Essential Oils 007: Frankincense Essential Oil

Dec 5, 2018 | Oil Uses, Podcast: Essential Oils

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Meet my friend Frank! Frankincense that is. 

Known throughout history as the oil of the Kings, Frankincense is one amazing oil. Many say, if you can only have one oil in your box, this is the one to have. This powerhouse oil helps build and maintain a healthy immune system, promotes cellular health, reduces the appearance of blemishes and rejuvenates skin, supports healthy immune system function, promotes feelings of peace, relaxation,
satisfaction, and overall wellness all in one little drop!

According to Dr. Axe, Frankincense oil comes from the Boswellia serrata tree. This is a tree native to India that produces special compounds that have been found to have strong anti-inflammatory, and potentially anti-cancer, effects. Among the valuable boswellia tree extracts that researchers have identified, several stand out as being most beneficial, including terpenes and boswellic acids, which are strongly anti-inflammatory and protective over healthy cells. (1)

Frankincense oil is used by either inhaling the oil or absorbing it through the skin, usually mixed with a carrier oil, such as coconut oil or jojoba oil. It’s believed that the oil transmits messages to the limbic system of the brain, which is known to influence the nervous system. A little bit of oil goes a long way, and it should not be ingested in large quantities as it can be toxic.

Oil Quality – Make sure you are using Frankincense that is pure.

If you’re purchasing essential oils, avoid oils that say “fragrance oil” or “perfume oil” as these can be synthetic and don’t provide the desired health benefits. Instead, look for oils that say “pure essential oil” or “100% essential oil” for the highest quality essential oils. I like to take advantage of the best frankincense oils, which should feature a combination of multiple varieties of oils from boswellia trees. My favorite brand is Doterra.

Vanderbilt Medical Center shared success with their pilot study of using essential oils as a calming tool for patients and staff.  Watch the news clip here.  https://youtu.be/31FqzR-KvSs

Uses for Frankincense Oil

  • Rub Frankincense on your hands after a long day of gardening for a warming and soothing effect.
  • Apply topically to help reduce the appearance of skin imperfections.
  • Can be applied to the bottoms of feet to promote feelings of relaxation and to balance mood.
  • Take one to two drops in a veggie capsule to support healthy cellular function.*
  • Ingest to support healthy cellular function*
  • Aroma promotes feelings of relaxation while you meditate or pray.
  • Helps reduce the appearance of skin imperfections when applied topically
  • Supports healthy immune, nervous, and digestive function when taken internally*
  • Drop 1-2 drops under the tongue when experiencing a rush of emotions *
  • Add to your facial moisturizer or body lotion to promote healthy skin.
  • Mix with Lavender and Melalueca to promote recovery for skin issues such as cuts, bumps, and bruises.
  • Apply to the feet along with Vetiver before bedtime.
  • Mix with Peppermint to assist in head pain.
  • Apply over heart to support emotions.
  • Massage down the spine to calm the senses.
  • Mix with coconut oil for chapped lips.
  • Diffuse with citrus oil to aid in mental fatigue.
  • Take internally with Copaiba daily for overall cellular health.*
  • Combine with Myrrh for glowing skin.
  • Add to epsom salts for a relaxing bath.

*Only use an oil internally that is approved for internal use. Take a look at my favorite brand of oil, Doterra who answers this question for you.

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Diffuse Triple Threat to combat seasonal issues
Roller bottle for bruises with Lavender
Roller bottle for Stay Asleep with Lavender
Diffuse Rest with Lavender

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Essential Oils 004: Lemon Essential Oil

Oct 18, 2018 | Oil Uses, Podcast

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Today, we are talking about one of my most used essential oils.  Lemon Essential Oil!

Lemon has multiple benefits and uses. Lemon is a powerful cleansing agent that purifies the air and surfaces, and can be used as a non-toxic cleaner throughout the home. When added to water, Lemon provides a refreshing and healthy boost throughout the day. Lemon is frequently added to food to enhance the flavor of desserts and main dishes. Taken internally, Lemon provides cleansing and digestive benefits and supports healthy respiratory function.* When diffused, Lemon is very uplifting and energizing and has been shown to help improve mood.

Note of Caution:  Internal use of essential oils must be done with caution. Please make sure you are using a pure oil that is approved for internal use. For some people, there is possible skin sensitivity. Keep out of reach of children. If you are pregnant, nursing, or under a doctor’s care, consult your physician. Avoid contact with eyes, inner ears, and sensitive areas. Avoid sunlight or UV rays for up to 12 hours after applying product. 

Uses for Lemon Oil

 

Home Use

A Cure for Laundry Neglect. Lemon essential oil takes out ALL odor when you forget and leave your load of laundry in the washer way too long!

Tame Oozy, Sappy Trees. Whether the sap is on your carpet, clothes or seeped into your skin, lemon oil is excellent for removing pine gum and tree sap.

Stop Grease in its Tracks. You just fixed your bike. Your hands are black and greasy. Soap alone won’t remove the grease, but lemon oil mixed with your soap will. Lemon oil is a great de-greaser!

Disinfect the Disgusting. You can add lemon oil to a spray bottle of water and attack what may be living in your range hood, on your tables, countertops and other surfaces. For some extra chemical-free firepower, a little vinegar is a traditional favorite.

Nourish Your Leathers. Whether you ride a Harley in style or cherish the patina of your leather sofa at home, your leathers are not maintenance free. Use a lemon oil soaked cloth to preserve them, and prevent leather from splitting.

Hello Silver. A lemon oil treated cloth is a great remedy for the early stages of tarnish on silver or other metals. You may not eat on silver every day, but bracelets, earrings, necklaces often need some love.

Deactivate the Sticky. Lemon oil can help you avert a hair cutting crisis the next time you deal with gum in hair. Got kids with obsessive addictions to stickers or temporary tattoos? Works for those too. Not for wide receivers.

Love Your Luster. Bring your furniture back to life with lemon oil! Just add a few drops of lemon oil to olive oil for a non-toxic furniture polish. Lemon oil leaves a beautiful shine, prevents fine wood finishes from drying out, and replaces lost moisture in antique woods as it penetrates worn finishes.

De-Smudge Your Stainless. You don’t need to hunt down that “single use” stainless steel cleaner anymore. Multi-use lemon oil is great for cleaning stainless steel appliances. You’ll love the way stainless looks and smells!

Goodbye Scuffs. Got a scuff mark that just won’t go away? Lemon oil lifts scuff marks in remarkable ways!

Stop Cutting Board Bacteria Palooza. Cutting boards can harbor bacteria in your kitchen.  Nobody wants to taste the chemicals you have in your cleaning closet, yet most people love the taste of lemon!

Control an Aphid Invasion, Naturally. Aphids — those pesky little bugs that dine on your roses and other plants.  Lemon oil (or peppermint) with water in a garden spray bottle are a natural pesticide that kills aphids and their larvae on contact, but leave your plants looking lovely.

Spot-Free Dishes. Add a few drops of lemon oil to your dishwasher soap container with each load. Your dishes will come out looking like new… spot-free!

Cooking & Food

Energy Boost. For a quick, refreshing energy boost, combine a couple drops each of lemon essential oil and peppermint essential oil in a glass of water and drink up. Add a lemony taste to your bottled water.

Zest Up Your Sugary Indulgences. There are an infinite number of ways lemon oil can add a bit of freshness to your sugary savors: Lemon frosting • Lemon meringue • Sour cream lemon pie • Lemon cakes • Lemon tart glaze • Lemon squares Lemon cookies  • Breathtaking, awe-inspiring lemonade

Preserve What You’ve Got. Use lemon oil in a spray to keep your cut fruit fresh until serving.

Body & Mind

Ease Respiratory Gunkity Goop. When used with a humidifier, it’s a great way to slow wheezing, colds, cough, and other upper respiratory problems.

De-scratch Your Scratchy Throat. Adding a couple drops of lemon essential oil to warm water & honey can change that yucky sore throat feeling, slow a nasty cough, and douse a fever. Lemon oil fights bacteria, as well as viruses.

Fight the Fungus Among Us. Tired of seeing that unsightly nail fungus? Lemon oil is great for nails, and can help fight against nail fungus.

Take the Heat Out of Cold Sores. When you have a gnarly cold sore that’s just begging for attention, douse it with a few drops of lemon oil and you’ll have a new best friend.

A Brighter Complexion. Lemon oil can help remove dead skin cells and exfoliate. For a homemade exfoliate, add 4-5 drops to a small amount of oatmeal and water for a homemade scrub.  Feels great!

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Recipes

 

Diffuse Triple Threat to combat seasonal issues
Diffuse Energize to boost your mood
Diffuse Easy Breather to combat respiratory issues
Diffuse Simulate during the afternoon for a pick me up

Garbage Disposal Refresher with Lemon Essential Oil

Does your garbage disposal need a little refreshing? With everything that goes into the disposal, odds are that odors could be accumulating in there. Try this simple DIY recipe to make your own garbage disposal refreshers to help freshen, clean, and deodorize your garbage disposal. (source: Doterra.com)

Ingredients
2 cups baking soda
1 cup salt
½ cup water
⅓ cup unscented liquid castile soap
30 drops Lemon essential oil

Note: Liquid castile soap is a vegetable-based soap commonly found in health food stores.

Instructions

  1. Combine baking soda and salt into bowl.
  2. Add castile soap and essential oil into mixture.
  3. Add water one tablespoon at a time while stirring with hands until it forms into the consistency of “damp sand”. It should stay together when you press it together. If you add too much water just add some more baking soda and salt until the consistency is right.
  4. Grab a tablespoon measurement device and scoop packed spoonfuls onto parchment paper.
  5. Once the mixture has been scooped, let dry for 24 hours or until they are hard. One batch should make about 36 garbage disposal refreshers.
  6. Put into glass jar and use the next time you do dishes! Just put 1–3 refreshers into the garbage disposal and turn it on. You will immediately smell refreshing Lemon essential oil.

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Essential Oils 003: Ways to use Essential Oils

Oct 15, 2018 | Oil Uses, Podcast: Essential Oils

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How to use essential oils

Essential oils are used for a very wide range of emotional and physical wellness applications. They can be used a single oil at a time or in complex blends in one of three methods:

    Aromatic – Certain essential oils, when diffused, can be very stimulating, while others can be calming and soothing. Diffusing essential oils can also cleanse and purify the air of unwanted odors.

   Topical – Essential oils are easily absorbed by the skin and can be safely applied topically.

   Internal – Certain essential oils have a rich culinary history and can be used as dietary supplements for targeted wellness.

Essential oils are both exciting and promising when it comes to taking care of your own and your family’s health. Whether you’re applying essential oils topically, enjoying the aromatic benefits through diffusing, or taking essential oils internally, the positive effects of essential oils are boundless.

That’s why you’ll want to ensure that the essential oils you are using are capable of delivering on their promise. You’ll want to make sure that you are choosing essential oils for their potency and their purity.

Quick Start

Open a bottle of essential oils and BOOM you are using oils aromatically.  Simple and easy!

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Essential Oils 002: Essential Oils Changed My Life!

Oct 11, 2018 | Oil Uses, Podcast: Essential Oils

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In this episode, I discuss:

A bit about me

I became interested in essential oils years ago when I was desperately seeking solutions for medical related problems that seemed to have no easy treatment.  As a child, I had terrible stomach issues that were attributed to anxiety and a dairy allergy, and those progressed during my college years into a diagnosis of Fibromyalgia.  Moving into my 30’s, those symptoms became a moving target and were given ominous titles like Fibromyalgia, TMJ, Irritable bowel, Sleep Disorder, Infertility, and was topped off with a large dose of daily generalized anxiety.

I went round and round with traditional medical tests only to find these conditions were difficult to diagnose and treat and most were not even covered by insurance.  Sure there were all kinds of prescriptions to try, but the side effects were worse than the actual problems I was having. Now in my 40’s, I’ve found the answer to improving these weird conditions in the form of Essential Oils.

When I first tried Essential Oils, I didn’t see any improvement.  I now realize, I was using synthetic oils that had no therapeutic benefit. When I was reintroduced to the oils, I was cautiously skeptical, but quickly found them to be extremely helpful. Yeah! I had found my answers to improved health. Contact me at askDanaMitchell@gmail.com to learn about my favorite brand of essential oils.

For the last few years, I’ve experimented with different oils and shared what I’ve learned with family and friends and continue to learn about these amazing gifts of the earth.  I can help you Master Essential Oils.

Why I use essential Oils

To care for my family in a healthy and natural way.  When my daughter came into our lives, she had a severe dairy & soy allergy, major reflux, around the clock colic, and never – I mean NEVER – slept.  She had sensitivities to things like foods, textures, and smells, but thankfully we have figured those out.  Here we are years later and she is growing and maturing along with her peers.  My search for solutions started with our daughter, and led me to essential oils, which has ended up helping all of us.  Click here to see a video about why I love essential oils.

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Talk to your family and decide if essential oils are right for you!

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Essential Oils 001: What are Essential Oils?

Oct 4, 2018 | Oil Uses, Podcast: Essential Oils

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These amazing gifts of the earth have transformed our lives, but for many people essential oils seem scary and complicated. My hope is to make these natural remedies approachable and fun.

Together, we’ll learn how to use essential oils as our first line of defense for minor health issues, make our home healthy, and to manage our emotions.

What are essential oils?

They are natural compounds derived from plants, and have been used throughout history as a way to naturally care for and support overall health.

The Egyptians were some of the first people to use aromatic essential oils extensively in medical practice, beauty treatment, food preparation, and in religious ceremony.  You may have heard of Frankincense and Myrrh through the references to these oils in the bible.  Did you know that these oils are still used today and are two very awesome and powerful essential oils?

Essential Oils:

  • are made from natural volatile aromatic compounds found in the seeds, bark, stems, roots, flowers, and other parts of plants.
  • provide plants with protection against environmental threats and play a role in plant pollination.  When essential oils are made from parts of the plant, they take on the regenerating, protective and immune-strengthening properties of plants.
  • are powerful antioxidants and many varieties have antibacterial, antifungal, anti-infectious, antimicrobial, antitumor, antiparasitic, antiviral and antiseptic properties.
  • are both small in molecular size and are also lipid soluble, allowing many of them to easily and quickly penetrate the skin.
  • have been proven to also possess medicinal and therapeutic values and are growing in popularity among those of us who are looking for a more natural and organic way to manage our health, clean our homes, and care for our families.
  • have been used by many cultures throughout history for food preparation, beauty treatment, and health-care practices and continue to be a staple in many households today.

Purity and Quality

Are all essential oils created equal? No, they are not!  That’s why there is such a wide range of pricing for essential oils.  You can find all types (or grades) of essential oils sold online and in retail establishments, but you’ll want to educate yourself on quality standards before using just any oil.

These volatile liquids are either distilled or cold pressed (citrus mainly) from various parts of the plant. Some manufacturers use fillers, synthetics or include weeds and other plant material in their oil production to get more volume to provide oil at a lower cost.  The oil industry isn’t yet regulated and just because the label says “Pure” or “Organic” doesn’t mean that it really is.

Producing pure oils can be very costly, because it requires several hundred (or thousand) pounds of plant material to extract one pound of pure essential oil.

Quick Start

Identify one condition that you’d like to use oils to assist with.
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Post a questions – tag me so that I can offer oil suggestions. #askDana

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Ways to Purchase

Ways to Purchase

Nov 15, 2014 | Podcast

Ready to try Essential Oils?

There are 2 ways to purchase the essential oils on your wish list. You can order direct from my website as a retail customer (click here) or get a wholesale customer account. This account is similar to shopping at wholesale stores. You pay a small fee to then get 25% off of all of your oil purchases.  Retail and Wholesale? Click here for details of each method to decide which works best for you.

A good rule of thumb is decide if you want to try one oil, then buy retail, but if you have a few you’d like in your Dr. Mom bag, then consider a wholesale account.

Retail is for me!

Ready to buy your oils retail?  Simply visit my online Doterra store www.mydoterra.com/organizediy and enter the site by choosing Shop for Products at the top of the page. You can use the menus to shop or use the search box to find numbers that I have added below. The Search Box can be found in the left hand sidebar once you click into Shop for Products on my DoTerra’s site.  By using my link, you are connecting to their site via my affiliate id. This doesn’t increase your pricing in any way. It allows me to connect with you and become your oil coach and  support this site. THANK YOU!!!   For reference, my Wellness Advocate ID is ID 1304936 and listed under Organize DIY.

Wholesale is for me!

    • If you have several oils you’d like to try, consider opted to purchase a kit. You will automatically get wholesale pricing, and there are several kit options to meet the various needs of the oil user.  View the kits here.
    • Let’s not get overwhelmed with too many oil options. I suggest picking 1-2 issues that you’d like to address using your new oils. Most people speak of sleep and stress. Here are two oils that we use every day.
    • For reference, my Wellness Advocate ID is ID 1304936 and listed under Organize DIY.

 

Blends we use every day

Serenity™ –  Calming Blend  (Product number – 31090001)

Stress is a major contributor to illness and disease, in fact, it is estimated that more than 90% of all visits to health care professionals are related to stress. Serenity is a blend composed of individual oils with known calming properties which create a sense of well-being and relaxation. Lavender, sweet marjoram, roman chamomile, ylang ylang, sandalwood and vanilla bean create a subtle aroma ideal for aromatic diffusion or topical application. Applied to the bottom of the feet at bedtime, dōTERRA®’s Serenity is an excellent way to promote restful sleep. Added to a warm bath Serenity creates the perfect escape with its peaceful, renewing fragrance. For topical or aromatic use.

Balance – Grounding Blend  (Product number – 31010001)

Everyone experiences moments of disconnectedness or anxiety. The warm, woody aroma of Balance, dōTERRA®’s grounding blend, creates a sense of calm and well-being. We perfectly blend Spruce needle/leaf, Ho wood, Frankincense, Blue Tansy Flower and Blue Chamomile Flower essential oils in a base of Fractionated Coconut Oil to offer an enticing fragrance which promotes tranquility and a sense of balance. For aromatic or topical use.

Other things you’ll want to know

  • A carrier oil – to dilute the oils for easy spreading on the body and when using essential oils with children or sensitive skin.

Fractionated Coconut Oil 3.8oz – Product number 30260001  The Fractionated Coconut Oil is an all-natural carrier oil that readily absorbs into the skin, making it an ideal oil for topical therapies. Its feather-light emollient effect provides a soothing barrier, without clogging pores, and is excellent for dry or troubled skin. It leaves skin feeling silky smooth, not greasy, like other vegetable carrier oils. It is completely soluble with all essential oils and is colorless, odorless and will not stain or go rancid. For topical use.  You can use other types of carrier oils such as olive, almond, jojoba, grapeseed or others.

  •  How to get free oils – Loyalty Rewards Program

DoTerra’s popular Loyalty Rewards Program (LRP) is similar to rewards programs at hotels or airlines.  It provides free product credits for monthly purchases ordered on the program. If you are a Preferred member or Wellness Advocate, this program is the most significant way to lower your overall product expense. As a participant in the Loyalty Rewards Program, you will immediately begin to earn product credits that can be used as cash to purchase DoTerra products. The longer you participate in the LRP, the more credits you can earn–up to 30% of your total monthly Loyalty Rewards purchases!  Find out all the details here.

  • Free Product of the Month

Each month, DoTerra has a “Product of the Month.” This is a ‘thank you’ from Doterra to those members participating in the Loyalty Rewards Program. The way this works is if you set up your LRP order to process on or before the 15th for 125 PV (PV mean product value) or higher you receive a free Product of the Month. In your back office, you will see the total product value in your basket. Oils are a 1 dollar = 1 point ratio. Other products vary in PV amount.

  • Special Offers

Throughout the year, there are offers for retail and wholesale customers. This could be offers for product discounts, free oils, or buy one get one sales. Typically, each month, there is a sale on at least one product such as an additional 10% off,  or a few times a year a special offer when you order a certain PV amount (e.g. 200 PV promos).

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