle and I write about Christ-Centered Slow Living and all things regarding Faith, Family, Health, Home, and Finances right here on The Peaceful Haven.  I am also the grateful wife of Michael and am the mom of six amazing kids.

For the record, when I started using essential oils my husband was just a little bit skeptical.  OK, really skeptical, he called them snake oils!   But then he re-injured his back, he has been having back problems since I first met him in college.  He has even had to be taken by the squad to the hospital!  Back pain and back injury have just been a part of his life.  When this happened again, he begrudgingly let me apply DeepBlue rub to relieve the pain.   And of course, it worked!  He is now the biggest fan ever!   His favorite oil now is OnGuard and he stays healthy by using this oil every single day.   His favorite form of OnGuard is the soft gels.

3 Amazing Things About Essential Oils!

I am so excited to share with you the first cool thing about dōTERRA essential oils, they’re 100% natural and safe. There’s nothing added to the oil or taken away from the oil. They’re just simply pure essential oils with no side effects and no addictions. They’re safe for babies, children, adults, and the elderly. Oils are extracts from plants that have amazing health benefits. Pure oil is about 50-70 times more powerful than herbs. One drop of peppermint essential oil is equivalent to drinking 28 cups of peppermint tea. So they’re really potent!

What I love about these oils is the CPTG standard. It stands for Certified Pure Therapeutic Grade, and it means these oils are completely pure and potent. Pure means there are no foreign contaminants or fillers. Potent means that each plant was grown in a part of the world where that plant grows best, resulting in the absolute best chemistry for that plant. When you have the ideal natural chemistry, the essential oil extracted does exactly what we want it, to do for our health.

The second exceptional thing about essential oils is that they are more effective than many modern approaches to health problems.

Let me just say that God is amazing in how he makes an individual cell!  What we know is that cells have oily cell membranes. The cell membrane protects the cell, it keeps all the good things in and all the bad things out. Now two of the things that are harmful to our cells are Bacteria and viruses. Bacteria usually form on the outside of the cell and viruses duplicate the DNA on the inside of the cell. All you have to remember is bacteria on the outside and viruses on the inside. Every single oil you receive from doTerra is third-party tested for 100% purity.”

Let’s say you went to the doctor with a bacterial infection. What would he recommend for you? (Give you an antibiotic) And after taking the antibiotic for 7-10 days in most cases, it would probably clear up the infection – but it often comes with wreaking havoc on your gut, hormones, and immune system. Now if you had a virus like the cold or flu, what would he say? (Go home, drink a lot of water, rest and let it run its course) The reason why is because, most of the modern recommendations are water-based synthetic agents – and frequently come with side effects and addictions. Water and oil don’t mix, so if the recommendation from your doctor is water-based, it will have a really hard time penetrating through that oily cell membrane and stopping the duplication of a virus.

Essential oils are different, they are oil-based, which means they can permeate that cell membrane! They can work on a cellular level without side effects or addictions, and they can combat bacteria on the outside of the cell and prevent the duplication of viruses on the inside. That is why they are often more effective than the modern approach to health problems.

The third cool thing about essential oils is that they are cheaper than traditional medical care. Let me explain…..Who can tell me their co-pay for visiting the doctor?  And if your doctor gave you a prescription for an antibiotic, how much would it cost to fill the prescription?

When someone in my family has an ear infection, we rub two drops of lavender and two drops of melaleuca around their ear and put them to bed. 12 hours later the ear infection is cleared up. It costs us about 64¢. Now whether it costs you $20 for the co-pay and the prescription, or whether it costs $0 because you live in a country with free medical care. Essential oils are still less expensive than the gas in the car you pay to go to the doctor’s office. That’s not including the half-day of work you probably had to take off for this emergency. We also haven’t taken into account the fact that antibiotics harm your gut, and that you might have to buy extra probiotics for two weeks to fix the damage, which is even more money.

We save hundreds of dollars a year in medical costs because of essential oils. You cannot afford NOT to use natural solutions! That is why essential oils are cheaper than traditional medical care.

There are 3 Ways you can use essential oils!

The first way to use essential oils is aromatically. This nerve sends messages to the limbic system in your brain, which in turn sends messages all over the body. Sometimes people think it’s hokey to say oils could affect the body just by smelling them, but let me illustrate.

When you go to the hospital for surgery and need to be put under, how do they deliver the anesthesia? They don’t give you a pill, and usually, they don’t give you a shot they ask you to breathe through a mask and count down to 10. And most of us are completely under before we ever get to 10. So when you breathe those synthetic compounds through the mask, your olfactory system is powerful enough to send signals to your body to knock you out in under 10 seconds! It’s the fastest way to access the brain. This happens exactly the same that way with natural compounds found in essential oils. When we breathe in natural compounds from Essential Oils they hit our olfactory nerve and the olfactory nerve sends signals to the limbic system which in turn sends signals to the rest of our body. This can happen in as little as 30 seconds.

The second way to use essential oils is topically. You can actually apply oils directly to the skin. For children and people with sensitive skin, you’ll want to dilute them with fractionated coconut oil. It’s just as effective; it just takes a little longer to absorb. You can even apply oils to the bottoms of your feet – including babies – and it won’t bother them. The pores on the bottom of your feet are really big and the oil absorbs very quickly into the bloodstream. It’s a great way to get oils into your system fast.”

The third way to use essential oils is internally. These essential oils are not only safe to use internally, but they are also RECOMMENDED. The CPTG standard means these oils are medicinal-grade and are completely safe to ingest – unlike most other brands. You can put them in your mouth or drink them in water. If you don’t like the taste, put them in a veggie capsule. It’s like concocting your own little natural remedy.

Ok, now let me tell you, “There are three ways to purchase dōTERRA essential oils. The first way is retail.  It’s the most expensive way to buy oils.

The second way is wholesale. This is kind of like having a Costco card where you have an annual membership that gives you access to their great products at the best prices. With dōTERRA, having a wholesale membership allows you to buy at 25% below the retail price.

The third way – and the only way I buy my oils – is below wholesale. This is the smartest way to buy your oils. DōTERRA puts kits together that are cheaper than if you bought your oils individually. So if you add up the cost of all the oils, the kits will always be cheaper. All the kits include a FREE wholesale membership, and you’ll have everything you need at your fingertips. Let me tell you a few things about your kits.

When you’re new to anything, the best place to start is with the basics. That’s why we brought together three of the most popular and powerful essential oils that are easy to use and even easier to fall in love with! For anyone who’s just starting out with essential oils, the Introductory Kit provides you with the perfect way to get your feet wet.